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Closures

Thermoformed cups give pâté long shelf life

Increased competition for space in refrigerated cases at grocery stores is shifting product marketers’ focus toward food packaging that can deliver a long, ambient shelf life elsewhere in the store.

October 3, 2007

Beverage

Design competition / intl. trade fairs

iF Intl. Forum Design GmbH will present the “iF Packaging Award” at interpack (www.interpack.com) Process and Packaging 2008, organized by Messe Düsseldorf North America, April 24-30, 2008 in Düsseldorf, Germany.

October 3, 2007

Controls & Machine Components

Sustainability: buzz or business?

Why did packaging automation supplier ELAU participate in the recent Sustainable Packaging Forum? Because enabling technology will make the difference between achieving sustainability and tomorrow’s cliché. Why did packaging automation supplier ELAU participate in the recent Sustainable Packaging Forum? Because enabling technology will make the difference between achieving sustainability and tomorrow’s cliché.

October 1, 2007

Controls & Machine Components

A Unilever perspective on controls integration

A recent lunch with David Atherton, engineering director personal care liquids at Unilever, produced a number of insights into the packaging machinery controls integration and automation space. To wit:

September 27, 2007

Flexibles

Packaging Hall of Fame selects three inductees

Industry veterans Terry Bedell, William LeMaire, and Jerome Heckman are selected for 2007.

September 19, 2007

Flexibles

Liquor-spiked freezer-pops

Zeus Juice chooses vf/f/s machine to serve up packaged frozen cocktails.

September 5, 2007

Flexible packaging

Pocket Shot liquor served in a 'flexible flask'

A 50-mL stand-up format gives liquor on-the-go portability—and unbreakable flexibility.

September 5, 2007

Controls & machine components

An OMAC update

PackML Version 3.0 is out, and a full complement of demo sponsors are prepared to educate and enlighten visitors to the OMAC booth at Pack Expo Las Vegas.

September 5, 2007

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Malibu Wellness pumps new packaging

A polypropylene container that includes a no dip-tube dispensing pump provides waste-free dispensing and fits within a reusable outer SAN container, helping Malibu market its EC Mode skin-care products to salons, spas, and dermatologists.

September 5, 2007

Beverage

Touting packaging's value to management

John Caporaso, a packaging industry consultant with years of experience with companies such as Campbell Soup, Nabisco and Unilever, offers insights on how to gain support for the packaging function.

September 5, 2007

Recycling

The case for glass

One of the fascinating things about that ever-so-popular subject known as “sustainable packaging” is how contradictory peoples’ views can be. For example, while Boisset and the Liquor Control Board of Ontario are convinced that glass is considerably less “green” than PET, aluminum, or paper/foil laminations, McCormick Distillery disagrees.

August 9, 2007

Closures

French vintner shakes things up

Traditional glass is but one of many options when it comes to packaging at France’s Boisset Vins & Spiritueux. PET is launched (right) and an aluminum bottle is on deck.

August 9, 2007