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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Beverage
Food
Other Packaged Goods
Flexibles
Coping with change
At independent Pepsi bottler Browning Harvey Ltd. in St. Johns, Newfoundland, plant manager Gary Williams recently eliminated the hassle of inventorying returnable plastic shells for PET bottles. (This story will run in an upcoming issue.) Here Gary talks about the challenge of change in the overall packaging landscape.
October 31, 2005
Water: Page 18
Flexibles
Packaging made from renewable resources gains traction
As petroleum-based materials edge upward in cost, packaging made from renewable resources grows more appealing. Says one water bottler, 'It’s the right thing.'
October 31, 2005
Coding, Printing & Labeling
RFID R&D at MIT
It seems logical that the smartest minds should tackle the toughest challenges. That’s the mindset at the Auto-ID Labs of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
September 30, 2005
Beverage
A vision for the future
Veteran branding experts say the packages that will have staying power will be rooted in solid consumer research and precise targeting rather than on passing fads.
August 31, 2005
Flexible packaging
BIB tap maintains sterility in use
A patented dispenser tap that keeps low-acid bag-in-box products aseptic after opening draws end-user interest, including Dale’s Kitchen for soup stocks.
August 31, 2005
Beverage
North American bottled water market grows...
...hurting carbonated soft drinks. And it’s tough to make money on water’s razor-thin margins. The drip has become a steady stream due in part to anti-obesity campaigns touting healthier drinking habits...
July 31, 2005
Coding, Printing & Labeling
An inside view of RFID R&D at MIT
RFID research at MIT’s Auto-ID Labs includes custom tags for bottles of water, RF graphical simulation, and the study of the effect of air gaps and metal.
June 30, 2005
Recycling
Splish, Splash... beverage containers may take a bath
Sewer authorities, water utilities, environmentalists, and others now are pushing for a consumption fee on beverage containers.
February 28, 2005
Beverage
Sri Lankan brewer responds to tsunami disaster
A Sri Lankan brewery has temporarily given up making beer and switched to bottling water to help survivors of the Indian Ocean tsunami, the relief group Oxfam International reported on Thursday, December 30.
January 31, 2005
Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials
Higher IQ packaging
From thwarting would-be counterfeiters to adding value through functionality, smart packaging keeps getting more intelligent.
January 31, 2005
Beverage
Brewer responds to disaster
A Sri Lankan brewery switches from beer to water to assist the tsunami survivors.
December 31, 2004
Bio-based
BIOTA's high-water mark in sustainable packaging
Colorado-based Biota debuts spring-fed water in commercially compostable bottles molded of polylactide.
December 31, 2004
Recycling
Mountain man's green bottles
That’s green as in planet-friendly packaging. Founder David Zutler is chief executive officer of BIOTA Brands of America Inc., Telluride, CO, which introduced for retail sale in October the world’s first water in bottles made of polylactide, or PLA, a polymer derived from corn that’s commercially compostable.
November 30, 2004
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