Sustainability

European juice packager pioneers first extrusion-blown PLA bottle

Polenghi of Italy employs a low carbon-footprint bioplastic bottle for its new Bio organic lemon juice brand.

October 19, 2010

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Beverage

Gum stretches its appeal as a provider of benefits

Kraft Foods and Wrigley are taking the lead as gum extends its reach as a delivery system for vitamin C and a source of dessert-like flavors for the diet-conscious.

October 14, 2010

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

'Right here right now' packs gaining in popularity

Euromonitor identifies a trend in which smaller packages are faring well when they answer an immediate consumer need, from convenience to portion size.

October 14, 2010

Flexibles

Stonyfield Farm makes switch to PLA for yogurt multipacks

In a first for dairy, Stonyfield uses PLA to produce f/f/s yogurt cups, resulting in 48% less GHGs than the PS packaging it replaces; offsets support non-GM corn production.

October 13, 2010

Sustainability

Sharps Compliance launches waste conversion process

Company aims to eliminate landfilled sharps and syringes via a process that sterilizes the waste, then shreds and pelletizes it into a new product used for industrial applications.

October 12, 2010

Converting equipment

One powerful show indeed

Pack Expo International 2010, the largest packaging and processing event in the world this year, comes to Chicago’s McCormick Place October 31- November 3.

October 12, 2010

Flexibles

Ink-jet coding system demonstrates reliability & longevity

Cott Beverages avoids costly downtime with easy-maintenance, workhorse coding equipment.

October 12, 2010

Recycling

Californians and recycling

Beverage container deposit law, born in Oregon in 1972, has since been enacted in U.S. 11 states.

October 12, 2010

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Tense trends tend to send messages to packaging makers

In an ideal world, most of the time packaging materials are invisible, happily protecting food, drugs, and other consumer products, sometimes using somewhat sophisticated technologies, but not drawing attention to themselves.

October 12, 2010

Beverage

Doing well by doing good

If, like most packaging professionals, you’re tired of hearing that packaging can only have a deleterious effect on society, you gotta meet Greg Stromberg.

October 11, 2010

Labels

Polish distiller employs traditional packaging for premium vodka in U.S.

Relic bottle and tattered label used to launch Wódka, marketed as a premium rye vodka sold at an honest price.

October 10, 2010

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Clear choice awards announced

The Boston Beer Company developed a beer that is barrel aged, and for this offering, needed a very special bottle; the bottle they came up with is so special it’s the winner in the Overall Package Design category in this year’s Clear Choice Awards, sponsored by the Glass Packaging Institute.

October 10, 2010

Containers

PET bottle flexes with hot filling

A sports/hydration beverage based on coconut water has been introduced in the first 20-oz stock PowerFlex PET container.

October 10, 2010