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Sustainability

2010 NACD awards honor innovation

Twenty-three packages representing a range of industries are lauded by the National Association of Container Distributors.

June 7, 2010

Coding, Printing & Labeling

FTC targets Snap, Crackle and Pop for health claims on Rice Krispies

Package claims cereal “now helps support your child’s immunity.”

June 7, 2010

Flexible packaging

Innovation built on green principles

Sustainability remained a key criterion in this 22nd edition of the DuPont Awards. But this is mostly a story about innovation.

June 5, 2010

Flexibles

Package appropriateness

Some package styles just plain fit certain product groups. A box of cereal, a tube of toothpaste, a bag of chips, a can of beans, a can of soup, a bottle of milk, a bottle of beer, a bottle of wine—in every case we automatically associate the package format with the product.

June 5, 2010

Beverage

New-project best practices

Having just completed the installation of a completely automated 120 can/min packaging line, Melitta USA, Inc. plant manager Vincent Tagliaferro offers some sage advice on project management.

June 5, 2010

Conveying & accumulation

'Opa!' Greek yogurt company celebrates state-of-the-art filling lines

An authentic Greek import, FAGE Total yogurt is packaged at a new U.S. facility that boasts three aseptic filling lines that race to keep up with consumer demand.

June 4, 2010

Beverage

22nd DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation--Silver winners

The following are the 2010 DuPont Silver Award winners—Innovation.

June 4, 2010

Containers

Tenaya launches high-acid, shelf-stable beverages in aseptic PET bottles

Reportedly among the first of its kind in North America, the organic beverages use bottles with a barrier coating.

June 4, 2010

Flexibles

Biodegradable film for chocolate Melts

In the UK, Melts chocolate candies from Thorntons are wrapped in metallised, biodegradable NatureFlex™ NM film from Innovia.

June 4, 2010

Flexibles

Glass best for health and the environment, study finds

The research, conducted independently for the Glass Packaging Institute, finds that consumers have a high level of trust in glass in key areas, including contamination issues.

June 4, 2010

Containers

OFF THE SHELF: Arizona Rescue Water relies on packaging

Whether it's nutraceutical, vitamin-fortified, or just plain tasty and refreshing, Arizona Rescue Water uses packaging for shelf impact and differentiation. Jim Butschli reports.

June 4, 2010

Flexibles

Vitamin-enhanced water debuts in PET

AriZona Beverage Co. launches RESCUE Water in injection blow-molded PET bottles that use an oxygen-scavenging technology.

June 1, 2010