Flexibles

Milk (packaging) gone green

The milk container market is exemplary of sustainable options and developments within one of the most important of all the food and beverage packaging segments.

December 3, 2008

Beverage: Page 185

Reusable/Returnable

Reusables benefits checklist

December 3, 2008

Flexibles

Reusable transport packaging comes of age

Rising packaging material and supply-chain costs, environmental pressures, and government regulations make reusable transport packaging an attractive and profitable option.

December 3, 2008

Labels

Authentication--are brands under siege?

A pervasive air of secrecy makes trends in brand protection tough to track. But three authentication efforts shed light on some of the solutions being explored.

December 3, 2008

Sustainability

Keener focus on structural design: the shape of things to come?

Color is king in packaging’s visual hierarchy. But shape, a strong No. 2, might be on the verge of a breakthrough. Shape speaks the ‘language of credibility’ in a holistic design.

December 3, 2008

Flexible packaging

Cost pressures cloud healthcare packaging's future

Mounting financial pressures top a list of issues driving the pharmaceutical, biologic, and medical device sectors. In an exclusive interview, Freedonia senior healthcare consultant Bill Martineau discusses where packaging fits into these issues.

December 3, 2008

Sustainability

Economic concerns battle convenience for supremacy

Escalating oil costs have an impact on both packagers and consumers, driving new food and beverage packaging trends. But convenience is still top-of-mind for many.

December 3, 2008

Sustainable Packaging

The fourth annual Sustainable Packaging Forum

The fourth annual Sustainable Packaging Forum this September in Denver upheld the event’s past level of program excellence.

December 3, 2008

Sustainable Packaging

Six steps to implementing reusable packaging

Generally, a company should consider switching to reusable transport packaging when it would be less expensive than one-time or limited-use transport packaging.

December 2, 2008

Beverage

Hawaiian brewer has multi-packs covered

During the Summer 2008, Maui Brewing Co., Lahaina, Maui, HI, began rolling out a new approach to multi-pack beer can packaging.

November 30, 2008

Beverage

Hawaiian brewer has multipacks covered

Maui Brewing views 'extremely successful' dust covers as a must for consumers.

November 25, 2008

Closures

Composite cans coming of age in infant formula

FROM PACK EXPO 2008: Spiral-wound paperboard containers give category new wrinkle while also providing strength, barrier, and aroma and taste preservation.

November 10, 2008

Beverage

Education in the Spotlight at Pack Expo Intl.

FROM PACK EXPO 2008: Education and educators were in the spotlight at Pack Expo Intl. on Sunday with a series of press events and meetings.

November 9, 2008