Coding, Printing & Labeling

High-concept beer labels maintain aesthetic with laser coder

With high aesthetic standards for its bottles, Edinburgh Beer Factory required impeccable codes that didn't detract from the labels' visual appeal.

March 13, 2019

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E-commerce

Glass single-serve for E-com wine

Pushing the boundaries for wine bottle design is a startup e-commerce-only company out of San Francisco called Usual Wines. Its 6.3-oz single-serve glass bottle, a proprietary design produced by an unnamed supplier, is available online in 6-, 12-, or 24- count cases.

March 13, 2019

Labeling

Coke explores printed electronics

A recent campaign by Coca-Cola Central and Eastern Europe, though limited in scope, bears watching because it involves an intriguing use of printed electronics.

March 11, 2019

Sustainability

The case for rPET wine bottles

Santiago Navarro, CEO and co-founder of London-based Delivering Happiness Ltd., trading as Garçon Wines, discusses why the company chose PET, and in particular recycled PET, for its award-winning Flat Wine Bottle for e-commerce.

March 8, 2019

Dairy

Aseptic drinkable yogurt gets ‘dry sterilization’

Yili Group of China has invested in two new aseptic PET lines for drinkable yogurt in 230-g bottles.

March 8, 2019

Beverage

ProFood Tech addresses key issues facing food and beverage processing

Get ready for a great return of the event.

March 7, 2019

Flexibles

Cooler bag for beer wins top FPA award

Designed to be opened up and filled with up to 5 lb of ice, this multilayer and reusable bag replaces the traditional paperboard beer carton yet allows the brewery to merchandise its product in the manner consumers are used to seeing.

March 7, 2019

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Addressing a need for more speed

An existing line dedicated to 500-mL PET bottles couldn’t produce more than 42,000 bottles/hr. So management at Altmühltaler Mineralbrunnen decided it had to be replaced.

March 7, 2019

Containers

Over 20-year span, some challenges persist

Who knew that the process of producing handled PET containers would remain an area of development and interest over 20 years.

March 7, 2019

Conveying & accumulation

Optimizing the sorting and filling of returnable glass

Flooded with returnable glass bottles of varying types, this brewer needed an efficient method of sorting out its own distinct bottles from the rest; a new filling line completes the upgrade.

March 6, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Fit4style spray revs sports nutrition market

Portable energy spray in a replaceable pouch/sachet helps boost stamina during high-endurance workouts and sports activities.

March 5, 2019

Sustainability

Flat wine bottle gets complementary case

London-based Garçon Wines, inventors of the eco-friendly Flat Wine Bottle, has launched an innovative 10-count corrugated case that will significantly cut carbon emissions and logistics costs from the supply chain of wine.

March 5, 2019

Beverage

America loves its coffee, but you can kick Grandpa’s coffee can down the road

Flexible packaging totally dominates the whole bean and ground coffee categories, according to Euromonitor.

March 4, 2019