Containers

Diet Coke relaunches with new flavors and sleek packaging

The new products will hit store shelves in mid-January.

January 11, 2018

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Plastics/resins

New bottle for Vitaminwater reduces weight by 15%

Coca-Cola redesigns its Vitaminwater bottle, using a new structure that weighs less, has better stacking strength, allows for improved label application, and provides stronger packaging performance.

January 5, 2018

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Tin-ties meet automation

This New York coffee producer needed to automate the application of tin-tie reclosures to its bags of ground and whole-bean coffee. An ingenious and affordable machine was the result.

January 5, 2018

Plastics/resins

New bottle for Vitaminwater reduces weight by 15%

Coca-Cola redesigns its Vitaminwater bottle, using a new structure that weighs less, has better stacking strength, allows for improved label application, and provides stronger packaging performance

December 30, 2017

Containers

Elegant bottle helps Accolade Wines make a splash into the spirits market

Bottle stands out on the shelf with its sleek design, attractive graphics—and low weight—supporting the company’s sustainability and environmental values.

December 28, 2017

Containers

Private wine brand from Aldi conjures the mysterious

Aldi launches a new red wine with a name that evokes ancient monuments and relics; label graphics adorned with a metalwork-like design support the strong Runik name.

December 18, 2017

Containers

New Lime-A-Rita graphics put fun, flavor, and females first

Anheuser-Busch rebrands its RTD canned margarita beverage to appeal specifically to females and elevates the brand with pop art-inspired package graphics that focus on fruit and flavor.

December 16, 2017

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Coding solutions for London brewery

London-based Fourpure Brewing Co. has come up with a far more efficient approach to date-coding primary and secondary packaging.

December 15, 2017

Containers

Coconut water celebrates the holidays

Limited-edition bottle labels and 12-pk cases from Harmless Harvest encourage consumers to share the gift of organic coconut water over the holidays.

December 10, 2017

Closures

Consumers can now make lattes at home with one touch

A new 12-oz aerosol can with a specially designed dispensing nozzle transforms ordinary coffee into a frothy latte, delivering the coffeehouse experience to consumers at home.

December 9, 2017

Flexibles

Pouches for at-home cocktails

Bibo Barmaid of Annandale, NJ, now produces individually-sized cocktail mix pouches for the first at-home cocktail machine that produces the perfect drink in less than 20 sec.

December 8, 2017

Adhesive application

Reliable adhesive application at top speed

For the tamper-evident seal required by the German Mineral Water Ordinance, this beverage bottler deploys some innovative adhesive application technology.

December 1, 2017

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Spirits bottler revels in new-found flexibility

When it came time to relocate its manufacturing and packaging operations, this fifth-generation bottler and distributor went from ‘Can we do this?’ to ‘Piece of cake!’

December 1, 2017