Secondary Packaging

Robotic case packing for a safer end-of-line environment

Indonesian dairy relieves its congested manual case-packing area by installing 11 robotic case packers that improve efficiency, create a safer work environment, and reduce labor costs.

August 29, 2017

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Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Nordic heritage, unique flavors are focus of new skyr cup

A new paperboard-plastic thermoform structure and redesigned label graphics differentiate Icelandic Provisions’ skyr product from yogurt and highlight its Nordic roots and ingredients.

August 26, 2017

Containers

Bud Light kicks off football season with team-specific packaging

Continuing its annual tradition of creating specially designed NFL season packaging, Bud Light has introduced aluminum cans and bottles with designs that celebrate 28 NFL teams.

August 23, 2017

Containers

Bud Light kicks off football season with team-specific packaging

Continuing its annual tradition of creating specially designed NFL season packaging, Bud Light has introduced aluminum cans and bottles with designs that celebrate 28 NFL teams.

August 21, 2017

Sustainability

The recyclable capsule cup

Barrie House's capsule cups improve the taste of its coffee while helping the environment.

August 21, 2017

Sustainability

Coca-Cola labels find new life as rum bottle caps

Dutch creative agency Fitzroy goes from ‘waste to wasted’ when it collects Coca-Cola bottle labels from the beaches and melts them down to make one-of-a-kind caps for its new rum brand.

August 15, 2017

Sustainability

Nestlé Waters rolls out How2Recycle label

The initiative will include all of its major U.S. bottled water brands, which will be labeled with clear, concise recycling instructions.

August 15, 2017

Containers

New bottle for kombucha brand quadruples company’s production rates

A custom glass bottle for Holy Kombucha that features a wider neck than its previous packaging helps the brand owner fill the product faster and provides differentiation on shelf.

August 14, 2017

Containers

Glass jars enable yogurt’s thick, creamy texture

General Mills brings its French-style yogurt to the U.S., employing a ‘pot-set’ process that relies on glass packaging to deliver a fresh taste and thick, creamy texture without artificial ingredients.

August 13, 2017

Containers

Study examines the future of liquid paperboard packaging to 2022

Significant growth is expected, with liquid paperboard packaging for dairy products, including alternative-milk beverages, leading the market, followed by packaging for juice.

August 9, 2017

Containers

Nestlé Pure Life relaunches brand

Relaunch includes new packaging that emphasizes the role water plays in consumers’ lives and the company’s family-centric values.

August 5, 2017

Conveying & accumulation

Fast & flexible can packing

Contract beverage packer revolutionizes high-speed variety can packaging by automating cartoning/casing operations for broad range of can sizes, flavor varieties, and pack configurations.

July 26, 2017

Plastics/resins

New pouch design for water

HFactor, the United States' first functional water that caters to the health, wellness and lifestyle challenges and needs of today’s active consumers, announced a complete redesign of its packaging.

July 24, 2017