Flexible packaging

Chocolate bar maker puts a premium on quality

New combination checkweigher/metal detector helps Lake Champlain Chocolates uphold its high quality standards, ensure food safety, and reliably meet net weight.

June 24, 2019

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Containers

Tic Tac decorated for Day of the Dead

The joy and traditions that surround the Day of the Dead are conjured in a limited-edition label for Tic Tac designed to engage Mexican millennials and young adults.

May 27, 2019

Flexibles

Russell Stover redesign reverses three-year sales decline

New packaging graphics for Russell Stover’s sugar-free candies focus on appetite appeal and craftsmanship to change consumers perceptions about the quality of sugar-free brands.

March 24, 2019

Recycling

Ethnographic research key to chocolate bar package redesign

Endangered Species Chocolate’s 3-oz premium bars receive a package design ‘reboot’ to better align with consumer expectations.

March 7, 2019

Confection/Candy

Quirky, playful cartons dazzle for Harvey Nichols’ Valentine’s Day truffles

Fashion-focused U.K. consumers can purchase five different boxes of luxury truffles with cheeky one-liners such as ‘I heart emoji u.’

February 12, 2019

Cartons and boxes

Cannabis brand incredibles grows up, but keeps its cool

New, more polished, packaging for the incredibles line of edibles reflects the brands’ growing national status while keeping some of the graphic elements that made it a fixture on the Colorado scene.

December 29, 2018

Confection/Candy

Pouch graphics perform heavy lifting for cannabis edibles

Cannabis is a new market, but early movers in legal states have a head start in pioneering more sophisticated packaging.

November 29, 2018

Confection/Candy

Multi-orientation, multi-scan metal detector unveiled

New metal detector for high-value foods can identify very thin contaminants, inspecting products vertically and horizontally at one time.

October 16, 2018

Confection/Candy

New versatile small batch confectionery depositor

Baker Perkins (Booth #S-2695) has introduced the ServoForm Mini, a high-output small batch candy depositor.

October 15, 2018

Flexibles

Smaller packs, healthy snacking pushing pouch applications

New Freedonia study forecasts the demand for pouches used in candy and snack food packaging to increase 3.8% annually through 2022 to $3.4 billion.

October 9, 2018

Flexibles

A reclosable Gum Wallet

Only by harnessing the talents of two materials suppliers and one make of vertical form/fill/seal equipment could Perfetti Van Melle succeed in developing its Mentos Gum Wallet.

October 1, 2018

Secondary Packaging

RRPs for candy pouches require robotic case packing

A Ferrara Candy packaging center installs two robotic case packers capable of loading its consumer-preferred stand-up pouches in a range of retail-ready packaging configurations.

August 20, 2018

Flexibles

Merchandising pop for Mentos candies

SHARE-A-BOWL, a flexible, stackable, and reclosable package made from a single roll of film on a vertical form/fill/seal machine, scores big points on sustainability.

March 27, 2018