Containers

European tube suppliers report relatively stable 2009

The tube’s versatility, and a strong presence in cosmetics and pharma, helped this package weather the economic storm across Europe.

January 18, 2010

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Recycling

Concentrate products are extending to additional categories

2X liquids are bringing smaller packages to additional categories, with benefits for both consumers and retailers.

January 14, 2010

Beverage

High-pressure processing to extend food shelf life?

One of the consequences of the ongoing consumer trend toward foods that are more healthful is that food manufacturers trying to meet this consumer preference may be shortening some of their products’ shelf lives.

January 13, 2010

Tamper-evident machinery

When it comes to food safety, perception is reality

It’s no secret that food safety is a hot-button issue these days.

January 8, 2010

Sustainability

Packaging is key to club-store success

The unique environment of the wholesale club store demands that packaging be retail-ready, eye-catching, innovative, and environmentally friendly to secure product sales.

January 8, 2010

Coding, Printing & Labeling

They're baaack: Consumer group wants food label changed...again

Ah, the food label, the Great Crossroads, the Window into the American Soul, where contemporary issues relating to diet and health are revealed and battled over, a town square where the features the food industry wants to tout and consumers care about are trumpeted or whispered about, with government agencies looking over everyone’s shoulder.

January 7, 2010

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Simple, sustainable design for organic dairy and meat and cheese packaging--got it half right?

Lindsay Perkins’ packaging for organic farm products from Maine really delivers on so many points, misses the mark on a few.

December 15, 2009

Flexibles

Major Hormel brands are lightweighted for substantial materials savings

Product packaging ranging from cartons and glass jars to tubs and corrugated cases slim down in Hormel’s efforts to reduce its environmental footprint.

December 11, 2009

Flexible packaging

Global collaboration enables Kraft Foods' culture change

Project-by-project, Kraft Foods’ global business units, with leadership from the company’s corporate sustainability team, are creating a culture where sustainability is a part of every package design.

December 8, 2009

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Food safety fears fuel traceability options

Amidst an environment where outbreaks of food-related illnesses seem to be making headlines with increasing regularity, and one in which consumers’ trust in government and other institutions continues to plunge as the result of a shaken economy, food safety concerns are at an all-time high.

December 6, 2009

Flexible packaging

Value and health drive new food and beverage packaging

A depressed economy and consumers' increasing concerns about personal, as well as environmental, health and wellness drive food and beverage packaging innovations.

December 6, 2009

Contract Packaging

December 2012? Don't sweat it, but expect the business world to be different

December 5, 2009

Meat/Poultry/Seafood

'Oxygen-restrictive packaging' part of FDA warning

The FDA has issued a warning to Cloud’s Food Service of Longview, TX, citing public health violations found by inspectors over the summer.

December 4, 2009