Flexibles

Smart Package of the Month: Nanoclay pouch

A nanoclay-coated pouch debuts our exclusive ‘Smart Package of the Month’ spotlight as selected by the experts at IDTechEx.

January 31, 2005

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Meat/Poultry/Seafood

How packaging helps BJ's grow its private-label niche

Strategic design rewards Berkley & Jensen consumer brand with sales increases of as much as 30%. The packaging focuses on consumer benefits while being mindful of the club store environment.

January 31, 2005

Additives, coatings & inks

Report ponders plastics pricing issues

Higher feedstock costs and strong export demand drove polyethylene prices up 22¢/lb last year, according to a January 6, 2005 Market Update from The Plastics Exchange.

January 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

The Packaging Pushback Club

Among the more regrettable developments in the ongoing saga of RFID implementation is the emergence of what I like to call the Packaging Pushback Club. You know them.

January 31, 2005

Additives, coatings & inks

The power of numbers, and neighbors

As we struggle to write “2005” instead of “2004” on our checks, I’m struck by how important numbers are to our lives and our jobs.

January 31, 2005

Beverage

Having fun with wine packaging

Snob Hill Winery scores with a synthetic cork and its Le Snoot piggy graphics on labels. Don Sebastiani puts a screw cap in its wine name.

January 31, 2005

Beverage

Spirited redesign for Baileys

Why mess with success? Diageo’s popular Baileys Irish Cream receives a dramatic new consumer-driven look.

January 31, 2005

Flexibles

Taste of the earth

Coffee bean roaster and marketer GHH Select sells unique whole beans in a valved bag with stunning digitally printed images on labels.

January 31, 2005

Flexibles

Shipped packs often 'anti-green'

Internet purchases often lead to greater packaging waste, observes Fritz Yambrach, a professor of packaging science at RIT.

December 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

ARC study: ROI for RFID is lacking

For a study released in November, the ARC Advisory Group talked to 24 companies that were actively investing in EPC (Electronic Product Code) RFID. The study includes best practices.

December 31, 2004

Labels

Conductive Inks: RFID's silver lining?

If RFID is going to make it to the item level, package printers are likely to play a leading role.

December 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

The Packaging Pushback Club

Who knows what excuses slow RFID acceptance and implementation? RFID authority John Greaves of Deloitte Consulting does, and identifies these maligned scapegoats.

December 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

RFID one-on-one with Kevin Ashton Part 1

RFID Antenna exclusive: RFID authority Kevin Ashton, co-founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Auto-ID Center and now vice president of marketing with RFID reader vendor ThingMagic, provides insights and observations in this exclusive interview conducted in December. Part 2 concludes next month.

December 31, 2004