Flexible packaging

Awards push sustainability

The 21st DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation honors 10 winners that all carry a sustainable packaging message in their design and construction.

July 2, 2009

Petfood/Pet Care: Page 10

Petfood/Pet Care

Cat food-carrier promo creates sales lift

Sales of Nestlé Purina PetCare’s Fancy Feast cat foods show a significant jump with the launch of a handy, point-of-purchase carrying case that doubles as an at-home dispenser.

June 5, 2009

Flexible packaging

Flexible films find gold in FPA awards

Vacuum skin packaging, gorgeous stand-up pouches, and a WHO winner with life-saving potential are among the highlights in this year’s FPA competition.

March 1, 2009

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Lessons Learned: The outtakes

Another thing I’ve learned while poring over 2,800 responses to the 2008 version of our annual Lessons Learned survey the past several months is that many of you have a sense of bemusement about packaging.

December 3, 2008

Flexibles

Energy drinks hit high gear in shrink-sleeved multipacks

A drink for female off-roading enthusiasts is ‘pretty in pink,’ and in silver, and in black.

October 2, 2008

Flexibles

Woven-mesh film bags are purr-fect for pet food

Innovative converting process results in a woven-mesh film bag that is durable, attractive, and economical for pet-food producer American Nutrition.

August 31, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Del Monte pounces on Meow Mix pouch line

Robotic case-loading system at Del Monte Pet Foods propels pouch production into an automated tiger.

August 31, 2008

Petfood/Pet Care

Impact of aging consumers on packaging

While the aging U.S. consumer base is making its presence felt in virtually every product category, the impact is especially strong in packaging, which of course serves as the first point of contact between the product and the consumer.

August 31, 2008

Flexibles

CPA member cast their nets to catch new ideas at annual meeting

There’s an ocean of opportunity in the contract packaging industry.

August 1, 2008

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

Speaking out on soaring raw material prices to consumer trends driving package design

Flexible packaging manufacturer ISO Poly president Dale Brockman speaks out on industry issues. A candid interview with Packaging World.

June 27, 2008

Conveying & accumulation

Custom-designed conveyor ambidexterity

Toll Packaging Group, Gibson City, IL, is a contract packer that provides services for manufacturers of a variety of food products for both humans and pets.

June 1, 2008

Beverage

Wine for your furry friend

Bark Vineyards bottled varietals offer 'fine wine for your canine or feline.'

April 24, 2008

Petfood/Pet Care

'Best in breed' for cap packaging

Stull Technologies borrows a few ideas from the high-speed CD jewel case manufacturing scene when it brings sophisticated robotics to its packaging operations.

April 4, 2008