Protective/transport packaging

ISU gains big assists from industry

Indiana State University is tapping packaging resources through its new R&D Center.

August 31, 2005

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Labels

PET bottles shake up cocktail-mix market

Unique packaging hits bull’s-eye for Target stores’ liquor departments.

August 31, 2005

Confection/Candy

Jam plant integrates packaging and processing

Integrating the packaging and processing areas of manufacturing proves to be anything but a sticky situation at this Oregon jam and jelly plant.

August 31, 2005

Flexible packaging

Grote Industries puts ISU to the test

The Indiana Packaging Research and Development Center, located on campus at Indiana State University in Terre Haute, IN, was formed in 2004.

June 30, 2005

Beverage

Does your package 'tell a story'?

I hadn’t really thought about storytelling as a marketing device until I read a column in Forbes by writer Daniel Pink that detailed a whole host of products with package copy that tells the story behind the product.

March 31, 2005

Flexible packaging

S&G weighs in on seeds

New triple-pan weighing system allows seed packager S&G Flowers to reduce labor costs and lower product giveaway of valuable flower and vegetable seeds.

March 31, 2005

Closures

Baby boomers may be the demographic 'bomb'

Companies would be wise to develop convenient packaging for aging baby boomers that have plenty of disposable income.

February 28, 2005

Conveying & accumulation

Lift and weigh checkweighers

The new Sonic-LW Lift-N-Weigh Checkweighers from Thompson Scale provide additional weighing options for companies that package cups filled with various condiments or blister packs that cannot be weighed with a standard checkweigher.

February 28, 2005

Flexibles

Chocolate sauce first in microwavable aseptic pack

Valrhona, a French gourmet chocolate maker, is among the first to launch product in the Tetra Wedge™ Aseptic microwavable 200 S aseptic pouch from Tetra Pak.

February 28, 2005

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Higher IQ packaging

From thwarting would-be counterfeiters to adding value through functionality, smart packaging keeps getting more intelligent.

January 31, 2005

Labels

Selling flavor without the wait

New product and the right label extend Tuttorosso to a time-pressed younger generation.

January 31, 2005

Labels

Emphasizing product benefits to the 'bring-it- to-me' consumer

The label can act a versatile communications tool to keep a brand contemporary. Greg Metzger, director of marketing at Red Gold Inc., Elwood, IN, believes the label is a good place to begin in a package review when the goal is extending a longtime brand to a new generation of potential product users.

December 31, 2004

Containers

Vinegars veer from glass to PET

Rising resin costs don’t deter plans to please customers by making a switch from glass to plasic. ‘We may extend PET usage for some other products in our line.’

December 31, 2004