Consumer packaged goods: Page 101

Labels

Nestlé Beneful receives Pack Expo Selects award

The dog food package for Nestlé Beneful Prepared Meals was selected the winner in the inaugural Pack Expo Selects™ program by packaging professionals attending last November’s Pack Expo Intl., which is sponsored by the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (www.pmmi.org).

February 9, 2007

Consumer packaged goods

CD/DVD labeling application video

CD/DVD labeling systems are typically designed to apply browser, spine, security and spot labels to CD and DVD cases. New application video from CTM Labeling.

January 29, 2007

Sustainable Packaging

IoPP tackles sustainable packaging

About 100 people braved the lake effect snow of Southwest Michigan January 25 to attend the first meeting of the IoPP Sustainable Packaging Task Group.

January 26, 2007

Beverage

Coors debuts Hispanic Super Bowl packaging

Official beer sponsor of NFL caters to Latino football fans with bilingual Super Bowl packaging.

January 25, 2007

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Associated Packaging Equipment's roll-fed servo Polystar® labeler 'a giant step forward'

Martin Malthouse, founder and President of Associated Packaging Equipment Corporation, described the servo version of its Polystar® roll-fed labeling system his firm developed with ELAU's PacDrive™ automation system. It is an in-line system that uses servo-driven star wheels to achieve exceptional flexibility and speed.

January 14, 2007

Sustainability

PP pails

IPL Packaging offers a newly designed family of PP industrial pails and commercial containers.

January 11, 2007

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Resilient RFID tag

Now available from Confidex, Ironside RFID transponders work on metallic objects and in the most demanding conditions.

January 11, 2007

Containers

That's a wrap

Six servo-driven shrink-bundling machines help a pickle company transition out of corrugated reshippers and into tray packing.

January 10, 2007

Flexibles

Salad maker targets conveyor cleanliness

Green Cuisine upgrades salad assembly ops, enhancing production speeds as well as sanitation and quality controls.

January 10, 2007

Meat/Poultry/Seafood

Coalition's diversity as dramatic as its message

At least some people know how to play nice in the sandbox.

January 10, 2007

Flexibles

Making market research work for you

“No matter what the direction, market research can show packagers how to deliver success, cost-savings, or bigger market share.”

January 10, 2007

Contract Packaging

Catching up with fickle consumers

It is a time of change for the contract packaging industry.

December 19, 2006