Flexibles

High-barrier lamination

Ampac’s Converted Products Div. has launched Flexi 2122, a high-barrier foil lamination with Barex® for hard-to-hold products such as aggressive liquids, gels, or solids whose formulation has a tendency to attack traditional structures.

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Prepared Foods

Laminated board stock

Natural Choice™ laminated board stock from Dura-Fibre® offers protective pkg. with high-quality graphic printability. Approved for contact with food, customizable to any thickness from 24 to 60 points, and available in finishes such as solid white, white 1-sided, and white 2-sided.

October 31, 2005

Cosmetics/Personal care

Handled Boston round

Continental Pkg. Solutions has introduced the HDPE Handheld Boston Round, featuring an easy grip for heavy products and an easy-pour opening for dispensing.

October 31, 2005

Beverage

Swanky card packs nearly triple wine merchant's gift sales

Sherry-Lehmann, a New York wine merchant, faced this marketing challenge: Develop a new service to increase sales, and make the tone seamlessly complement the chic of its Manhattan store.

October 31, 2005

Consumer packaged goods

Companies

DMI completed an expansion of its Wharton, NJ, headquarters to 275ꯠ sq’ for manufacturing, filling, and packaging of aqueous products.

October 31, 2005

Sustainable Packaging

California AG sues over acrylamide

The State’s attorney general filed suit under Proposition 65 against some of the biggest food companies, including McDonald’s, Burger King, KFC, and Frito-Lay, to force them to put warning labels on all French fries and potato chips sold in California because they contain high levels of acrylamide, a known carcinogen.

October 31, 2005

Flexibles

The power of the 'aesthetic imperative'

The best packages compel consumers to sense the pleasure in using the product, giving them space to personalize meaning and build relevance. Here are four examples.

October 31, 2005

Flexibles

Prepress progress through new and old technologies

CPG companies want color accuracy that is dead-on, but they also want to squeeze out more efficiency from the package printing process. Prepress is where it all has to happen.

October 31, 2005

Flexibles

Packaging made from renewable resources gains traction

As petroleum-based materials edge upward in cost, packaging made from renewable resources grows more appealing. Says one water bottler, 'It’s the right thing.'

October 31, 2005

Secondary Packaging

Experts offer insights on healthcare packaging design

Recognized leaders in branding and design, Richard Gerstman and Herbert Meyers examine the challenges of pharmaceutical and nutraceutical package design.

October 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Psst: The privacy world of RFID

Privacy is an issue that some see as a potential dark cloud to RFID's silver lining.

October 31, 2005

Flexibles

UV-flexo ink

Sun Chemical introduces its SOLARCAT, an advanced cationic UV-flexo ink that the company says cures two times faster than other UV-flexo inks on the market.

September 30, 2005

Filling/capping, dry

Let's go bust some clutter

Seeing is believing. When it comes to consumer branding, the apt phrase might be “seeing is buying.” More accurately, it would be “unseen is unsold,” because consumers cannot buy what they do not see.

September 30, 2005