Detergents/cleaners

Design: A simply sparkling redesign

For 12 years, Simple Green biodegradable cleansers occupied a bottle shape and design that apperared to be geared to heavy-duty professionals rather than consumers.

February 28, 2002

Consumer packaged goods: Page 153

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

Web Plus: Sites

New or enhanced Web sites

February 28, 2002

Consumer packaged goods

PipeLine: The power of words0;and meanings

As most readers can guess, those of us in the word (lower case “w”) business are avid admirers of vocabulary.

February 28, 2002

Sustainable Packaging

Packagers share green thoughts

An exclusive Packworld.com survey reveals packagers’ thoughts and advice about environmentally friendly packaging.

February 28, 2002

Contract Packaging

Consumers power packaging (sidebar)

Who participated in survey

February 28, 2002

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Consumers power packaging (sidebar)

Suggestions that work

February 28, 2002

Recycling

Consumers drive new 12-pack shape

Last summer, one Coca-Cola canner set out to change the shape of 12-pack paperboard carriers, and Coke Consolidated is now reaping the rewards.

February 28, 2002

Flexibles

FPA Achievement Award suppliers

Alpha listing of suppliers mentioned in March '02 coverage of Flexible Packaging Assn.'s 2001 Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards:

February 28, 2002

Secondary Packaging

Making your packaging company a cult brand

What do Jack Daniels Whiskey and packaging have in common? Both are price-sensitive commodities with distinctive characteristics operating in highly competitive markets. But, how many packaging companies command such customer devotion that price is not a major consideration?

January 31, 2002

Flexibles

Shapely canisters treat cookies, dog food

Distinctive tapered canisters with rounded corners are creating differentiation for products in two separate categories, and in two different countries. In the United States, Dayton, OH-based Iams Company in November began to use the Linearpak® container for its new Eukanuba Healthy Extras Biscuits.

January 31, 2002

Consumer packaged goods

Industry watch: People

The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, MI): Romeo Kreinberg, president, polyolefin and elastomers business group. —Wago (Germantown, WI): Bill Lydon, product mgr., electronic products.

January 31, 2002

Cosmetics/Personal care

Rules & Regs: More CR packaging ordered

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is requiring child-resistant packaging for cosmetics and household products that contain 10% or more hydrocarbons and have a thin, oily consistency (see PW, Jan ’02, p.

January 31, 2002

Flexibles

Insecticide debuts in 'killer' packaging

GardenTech launches 10-lb stand-up bags of Over ‘n Out in a three-piece display-ready case with a stand-out four-color design.

January 31, 2002