Consumer packaged goods

Fabric Care Market is Awash with Opportunities

A greater use of washing machines in developing counties, the ease of use associated with liquid fabric care products, and the growing trend of hygienic personal care are key factors driving its growth.

September 3, 2019

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Household/Automotive

Comau recognized by General Motors as a 2018 Supplier of the Year winner

Comau named a GM Supplier of the Year by General Motors during its 27th annual Supplier of the Year awards ceremony held Wednesday, May 15 in Detroit.

July 3, 2019

Sustainability

Bio-PE used in Boulder Clean’s laundry detergent bottle

Plant-based cleaning products company updates its laundry detergent bottle to be more sustainable, adding 25% sugarcane-based bioplastic.

June 16, 2019

Labels

ALPLA Caribe and Fortiflex form strategic alliance

Fortiflex’s entire production transferred to ALPLA plant in Guayama, Puerto Rico.

June 14, 2019

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Chemical copacker cuts out inkjet maintenance, supervision

For certain SKUs at Mill-Chem, the switch from continuous to thermal inkjet meant simplicity alongside reduced babysitting and cleanup.

June 13, 2019

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Functional pack design makes concentrated cleaners make sense

Truman’s concentrated cleaning products give even entrenched home cleaner consumers a convincing reason to make the pivot from retail display case RTU spray bottles to a more sustainable e-comm model that eliminates the need to 'ship water.'

May 30, 2019

Petfood/Pet Care

Pet care industry fetches record-breaking sales in 2018

Annual spending figures from the American Pet Products Assn. for 2018 show strong overall growth, with pet food leading the pack, at $30.32 billion.

May 11, 2019

Closures

A drip-free dispensing solution for diesel engine fuel

Bottle design for AdBlue diesel engine fuel includes a drip-free dispensing nozzle that allows the fuel to dispense when inserted into the filling hole and shuts off when the nozzle is withdrawn.

April 29, 2019

Sustainability

Seventh Generation’s ultra-concentrated detergent uses 60% less plastic

At the American Packaging Summit, Seventh Generation’s Kelly Murosky shares how the company went beyond a 100% rPET bottle for even greater sustainability with an ultra-concentrated product.

April 17, 2019

Sustainability

Smog-busters: Dell uses ink made from pollution

New technology captures emissions from diesel generators to create carbon black for ink, which Dell India is using to print 125,000 cases per month.

April 14, 2019

Coding, Printing & Labeling

CIJ coding of HDPE bottles

Warren Distribution has been blending and filling lubricants for the automotive industry since 1922, but never have its ink-jet coding methods been as reliable and flexible as they are today.

April 3, 2019

Closures

Critical fix for closures triples cleaning product sales

E-commerce home cleaning products finds solutions to leaking bottles and pump dispensers that stick.

March 29, 2019

Containers

Reusable petfood container

Petzeba, a petfood marketer based in Alberswil, Switzerland, has launched a 5-L container that holds 2.5 kg of cat food and features a convenient handle as well as high-impact graphics showing cats chasing butterflies.

March 15, 2019