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

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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dispensing nozzle that allows the fuel to dispense when inserted into the filling hole and shuts off when the nozzle is withdrawn.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

Sustainability

Windex glass cleaner will be in 100% recycled ocean plastic bottle

SC Johnson to launch Windex Vinegar Ocean Plastic bottles in the spring. A fall 2019 version will include materials collected through a program that will minimize waste while addressing poverty.

March 13, 2019

E-commerce/D2C packaging

On-demand boxes save money, enhance customer experience

Consumer electronics company Newegg uses on-demand boxmaking to securely package products that don’t fit into its standard size cases without a lot of dunnage.

March 13, 2019

Converting equipment

Nudging converters into digital

Philip Morris enjoys a mutually beneficial relationship with the converters it relies on for the vast majority of its cartons; but thought leaders in the firm understand that there are times when waiting for the supplier community to develop the next big thing isn’t always the best idea.

February 27, 2019

Consumer packaged goods

Jet.com Launches Uniquely J Private Brand Geared to Urban Millennials

Walmart e-commerce company Jet.com launches a private brand with packaging that is unexpected, wildly unique and fun, counter-worthy, and endlessly social media-sharable.

February 11, 2019

Converting equipment

Philip Morris and the push for digital

Few brand owners are as passionate about the potential for digital printing and finishing as Philip Morris, which has installed its own digital printing and converting line for folding cartons.

February 5, 2019

Sustainability

Tide packaged for E-com only

This bag-in-box format is designed specifically for e-commerce. Super-concentrated formula means just 105 oz washes the same 96 loads that a 150-oz HDPE press-tap bottle does.

January 18, 2019