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

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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

E-commerce

P&G launches an e-comm first

‘We have designed a package e-comm-back.’ That’s how Procter & Gamble describes the process behind its launch this month of the Tide Eco-Box.

January 15, 2019

E-commerce

P&G Eco-Box irks bloggers

This just in from the department of no good deed goes unpunished.

January 9, 2019

Cartons and boxes

Nesting club-store carton puts Mr. Clean on full display

Replacing a thermoformed tub with an overlapping carton configuration for its Mr. Clean Magic Eraser club-store assortment, P&G enhances product visibility while increasing the package’s sustainability.

January 6, 2019

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

New lubricant filling line optimizes floor space

A second filling line for German lubricant manufacturer Addinol is cleverly integrated with an existing line to fit limited floor space while increasing production and container size options.

December 9, 2018

Sustainable Packaging

At J&J Consumer, packaging is a team sport

Millennials, sustainable packaging, speed to market, e-commerce, and keeping up with nimble competitors—packaging professionals at J&J Consumer are laser focused on all of the above.

December 3, 2018

Sustainable Packaging

An e-comm first from P&G

The Tide Eco-Box is the first product launch from P&G Fabric Care’s eCommerce Innovation Group. ‘We have designed a package eComm-back.’

November 14, 2018

Consumer packaged goods

Tobacco pushes to the front of the line

A latecomer to FDA’s stable of responsibilities, regulation of tobacco aims to protect the public health, though these efforts are not without controversy.

October 30, 2018

Flexibles

Flexible pack behaves like rigid bottle

The winner of the Diamond Award in the 2018 Dow Awards for Packaging Innovation uses compressed air inflated into its edges to bring remarkable rigidity and ease of handling.

October 12, 2018

Sustainability

Seventh Generation first to use 100% PCR cap, naturally

The plant-based household and personal care products producer overcomes the challenges with using 100% recycled-content plastic with a new bottle cap for its Natural Dish Liquid bottle.

September 22, 2018