Sustainability

Packaging powers P&G's sustainability plans

The CPG releases its 13th Annual Sustainability Report, with packaging changes and material reductions playing an important role in near and short-term goals.

October 18, 2011

Consumer packaged goods: Page 38

Containers

CR auto additives closure

Sea Foam Sales Co., an auto additive manufacturer in Eden Prairie, MN, was among the first to employ the new VUN CR AF child-resistant closure.

October 6, 2011

Sustainability

Method unveils bottle made from ocean plastic

Plastic retrieved from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch makes up 25% of Method’s 100% PCR-content polyethylene bottle.

October 4, 2011

Flexibles

'Smart bag' design for pet food educates, differentiates

New packaging for dog-food brand Blackwood Pet Food places key product information on the front of the bag to aid ‘dog Moms’ in search of best nutrition.

September 30, 2011

Consumer packaged goods

Helpful hints in analyzing for glass delamination

A stereomicroscope equipped with oblique and coaxial lighting helps examine filled vials for glass delamination in pharmaceutical applications.

September 30, 2011

Flexibles

Industry Watch

A quick run-down on the latest supplier news, mergers, expansions, and people.

September 29, 2011

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Rectangular pack is a good fit for allograft tissue

Specially designed cyclic olefin copolymer container housed in an outer blister protects lyophilized tissue used primarily in orthopedic and spine-related surgeries.

September 29, 2011

Conveying & accumulation

Check weigher OEM weighs in on open architecture

Friesen’s increases its check weigher system speed by 31% and reduces downtime by 22% using controls that are PC- and EtherCAT-based.

September 29, 2011

Sustainability

Vented cap liners cure container woes

High-altitude plastic bottle collapsing problems solved and product safety and brand image preserved.

September 28, 2011

Sustainability

BPA gets into court, too

Most of the discussions about bisphenol A, or BPA, in this column have been about how regulatory officials and governments have reacted to the chemical’s presence in packaging.

September 28, 2011

Protective/transport packaging

An epistolary column

My Lead Off column in the July issue described how Ecovative LLC and others are turning to crop waste as a biopolymer feedstock. The column generated this intriguing exchange of e-mails.

September 28, 2011

Filling/capping, dry

Flavored glucose in stick packs provides tasty relief to diabetics

New stick packages make it convenient and ‘cool’ for children to prevent low blood sugar.

September 27, 2011

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Job market figures paint unhealthy picture--with healthcare an exception

A grim unemployment report is the centerpiece of political debate, yet healthcare jobs continue to increase.

September 27, 2011