Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Contract packager works with machine supplier to meet customer demands

To flexibly meet customer demand for shorter runs and multiple products, German contract packager KLOCKE works with its machinery supplier to train employees to quickly set up and changeover machinery.

June 17, 2010

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Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Protecting U.S. food and pharmaceutical supply chains

Pack Expo International's focus on packaging and processing technologies is designed to bring attendees help in improving the level of security at their firms and their plants.

June 16, 2010

Bio-based

The case of the compostable chip package

The Sun Chips® bag is one for the books.

June 10, 2010

Consumer packaged goods

Personal technology headset gets sustainable package redesign

Medical syringe packaging provides inspiration for Bluetooth headset redesign that uses 68% less plastic than original packaging.

June 10, 2010

Sustainability

2010 NACD awards honor innovation

Twenty-three packages representing a range of industries are lauded by the National Association of Container Distributors.

June 7, 2010

Closures

Liquid Wrench dispenses confidence, advice to DIYers

Do-it-yourself projects often require tools specific to the job, and Radiator Specialty Co., Indian Trail, NC, is further focusing on this market with its lubricants, penetrants, and specialty products.

June 6, 2010

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

P&G puts PackML through its Pace

With help from an engineering consultancy service, P&G’s corporate engineers re-programmed a Pace bottle unscrambler so that it would be compliant with the ISA-TR88.00.02 PackML Standard.

June 5, 2010

Flexible packaging

Innovation built on green principles

Sustainability remained a key criterion in this 22nd edition of the DuPont Awards. But this is mostly a story about innovation.

June 5, 2010

Additives, coatings & inks

Conference on PLA covers issues from 'resin to retailer'

At NatureWorks LLC’s April Innovation Takes Root 2010 (ITR) conference, the message was clear: Biopolymer’s time has come, and innovation and collaboration are the keys to continuing its forward momentum.

June 5, 2010

Flexibles

Package appropriateness

Some package styles just plain fit certain product groups. A box of cereal, a tube of toothpaste, a bag of chips, a can of beans, a can of soup, a bottle of milk, a bottle of beer, a bottle of wine—in every case we automatically associate the package format with the product.

June 5, 2010

Beverage

New-project best practices

Having just completed the installation of a completely automated 120 can/min packaging line, Melitta USA, Inc. plant manager Vincent Tagliaferro offers some sage advice on project management.

June 5, 2010

Flexibles

Glass best for health and the environment, study finds

The research, conducted independently for the Glass Packaging Institute, finds that consumers have a high level of trust in glass in key areas, including contamination issues.

June 4, 2010

Consumer packaged goods

WSJ blog reports FDA weighing penalties against J&J

Plant violations, weak responses to consumer complaints, and buying suspect packages off store shelves concern the FDA.

June 1, 2010