Consumer packaged goods

HDPE bottle handles the pressure

Custom container meets demands for ultra-pure, pressure-resistant package.

June 1, 2008

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Sustainability

Sustainability News & Events

Noteworthy Items Gleaned from World News

June 1, 2008

Tamper-evident machinery

Does new bill hold future of FDA?

If you look at this stuff, about all you can say is, ‘Oh, man.’

June 1, 2008

Sustainable Packaging

The NFL and packaging

An interview with Jena Roberts, vice president of sales and marketing for the National Food Laboratory, Livermore, CA.

June 1, 2008

Conveying & accumulation

Custom-designed conveyor ambidexterity

Toll Packaging Group, Gibson City, IL, is a contract packer that provides services for manufacturers of a variety of food products for both humans and pets.

June 1, 2008

Beverage

Fabric care bottle conjures cosmetics appeal

The elements of fragrance, fabric, and fashion are uniquely intertwined in a new line of "fabric enhancers" from Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble.

June 1, 2008

Sustainability

Packages earn NACD awards recognition

NACD Packages of the Year honored this month highlight innovation, sustainability.

May 31, 2008

Cartoning

Round 2: more interpack machinery video

In this edition, exclusive video shot live at interpack includes robotic rainbow tray packer, a true rotary gravimetric filler, servo-changeover case packer, ingenious new candy cartons…and more

May 16, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Long-read RFID hard tag

Metalcraft has announced pricing and availability of its new RFID Hard Tag, designed to deliver longer read range at lower cost for asset tracking applications that require resistance to heavy impact or submersion in water.

May 13, 2008

Consumer packaged goods

Guardsman polishes high-end image

Guardsman is a “heritage” brand in the furniture-care products industry.

May 13, 2008

Protective/transport packaging

Cost-efficient, clean cushioning for collectibles

Ensuring that mail-order products get from the distribution center to the customer intact requires careful packing of shipping cases to protect the contents from damage in transit.

May 12, 2008

Flexibles

Jordans gains expertise in biopolymers

In 2007, Jordans, a leading cereal products company in the United Kingdom, announced the development of a new biodegradable bag for its organic products—a bag that is fully compostable in garden compost bins.

May 12, 2008

Tamper-evident machinery

Many sources of advice on enhancing supplier reliability

Food packagers always face challenges, of course.

May 12, 2008