Flexible packaging

Awards push sustainability

The 21st DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation honors 10 winners that all carry a sustainable packaging message in their design and construction.

July 2, 2009

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Cleaner-product packaging spruces up

Leather CPR, Los Angeles, maker of premium leather cleaners and conditioners, granite cleaners and polishes, and carpet spot and stain removers, adopted new labeling for its products in early 2008.

July 1, 2009

Flexibles

Twin-packed Silks

Perio's dual-pack shave cream for women combines value and convenience.

June 30, 2009

Flexibles

Green tableware in PLA packaging supports premium price

Bioplastic cutlery from Nviroplast packed in a PLA carton fetch up to a 50% premium versus traditional plastic products.

June 30, 2009

Sustainability

Pad packing cuts costs, materials

Cleanser manufacturer SerVaas Laboratories cleans up on costs and materials savings when it swaps its shipping cases for shrink-wrapped pad packs for retail and distribution.

June 4, 2009

Flexibles

Organic baby snacks come in redundant Method packs

“Pure serendipity.” That’s how Shazi Visram, cofounder and CEO of HappyBaby, Brooklyn, NY, describes the events that led to her company’s use of rigid plastic containers from home care company Method for its Organic Puffs finger food for babies.

June 4, 2009

Cosmetics/Personal care

Skincare products get green packaging

Organicare's cartons are stylish and eco-friendly.

June 3, 2009

Flexibles

Talking at length with an eco-revolutionary

A Q&A with Albe Zakes, eco-revolutionary and vp media relations for TerraCycle, which turns old packaging into new products.

June 3, 2009

Labels

NACD's best packages highlighted

Activate earns best of show in NACD's 46th annual competition.

June 3, 2009

Cosmetics/Personal care

Kit package helps patients recover

New XTRAC® Laser Post-Procedure Kit is sold to doctors, who sell the treatment kits to their patients.

June 3, 2009

Bakery/Snack

Compact case packer with servo automation

In this video from A-B-C Packaging, watch this case packer provide high-speed operation with gentle, servo precision.

May 13, 2009

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Authentication that also engages consumers

Technology once viewed exclusively as a means of brand protection and authentication is now seen as a dynamic new way to communicate with consumers.

May 12, 2009

Containers

Contemporizing a classic brand, with a 10% sales spike

It is possible for a flagging iconic brand to become relevant again to consumers.

May 5, 2009