Confection/Candy

Toblerone anniversary packs shimmer with foil

Swiss converter uses high-speed foil-stamping equipment for limited-edition packaging that celebrates Toblerone’s 100th anniversary with a burst of fireworks graphics.

February 28, 2009

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Secondary Packaging

Optimizing the packaging-sustainability alliance

The trend of sustainability executives provides packaging professionals with opportunities for increased visibility, reliance, and clout.

February 26, 2009

Cosmetics/Personal care

ICI paints new picture of convenience

For do-it-yourself painters, appropriate flow rate and contamination avoidance are essential for a successful project.

February 1, 2009

Labels

Tea with a twist: on-can photography

With improving printing techniques, photo-quality images are beginning to appear on packaging on shelves around the store.

February 1, 2009

Sustainability

P&G provides leadership in sustainable packaging journey

With more than 300 brands sold all around the world, Procter & Gamble utilizes just about every packaging material available. Tony Burns shares his views on how P&G rises to the sustainable packaging challenge.

February 1, 2009

Flexibles

Sustainable design ideas

There is no one right approach, but our cross-functional experts agree that any attempt requires homework and the need to extend a branding strategy rather than replace it.

February 1, 2009

Flexible packaging

Capsule and liquid filling lines ease growing pains

Sports nutrition and supplement products manufacturer and co-packer All American Pharmaceutical eases growing pains with new state-of-the art capsule and liquid filling lines.

January 31, 2009

Cosmetics/Personal care

Medicinal packs differentiate personal care products

Groganics line of personal care products employ medicinal appearance to PET bottles and jars.

January 23, 2009

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Flexible filling line handles beverages at 80 bottles/min

Fully integrated filling line allows supplement and sports nutrition co-packer All American Pharmaceutical to meet the demand for its homeopathic and RTD sports and nutrition beverages and concentrates.

January 16, 2009

Cosmetics/Personal care

Reliable tube filling for cosmetics/personal care applications

New video from Kalix shows cosmetic tube filling machine in action.

January 15, 2009

Conveying & accumulation

Costco snack pack operations

Costco’s in-house production for tubed snacks relies on three f/f/s units and four pick-and-place robots to produce a 24-count variety pack.

January 7, 2009

Labels

FDA official analyzes current and future food safety efforts

The problem with thinking about how to protect the nation’s food supply is that when you get into it a little bit, it’s pretty frightening.

January 7, 2009

Flexibles

Gillette shaves material from razor packs

P&G company changes from traditional clamshells to a tear-resistant combination structure.

January 5, 2009