Contract Packaging

The South's largest packaging event

Find solutions to a wide variety of packaging challenges when SouthPack comes to the Charlotte Convention Center March 19-20.

March 2, 2008

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Flexible packaging

Industry watch

March 2, 2008

Cosmetics/Personal care

What's the difference between a true industrial ink-jet and an office printer?

In this video from FoxJet, find out, through a demonstration from Trident, the difference between truly industrial ink-jet technology and office printer technology being offered in the industrial marketplace.

February 26, 2008

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Bee-themed pack creates a buzz

Lornamead’s LypSyl lip care products are enticing and functional.

February 15, 2008

Flexible packaging

Leveraging the potential of servo automation

Hassia Redatron’s sachet machine uses Intelligent Servo Modules for reliability and more precise dosing.

February 13, 2008

Cartoning

Embedding robotic functionality in packaging machinery

Part 1 of a 2-part series explores the trend toward packaging machinery integrating purpose-built robotic capabilities.

January 21, 2008

Sustainability

The evolution of natural as a lifestyle choice

It’s all about stewardship, life, and energy, and it’s playing out in the beauty and health and wellness categories.

January 9, 2008

Flexibles

Analyzing bioplastic packaging's future

Bioplastics: The very name suggests sustainability, but that shouldn’t exempt the materials from an objective, probing analysis.

December 3, 2007

Sustainability

Cooking up a recipe for innovation? Serve it up in manageable steps

Start by defining innovation within your company culture. Then organize it, approach it strategically, and source it properly. If you fail, resolve to try again.

November 7, 2007

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Brecon betters blister packing

Both thermoforming and cold-forming of foil are routinely done on this new and highly versatile blister-pack line at contract packager Brecon Pharmaceuticals in Wales.

November 7, 2007

Sustainable Packaging

Cereal manufacturers should switch from two inner bags to one for club store packaging

Sustainable packaging is an incremental pursuit, quickened when adoptions are made by an entire category. For example, club-store-size cereals with twin bags inside a carton could be switched by cereal manufacturers to one large bag.

November 7, 2007

Cosmetics/Personal care

Eco-friendly candles debut in biodegradable packaging

DANI's candles, the glass and aluminum components, and the PLA packaging are all eco-friendly.

November 6, 2007

Coding, Printing & Labeling

EPCglobal's view

What you should know about RFID and packaging: An interview with Sue Hutchinson, EPCglobal North America's director of industry adoption, at the EPC Connection event in early October.

October 30, 2007