Flexibles

SC Johnson hopes to catalyze move toward refillables with Windex Mini

SC Johnson commits to leading change toward refillable concentrate products for household cleaning with the introduction of a flexible pouch-packed concentrate.

July 8, 2011

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Secondary Packaging

Case Study: How Kelly-Moore achieved 76% 1-year ROI on automated palletizing

Download this detailed case study from Intelligrated to learn how paint manufacturer went from manual palletizing to fully automated, substantially eliminating overtime and increasing flexibility in the face of proliferating SKU's.

May 24, 2011

Detergents/cleaners

OFF THE SHELF: Molded pulp bottle for laundry detergent

Editor Pat Reynolds deconstructs this molded pulp bottle made from 70% OCC and 30% ONP. Seventh Generation of Burlington, VT, is using it for a 50-oz container of 4x concentrated laundry detergent.

April 26, 2011

Sustainable Packaging

The burning question

What stance should the packaging community take on incineration?

April 20, 2011

Sustainability

Bottle made of OCC and ONP

Holding 50 oz of laundry detergent, this molded-pulp bottle—recyclable and compostable—is actually a shell with a LDPE liner inside that holds the product.

April 11, 2011

Conveying & accumulation

Hamburger assembly, packaging gets synchronized

Kepak Group, one of Ireland’s leading food processing companies, is now benefiting from a new assembly and packaging line for its Rustlers brand of microwavable hamburger-and-bun products in which every individual unit responds flexibly to the product flow in the upstream and downstream sections of the line.

April 9, 2011

Conveying & accumulation

Hamburger assembly, packaging gets synchronized

Kepak Group, one of Ireland’s leading food processing companies, is now benefiting from a new assembly and packaging line for its Rustlers brand of microwavable hamburger-and-bun products in which every individual unit responds flexibly to the product flow in the upstream and downstream sections of the line.

April 7, 2011

Sustainability

Size matters in packaging

There are many intricacies involved in deciding package size.

April 6, 2011

Sustainability

iQ household cleaner reduces plastic waste by 80%

Innovative and eco-friendly cleaning system is honored with Best Green Packaging award.

April 5, 2011

Flexibles

Taking innovation to the extreme

Product concept and package structure remain strong companions, and some recent packages take it further through waste minimization or added convenience.

March 9, 2011

Beverage

Duane Reade finds a cure in private label

The drugstore chain’s private-brand sales double as redesigned stores, repositioned brands, and feels-like-home package designs win back New Yorkers with ‘attitude.’

March 9, 2011

Detergents/cleaners

'Third moment of truth' among Landor's 2011 packaging trends

Brand consultancy also foresees a continued sustainability push and marketers aligning their brand’s promise with a relevant social cause that matters to their consumers.

March 6, 2011

Sustainability

P&G's new compacted detergents to save 22M pounds of packaging annually

Procter & Gamble compacts its powder laundry detergents to one-third the size, debuting new Tide and Gain products in Target stores.

March 2, 2011