Closures

Easy dispensing improves spring cleaning

The cap used on Capture Carpet Cleaner helps Milliken Chemical gain consumer satisfaction.

December 6, 2006

Detergents/cleaners: Page 22

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Want innovation that drives sales? Slow down

Inventive package structures require at least 18 months, but economic pressure too often speeds up the design. Approach innovation as a cross-functional process, two gurus say.

November 5, 2006

Sustainability

Water, water is everywhere, perhaps not what you think

When it comes to bottled water, there is more to it than you may think, and less to it than you may think.

November 5, 2006

Conveying & accumulation

Pneumatic Scale servo capper delivers quality

America's leading manufacturer of rotary cappers is proving why its latest best seller -- the SC Servo Capper – is ideal for pharma, personal care, cosmetic and other quality-intensive applications.

October 16, 2006

Flexible packaging

The incredible flexible pouch

Economies of scale drive pouch costs down, while shelf appeal and convenience features deliver on the marketer's need to differentiate.

October 6, 2006

Closures

Detergent packs roll onto shelves

Packed inside an unusual conical sleeve is a clamshell or two used as both mold and container for this new kind of laundry detergent.

October 6, 2006

Labeling

Schneider Electric ELAU Packaging Solutions: New PacDrive™ Aseptic SCL servo module in stainless steel

New variant of the popular beverage capping and labeling servo module for use in sterile environments, provides resistance to cleaning agents and IP 67 rating.

September 15, 2006

Closures

Unilever Phase-In Makes Transition To PET 'Seamless'

Often, when a product changes packaging materials, the move is an “all at once” proposition across the entire product line. Unilever Foods opted to phase in the transition of its Hellmann’s mayonnaise from glass jars into PET containers.

August 31, 2006

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Dimensions Of Turnkey Service: The'General Contractor'

Assemblies Unlimited positions itself as the ‘point’ for entrepreneurial marketers, using a national network of suppliers to deliver services from design to logistics.

July 31, 2006

Sustainability

Polymer advances 'resin-ate' with packaging

Consumer- and technology-driven packaging trends come together at the National Plastics Exposition.

July 31, 2006

Containers

Early Adapter

Among the very first to commercialize DSC’s two-piece steel aerosol container was Chase Products. The Broadview, IL-based firm fills its Champion brand glass cleaner in the new container as well as its Vista Cleer XP product, a professional glass cleaner that is available exclusively through Sommer & Maca Industries, a leading distributor of supplies to the glass and stone industries.

July 31, 2006

Detergents/cleaners

MGS Machine Corp

This redesigned Web site is now cleaner and crisper looking. It features more in-depth product content, downloadable product data sheeds in PDF format, and video clips of machines in action.

July 31, 2006

Beverage

When packaging overcomes the 'Great Divide'

Marketers should focus packaging communications on consumer product uses rather than ingredients, features, and price.

May 31, 2006