Flexibles

Film-laminated cartons deliver for P&G

Procter & Gamble improves moisture barrier in its dry detergent cartons by shifting from a lacquer coating to film/paperboard lamination.

March 31, 2004

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Converting equipment

Packaging with universal appeal

Packaging designers around the world are beginning to incorporate the principles of universal design into their mix. Ease of handling by any and all is the key driver.

March 31, 2004

Reusable/Returnable

Package-powered candy

Melate Confections, San Diego, CA, offers a sweet wake-up call for consumers: Chargers chocolate-covered coffee confections, packaged in an original tin replica of a size D battery.

March 31, 2004

Closures

Unilever tries self-piercing closure

Unilever Bestfoods Europe has adopted a new self-piercing plastic closure for its Calvé mayonnaise that’s marketed in the Netherlands.

February 29, 2004

Household/Automotive

WD-40 blasts into wider coverage

Long used to having its namesake product fix squeaks in tight places, the WD-40 Co. also knows some things need a wide spray of the lubricant.

February 29, 2004

Beverage

Double wrapping improves Cardinal's health

Healthcare provider Cardinal Health upgrades its surgical kit operations with new shrink-wrapping equipment.

February 29, 2004

Flexibles

Two-piece tray delivers surgical stents

For a new self-expanding surgical stent, Medtronic Vascular selects compact new thermoform design to make the product easy to unpack.

February 29, 2004

Closures

Retooling hardware packaging

Our annual look at hardware packaging ranges from the cute (fancy seed pails) to the creatively functional (driveway sealer in an easy-pour bucket).

January 31, 2004

Detergents/cleaners

Club store packaging and beyond (sidebar)

Who calls the shots?

December 31, 2003

Detergents/cleaners

Transfer print 'pops' prototype boxes

Private-label packager Huish Detergents, Salt Lake City, UT, is vertically integrated, operating its own printing presses and machinery to convert corrugated into detergent boxes that it fills.

November 30, 2003

Converting equipment

Henkel cuts fees with new Sil package

The Henkel Group, Düsseldorf, Germany, has cut the costs of packaging fees on its Sil-brand stain-removing laundry powder by using a new package with a moisture-vapor-barrier built into the box.

November 30, 2003

Detergents/cleaners

Color 'caps' new jars for detergent capsules

A striking new PET jar, designed and blow-molded by RPC Containers Blackburn, is now serving up capsules of Persil liquid laundry detergent for Lever Fabergé, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England.

November 30, 2003

Beverage

Efficiency tops 90% at Edna Valley Vineyard

A first-of-its-kind accumulation table boosts bottling efficiency by 20% and helps attract new business.See video

November 30, 2003