Labels

Is "smart packaging" just a dumb idea?

Just to be clear, there’s “dumb” packaging (just a box, no matter how pretty the graphics), “self-aware” packaging (with Electronic Article Surveillance/EAS tags), and “smart” packaging (with RFID tags).

October 29, 2009

Other Packaged Goods: Page 114

Consumer packaged goods

Essential principles for reform of chemicals management legislation

October 29, 2009

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Chemical burdens tightening: Here comes EPA

The Environmental Protection Agency and Congress are working on ways to tighten chemical safety regulations.

October 29, 2009

Consumer packaged goods

FDA to make BPA decision by Nov. 30

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s newly appointed commissioner, Dr. Margaret Hamburg, in mid-August announced that the agency is reviewing new studies on Bisphenol A and "expects to rule by Nov. 30 on whether the chemical is safe for use in food and beverage containers."

October 29, 2009

Controls & Machine Components

Jeff Christensen joins Tegrant Corporation, Protexic Brands as Vice President of Sales

Robert Morris, President of Tegrant Corporation’s Protexic Brands Strategic Business Unit, announced that Jeff Christensen has joined Tegrant as Vice President of Sales.

October 29, 2009

Sustainability

The mood at Aseptipak: upbeat and investment-minded

Aseptic packaging is probably more appealing to U.S. food and beverage packagers than at any point since those clever people at Tetra Pak put aseptic packaging on the map so many decades ago.

October 29, 2009

Sustainable Packaging

Money matters: Rewards spur consumers to recycle, reuse

New packaging-waste reduction programs see measurable results when consumers receive tangible rewards.

October 29, 2009

Cosmetics/Personal care

French package redesign sparks increased sales...

October 28, 2009

Sustainability

Groups meet to discuss reusable packaging...

October 28, 2009

Beverage

Risks and Choices for this Year's Flu and Cold Season Safer Medicines are a Real Option

Doctors and public health officials agree that the most important and effective way to reduce the problems caused by this year's flu and cold viruses is by washing hands more frequently.

October 28, 2009

Sustainable Packaging

Peering into the OR's dirty, wasteful secret

While corporate America eagerly touts sustainable packaging, operating rooms are anything but green. Should that matter?

October 28, 2009

Flexibles

Sucrets cartons challenge kids to contemplate global warming

New Sucrets ICE product is co-branded with Ice Age animated film characters for cause campaign directed at kid-inspired solutions to global warming.

October 27, 2009

Containers

SPE Announces 2009-2010 Board of Directors Election Results

ISPE, a global not-for-profit association of 24,000 pharmaceutical science and manufacturing professionals, has announced the results of its 2009-2010 International Board of Directors election, revealing a slate of representatives that hail from nearly every corner of the globe.

October 26, 2009