Containers

Morton Salt Package Gets Sleek, Ergonomic New Design

The first major redesign in more than a decade, new packaging for Morton Salt capitalizes on the brand’s equity while offering a modern and ergonomic new shape.

June 2, 2019

Industries: Page 115

Meat/Poultry/Seafood

New vacuum skin pack format

First to commercialize a new vacuum skin-packaging concept was OSI Europe.

May 31, 2019

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Functional pack design makes concentrated cleaners make sense

Truman’s concentrated cleaning products give even entrenched home cleaner consumers a convincing reason to make the pivot from retail display case RTU spray bottles to a more sustainable e-comm model that eliminates the need to 'ship water.'

May 30, 2019

Beverage

Label and distribution regs delay craft producers’ offerings

Regulations can slow speed to market, and a crowded distribution channel makes space on the shelf a challenge to producers.

May 30, 2019

Recycling

Turning a typical pickle jar on its side in IML container

Vertically sliced pickles designed for full sandwich coverage go from traditional vertical tub to horizontal, tamper evident, recyclable polypropylene container with IML for easy stacking on retail shelves and constant saturation in liquid brine.

May 30, 2019

Recycling

Replacing plastic packaging for case-ready meat

In launching its line of premium beef, OSI Europe was the first to commercialize an innovative vacuum skin packaging system that can reduce the amount of plastic used by up to 75%.

May 29, 2019

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Cup filling lines keep product flowing at 160 cups/min

Dry foods co-packer Crest Foods installs two cup filling lines that each employ a volumetric cup filler and an auger filler capable of handling four lanes at once for a 160-cup/min output.

May 28, 2019

Containers

Tic Tac decorated for Day of the Dead

The joy and traditions that surround the Day of the Dead are conjured in a limited-edition label for Tic Tac designed to engage Mexican millennials and young adults.

May 27, 2019

Flexibles

Biopolymer potato bags are ‘Tater Made’

Wada Farms uses a bag made partially from potato starch for its Idaho Potatoes that reduces greenhouse gas emissions, the use of petroleum-based plastics, and excess film gauge.

May 26, 2019

Coding, Printing & Labeling

A toast to fast, flexible laser coding on bottles

Spanish wine producer Caballero installs a laser printer that needs no adjustment to code bottles of different shapes and sizes, significantly reducing downtime on its bottling line.

May 25, 2019

Containers

Coke launches mixers in throwback glass bottle

Coca-Cola Signature Mixers, designed to pair with premium dark spirits, will be sold exclusively in the U.K. starting next month in sleek Hutchinson glass bottles—a nod to the silhouette of the first-ever Coca-Cola bottle from 1894.

May 24, 2019

Operational Excellence

Craft brewers move toward cans as primary packaging choice

3 out of 4 brewers interviewed for a new white paper by PMMI Business Intelligence are moving to cans or expanding their existing canning lines in the very near future. Even distillers are moving into canning cocktails as consumers show interest.

May 23, 2019

Flexibles

Snack pack pickles

Detroit-based McClure’s Pickles, a leading producer of gourmet pickled goods, condiments, and Bloody Mary Mixes, has released new McClure’s Pickle Snack Packs.

May 22, 2019