Containers

Diet Coke relaunches with new flavors and sleek packaging

The new products will hit store shelves in mid-January.

January 11, 2018

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Containers

Urban style suits hair-care range

New packaging for the KMS styling and hair-care range, targeted at a new generation of urban and trend-setting professional stylists, is designed with a ‘raw sophistication’ concept in mid.

January 8, 2018

Plastics/resins

New bottle for Vitaminwater reduces weight by 15%

Coca-Cola redesigns its Vitaminwater bottle, using a new structure that weighs less, has better stacking strength, allows for improved label application, and provides stronger packaging performance.

January 5, 2018

PMMI News

Trends in cosmetics and HBA 2017

PACK EXPO Las Vegas has always been a good place to discover equipment trends in the cosmetics and beauty care category, and the 2017 show was no different.

January 5, 2018

Conveying & accumulation

Air rinsing gets spiced up

When this Iowa spice company moved to a more contemporary and efficient air rinsing system for glass bottles in three different sizes, it also upgraded date coding and code inspection.

January 5, 2018

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Tin-ties meet automation

This New York coffee producer needed to automate the application of tin-tie reclosures to its bags of ground and whole-bean coffee. An ingenious and affordable machine was the result.

January 5, 2018

Cereals, Breakfast Foods

Nature’s Path refreshes with bold, bright package redesign

New look aims to reinforce the company’s commitment to transforming the world ‘one cereal box at a time.’

January 4, 2018

Plastics/resins

New bottle for Vitaminwater reduces weight by 15%

Coca-Cola redesigns its Vitaminwater bottle, using a new structure that weighs less, has better stacking strength, allows for improved label application, and provides stronger packaging performance

December 30, 2017

Containers

Elegant bottle helps Accolade Wines make a splash into the spirits market

Bottle stands out on the shelf with its sleek design, attractive graphics—and low weight—supporting the company’s sustainability and environmental values.

December 28, 2017

Containers

Private wine brand from Aldi conjures the mysterious

Aldi launches a new red wine with a name that evokes ancient monuments and relics; label graphics adorned with a metalwork-like design support the strong Runik name.

December 18, 2017

Flexibles

Sunlight-activated ink answers the question, ‘Where is Chester?’

Said to be the largest commercial use of photochromic inks by a CPG, a promotion by PepsiCo Mexico uses light-sensitive inks to reveal Chester the Cheetah on bags of its Frito-Lay snacks.

December 17, 2017

Containers

New Lime-A-Rita graphics put fun, flavor, and females first

Anheuser-Busch rebrands its RTD canned margarita beverage to appeal specifically to females and elevates the brand with pop art-inspired package graphics that focus on fruit and flavor.

December 16, 2017

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Coding solutions for London brewery

London-based Fourpure Brewing Co. has come up with a far more efficient approach to date-coding primary and secondary packaging.

December 15, 2017