Contract Packaging

Personal care co-packer KDC grows with three acquisitions

KDC's acquisitions of Cosmetic Technologies, Kolmar and ChemAid cement company's leadership in personal care and cosmetics.

October 27, 2015

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Cartons and boxes

Crown Royal first in spirits to add serving facts panel

Pushing regulators since 2003 to allow macro-nutritional information for alcohol to be shared with consumers, Diageo becomes the first to add a serving facts label to its packaging.

October 26, 2015

Closures

Closure provides luxury and convenience

In collaboration with famous Paris jewelry house Boucheron, Interparfums has launched a new “Boucheron Quatre” women’s fragrance in 30-, 50- and 100-mL bottles featuring a custom closure.

October 23, 2015

Sustainability

Eggs nestle in new ryegrass and paper carton

A new egg carton from U.K.’s Waitrose made from 50% ryegrass and 50% recycled paper is expected to save approximately 85 tons per year of wood/recycled paper.

October 20, 2015

Cosmetics/Personal care

Marilyn Monroe adds vintage glam to Sexy Hair products

Sexy Hair launches a limited edition promotion for its hair styling products featuring Marilyn Monroe, with vintage photographs and a sophisticated color palette.

October 19, 2015

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Printers picked for reliability

Family-owned fresh produce business S&A Group in the U.K. is using Zodiac thermal-transfer overprinters to help reduce packaging costs and increase coding efficiency across its two production sites in Herefordshire and Kent.

October 16, 2015

Adhesive application

Automated tank-free hot melt adhesive delivery system

Brewery significantly improves packaging efficiencies by upgrading carton and case sealing operations.

October 16, 2015

Sustainability

Arrowhead bottles to contain up to 50% rPET by 2016

Nestlé Water’s Arrowhead brand announces it will increase its use of rPET by 38% in its spring water bottles, eliminating 20,000 tons of CO2 from production annually.

October 14, 2015

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Peanut-free SunButter comes in single-serve cup

An alternative to peanut butter, SunButter now comes in 1.5-oz single-serve portable cups that let consumers—especially those with food allergies—enjoy a healthy snack on the go.

October 13, 2015

Coding, Printing & Labeling

TIJ printer that OEMs will like

M600 OEM digital TIJ printer from Videojet was designed so that other packaging machinery OEMs could easily integrate it into their systems by way of DIN rail mounting. Good for pharma and cosmetics as well as food applications.

October 12, 2015

Containers

Boxed set for Guatemalan rum encourages mixology

A limited-edition boxed set from Casa Botran includes a 50-cL rum bottle along with two 5-cL mini bottles of flavored rum that allow consumers to explore different tastes.

October 8, 2015

Sustainability

Paper carton provides plastic bottle-like benefits for spring water

Spring water company JUST Beverages selects a hybrid package that offers the environmental benefits of a paper carton along with the functionality of a plastic bottle.

October 6, 2015

Plastics/resins

Bronco Wine field-tests 750-mL PET bottle

Bronco Wine tests a 750-mL PET bottle for its Green Fin and Hacienda brands, making the switch from glass to PET for greater consumer convenience and sustainability advantages.

October 6, 2015