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

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Flexibles

Pouched product disrupts cookie dough category

Cookie dough mix in a pouch has been a common packaging format for some time. But what about refrigerated cookie dough in a pouch?

October 5, 2015

Beverage

Rockwell Automation and smart manufacturing

Global Industry Director Dave Sharpe talks about serialization and deeper layers of information, analytics and security.

September 29, 2015

Contract packaging

Snack maker goes single-source

How Pata Snack Foods' new vertical form/fill/seal bagging equipment provides more flexible, reliable bagging for a range of film packaging structures, at high speeds and with minimal packaging waste.

September 27, 2015

Confection/Candy

Chocolate wrapping Swiss style

Chocolat Frey’s business, especially its export shipments, were on the rise, and the only way to keep pace was to install new molding and packaging systems for its delicious Neapolitans.

September 27, 2015

Form/fill/seal - horizontal

Dual-motion hf/f/s produces 90 packs/min

Italian soap manufacturer Gruppo Desa expands into stand-up pouches for some of its liquid products using the first hf/f/s machine that combines intermittent and continuous motion.

September 27, 2015

Containers

Modern design, color coding for deodorant packs

A range of deodorants from Poland's Ziaja is using 60-mL Roll On to deliver user-friendliness and high-quality on-shelf presence.

September 25, 2015

Cartons and boxes

Taylor Swift fragrance carton wins award for Diamond Packaging

Textured, felt paperboard, gold foil-stamped medallion, and rich palette of watercolors on carton complement primary bottle inside.

September 24, 2015

Containers

Rémy Martin bottle connects with consumers via NFC

Bottle for premium spirits uses high-security NFC technology to enable product authentication, tamper evidence, and consumer engagement with the brand.

September 24, 2015

Flexibles

Cellulose-based film fits into food company’s philosophy

A line of all-natural food for kids from South Africa is packaged in renewable, compostable film that aligns with the company’s goal of protecting our children’s future.

September 23, 2015

Containers

Radiant, artist-designed Hennessy bottle glows under blacklight

Artist Ryan McGinness, known for his contemporary symbology, designs a limited-edition Hennessy Cognac bottle with a bright, fluorescent pattern that glows under blacklight.

September 21, 2015

Consumer packaged goods

The Brawny Man now featured on paper towel packaging

Updated design features graphics that demonstrate the brand’s values of toughness and strength, drawing inspiration from classic comic book heroes.

September 16, 2015

Containers

Millennials to spur growth in wine packaging

The increasing disposable incomes and changing alcoholic beverage preferences of younger consumers will drive the U.S. wine packaging market through 2019, study notes.

September 15, 2015