Beverage

Boost coding and marking reliability with high quality code verification

Watch this video to see how a new High Resolution Ink Jet printer combats losses due to pharmaceutical counterfeiting and as well as off-spec coding and marking. You’ll see how it can enhance GS1 and track and trace compliance, reduce maintenance and offer top quality printing at speeds up to 1,300 feet/min.

May 1, 2015

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Beverage

FDA updates policy on fluoride in bottled water

New recommendations focus on concentrations of fluoride in the water.

April 27, 2015

Cosmetics/Personal care

Packaging, labeling play role in lawsuits

Plaintiffs file lawsuits alleging misleading labeling and packaging for Pfizer’s Advil and KAO USA’s Ban products.

April 22, 2015

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Ready meals launched in Japan

Konan Foods Co., Ltd, a food producer in Kochi, Japan, has launched a new line of ready meals whose refrigerated shelf life is extended thanks to in-pack microwave pasteurization.

April 22, 2015

Sustainability

High-recycled content can for GA microbrewery

Microbrewery embraces aluminum can with at least 90% recycled content for its craft beers, citing the can’s sustainability benefits for the brewery and for the community.

April 22, 2015

Cartons and boxes

Golf ball package hits a hole in one

Packaging for Titleist golf balls is awarded AIMCAL’s Product of the Year for its transfer-metallized sleeves and cartons, which offer an ‘almost a 3D effect.’

April 20, 2015

Contract packaging

All-natural cocktail mixers adopt aseptic carton packaging

‘A revolution for the cocktail mixer category,’ according to Powell & Mahoney, a new aseptic carton for the company’s products preserves the mixers’ clean, authentic flavor...with help from co-packer Leahy-IFP

April 17, 2015

Closures

What’s behind rising cap and closure demand?

Freedonia report cites global market gains, more sophisticated closures for pharmaceutical and beauty products.

April 16, 2015

Petfood/Pet Care

FDA increases efforts to tackle illegal animal drug sales

The move is part of the agency's mission to increase the availability of safe, effective animal drugs.

April 15, 2015

Containers

’50s Southern relish brand gets modern makeover

Renfro Foods’ Dixieland brand of chow chow relish gets a package refresh, with a new, brighter label and printed metal closure that reference the original package design.

April 9, 2015

Containers

PET sports beverage container is a winner

Toni S.A., a leading South American food and beverage marketer based in Ecuador, has captured a 2014 Golden A’ Design Award for its innovative redesign of the PROfit Sports Drink container.

April 8, 2015

Containers

Off The Shelf: Cocktail shaker delivers non-alcoholic drinks

Created for the non-drinker who wants a fun and flavorful beverage, Mocktails comes in four flavors in a “mock” cocktail shaker made of glass, with a plastic shaker overcap and resealable cap.

April 8, 2015

Containers

Flask-shaped bottle lends masculinity to haircare line

Packaging for a new line of haircare products for men from Jack Black follows the company’s three-part formula for product success: simplicity, quality, and masculinity.

April 7, 2015