Sustainable Packaging

Vacuum packaging that keeps meat red

FreshCase technology, which involves the use of sodium nitrite in the food contact layer of the film, is an award-winning way of using vacuum packaging without causing the fresh red meat to darken.

May 14, 2012

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Containers

Pinup girls position value beer brand for growth

Canada’s Sleeman Brewing updates the package design for Old Milwaukee beer with pinup-girl graphics, positioning the brand for growth against major mainstream beers.

May 14, 2012

Consumer packaged goods

DuPont Award winners

FreshCase technology that keeps fresh red meat red after being vacuum packaged--that's the Diamond Award winner in this year's DuPont Awards; PODS from P&G and the YES Pack from Kraft are also intriguing.

May 11, 2012

Beverage

Miller High Life packaging helps Americans salute military veterans

Miller High Life, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, and Operation Homefront join forces to help veterans “Live the High Life.”

May 10, 2012

Closures

Shadow Beverages, GNC enter ready-to-drink beverage market

Advanced Nutrition Beverage line employs 38-mm compression-molded polypropylene caps on PET bottles.

May 9, 2012

Beverage

Beverage Roundtable: EXTRA | Rob Wallace on how to disrupt with beer

After shooting the "Craft beermania!" episode of Beverage Roundtable, Guest Critic Rob Wallace spent some extra, quality time at the offices of Packaging World. This video includes some additional insights on package design in the craft beer category. See the links below for a more detailed critique of Viru beer and one of Rob's own designs.

May 7, 2012

Beverage

Beverage Roundtable: EXTRA | How to disrupt, with beer

Why I chose Viru for the 'Craft Beermania' episode, and how it informed our own approach to designing a premium microbrew.

May 7, 2012

Dairy

International Dairy Show and PROCESS EXPO to Co-Locate in 2013

The Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA) and the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) today announced that they have signed an agreement to co-locate PROCESS EXPO and the International Dairy Show in Chicago, beginning in 2013.

May 7, 2012

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Pomegranate arils crowned with custom container

POM Wonderful launches another design original, with its custom cup, lid, and spoon for a Fresh Arils pomegranate product, available in stores during the pomegranate harvest season.

May 3, 2012

Containers

Craft brewers pick bottle can for limited-edition Chaka ale

A resealable aluminum bottle provides differentiation, as well as light weight and shelf-life advantages for limited-release handcrafted ale.

May 1, 2012

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

One can line begets another

Oriental Brewery was so pleased with the turnkey, high-speed, highly automated can line it installed last year, it’s installing a near twin this year.

April 30, 2012

Sustainability

Distinctive PET bottle for rum

The launch of McCormick Distilling Co.'s new Montego Bay Coconut Rum is marked by packaging with eye-catching design and color that gives the new brand strong shelf appeal.

April 27, 2012

Labels

Web-based tool brings order to SKU proliferation

Online ordering, proofing, and graphics asset management system helps streamline label development and production process for personal care maker Gilchrist & Soames.

April 27, 2012