Beverage

Beverage Roundtable: Hold your liquor!

Will the Skinny Girl fade away? Is Absolut a victim of its own success? And what about the cap on that high-touch bottle of Oronoco Rum? They're all great, but if you designed them, would you change anything? Watch, then join the conversation in the comments thread below.

April 9, 2012

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Cosmetics/Personal care

U.K. skincare clinic selects dispenser pack

User-friendly pack complements other packs in the skincare treatment family, adds shelf appeal and strengthens branding efforts.

April 5, 2012

Containers

Yogurt containers blown neck to neck

Wimm Bill Dann, a major Russian dairy producer adds capacity by making its yogurt bottles neck-to-neck on a reciprocating blow molding machine.

April 4, 2012

Cartons and boxes

Custom shipper delivers security

A custom-designed corrugated shipping box that showcases the components of SafeMart.com’s home security systems provides peace of mind to customers.

April 3, 2012

Sustainability

Planters, Sonoco partner for sustainability

Glass-to-plastic switch reduces weight of packaging and the number of trucks to distribute product.

April 3, 2012

Containers

1-gal plastic jars for foodservice olives

Aceitunas del Guadalquivir of Seville, Spain, is the first to commercialize an innovative six-layer coextrusion blow molded jar for olives that is notable for its size and for its ability to withstand high-temperature filling processes (hot fill, pasteurization, or sterilisation to 122◦C in retort).

March 28, 2012

Containers

Retro steel can for beer

American craft beer brewer Churchkey Can Co. is bringing back a package long associated with Americana with the launch of Churchkey’s handcrafted Pilsner-style beer in a three-piece, flat top steel can.

March 27, 2012

Sustainable Packaging

Nestle's 100% recyclable packs

Nestlé has become the first major confectioner to use 100% recyclable packaging across its entire Easter egg range.

March 27, 2012

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Labeling needs met at contract beverage manufacturer

Since expanding operations to offer contract packaging services in 2001, Carolina Beverage Group has grown rapidly and established itself as an innovative U.S. contract beverage manufacturer.

March 26, 2012

Cosmetics/Personal care

Vaseline is easy on the skin; packaging’s easy on the eyes

Skincare science, natural ingredients, modernized packaging help market reformulated skincare lotion to global consumers.

March 26, 2012

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Thermoformed 'pot' extends shelf life for soup

Délices de la Mer’s “on-the-go” soup uses PP/EVOH/PP structure to gain 12-month shelf life in French retail market.

March 23, 2012

Cosmetics/Personal care

Test tube-shaped package for cosmetics

Greek company uses packaging design to market OTC skincare products in pharmacies.

March 21, 2012

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

New blister machine makes it easy to BeGreen

Pilot Pen installs new blister-making equipment that allows the manufacture of RPET packaging with zero waste for new line of pens made from recycled PET bottles.

March 21, 2012