Detergents/cleaners

Children ingesting detergent pods: should it have been foreseen?

Detergent pods are an example of how packaging can leverage brands through new product forms but are they also an example of oversight vis-à-vis child safety?

September 10, 2012

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Flexibles

Snap Pac pouch makes lawn spreading simple

Scotts creates a no-mess, no-guesswork lawn spreader that works with pouched lawn-care products that snap into place and provide controlled-flow dispensing.

September 9, 2012

Labels

First anti-aging beverage balances technology, taste

New beverage clinically proven to help the body generate collagen launches in a hot-fill PET bottle decorated in a clean, clinical design that also highlights flavor.

September 8, 2012

Flexibles

Heaven-sent flex pack for Manna popcorn

Colorful, flexible bag created for new 100% SuperNaturalTM popcorn provides product freshness, while providing enticing, high-quality graphics.

September 5, 2012

Flow wrapping

Lucky Cookie made a lucky find at Pack Expo

Lucky Cookie’s founder will definitely attend Pack Expo International 2012 this October. His last trip to the show resulted in a purchase that has boosted his young company’s growth significantly.

September 5, 2012

Sustainability

Biopolymer tray for refrigerated ready meals

Excelline Foods launched its new ready meals by installing a thermoforming machine and feeding it a forming web lamination whose core layer is a corn-based biopolymer.

September 4, 2012

Soups/Condiments/Sauces/Spices/Dips/Dressings

Vegetables get the squeeze in new plastic package

Italian food manufacturer is the first to use a PP squeeze bottle to dispense its line of creamed vegetable products.

August 31, 2012

Secondary Packaging

Williams Sausage streamlines shrink wrapping on breakfast sandwich line

Tennessee country pork sausage processor’s redesigned, upgraded system doubles throughput, maximizes line uptime, and provides long-term ROI.

August 31, 2012

Cosmetics/Personal care

The yin-yang of natural personal care

Two contrasting takes on natural personal care product lines from Asia find their inspiration from nature, with one dark and mysterious, the other light and airy.

August 30, 2012

Sustainable Packaging

Justin's nut butters relaunched in 100% PCR PET

Organic, all-natural nut-butter products now use containers having 100% post-consumer recycled PET content.

August 29, 2012

Recycling

Tape shows clear benefits

Personal care giant Unilever likes the easy-opening characteristics of a special tape it’s using for a new men’s grooming multipack offer in Chile.

August 28, 2012

Sustainable Packaging

Compostable breakfast boxes save space and the environment

The Swedish airline Malmö Aviation has recently launched new breakfast boxes made of paperboard that save space on board, extend the life of their contents, simplify handling, and have a lower environmental impact than their plastic-based predecessors.

August 27, 2012

Dairy

In Italy, automation recovers cheese and helps humans

Everyone in the world heard in May about the earthquakes that occurred in the central and northern parts of Italy, where many industries have their headquarters.

August 22, 2012