Sustainability

30% PCR PET for Marks & Spencer HBA bottle

Launched recently in the UK, a 300-mL PET bottle for Marks & Spencer’s Essential Extracts personal care range incorporates 30% Post-Consumer Recycled material.

August 26, 2011

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Containers

Social media input energizes Verve Energy Drink packaging redesign

Vemma employs the input of 23,000-plus Facebook followers to help design a more modern look for its aluminum can-packed energy beverages.

August 25, 2011

Meat/Poultry/Seafood

Ground beef recall

Vantage Foods, a Lenoir, NC establishment, is recalling approximately 1,642 pounds of ground beef products that may contain foreign material, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

August 25, 2011

Cartoning

Colomer Italy gains filling, contract packaging efficiencies

Hair color producer improves OEE and contract manufacturing capabilities by repositioning its tube-filling line directly underneath the mixing vessels.

August 24, 2011

Sustainability

Recyclable airless dispenser a winner for cosmetic applications

A Gold winner demonstrating innovation and sustainability, the Eden all-plastic airless cosmetic dispenser from Aptar.

August 23, 2011

Flexible packaging

Bag-in-box provides sustainable option for Shell Lubricants

Automotive motor oils, fluids, and chemicals are typically filled into rigid plastic containers.

August 23, 2011

Sustainability

Petite pouch for ironing board cover/pad brings big savings

A simple solution has yielded big sustainability benefits for Household Essentials LLC, Hazelwood, MO, which now adds a Gold award from DuPont for Innovation and Sustainability to the Greener Package Award it was honored with in 2010.

August 23, 2011

Protective/transport packaging

Gillette razor packs made of renewable-fiber molded tray

Bamboo and bulrush form the basis of new packaging for Procter & Gamble’s Gillette Fusion ProGlide razor, a DuPont Diamond award winner for Excellence in Innovation, Cost/Waste Reduction, and Sustainability.

August 23, 2011

Containers

Chinese firm employs consultant for health and beauty packaging

Wally Bath products marketed internationally in newly designed packaging from brand and design consultant.

August 23, 2011

Containers

Aseptic R&D/co-packer team helps brands blossom

Flavours, Inc. helps bring aseptic and nutritional products to market in a new facility that handles everything from pilot test batches to full commercial production runs.

August 16, 2011

Prepared Foods

OFF THE SHELF: New microwaveable ready meal

Jim Butschli takes you to the kitchens of Packaging World to demonstrate a new Lean Cuisine concept for convenient microwaving of a frozen entree.

August 15, 2011

Closures

Weatherchem celebrates 40th anniversary in packaging closures

Weatherchem, creators of innovative dispensing closures, is celebrating its 40th anniversary.

August 15, 2011

Coding, Printing & Labeling

'Lazy Larry' responds to FDA notification

A July 28 Warning Letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration serves as a reminder of the power of the pen—or in this instance, the words printed on product packaging.

August 9, 2011