Labels

Appletiser achieves the right bottle and the right label--and a 14% sales increase

Appletiser, a South Africa-based premium, nonalcoholic beverage brand, conducted extensive research of its consumers over three continents, and the results led to a new glass bottle with an engaging pressure-sensitive label—and produced a 14% sales increase without compromising production line speeds.

November 29, 2010

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Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Robotic changeover in under three minutes

For flexibility in your packaging operations, the new Talon Series Packaging System from JLS integrated with a Reiser Repak form, fill, and seal machine offers quick changeover. During Pack Expo, the system was packaging not one, but three different meat and poultry products with changeover in less than 2-3 minutes.

November 29, 2010

Secondary Packaging

Combination shrink wrapper/case packer uses robotic pick-and-place

New from Polypack, the new All-In-One servo-driven machine comprises a robotic pick-and-place shrink bundler integrated with a case packer that can handle multiple product configurations, allows for minimal changeover, and provides versatile loading and collation.

November 29, 2010

Conveying & accumulation

Industry watch

November 29, 2010

Containers

OFF THE SHELF: Olives packed to go

Anne Marie Mohan shows two clever takes on olive packaging that bring these products closer to the world of dashboard dining.

November 29, 2010

Cartons and boxes

Refreshed packs reflect improved Luvs diaper

November 28, 2010

Containers

Exquisite printing on cans delivers the sophistication for Admiral Iced Tea

A good category audit can uncover opportunities that might not seem readily apparent when the goal is to break into a crowded category with a new product.

November 28, 2010

Containers

Safeway brings a custom package shape to private-label--with cost savings

Are store brands on the cusp of bringing a new dimension to store shelves? Structural innovation largely has been the domain of national brands.

November 28, 2010

Labels

Savvy marketers are leaning on value-added labels

Market niches are becoming more defined, with shorter production runs. With a shift in thinking, brands can improve ‘pickup power’ via an under-leveraged portion of the package—the label.

November 28, 2010

Flexibles

Eye tracking validates the sizzle in bacon's new label

Eye-tracking research can validate the emotional cues of a label design before an expensive investment is made to bring a new package design to market.

November 28, 2010

Sustainability

Sound off!

November 28, 2010

Conveying & accumulation

Programming standards are the future

Resting firmly on the programming language standard PLCopen and the ‘packaging machine language’ known as PackML, this system represents the future of packaging.

November 27, 2010

Sustainability

Stonyfield Farm makes studied switch to PLA for yogurt multipacks

In a first for dairy, Stonyfield uses PLA to produce f/f/s yogurt cups, resulting in 48% less GHGs than the HIPS packaging it replaces; offsets support non-GM0 corn production.

November 27, 2010