Detergents/cleaners

Package reflects the toughness of new WD-40 products

WD-40 Co. faced a marketing challenge with its new Blue Works™ line of specialty maintenance products. It needed a package that was just as tough as the brand.

August 9, 2010

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Flexible packaging

Mixing up fruits and nuts in weight-reliable bags

Sophisticated weighers and product transfers facilitate consistent blending of up to eight fruit and nut components per bag

August 9, 2010

Cosmetics/Personal care

HBA Global Expo 2010

HBA is the definitive event for the cosmetics, fragrance, and personal care industry. The Marketing and Technical Conference brings 40 sessions of need-to-know education.

August 9, 2010

Protective/transport packaging

Taking a cost-effective approach to drug and biologic shipments

Knowing your product’s stability requirements, distribution temperature/humidity factors, and your risk tolerances are critical in successful shipments of temperature-sensitive products.

August 9, 2010

Sustainability

New paper can fight bacteria and keep food fresher for longer

Nothing new about a nano material called graphene, first discovered in 2004. What’s new is a “hidden” benefit that could change the way things are packaged.

August 9, 2010

Containers

Retort lines launch latte business

New retort lines for milk-based beverages allow processed cheese and dip co-manufacturer/packer Berner Food to build up off-season business and double output.

August 8, 2010

Containers

Silicon valve dispensing tube systems

Softips™ silicon valve dispensing tips from CCL Tube and Aptar Beauty + Home offer precision dispensing in small diameter tubes.

August 8, 2010

Dairy

'Crisp bread' requires robots' delicate touch

At Wasabröd’s factory in the small hamlet of Filipstad, Sweden, handling fragile crisp bread is no easy task for a company that works hard to retain its dominant position in the industry.

August 8, 2010

Conveying & accumulation

Robotics rallies in 2010; packagers automate for profit

After the past couple years’ serious sales slump, the industrial robotics industry is beginning to rebound, with food and consumer goods applications showing strong gains. Recent packaging installations testify to the value of automation.

August 8, 2010

Conveying & accumulation

Software links printers company-wide

Jelly Belly Candy Company has increased factory automation and reduced the costs of pre-printed packaging through good use of package-coding software.

August 8, 2010

Cosmetics/Personal care

Preserving toothbrush plastic

August 8, 2010

Sustainable Packaging

California chemicals law still causing headaches

In a dramatic and as-yet unresolved accusation, an environmental group has alleged that a long list of fruit companies are exposing people to too much lead in their fruit drinks and other products.

August 8, 2010

Sustainable Packaging

Coca-Cola and global specs

Sally Potter, senior manager in Global Quality at The Coca-Cola Co., talks about End-to-End Packaging and a new global spec system.

August 8, 2010