Containers

OFF THE SHELF: L'Oreal's cleverly functional package

Senior editor Anne Marie Mohan demonstrates how a skin scrubbing device becomes part of the packaging in L'Oreal's new go 360 Clean exfoliating scrub.

May 21, 2010

Industries: Page 335

Consumer packaged goods

Research: Label adhesives can migrate and contaminate food inside a package

Spanish research team bases finding on studies of four acrylic adhesives and 11 compounds found in them.

May 20, 2010

Closures

Packaging and social networking

Online communities can be a valuable source of packaging-related intelligence.

May 20, 2010

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Terracycle CEO: It's not always about the money

As keynote speakers go, they don’t get more energetic, entertaining, and informative than Terracycle co-founder and CEO Tom Szaky, the opening keynoter at the Institute of Packaging Professionals’ Packaging Summit 2010, in Rosemont, IL.

May 19, 2010

Flexibles

Bamboo cushion for Dell hardware is certified compostable

Dell receives ASTM D6400 certification for its bamboo netbook and laptop cushion packaging, ensuring compostability and biodegradability.

May 18, 2010

Beverage

Coke bottle gets "chic" treatment in France...

May 18, 2010

Beverage

Not as many corks popping...

May 18, 2010

Meat/Poultry/Seafood

Brunei eyes global halal market...

May 18, 2010

Closures

Bags of milk in UK...

May 18, 2010

Beverage

Energy drinks in aluminum cans

AriZona Beverage launches AZ Energy natural drinks in attractive aluminum cans.

May 18, 2010

Converting equipment

Middle East, Africa sees new product boom...

May 18, 2010

Flexible packaging

Trends in food and beverage

Josh Epstein of Advanced Electron Beams wrote a nice concise blog about current trends in the food and beverage business.

May 18, 2010

Dairy

How to revitalize Kmart brand...

May 18, 2010