Beverage

V-8 Fusion rolls out single-serve 8-oz. slim cans

Popular flavors Pomegranate Blueberry and Banana Strawberry will also be available in 24 packs of 11.5 oz., multi-serve cans at select club stores.

March 3, 2010

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Closures

Berlin Packaging acquires All-Pak, Inc.

Berlin Packaging, full-service supplier of plastic, glass, and metal containers and closures, announces it has completed its acquisition of All-Pak, Inc., a Pittsburgh, PA-based packaging supplier.

March 2, 2010

Closures

SC Johnson makes ingredients transparent for Hispanic consumers in US

Spanish speaking consumers now have a new website where they can get full disclosure of ingredients. By 2012, package labels will help drive them there.

March 2, 2010

Containers

Portable "Sushi Popper" ultimate convenience food?

Uses for tubes have grown in the past few years, but this package may smell a little fishy!

February 26, 2010

Beverage

Going below the surface of the boxed-wine debate

One argument is that some consumers equate boxed packaging with poor-quality wine. But is the problem the package or the quality of the wine to begin with?

February 25, 2010

Labels

OFF THE SHELF: Cool smoothie cups from DelMonte

Senior editor Anne Marie Mohan takes a look at a clever two-cup combo where the cups are unitized by a colorful shrink-sleeve label.

February 25, 2010

Petfood/Pet Care

Eliminating pathogens in pet foods

This Wisconsin pet food manufacturer uses Hydrostatic High Pressure processing to chase pathogens from foods it makes for cats and dogs.

February 25, 2010

Containers

Challenges of designing packaging for men's "beauty" products

This growth market requires a whole new vocabulary, color palette and even distinct shelf space, “The Men’s Zone.”

February 24, 2010

Sustainable Packaging

Call for entries: Greener Package Awards

Companies with packages and processes demonstrating the best practices in packaging sustainability are encouraged to enter the second annual competition from GreenerPackage.com.

February 23, 2010

Meat/Poultry/Seafood

Some marketers still failing the 'appeal of real' test

Department of Consumer Protection finds evidence of frozen seafood package labels that inaccurately reflect the product weight. The difference was made up by ice.

February 23, 2010

Sustainability

Custom pneumatic valves aid green production

Read case study detailing how new environmentally friendly beverage pouching machine uses custom-made Rexroth pneumatic valves.

February 20, 2010

Confection/Candy

Latest technology configured for food and packaging applications

Watch video showing latest pneumatic, linear motion and drive and control technologies for food and packaging lines.

February 20, 2010

Beverage

GPI's design competition winner announced. . .

February 19, 2010