Flexibles

FPA picks student winners

Two clever winners placed first and second in this year’s Student Flexible Packaging Design Challenge.

April 26, 2010

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Flexibles

Is a tobacco company using packaging to target children?

Yes, say some critics and it carries ramifications for other CPG industries.

April 26, 2010

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

OFF THE SHELF: McCormick tries unit-dose spices

The well-known spice marketer McCormick & Co. offers consumers pre-measured spices in individual portions cleverly combined in a single card. Senior editor Anne Marie Mohan demonstrates this convenient new idea.

April 23, 2010

Containers

Eat a tiger, save a tiger

Kraft Foods’ Animal Crackers limited edition package gives consumers a cause they can support.

April 23, 2010

Recycling

Pilot program tackles hot-beverage cup recycling

CoRR launches the second phase of its food packaging project to demonstrate the viability of recycling paper cups along with corrugated cardboard into high-value materials.

April 22, 2010

Beverage

French vintner aims to take wine in new directions

Boisset Family Estates is getting away from the traditional glass bottle and going with a plastic bottle and a Tetra Pak container. Aluminum containers might be next.

April 22, 2010

Flexibles

Aluminum can is most sustainable package, association rebukes

The Aluminum Association reacts to PETRA LCI that gives PET bottles the ‘green light’ over glass and aluminum for single-serve soft drinks.

April 22, 2010

Flexibles

Refillable packaging: What's in it for the consumer?

An ASDA supermarket trial in the U.K. offers consumers an in-store opportunity to refill private-label fabric softener in a plastic pouch.

April 22, 2010

Controls & Machine Components

Need for MES more critical than ever

Just as a new study from Frost & Sullivan underscores how important it is to integrate top-level business systems with packaging machines on the plant floor, we’re holding a conference in which major brand owners will discuss how they’ve been doing just that.

April 21, 2010

Containers

What today's consumers want in cosmetic packaging

Functionality is essential and eco-friendliness is highly desirable. Some consumers even prefer a bit of ‘attitude’ with their favorite brand.

April 20, 2010

Flexibles

Ameristar winner performs in 100% rPET

An athletic product packaged in a 100% rPET clamshell provides significant savings in virgin material and in energy use.

April 20, 2010

Flexibles

Same package, different results

UK chain Sainsbury’s reports great success with milk in bags, while rival Waitrose discontinues same due to poor sales.

April 16, 2010

Confection/Candy

Managing packaging innovation

Packaging innovation can be a brand-builder, if managed effectively.

April 15, 2010