Contract Packaging

Innovation's future - a balancing act?

More than half the consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies responding to an exclusive Packaging World/Contract Packaging (PW/CP) survey say growth in private-label products provides opportunities for their companies—a stark change from recent years when national brands generally regarded private-label growth as a competitive threat.

December 5, 2009

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Contract Packaging

How to build a successful service-provider relationship

So, you’ve decided to employ a contract manufacturing strategy for your secondary packaging to improve manufacturing flexibility and customer service, and reduce costs.

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Contract Packaging

Milestones

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Contract packaging

Companies

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Contract Packaging

PMMI alters Pack Expo 2010

December 5, 2009

Flexible packaging

Cloud Packaging adds mid-speed expertise with purchase of Toll Packaging

Acquisition made in part to respond to current market demands for shorter packaging runs.

December 4, 2009

Secondary Packaging

New coders ease Fox Barrel's complexity, downtime

Cider maker upgrades its bottle and case coding operations.

December 4, 2009

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Booklet labels: Untapped marketing muscle for your brand?

If you’re a brand manager who hasn’t considered these labels lately, they’re doing wonders for solving complexity and quickly turning out promotional packaging.

December 4, 2009

Household/Automotive

Europe and Russia on tour at the Headquarters of Marchesini Group

The Russian Minister for Trade and Industry, Mr. Khristenko and the Vice-President of the European Committee, Mr. Verheugen, visited the district of advanced mechanics of Emilia Romagna: their first stop was in Bologna, at the headquarters of Marchesini Group.

December 4, 2009

Consumer packaged goods

A sustainability toolkit to engage Alcan Packaging employees

Alcan Packaging - a business unit of Rio Tinto - recently launched the Alcan Packaging Sustainability Toolkit to provide all employees with a better understanding of the businesses' philosophy and global approach to implementing its vision for sustainability.

December 4, 2009

Meat/Poultry/Seafood

'Oxygen-restrictive packaging' part of FDA warning

The FDA has issued a warning to Cloud’s Food Service of Longview, TX, citing public health violations found by inspectors over the summer.

December 4, 2009

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Hormel Health Labs launches high-protein beverage in hot-fill bottle

Hormel Health Labs launches high-protein beverage in innovative hot-fill bottle.

December 4, 2009

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Country of origin labeling in UK

BBC 1 “food forgery” series blows the lid off scandal of foreign sourced contents being disguised with “St. George’s flags” to appear British.

December 4, 2009