Flexibles

Organic baby snacks come in redundant Method packs

“Pure serendipity.” That’s how Shazi Visram, cofounder and CEO of HappyBaby, Brooklyn, NY, describes the events that led to her company’s use of rigid plastic containers from home care company Method for its Organic Puffs finger food for babies.

June 4, 2009

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Conair: DIY RFID

It’s challenging enough for a consumer packaged goods company to commit to RFID at the bare-bones tag-and-ship level.

June 4, 2009

Beverage

Economic adulteration for a new era

Call me a regulatory geek if you must, but I enjoy mulling the different varieties of adulteration. Today we mull two in particular.

June 4, 2009

Sustainability

Inspired leadership and the power of innovation

Now is not the time to innovate. Innovation involves risk, and doing anything even remotely risky is unwise in times of economic uncertainty.

June 4, 2009

Cosmetics/Personal care

Skincare products get green packaging

Organicare's cartons are stylish and eco-friendly.

June 3, 2009

Flexibles

Talking at length with an eco-revolutionary

A Q&A with Albe Zakes, eco-revolutionary and vp media relations for TerraCycle, which turns old packaging into new products.

June 3, 2009

Beverage

AriZona, Poland Spring, Nestlé launch tea-infused waters

AriZona, Poland Spring, Nestlé beverages use amber-colored UV- and oxygen-barrier PET bottles.

June 3, 2009

Sustainable Packaging

SunChips to use compostable PLA bags

Frito-Lay starts with a PLA outer layer now and a promise for compostable bags in 2010.

June 3, 2009

Bakery/Snack

Sara Lee 'innovation campus' opens its doors

State-of-the-art center includes packaging labs, pilot plant, and foodservice kitchens.

June 3, 2009

Closures

Maple syrup producer pores over closure's benefits

Anderson’s Maple Syrup’s new closure boasts ‘no-mess’ feature.

June 3, 2009

Labels

NACD's best packages highlighted

Activate earns best of show in NACD's 46th annual competition.

June 3, 2009

Cosmetics/Personal care

Kit package helps patients recover

New XTRAC® Laser Post-Procedure Kit is sold to doctors, who sell the treatment kits to their patients.

June 3, 2009

Bakery/Snack

Not your grandfather's heavy-duty conveyor technology

Nearly a dozen different conveyor configurations are shown in the video from Wulftec.

June 3, 2009