Sustainability

Sustainability news & events

Noteworthy Items Gleaned from World News

March 1, 2009

Industries: Page 392

Confection/Candy

Toblerone anniversary packs shimmer with foil

Swiss converter uses high-speed foil-stamping equipment for limited-edition packaging that celebrates Toblerone’s 100th anniversary with a burst of fireworks graphics.

February 28, 2009

Bakery/Snack

Kellogg Co. tests space-saving cereal box

It's testing a space-saving box that uses less packaging compared with conventional cereal cartons.

February 28, 2009

Secondary Packaging

Jim Beam achieves 'softer', more flexible case packing

High-speed, low-breakage packing of glass bottles is a must.

February 28, 2009

Closures

International Delight receives 2009 AmeriStar

Coffee creamer container earns award for package design and functionality.

February 27, 2009

Labels

V-8 ventures into vending machines

Campbell Soup's entry into the vending machine market is via 12-oz hot-filled PET containers.

February 26, 2009

Sustainable Packaging

Greener in Europe: Cadbury's 'eco-eggs'

Cadbury in the U.K. realized a reduction of more than 75% plastic and 65% paperboard.

February 26, 2009

Flexibles

SpoonLidz offers a value-added solution

A ‘sustainable spoon’ is part of the package for yogurt, pudding, chili, and other single-serve cups.

February 26, 2009

Secondary Packaging

Optimizing the packaging-sustainability alliance

The trend of sustainability executives provides packaging professionals with opportunities for increased visibility, reliance, and clout.

February 26, 2009

Fruits/Vegetables

Salad Days: Profitably Packaging Greens

Making a salad used to be somewhat of a project. Grocery-store shoppers would buy ingredients separately, take them home and wash, chop, and mix their own greens, tomatoes, cucumbers, and other vegetables. They might even make their own dressing. But today’s time-starved schedules make that an increasingly daunting and archaic task. Enter the pre-washed, pre-cut, pre-packaged salad. Find out more in this White Paper from Harpak.

February 25, 2009

Prepared Foods

Your guide to every facet of equipment implementation

As both a manufacturer and a distributor with decades of experience, Harpak has guided its customers through every facet of equipment implementation. Whether you are working on a start up project or are a million units per day producer, Harpak is here to help.

February 25, 2009

Sustainability

PLA-bottled beverages couple with compact, on-site compost unit

Naturally Iowa offers foodservice and institutional customers a composting solution for its PLA beverage bottles.

February 24, 2009

Coding, Printing & Labeling

RFID: Curbing shrink in a tight economy

RFID offers the promise to help curb shrink.

February 24, 2009