Soups/Condiments/Sauces/Spices/Dips/Dressings

Sealing in savings

Workers at B&G Foods say they’re happily stuck on their new package sealing system. Reductions in maintenance, downtime, and adhesive costs are impressive.

March 2, 2008

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Closures

'Zenergized' tube suits Walgreen's, other retailers

Tubes make effervescent energy tablets portable for consumers.

March 2, 2008

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

'Crisper' snack packaging performance

With a projected two-year ROI, a new popcorn bagging machine runs faster and reduces packaging material waste.

March 2, 2008

Flexible packaging

Industry watch

March 2, 2008

Sustainable Packaging

Innovation and sustainability-- two parts of a whole

Big buzz words in today’s packaging lexicon, “innovation” and “sustainability” are too often viewed as mutually incompatible. This is a mistake.

March 2, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Drug pedigree requirements come and go, and likely will come again

Those waiting for California to implement e-pedigree requirements for drugs as a means of thwarting counterfeiters: Hold your horses.

March 2, 2008

Sustainable Packaging

Mars takes holistic approach to sustainability

As director of sustainability for Mars North America, Kevin Rabinovitch works with all of the company’s units (food, snack, and pet care) in the U.S. He develops and executes sustainability strategies and initiatives aimed at improving triple bottom line results—environmental, social, and economic.

March 2, 2008

Consumer packaged goods

Web plus

Hitachi America, Ltd., Industrial Systems Division, supplier of sophisticated electrical and electronic industrial equipment and components for application in pharmaceutical plants, food and beverage processing, steel making, mass transit systems, chemical plants, and other manufacturing facilities, has launched a B2B, Web-based portal for the industrial components and equipment business.

March 2, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Guide to Packaging Law, 2nd Edition

The second edition of Guide to Packaging Law, by Packaging World legal editor Eric Greenberg, is now available from the IoPP bookstore.

March 2, 2008

Flexibles

Flip-top flavor enhancers for dog food

In June 2007, Chomp, Inc., Weymouth, MA, introduced Sniffers Shake-Ins Meal Enhancers for dog food. The dry granulated products are available in three flavors (chicken, bacon, and liver) and are formulated to enhance flavor, add protein, and aid healthy digestion.

March 2, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Make2Pack Workshop at PAF

New this year at the May 20 Packaging Automation Forum is a Make2Pack Workshop and Connect-and-Pack TM Demonstration.

March 1, 2008

Labels

Can graphics pay tribute to street art

AriZona Beverages rolls out All City NRG energy drinks in artfully decorated cans.

March 1, 2008

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Fresh audio packaging proclaims "Digital Democracy"

Fresh audio packaging proclaims ‘Digital Democracy’ for in-store retail and online sales.

March 1, 2008