Containers

Skin care products don fresh packaging

France-based skin care products company Yves Rocher debuts new tube and jar packaging for its Inositol Vegetal skin lotions to achieve greater differentiation on the store shelves.

January 10, 2007

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Meat/Poultry/Seafood

Coalition's diversity as dramatic as its message

At least some people know how to play nice in the sandbox.

January 10, 2007

Flexibles

Making market research work for you

“No matter what the direction, market research can show packagers how to deliver success, cost-savings, or bigger market share.”

January 10, 2007

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Industry Watch

COMPANIES Thermo Electron Corp. and Fisher Scientific Intl. Inc. have merged to form Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., creating a provider of products and services in the high-growth life, laboratory, and health sciences industry.

January 10, 2007

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Better barriers needed for blisters

Inducted into the Packaging Hall of Fame during Pack Expo International 2006, Edward Bauer elaborates on developments in pharmaceutical packaging materials.

January 10, 2007

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Trends in aseptic and extended shelf life packaging

Download this study from Serac based on exclusive survey results of 550 end users discerns latest trends in ESL and aseptic filling systems

January 5, 2007

Flexibles

Lewis and Clark discovers new paperless multipacks

Lewis and Clark Brewery, Helena, MT, debuted in summer 2006 a new kind of environmentally friendly six-pack.

January 5, 2007

Contract Packaging

Catching up with fickle consumers

It is a time of change for the contract packaging industry.

December 19, 2006

Consumer packaged goods

RFID reluctance remains

According to our exclusive survey and industry experts, concerns about RFID costs and complexities continue.

December 18, 2006

Labels

Checking up on healthcare packaging

Vital issues include validation, FDA regulations, counterfeiting, and the challenges of shipping pharmaceuticals and biologics through the cold chain.(Part I of II)

December 18, 2006

Flexible packaging

What's new in food & bev?

Convenience is king in food and beverage packaging—now and for the foreseeable future. But other trends bubbling to the surface bear watching.

December 18, 2006

Sustainable Packaging

Answering innovation's challenges

Pick a leader to champion your cause, prove out your ideas with senior management, and observe ‘category cues' while pushing beyond them, say the experts.

December 18, 2006

Labels

Eclipse goal: build consumption with stationary pack

The Wm. Wrigley Co. challenged its Marketing Department to increase consumption among loyalists of the company's Eclipse chewing gum.

December 18, 2006