Flexible packaging

The incredible flexible pouch

Economies of scale drive pouch costs down, while shelf appeal and convenience features deliver on the marketer's need to differentiate.

October 6, 2006

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Closures

Detergent packs roll onto shelves

Packed inside an unusual conical sleeve is a clamshell or two used as both mold and container for this new kind of laundry detergent.

October 6, 2006

Beverage

Labels be nimble! Labels be quick!

Meat packer expands into new markets with digitally printed labels that can be turned around in as little as 24 hours.

October 6, 2006

Beverage

Servos bring flexibility to re-engineered labeler

Integrated servo motor/drives on the rotating carousel of a 12-station labeler permit nearly limitless bottle size changeovers.

October 6, 2006

Beverage

Anheuser-Busch's Packaging Steps To The Plate

St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch continues to use package graphics focusing on sports such as baseball, football, and auto racing to market its brews.

October 6, 2006

Beverage

Coors comes in to the cold

Cold wrap bottles and cooler box help Coors deliver ‘Rocky Mountain cold refreshment' to consumers.

October 6, 2006

Soups/Condiments/Sauces/Spices/Dips/Dressings

ConAgra Foods tackles the challenge of Wal-Mart's RFID mandate

From pilot plant testing to determine tag selection and placement to rollout of a Phase 2 scalable line, ConAgra meets the mandate head on.

October 6, 2006

Flexibles

Optimizing efficiency in meat packaging

Thermoformable and heat shrinkable, this newly developed film brings labor and material cost savings to a Dutch meat marketer that uses it in place of preformed shrink bags.

October 6, 2006

Flexibles

Starr Ridge short bread cookies require star-quality packaging

Allen & Cowley redesigns its cookie trays to cut down on size without reducing the number of cookies per tray.

October 6, 2006

Sustainable Packaging

Challenge your team to think about what your packaging could be

Paul Vandenberg, creative director at i4Design (www.desi4n.com), a package design firm, offers the following worthwhile exercise: Ask yourself and your package design team, “What if?” The challenge is to use great packaging ideas being introduced elsewhere not as a template for your own projects, but as inspiration for what could be for your products.

October 5, 2006

Coding, Printing & Labeling

UHF benefits updated

A recent white paper does much to dispel lingering myths about what UHF can't do, and does it authoritatively. It makes a compelling case for UHF­­—over HF—by companies that know the technology inside out.

October 5, 2006

Beverage

Wine embraces classic appeal

A new design for Inglenook Wine from Centerra Wine Co., Canandaigua, NY, imparts a more traditional look to the 125-plus-year-old brand.

October 5, 2006

Beverage

Summit introduces Pharmaceutical Packaging Forum 2007

Presenters from Merck, Schering-Plough, and Cardinal Health will help Summit Publishing launch the Pharmaceutical Packaging Forum 2007 (www.packworld.com/ppf), scheduled at the Rittenhouse Hotel in Philadelphia Thursday, March 29, 2007.

October 5, 2006