Beverage

Miller puts more beer in fridge

Building on its sales success with the 12-can Fridge Pack, Milwaukee-based Miller Brewing is now the world’s first brewer offering both 12- and 18-can Fridge Packs for Miller Lite, Miller Genuine Draft and Genuine Draft Lite beers.

February 28, 2005

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Flexibles

Chocolate sauce first in microwavable aseptic pack

Valrhona, a French gourmet chocolate maker, is among the first to launch product in the Tetra Wedge™ Aseptic microwavable 200 S aseptic pouch from Tetra Pak.

February 28, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

What a package designer should know about packaging machinery

At the Flexible Packaging Conference 2005, ELAU’s John Kowal helps packagers coordinate great package designs with the right machinery to run the packages efficiently.

February 28, 2005

Consumer packaged goods

Oxygen absorbers for pharmaceutical packaging

Süd-Chemie offers its new PharmaKeep, a new line of oxygen absorbing canisters and packets designed to protect pharmaceutical and diagnostic products from the harmful effects of oxygen.

February 28, 2005

Conveying & accumulation

Inkjet coders from PRISM ease PPG line maintenance

Case codes stay clear, crisp as personnel change print heads virtually “on the fly” with no tools

February 28, 2005

Sustainability

Consumer-friendly packaging gains new importance

Mona Doyle wants brand managers and package designers to know this: The price you pay in good will and sales for packaging that consumers perceive as undesirable could get even higher.

January 31, 2005

Beverage

Lessons learned from Baileys redesign

Baileys’ brand director offers advice about managing a major redesign.

January 31, 2005

Closures

Combination product packaging

The healthcare industry is headed to drug combination products containing two or more regulated components that are physically, chemically, or otherwise combined as a single entity.

January 31, 2005

Flexibles

Smart Package of the Month: Nanoclay pouch

A nanoclay-coated pouch debuts our exclusive ‘Smart Package of the Month’ spotlight as selected by the experts at IDTechEx.

January 31, 2005

Beverage

How to capitalize on the manufacturing revolution

Surrounded by constant miracles of technological innovation, the development of China as the manufacturing center of the world, and customers who are more demanding than ever, how does today’s manufacturer cope?

January 31, 2005

Meat/Poultry/Seafood

How packaging helps BJ's grow its private-label niche

Strategic design rewards Berkley & Jensen consumer brand with sales increases of as much as 30%. The packaging focuses on consumer benefits while being mindful of the club store environment.

January 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Printed electronics spark interest

Motorola’s technology for economical printed electronics for smart packaging and RFID applications has the attention of printers, converters, packagers, and others.

January 31, 2005

Beverage

Pfizer: Pharma industry needs machine interoperability

Paul Greene of corporate IT at Pfizer had interoperability and widespread enterprise integration on the brain February 3 when he addressed the ARC Advisory Group’s Performance Driven Manufacturing Forum in Orlando, FL.

January 31, 2005