Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Pretzel maker navigates new twists in packaging

Toad-Ally Snax installs pouch vf/f/s and case coder upgrades to accommodate growing product demand.

March 6, 2013

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Contract packaging

New custom PET bottle for oat beverage

Scheduled for launch in April is a new, custom bottle for an unusual oat beverage from Butler, NJ-based Sneaky Pete’s.

March 4, 2013

Sustainable Packaging

New materials recycling challenges addressed

When it comes to packaging materials, innovation and recycling are sometimes at odds.

February 28, 2013

Sustainable Packaging

Sustainability opportunities 'beyond the package'

New AMERIPEN brochure emphasizes the importance of looking at the entire product and packaging system when considering sustainability.

February 22, 2013

Sustainable Packaging

GreenBlue to offer standardized packaging design assessment

Organization leverages its COMPASS life cycle-based design software to provide packaging analysis for more sustainable package design.

February 22, 2013

Contract Packaging

Serialization and track and trace

Pharmapack workshop on serialization reinforces challenges, draws some distinctions between Europe and the U.S.

February 15, 2013

Sustainable Packaging

SusFoFlex Consortium holds first technical meeting

European-based consortium has been organized to develop novel, sustainable, and intelligent packaging technologies to enhance shelf life and ultimately reduce food waste.

February 13, 2013

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Almac launches U.S. commercial packaging operations

Successful FDA inspection and new client partnership highlight $10 million-plus facility’s opening.

February 8, 2013

Contract packaging

Packaging innovation explored at TPC

The first full day of presentations at The Packaging Conference includes details on the Absolut Unique vodka project, digital package printing, and PET recycling initiatives.

February 7, 2013

Sustainable Packaging

Molded-pulp bottle is perfect for protein powder line

Natural health products brand Bodylogix follows in the footsteps of Seventh Generation when it launches an eco-friendly, convention-busting bottle for its protein powders.

February 1, 2013

Sustainable Packaging

Waste reduction is central to Unilever’s sustainability strategy

Unilever senior packaging manager, R&D, Michael Hughes, shares how the company is evaluating and designing its packaging to meet the goals of The Sustainable Living Plan.

February 1, 2013

Sustainable Packaging

Compliance-prompting pharma packs: More sustainable?

Regardless of packaging materials used, is compliance-prompting packaging inherently more sustainable, given its positive impacts on human health, the economy, and the environment?

February 1, 2013

Sustainable Packaging

Johnson & Johnson awards Amcor for sustainability achievements

Johnson & Johnson (J&J), a multinational manufacturer of pharmaceutical, diagnostic, therapeutic, surgical, and biotechnology products, awarded a 2012 Supplier Sustainability Award to Amcor Ltd.

February 1, 2013