Contract Packaging

AndersonBrecon addresses global healthcare packaging issues

Repositioned company adds flexibility to U.S. and European contract packaging operations to help meet evolving needs of manufacturers around the globe.

September 11, 2012

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Contract Packaging

Clinical secondary co-pack operations change hands

Patheon sells secondary clinical packaging and clinical distribution services to Bellwyck Packaging Solutions.

September 11, 2012

Contract Packaging

Clinical secondary co-pack operations change hands

Patheon sells its secondary clinical packaging and clinical distribution services; Bellwyck Packaging Solutions and 20 Patheon employees are the beneficiaries.

September 11, 2012

Contract Packaging

Flexible OTC packs deliver an 'UrgentRx'

Credit card-sized packs offer portability for powdered meds that are delivered sublingually.

September 10, 2012

Sustainable Packaging

Dell: 'Powering the possible' of green

Following the release of computer giant Dell’s 2012 Corporate Responsibility Report in July, Oliver Campbell, Dell’s director of procurement, discussed the company’s initiatives around packaging, in particular its use of bamboo and mushroom-based packaging.

September 7, 2012

Contract Packaging

Should package development be done in-house or with vendor help?

As a packaging professional with more than 40 years of experience in package design and development, all of the large consumer product companies I have been associated with have faced many design challenges in making sure each package had the best appearance possible at retail, yet also conveyed a quality product to consumers.

September 5, 2012

Sustainable Packaging

Study: All things equal, green is preferred

Green Up Street, which runs the Green Up Street Network, a group of suppliers that specializes in cartons and boxes made from agricultural byproducts, recently uncovered some interesting insights regarding consumers’ acceptance of packaging made from alternative materials when it conducted tests using a cereal box made from sugarcane bagasse versus a traditional paperboard cereal box.

September 5, 2012

Contract Packaging

‘Do-it-right’ philosophy drives California copacker

Hot brands in the beverage category are driving growth at this California contract bottler, where a new line handles CSD or still beverages in a variety of sizes at 600 bottles/min.

September 5, 2012

Sustainability

Biopolymer tray for refrigerated ready meals

Excelline Foods launched its new ready meals by installing a thermoforming machine and feeding it a forming web lamination whose core layer is a corn-based biopolymer.

September 4, 2012

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Coding versatility vanquishes packaging waste & downtime

Dutch Gold Honey installs centralized database ink-jet coding network to ensure the right code on the right package at the right time.

September 4, 2012

Sustainable Packaging

Justin's nut butters relaunched in 100% PCR PET

Organic, all-natural nut-butter products now use containers having 100% post-consumer recycled PET content.

August 29, 2012

Sustainability

Aluminum beverage can recycling rate reaches 65.1%

The number is a seven percentage-point increase over 2010 and marks solid progress toward the industry’s goal of a 75% recycling rate.

August 28, 2012

Sustainable Packaging

Compostable breakfast boxes save space and the environment

The Swedish airline Malmö Aviation has recently launched new breakfast boxes made of paperboard that save space on board, extend the life of their contents, simplify handling, and have a lower environmental impact than their plastic-based predecessors.

August 27, 2012