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Package design and on-line retailing

Here's a look at some of the reciprocal influences between package design and on-line retailing.

April 28, 2011

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Meijer Design Director: Packaging is the 'skin of commerce'

Vickie VanHurley offers pointers on designing ‘passion brands.’ And she warns that the relationship between shopper income and value might not always be what you think it is.

April 15, 2011

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Industry Watch

A quick run-down on the latest supplier news, mergers, expansions, and people.

April 11, 2011

Sustainability

Bottle made of OCC and ONP

Holding 50 oz of laundry detergent, this molded-pulp bottle—recyclable and compostable—is actually a shell with a LDPE liner inside that holds the product.

April 11, 2011

Cartoning

Digital printer does the work of two machines it replaces

Machine delivers superior print quality to the foil lidding on new blister thermoform/fill/seal line at contract packager Apace Packaging LLC.

April 11, 2011

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USDA awards Clear Lam Packaging, Inc. first Certified Biobased Product Label on its Renewable Thermo

Renewable thermoformed produce packaging developed by Clear Lam Packaging, Inc. has earned the industry’s first U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Certified Biobased Product Label, part of a new voluntary labeling program to help purchasers choose products made with biobased commodities.

April 7, 2011

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Everyone's looking at you, kid

Call me paranoid if you must, but there certainly seems to be a trend toward increased quality control demands on packaging manufacturers.

April 7, 2011

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Proven innovation is the focus of Walmart's sixth annual expo

Walmart will fill to capacity the John Q. Hammons Convention Center in Rogers, AR, with packaging suppliers exhibiting proven solutions for improved sustainability. Expo starts next week.

April 6, 2011

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Video: Track-and-trace case labeling

Erik Bronander, vice president of sales for Labeling Systems Inc., describes a print- and-apply labeling system for cases that accommodates RFID or 2D codes, as well as laser, ink-jet, and HP printing systems. Available with Rockwell/Allen-Bradley controls and Cognex vision system.

April 5, 2011

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Dasani and Odwalla launch nationally in PlantBottle

Dasani PET bottle boasts 30% plant material, while Odwalla’s new HDPE package is the first 100% plant-based bottle that is also fully recyclable.

April 5, 2011

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

Global packaging machinery demand to rise through 2014

Accelerated manufacturing output and a favorable fixed investment environment will drive global demand for packaging machinery to $35.9 billion by 2014.

March 8, 2011

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March 8, 2011

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Medical device pathway gets touch-ups

It might soon get easier to be OK with the 510(k).

March 7, 2011