Sustainability

Targeted pavilion, conferences await CP professionals at Pack Expo

If you’re shopping for contract-packaging services or you want to make your packaging more environmentally friendly, Pack Expo International may well provide the answers you need.

August 1, 2008

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Flexible packaging

Opening ceremonies: Where has that magical moment of wonder gone?

Recalling his childhood, Dyfed “Fred” Richards, executive creative director, North America, at Interbrand (www.interbrand.com), writes in Shelf Impact! that he loved being the first person in his family to break through the seal of any new package.

July 2, 2008

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Schwarz powers powder packaging

Schwarz Pharma’s replacement filling line is twice the speed and more flexible for future needs.

July 2, 2008

Sustainability

Plastic suppliers enhance performance characteristics of PLA

Ingeo™ polymer produced by NatureWorks LLC (www.natureworksllc.com) is one of the most discussed biopolymers on the market today.

June 1, 2008

Tamper-evident machinery

Does new bill hold future of FDA?

If you look at this stuff, about all you can say is, ‘Oh, man.’

June 1, 2008

Sustainability

Packages earn NACD awards recognition

NACD Packages of the Year honored this month highlight innovation, sustainability.

May 31, 2008

Tamper-evident machinery

Many sources of advice on enhancing supplier reliability

Food packagers always face challenges, of course.

May 12, 2008

Conveying & accumulation

Karlville's global shrink sleeving solution

A U.S. company with shrink sleeve labeling and tamper evident sleeve design and manufacturing operations in Asia, Europe and the Americas, Karlville is a truly global player.

May 2, 2008

Tamper-evident machinery

Packaging and warnings

Do you think either there’s no need for a warning on your package or that your warning is sufficient? Don’t be so sure.

April 30, 2008

Tamper-evident machinery

Dos and don'ts on brand protection

At the first Brand-Protection Packaging Forum, leading brand owners such as Johnson Medical Device and Diagnostics shared strategies.

April 15, 2008

Tamper-evident machinery

Induction seal remote control

Enercon now offers an induction-sealing remote control and monitoring option, offering fingertip remote access to all critical data to ensure optimal productivity and uptime.

April 7, 2008

Sustainability

What kind of packaging would we give up for Mother Earth?

According to a Nielsen Global Food Packaging Survey, nearly one in two global consumers would give up all forms of packaging designed for convenience purposes if it would benefit the environment, including packaging designed for easy stacking/storing at home (49%); packaging that can be used for cooking, or doubles as a resealable container (48%); and packaging designed for easy transport (47%)

April 3, 2008

Flexible packaging

2007 Pack Expo selects winner

Fold-over blister for Shure Music Phone Adapter from Shure Inc. received the highest number of votes in the 2007 Pack Expo Selects competition sponsored by the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute.

January 10, 2008