Flexible packaging

Plastics market for healthcare packaging forecast to reach five billion lb by 2015

Study predicts steady growth U.S. plastics packaging market for pharmaceutical and medical products in the next five years.

May 3, 2010

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Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Nanotechnology to drive pharmaceutical packaging growth

Improved barrier properties in plastics and enhanced functionality will increase demand for ‘nano-enabled’ pharmaceutical packaging.

May 2, 2010

Flexibles

Wrigley says so long to foil wrappers for iconic brands

Among the first to use foil wrappers for its chewing gum, Wrigley makes a switch to paper for five brands to save 850 tons of aluminum per year.

April 27, 2010

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

OFF THE SHELF: McCormick tries unit-dose spices

The well-known spice marketer McCormick & Co. offers consumers pre-measured spices in individual portions cleverly combined in a single card. Senior editor Anne Marie Mohan demonstrates this convenient new idea.

April 23, 2010

Flexibles

Ameristar winner performs in 100% rPET

An athletic product packaged in a 100% rPET clamshell provides significant savings in virgin material and in energy use.

April 20, 2010

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Nanotechnology brings new barrier material?

Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) is a coating technology that is incredibly thin yet provides barrier properties good enough for pharmaceutical blister packs.

April 19, 2010

Flexibles

OFF THE SHELF: Award-winning 2-compartment package

The winner of the Highest Achievement Award in this year's Flexible Packaging Association competition is a dual marinade-and-meat pack. Editor Pat Reynolds puts it through the paces in this Off The Shelf Video.

April 8, 2010

Flexibles

Redesigned mousetrap takes category to new level

As the Scotts Co. designed an improved mousetrap, it also issued this challenge to its creative team: Design a package that is on a par with the new product.

April 3, 2010

Flexibles

Blister packaging

Pentapharm® kpVantage™ polyester films for pharmaceutical blister packaging from Klöckner Pentaplast can be used as mono films for pharmaceuticals requiring low moisture barrier or they can be integrated into barrier structures for products that require more protection from moisture and gas.

April 2, 2010

Sustainability

Solid gains in bottle-to-bottle recycling

Closed-loop, bottle-to-bottle recycling is taking a big leap forward in a Canadian town called Shelburne, some 60 miles north of Toronto.

April 1, 2010

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Open as many as you want

Amcor Flexibles Inc. snagged a Gold Award in the Packaging Excellence category with a consumer-friendly four-pack of cheeses sold by Emmi, the largest Swiss milk processor and one of Europe’s leading dairy innovators.

March 9, 2010

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Flexible packaging provides award-winning benefits

The Gold award winners in FPA’s 2010 Achievement Awards competition are notable for their structural, graphic, and environmental benefits.

March 9, 2010

Sustainability

Searching for a cure

End-users of laminations need a working knowledge of the methods used to cure the adhesives.

March 9, 2010