Sustainability

Spring water uses more than just a bottle

Spring water company JUST Beverages selects a hybrid package that offers the environmental benefits of a paper carton along with the functionality of a plastic bottle.

September 1, 2015

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Secondary Packaging

PaperWorks announces $9 million investment

PaperWorks will invest $9 million-plus in equipment over the next 12 months in its Boehmer Box facility.

August 28, 2015

Cartons and boxes

Outlook for global liquid paperboard market is bright

Non polymer-based coating technology will have a marked impact on the growth of liquid paperboard, three fourths of which is used for the dairy industry.

August 20, 2015

Coding, Printing & Labeling

On the front lines of serialization

Successful implementation requires interconnecting packaging equipment, materials, and components so they are dependent upon each other.

July 24, 2015

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Digital printer ‘XAPS’ would-be counterfeiters

Digital carton printing company OTC Group helps its customers thwart counterfeiting and theft with Xerox tracking system.

July 24, 2015

Cartons and boxes

SaladPower debuts in aseptic packaging

One hundred percent natural, 100 percent non-GMO, lower calories and sugar, more vitamins and vegetables first – that’s what new super premium vegetable juice SaladPower® delivers, and more.

July 14, 2015

Contract packaging

One Source Industries expands on West Coast

A second California facility will add secondary co-packing for West Coast customers.

July 13, 2015

Cartons and boxes

Gabletop carton reaches its centennial

A retrospective and a look ahead on a venerable package, as imagined from the source.

July 13, 2015

Contract packaging

CellOxess commends concept-to-commercialization collaboration

Biotech firm partners with Rondo-Pak to launch unique vitamin and mineral antioxidants that address male infertility.

July 8, 2015

Sustainability

Swedish milk brand launches 100% bio-based carton

Following in the footsteps of Finnish dairy Valio, Arla Foods of Sweden has become only the second chilled beverage producer to adopt Tetra Pak’s Tetra Rex® Bio-based carton, made entirely of renewable material—from carton to cap.

June 30, 2015

Secondary Packaging

Tough-grip taping system puts pressure on cased product contamination

Thermoforming specialist Fabri-Kal Corp., headquartered in Kalamazoo, MI, recently found itself in need of taping equipment that could handle various case styles and sizes.

June 30, 2015

Converting equipment

Digital printing, creasing, cutting come to carton converting

Folding carton converter Boutwell Owens & Co. is among the first in the world to combine wide-format sheet-fed digital printing and digital creasing with cutting.

June 29, 2015

Cartons and boxes

Mini-meal hummus kit hits snack trend trifecta

A shelf-stable line of snack kits that includes hummus with either crackers or pretzels offers consumers the convenience, healthy ingredients, and protein content they desire.

June 29, 2015