Flexibles

Bagged carry-on bottles kit takes off

Tumi, Inc., New York City, has chosen O.Berk Co. (www.oberk.com) to provide the PET bottles for its newest product, the Carry-On Essentials Kit, for airline passengers. It is a response to the Transportation and Security Administration’s latest restrictions on what passengers can take with them aboard airplanes.

July 11, 2007

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GPI toasts overall package design winner

New glass bottle packaging for Gentleman Jack Rare Tennessee Whiskey has earned Brown-Forman Corp., Louisville, KY, the overall package design award in the Glass Packaging Institute’s (www.gpi.org) 2007 Clear Choice Awards.

July 11, 2007

Closures

Sausage adds convenience

German meat processor Stockmeyer packs sausage into multilayer tubs.

July 9, 2007

Flexible packaging

America in Spain

Packaging technology was on the itinerary during a press tour of Spain in June.

June 15, 2007

Closures

2-piece flip-top

Bericap has developed a “Vinegar” version of its Galileo II closure, a 2-piece, flip-top closure weighing 3 g. The base, which is the sealing element between bottle and closure, is made of PE, while the over-cap is made of transparent PP.

June 12, 2007

Closures

Teen skin care products pack inspiration

Teen Everyday Skincare System (TESS) was created a little more than a year ago, with its skincare products for teen girls developed by entrepreneurial moms and their teenage daughters, as well as with input from teen girls in focus groups around the country. To appeal to teen girls required not only good products, but also cheerful, modern packaging.

June 11, 2007

Closures

Low-cal sweetener in high-class packaging

Tate & Lyle Canada Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Tate & Lyle PLC, London, England, is marketing “Redpath Half”—a new sweetener with half the calories of sugar—packaged in Linearpak® nonround, wide-mouth, paperboard/foil composite cans from Sonoco (www.sonoco.com).

June 11, 2007

Flexibles

Better pack for Betta Foods

Betta Foods, Australia’s largest manufacturer of ice-cream cones and specialty confectionery products, is introducing a resealable feature on its Natural Real Fruit Flavored Liquorice AllSorts and Liquorice Bullets candy packages.

June 11, 2007

Closures

High-style glass wine bottles

Australian vintner Angove has repackaged its Nine Vines rose wines in premium 750-mL flint glass bottles supplied by O-I (www.o-i.com), with metal screw caps from AusCap (www.auscap.net) and pressure-sensitive labels provided by Collotype (www.collotype.com).

June 11, 2007

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Irradiation again, labeling this time

My fear right now is for those of you who might not finish reading this column, but who work with irritating colleagues.

June 11, 2007

Flexibles

Better pack for Betta Foods

Australia's Betta Foods introduces a resealable feature on its candy packages.

June 7, 2007

Closures

5-L PET bottle of edible oil debuts in China

A closure with special features tops off this 5-L oil bottle from the Kerry Oil Group.

June 4, 2007

Coding, Printing & Labeling

In Dubai, nearly 200 companies exhibit at Gulf Pack

Billed as the largest Middle East packaging industry trade fair ever, Gulf Pack opened April 2 at the Dubai Airport Expo.

May 31, 2007