Containers

Direct bottle printing may cause sleeve market to shrink

Bottle decorating is approaching a tipping point.

December 4, 2012

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Sustainability

Material-reduced Kellogg's club-store pack gets graphic punch

The StrataGraph division of Great Northern Corp. supplies Kellogg's with a laminated SBS solution for its club-store packs of Pastry Crips that offers enhanced package graphics, while reducing material use and providing superior structural strength.

November 21, 2012

Containers

New minimalist approach to multi-packed snacks

Editor Pat Reynolds compares four supermarket offerings of single-serve salty snacks in four different multi-pack formats, including the new BalePack.

November 19, 2012

Containers

Gourmet fish in light-weight PP tray

Germany’s Homann Food Ltd. has launched a range of gourmet fish products in a lightweight, transparent, fish-shaped polypropylene dish.

November 15, 2012

Containers

Canned drinking water to victims of Sandy

Two truckloads holding 105,600 cans of fresh purified spring water were sent to the Red Cross Distribution Center in Somerset, NJ, to help in that region’s disaster relief efforts in the wake of Sandy.

November 13, 2012

Plastics/resins

Single-use containers for biologicals

Cellon SA a launched PharmaTainer sterile, single-use containers for storage, freezing, and manipulation of biologicals.

November 9, 2012

Containers

Bottle and gift pack help reflect high-end tequila

Tequila packaging gets an upgrade from Brown-Forman’s Casa Herradura Selección Suprema tequila.

November 7, 2012

Containers

Packaging defect involved in voluntary drug recall

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. initiates voluntary recall of a single manufacturing lot of Pradaxa capsules 75mg in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.

November 7, 2012

Labels

IMLs clearly consumer-attractive, cost-competitive, and eco-friendly

Vaska Home Products heightens brand identity and lowers printing expenses and inventory requirements by opting for transparent in-mold labeling technology.

November 2, 2012

Sustainability

Video: The new Shaka® 1600 agitation retort

The Allpax 1600 Shaka high-speed agitation retort equals the output of four-basket static retorts because of an up to 90 percent reduction in cycle time. Shaka opens the doors to new products that would typically be difficult to retort and improves the taste and appearance of products now available on the market. Booth # N-3910

October 30, 2012

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Video: Capper with electronic torque provides 100 percent inspection

Fowler Products’ 14-head capper features state-of-the-art electronic torque control and is integrated with a rejection system that provides a 100 percent inspection for proper closure application. Booth # N-3906

October 30, 2012

Containers

iPad app helps you get a handle

PakTech demonstrates a new iPad app that helps packagers identify the correct handle to use on a variety of packaging applications, from single-serve to multi-packs.

October 29, 2012

Containers

Skinnyminis cocktails are convenient in 200-mL PET

Beam’s popular Skinnygirl Margarita ready-to-serve cocktail is launched in a single-serve PET barrier bottle, opening the brand up to new venues.

October 25, 2012