Containers

Co-packer provides the precision in applying Dipping Chocolates label

Some of the best ideas appearing on store shelves today have come about because brand marketers go outside of their companies for ideas.

March 22, 2010

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Flexible packaging

Case study in automating the bagging of frozen meals

By automating the bagging of its frozen Asian entrées, Kahiki Foods reduces labor costs by 65%, without eliminating workers.

March 22, 2010

Containers

Talk about inhaling your food...

March 16, 2010

Containers

OFF THE SHELF: Ergonomically designed Soft Scrub

Marketing and design editor Jim George points out the ergonomic advantages designed into a trigger spray package for a new Soft Scrub product from the Dial Corp.

March 12, 2010

Closures

Protein shakes launch in aluminum bottles

ABB (American Body Building) has introduced Pure Pro® 50 ready-to-drink shakes in recloseable, lightweight, 16-oz Alumi-Tek aluminum bottles from Ball Corporation.

March 6, 2010

Controls & Machine Components

The value of track and trace

If you’re a food manufacturer and you’re involved in a food ingredient recall, how challenging will it be to trace back which lots might have contained the ingredient in question?

March 5, 2010

Containers

Portable "Sushi Popper" ultimate convenience food?

Uses for tubes have grown in the past few years, but this package may smell a little fishy!

February 26, 2010

Containers

Challenges of designing packaging for men's "beauty" products

This growth market requires a whole new vocabulary, color palette and even distinct shelf space, “The Men’s Zone.”

February 24, 2010

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Three Pack Expo initiatives

PMMI announces not only a Manufacturing Excellence Conference at Chicago’s Pack Expo International this Fall but also two special pavilions.

February 17, 2010

Secondary Packaging

Loading the Design Box

According to VCP packaging engineer Stephane Bernelas, the Design Box is a “presentation package” designed to increase VCP’s perception as a source of luxury products and reinforce its position as an innovative champagne house.

February 8, 2010

Flexibles

OFF THE SHELF: Kellogg's bundles cartons in film

A recent stroll down the aisles of a Costco store brought Senior Editor Anne Marie Mohan face to face with a three-pack of cereal cartons unitized in lightweight film rather than paperboard.

February 8, 2010

Containers

Packaging supports new ripple in functional beverages

Dr. Andrew Abraham identified a need for a nutrition-packed product, as part of a personal diet regimen, in functional beverages.

February 6, 2010

Plastics/resins

Sustainable plastic wine bottle

A UK wine merchant has launched two new wine ranges packaged in a unique plastic bottle that has been proven to keep wine fresh for at least two years and is environmentally friendly.

February 5, 2010