Containers

Package Design for WD-40 Specialist Line Lands Smoothly

New packaging from the brand that helped send rockets into space relies on color cues to help consumers find the product on shelf and enhance its professional positioning.

October 8, 2020

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Containers

Beverage Encourages Voters to Speak their ‘Peace’

By scanning a ‘sip & scan’ icon on special Peace Tea iced tea beverage cans, consumers can link to a mobile landing page powered by non-profit Vote.org.

October 7, 2020

Sustainability

Innovating the Plant-Based Food Category with Functional Superfoods

Lavva is growing its brand with Paleo and Keto-certified plant-based yogurts and milk products.

October 6, 2020

Sustainability

Placon Focuses on Sustainability with Solar Energy Partnership

Placon

Placon is collaborating with MG&E to purchase locally generated, carbon free solar energy from the O’Brien Solar Fields.

October 2, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

First 100% Certified Ocean-Bound Plastic Beverage Bottle Launched

Three years in development, the bottle for new ZenWTR vapor-distilled, high-alkaline water also uses a recycle-friendly label and adhesives, as well.

September 30, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

SC Johnson, Plastic Bank Focus on Collection, Fighting Poverty

SC Johnson launches ocean plastic bottles for Mr Muscle and Windex brands using ocean plastics collected by Plastic Bank through a three-year partnership.

September 29, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Label-less Bottle a Cinch to Recycle

Alkaline-purified water from premium vodka producer Toast uses a screen-printed bottle to convey elegance, and more importantly, to enable easy recycling.

September 25, 2020

Containers

‘Nature’s Fingerprints’ Provide Inspiration for Wine Packaging

Cans for a new line of wine from Odell Brewing Co. feature organic patterns that reflect nature’s own self-organizing biological systems.

September 24, 2020

Sustainability

Primex Design & Fabrication Employees Step Up for Pandemic Response

Primex Design & Fabrication

Primex Design & Fabrication has continued operating since April in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. It has been producing its PrimexProtect line of PPE and social distancing products for medical personnel, first responders, and more.

September 18, 2020

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

New Canning Line for Contract Filler Fuels Future Business

U.K. beverage co-packer Cawingredients installs canning line that achieves 99.9% performance and offers flexibility for a variety of can formats and secondary packaging.

September 16, 2020

Plastics/resins

Swiss Miss is First in Cocoa with Recyclable Tub

The new, recyclable package uses a tapered, space-efficient cube design that reduces the package’s carbon footprint by 98 metric tons each year versus the previous round canister.

September 16, 2020

Beverage

Room to Grow for Can Market

Even with the current addition of new plants and expanding production lines, there is plenty of room for growth in the market.

September 8, 2020

Containers

New England’s Original IPA Gets a ‘Wicked’ New Look

One of the first craft brewers in New England, Harpoon Brewery aims to spear new business while distinguishing itself in the crowded craft category with a new package design that leverages iconic assets.

September 7, 2020