Containers

Holistic Design Strategy for Tea Tin

Design firm brings integrated, multidisciplinary approach, with 2D (graphics) and 3D (structure) considered holistically during the design of a gifting tin for New Zealand tea brand Ti Ora.

April 29, 2020

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Bulk handling/filling equipment

Canadian Co-Packer Sold on Aseptic Packaging

Three aseptic fillers help contract filler Ya YA Foods produce high- and low-acid products, including plant- and milk-based dairy beverages.

April 16, 2020

Containers

Independent Can Receives High SQF Score

Independent Can Co.

Independent Can announced that its Ft. Madison, Iowa facility received a score of 98% during its recertification audit.

April 7, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Reusable Egg Carton in Pilot

Humane egg brand Pete and Gerry’s Organics offers durable PP egg cartons that consumers can fill with loose eggs in a pilot for a reusable packaging scheme.

April 4, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

European Recycling Markets Reel from Coronavirus

Changes in consumer behavior, the reduced cost of virgin materials, logistics disruptions and other trends driven by COVID-19 may have a lasting effect on the European recycling industry.

March 30, 2020

Labels

Distilleries Refit to Fill Hand-Sanitizer Gap

During World War II, Ford made tanks instead of cars and Maytag made plane parts instead of washing machines. With hand sanitizer being the small-arms munitions of today’s pandemic crisis, cosmetics and distilleries are joining the war effort.

March 27, 2020

Operational Excellence

Popularity of Cannabis Formats Evolving, Packaging Follows Suit

Dried flower is giving way to creams, gels, dried teas/powders and inhalers, products that doubled in growth in two years’ time. Packaging for cannabis is expanding to meet this growth.

March 25, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Opinion: COVID-19 Swings “Reusable” from Good to Bad

March 25, 2020

Plastics/resins

Premium, Single-Origin Instant Coffee is Totally Tubular

Boston area-based specialty coffee roaster introduces an instant coffee product produced using a new freeze-drying process and packaged in a PP tube that provides a nine-month shelf life.

March 24, 2020

Containers

Limited Edition Peanut Butter Jar Seeks to Settle GIF vs. JIF Debate

The J.M. Smuckers Co. designs a limited-edition jar for its peanut butter with its JIF logo transformed to GIF and a social media hashtag to spur consumers to join the debate.

March 4, 2020

Containers

Mischievous Dancing Duppy Adorns Spiced Rum Label

Rum brand extension builds on original bottle label graphics, with a playful, shapeshifting creature from Caribbean folklore, putting the focus on the exuberant nature of drinking rum.

March 3, 2020

Plastics/resins

Pretium Packaging Invests in EBM Equipment

Pretium Packaging

Pretium Packaging, a manufacturer of plastic containers and closures, made a $3 million dollar investment in new HDPE extrusion blow molding equipment and infrastructure for its Leipsic, Ohio manufacturing plant.

February 27, 2020

Cartoning

Co-Packer Dramatically Expands Wine Canning Capacity

In just two years, Free Flow Wines increases its wine-canning capabilities from one semi-automated line to three, adds a fully automated 300-can/min line, and triples its production space.

February 19, 2020