Containers

NFC tag for spirits conjures up 'the most interesting man'

First spirits bottle in the U.S. to be NFC-enabled entertains consumers at shelf with a video message from 'The Most Interesting Man in the World.'

February 7, 2019

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Containers

Diet Coke Refresh Blends Iconic Past with Bold Future

New graphics, flavors, and can shape give Diet Coke a modern look for a future generation of fans, while retaining those elements that have made the brand a favorite for 35 years.

February 6, 2019

Containers

Metal detector ensures safer, healthier high-protein spreads

After a Shark Tank appearance sends its sales skyrocketing, high-protein spread startup Nuts ‘N More installs a metal detector conveyor system to ensure product safety.

February 2, 2019

Containers

Reusable PET jar for skin balm

Family-run skincare specialist Chuckling Goat of the UK is using the 125-mL PET Clip Jar for its new Super Sensitive Skin Balm, benefitting from the jar’s combination of aesthetic appeal and practicality.

February 1, 2019

Sustainability

Clean, green design for ‘microdrink’ packaging

Kvell puts sustainable and sleek package design at the forefront when developing its waterdrop microdrink, a 5-g cube of powdered health and wellness ingredients that dissolves in water.

January 31, 2019

Sustainability

The case for rPET wine bottles

Santiago Navarro, CEO and Co-Founder of London-based Delivering Happiness Ltd., trading as Garçon Wines, discusses why the company chose PET, and in particular recycled PET, for its award-winning Flat Wine Bottle for e-commerce.

January 26, 2019

Plastics/resins

Herbal medicine packages look at home in the kitchen

A redesign for the Maty’s line of herbal medicinal products helps this all-natural and organic brand break from a sterile, clinical-looking sea of OTC packaging on-shelf.

January 25, 2019

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

New filler/sealer provides flexibility for hotel cosmetics

German hotel toiletries supplier ADA Cosmetic GmbH replaces an aging filler/sealer with one that provides maximum flexibility for different package formats and quick changeover.

January 24, 2019

Containers

Cannabis tin is child-resistant

This California marketer of cannabis pouches that are placed between the cheek and gum like chewing tobacco is among the first to take advantage of a new child-resistant tin.

January 23, 2019

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Co-packer, brand owners toast success of wine in a can

Canned wine takes off for co-packer Free Flow Wines after it adds a canning line. Also getting a boost are customers Essentially Geared and Foley Family Wines.

January 23, 2019

Containers

Corona Light gets its own visual voice

A redesign for Corona Light creates a point of difference from the Extra master brand and brings a fresh, modern personality even while retaining ‘old school’ brand equities.

January 21, 2019

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Report: Innovative new e-commerce at PACK EXPO

Covering 1.2 million net sq ft of exhibit space and drawing 2,500 exhibitors, PACK EXPO International brought 50,000 attendees to the biggest packaging event of the year. Here is our report on e-commerce.

January 21, 2019

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Kombucha brewers follow craft beer footsteps

Kombucha manufacturers like Big Easy Bucha are following an equipment and automation path well-worn by the craft beer brewers that preceded them.

January 18, 2019