Plastics/resins

Social mission-driven brands need great packaging too

After its growth was hindered for years by poor packaging, social mission brand Soapbox rebrands with a focus on the product quality, realizing sales increases from 40% to 90%.

September 24, 2018

Containers: Page 66

Sustainability

Paper bottle 2.0

An 8.5-oz paper bottle used by a L'Oreal startup called Seed Phytonutrients was named a Diamond Finalist in the Dow Awards competition.

September 19, 2018

Containers

Febreze a Dow award finalist

The Dow Chemical Company recently announced the winners of the 2018 30th Awards for Packaging Innovation, which recognizes the packaging industry’s top achievements in innovative packaging designs, materials, technologies, and processes.

September 18, 2018

Containers

Tubairless: A consumer-pleasing tube/pouch/bottle hybrid

Dow Diamond Award Finalist Tubairless uses a vent hole in the middle of the sleeve and integrates an internal flexible pouch.

September 18, 2018

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Dow Diamond finalist is a one-step form/fill technology

A ground-breaking technology that forms and fills bottles in one step using incompressible, consumable liquid, is recognized as a Diamond finalist in Dow’s Awards for Packaging Innovation.

September 17, 2018

Plastics/resins

Flat wine bottle for e-commerce is a Dow Diamond finalist

A flat, Bordeaux-style wine bottle that easily fits through U.K. households’ letterboxes is named a Diamond finalist in The Dow Chemical Company’s 2018 30th Awards for Packaging Innovation.

September 16, 2018

Containers

New cap lets nail polish customers flip a tip for a true color match

New vegan nail polish brand lets consumers ‘try’ the product before purchase through the use of a custom cap fitted with a fingernail-style chip painted with the color of the polish inside.

September 9, 2018

Plastics/resins

Stackable, snappable jars facilitate mix-and-match makeup blends

U.K. company Trinny London launches a customizable makeup line, with products packaged in 5-mL jars that click together to create a portable stack of colors for specific consumer needs.

September 8, 2018

Containers

Design software speeds time to shelf by 50%

Cosmetics marketer Mary Kay uses design rendering software to produce a photorealistic image of a unique, faceted fragrance bottle, eliminating the need for a physical sample.

September 1, 2018

Containers

New kombucha brand comes on bold and bright

A new line of kombucha beverages from international rugby champion Jonny Wilkinson uses a bold logo mark and colors, along with free-flowing lines that represent living energy.

August 27, 2018

Containers

Laser coders enhance quality assurance for can ends

Two laser coders provide quality assurance tests for a leading New Zealand metal packaging manufacturer.

August 27, 2018

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Cobot relieves operators of tedious task

Plastic bottle blow molder looks to automation to reduce labor required for stacking bottles in bins, allowing it to move employees to more meaningful jobs within the facility.

August 20, 2018

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Unilever Dubai meets end-of-line challenges with automation

The largest personal care plant in the Middle East-Africa, Unilever Dubai handles product collation, shrink bundling, case packing, and palletizing of eight shaped bottle sizes at 350/min, with a 10-min changeover.

August 20, 2018