Sustainability

P&G dish soap bottle comprises 10% ocean plastic, 90% PCR plastic

Procter & Gamble to launch 320,000 Fairy Ocean Plastic bottles in the U.K. to raise awareness of ocean plastics and encourage consumers to clean up beaches and recycle.

October 9, 2017

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Containers

Color of royalty employed to elevate facial care line

Goddess Garden Organics gives its facial care brand a makeover, switching to a purple color for the line, graphics that convey elegance, and a thicker carton stock with a soft-touch finish.

October 8, 2017

Containers

Valvoline revs up innovation with Easy Pour Bottle

Features include an easy-pull tab to open the bottle, a precision pour spout, an anti-glug tube, a resealable overcap, and a centralized handle.

October 7, 2017

Containers

A new angle for premixed gas

To differentiate its product on shelf, Stihl switches from a cylindrical to a square container for its premixed gas, overcoming design challenges to meet government regulations.

September 16, 2017

Containers

Price advantages increasing demand for pharmaceutical bottles

A new Stratistics MRC report forecasts the global pharmaceutical bottle market to grow at a 5.9% CAGR through 2023. What’s behind the optimism?

September 15, 2017

Closures

Veritiv acquires All American Containers

The acquisition provides Veritiv additional marketing, selling and distribution channels into the growing U.S. rigid packaging market.

September 6, 2017

Containers

Bud Light kicks off football season with team-specific packaging

Continuing its annual tradition of creating specially designed NFL season packaging, Bud Light has introduced aluminum cans and bottles with designs that celebrate 28 NFL teams.

August 21, 2017

Containers

Refreshed label graphics conjure Mediterranean warmth

The Peloponnese brand of Greek and Mediterranean food specialties gets a new visual identity that puts its namesake—the Greek village of Peloponnese—front and center.

August 21, 2017

Sustainability

Coca-Cola labels find new life as rum bottle caps

Dutch creative agency Fitzroy goes from ‘waste to wasted’ when it collects Coca-Cola bottle labels from the beaches and melts them down to make one-of-a-kind caps for its new rum brand.

August 15, 2017

Sustainability

Nestlé Waters rolls out How2Recycle label

The initiative will include all of its major U.S. bottled water brands, which will be labeled with clear, concise recycling instructions.

August 15, 2017

Containers

New bottle for kombucha brand quadruples company’s production rates

A custom glass bottle for Holy Kombucha that features a wider neck than its previous packaging helps the brand owner fill the product faster and provides differentiation on shelf.

August 14, 2017

Containers

Glass jars enable yogurt’s thick, creamy texture

General Mills brings its French-style yogurt to the U.S., employing a ‘pot-set’ process that relies on glass packaging to deliver a fresh taste and thick, creamy texture without artificial ingredients.

August 13, 2017

Containers

Nestlé Pure Life relaunches brand

Relaunch includes new packaging that emphasizes the role water plays in consumers’ lives and the company’s family-centric values.

August 5, 2017