Sustainability

A closer look at Carlsberg’s fiber bottle

Though more work remains before a bottle sits on a store shelf, the fiber bottle that Carlsberg has been working on is beginning to round into shape. Here’s a peek at what to expect.

May 4, 2015

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Containers

Recyclable PET beer keg locks in quality

Heineken USA launches a one-way recyclable PET beer keg for on-premise sales that offers consistent carbonation, 100% evacuation, a smaller footprint, and less expense.

May 4, 2015

Containers

Premium cleaning products convey value for retail sale

Originally sold through TV shopping network channel QVC, For Life Products, LLC’s Rejuvenate line of floor restoration products, based on its All Floors Restorer formula, is designed to return wood, laminate, and other hard floor surfaces to like-new condition.

May 4, 2015

Plastics/resins

MJS Packaging Partners with Motor City Gas

MJS Packaging

Motor City Gas turned to MJS Packaging for its expertise when searching for the perfect whiskey bottle.

May 1, 2015

Plastics/resins

MJS Packaging Receives Top Supplier Award from 3M

MJS Packaging

MJS Packaging was named by 3M as recipient of its Certified Supplier of Products Certification Award.

May 1, 2015

Plastics/resins

KHS invests in PET center in China

Center enables Chinese customers to profit from KHS’s Bottles & Shapes program.

April 27, 2015

Sustainability

High-recycled content can for GA microbrewery

Microbrewery embraces aluminum can with at least 90% recycled content for its craft beers, citing the can’s sustainability benefits for the brewery and for the community.

April 22, 2015

Plastics/resins

Silgan announces new greenfield site

Silgan Plastics announces additional greenfield site to be located in St Louis suburb.

April 10, 2015

Containers

’50s Southern relish brand gets modern makeover

Renfro Foods’ Dixieland brand of chow chow relish gets a package refresh, with a new, brighter label and printed metal closure that reference the original package design.

April 9, 2015

Containers

PET sports beverage container is a winner

Toni S.A., a leading South American food and beverage marketer based in Ecuador, has captured a 2014 Golden A’ Design Award for its innovative redesign of the PROfit Sports Drink container.

April 8, 2015

Containers

Off The Shelf: Cocktail shaker delivers non-alcoholic drinks

Created for the non-drinker who wants a fun and flavorful beverage, Mocktails comes in four flavors in a “mock” cocktail shaker made of glass, with a plastic shaker overcap and resealable cap.

April 8, 2015

Containers

Flask-shaped bottle lends masculinity to haircare line

Packaging for a new line of haircare products for men from Jack Black follows the company’s three-part formula for product success: simplicity, quality, and masculinity.

April 7, 2015

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Single-serve wine gets its own line

Expanding from 4,000 cases in 2012 to 40,000 in 2013, Stacked Wines engineers a proprietary packaging line to bottle its single-serve PET-based wine containers at 180 bottles/min.

April 1, 2015