Labels

Overnight wins a Gold Leaf award for cold foil label

Overnight Labels was awarded Foil & Specialty Effects Association's Gold Leaf Award for excellence in cold foil sheet or rotary on self/client promotion.

May 24, 2017

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Cartons and boxes

Medichecks’ new packaging sets the standard in home blood testing

User-friendly, multi-functional and attractive new packaging aims to make blood tests easier and more accessible.

May 23, 2017

Material handling

How an increasingly patient-centric approach is impacting cold chain

The custom nature of patient-centric treatments introduces new questions for pharmaceutical manufacturers and stakeholders in the pharma and biologics cold chain.

May 17, 2017

Flexibles

Pack redesign moves protein bar to third place in category

In a June 2017 article in Inc. magazine, ‘How a Packaging Overhaul Rescued This Protein Bar Company From Obscurity,’ author Stephanie Shomer tells how, ‘Sometimes, the only ingredient is simplicity.’

May 16, 2017

Cartoning

Bayer’s ‘Shamrock’ package cures design headaches

Cloverleaf-shaped strip-pack, customized machinery provide peel-open consumer convenience and market differentiation for fast-acting Bayer aspirin.

May 16, 2017

Containers

Mold-Rite Plastics named 2017 NACD Supplier of the Year

Mold-Rite takes home The National Association of Container Distributors Supplier of the Year award for the fourth time in six years.

May 16, 2017

Cartons and boxes

Simplicity Sells Booths’ Own Brand Teas

A redesign of the packaging for U.K. supermarket Booths’ own brand tea uses jewel-colored boxes with simple typography, forgoing photos and confusing category language.

May 15, 2017

Containers

Loadhog Limited: User-friendly, collapsible transit container

The collapsible container features an integrated divider system, allowing the user to divide package contents, and the new design provides significant strength to prevent damage.

May 15, 2017

Cartons and boxes

U.K. soap brand Pears plays up authenticity, quality

New packaging designed to reinvigorate the brand includes a textured finish, embossed images of the translucent soap, and a clean typeface that speak to the brand’s heritage and premium positioning.

May 14, 2017

Flexibles

Unilever develops technology to tackle plastic sachet waste

Created with the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV in Germany, new technology channels plastic sachet waste back into the supply chain.

May 13, 2017

Containers

R&D/Leverage promotes from within for Sales Director

Duncan Hardy has been named the new Director of Sales for R&D/Leverage.

May 11, 2017

Containers

R&D/Leverage promotes Mike Stiles to CEO

Mike Stiles was promoted to CEO of R&D/Leverage after his help in growing the company since 2000.

May 11, 2017

Protective/transport packaging

Pregis acquires Sharp Packaging Systems

Pregis adds bagging systems capability to its protective packaging portfolio with the acquisition of Sharp Packaging Systems.

May 9, 2017