Containers

Novel package for a ‘disruptive’ cocktail

A two-compartment package—with the bottom container snapping into the base of the larger top bottle—is being used to launch a disruptive new portable, shelf-stable cocktail line.

September 7, 2016

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Containers

Bottle branding for rosé targets fashionable consumers

Top-end rosé sub-brand gets redesign to enhance customer engagement, convey brand’s history.

September 6, 2016

Additives, coatings & inks

Graphene-infused film: One million times more effective at blocking moisture

Moisture-sensitive medical and electronic products may one day benefit from graphene-infused packaging.

September 6, 2016

Sustainable Packaging

Demand for recycled PP reaches nearly 300M pounds/year

A survey by The Association of Plastic Recyclers of 21 major CPGs identified a demand of more than 280 million pounds of recycled polypropylene resin per year.

September 6, 2016

Sustainable Packaging

Home furnishing manufacturer develops closed-loop recycling for PS

Mexican manufacturer of home décor and furnishing collects polystyrene from its customers and converts the material into moulding for a range of products.

September 5, 2016

Containers

Tell me what you see: Rorschach-style inkblot graphics let the consumer decide

Instead of making on-pack claims about the efficacy of its liquid dietary supplements, TRUETONiQS™ lets consumers decide how the drink makes them feel.

September 4, 2016

Sustainability

Seventh Generation embraces bioplastics

Its 100-oz HDPE bottle for laundry detergent is now made entirely from recycled materials combined with a drop-in bioplastic made from sugarcane.

September 3, 2016

Flexibles

Barrier without PVdC

New packaging for well-known snack food maker Utz Quality Foods is an extrusion lamination of Torayfan® CBS2 BOPP film/clear PVdC-free flat sheet designed for use as an inside sealant web/coextruded BOPP print web.

September 1, 2016

Containers

Tekni-Plex, Inc. improves international production capability

Tekni-Plex’s aerosol and pump dispensing manufacturing will be doing business as Action Technology, a Tekni-Plex, Inc. company, going forward.

September 1, 2016

Flexibles

First retail package for plant-based ‘energy balls’ conveys natural ingredients

Ragged Edge designs first retail package for food blogger’s plant-based recipes.

August 31, 2016

Secondary Packaging

Fisher Nuts realizes twofold benefit with automated case packing

A new robotic case packing line coupled with a new style retail-ready package save Fisher Nuts labor and material costs.

August 30, 2016

Containers

Wine label graphics draw on Americana

Vintage general store signs and old California fruit crate labels provide the inspiration for new label graphics for Sonoma County-based Murphy-Goode’s classic wines.

August 29, 2016

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Fully automated prescription assembly line ramps up in U.K.

Said to be one of the world’s first, a fully automated line at Celesio UK assembles weekly trays of repeat prescriptions for LloydsPharmacy customers.

August 28, 2016