Sustainability

Le green, c’est chic!

French company Bo.Ho Cosmetics makes being green chic with natural eyeshadow and nail polish products packaged with laser-engraved, ash-tree wood.

March 13, 2016

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Additives, coatings & inks

Engage Technologies announces key Squid Ink hires

Squid Ink bolsters its customer service team with one new Director and two District Sales Managers.

March 11, 2016

Material handling

UPS Launches Cryogenic Shipping in Europe

With a growing global cryogenic market, UPS uses cryogenic containers for temperature-sensitive logistics in Europe.

March 10, 2016

Flexibles

Vacuum skin pack upgrade

New software-assisted tooling for vacuum skin packaging brings a number of advantages, while a switch in lidding material and new thermoformed trays complete the upgrade.

March 10, 2016

Flexibles

Perforated bags provide good chemistry for ICA Tri Nova

New dual-chamber pouch allows users to pull apart a frangible seal that allows two separate granular chemicals to mix and release a vapor that cleans and deodorizes industrial areas for diverse applications.

March 10, 2016

Sustainability

Breakthrough multipack concept makes its debut

First to commercialize a novel multi packing concept based on nothing more than small dots of glue and a carry handle is Danone with four-packs of 1.25-L PET bottles of Evian Prestige water.

March 10, 2016

Flexibles

New markets and features to accelerate pouch demand

Resealable closures and spouts, and fast-growing use in medical, consumer and industrial markets to boost U.S. pouch demand.

March 10, 2016

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Labeling Systems joins Systech’s Unisolve partner ecosystem

The two leaders in packaging and serialization technology enter into equipment and implementation agreement.

March 10, 2016

Sustainability

PLA wine bottle debuts

Bodega Matarromera of Spain has successfully completed the development of a new sustainable bottle for their wines that is made from the bioplastic PLA.

March 9, 2016

Containers

Stainless steel can captures nostalgia of moonshine whiskey

Stillhouse Whiskey Co. introduces its line of 100% clear corn whiskey in a flask-like, bright-red metal can with vintage graphics that taps into consumers’ desire for nostalgia.

March 8, 2016

Containers

Molex: Polymicro Technologies nano-Capillary Tubing

New tubing line features internal diameters smaller than 1 micron.

March 7, 2016

Sustainability

Consumers turn to brands for direction on recycling

New research reveals that on-pack messaging continues to play an important role in driving recycling.

March 5, 2016

Material handling

Amgen Employs Cyclic Olefin Polymer for Vials

West’s vial and closure container system help genetically modified herpes simplex virus type 1 therapy withstand cold storage, reduce breakage risks and provide barrier against extractables without compromising seal integrity.

March 4, 2016