Containers

Total makeover for Ansell personal lubricants

Structural and graphics packaging improvements earn awards.

January 14, 2013

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Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

French laboratory relaunches probiotic product

Aragan switches from a common blister/carton to a patented slider pack that offers multiple benefits.

January 14, 2013

Plastics/resins

Performance, source reduction will help plastic film market

Freedonia projects demand for plastic film in the U.S. to grow 1.8% annually to 15.9 billion lb in 2016.

January 10, 2013

Containers

Aluminum cans are catching on

One notable trend in beverage packaging these days is the growing popularity of aluminum cans for craft beers.

January 9, 2013

Sustainability

Patient adherence goals drive Walmart's new compliance pack launch

Walmart and Sam’s 4,600 pharmacies add new sustainable calendar-style packs for select scripts in an effort to improve patient adherence to drug regimens.

January 4, 2013

Flexibles

BOPP bag for cat litter delivers shelf appeal, reduces damage

Dissatisfied with damage from its previous paper bags, MFM Industries, Inc. switches to polywoven BOPP bags that add strength and offer market differentiation.

January 4, 2013

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Bottling line cost savings stick like glue at brewery

A new high-velocity blower and air knife system at Lakefront Brewery saves costs on glue and provides greater labeling productivity.

January 4, 2013

Secondary Packaging

Automation hastens case-packing speeds and pack-pattern changeovers

Giant Snacks seeds growth in productivity with robotic pick-and-place packing equipment.

January 4, 2013

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Danone thermoforms PET for a niche line of products

Danone sought an alternative to an EBM bowl made of clarified PP, but it didn’t want to lose the bowl’s unusual shape or its clarity. The answer: PET and ‘open-mold’ tooling.

January 3, 2013

Labels

Digital color label press is a first

When it comes to quality and perfection, Reynders Label Printing has shown since its founding in 1959 that it knows just how to deliver.

January 2, 2013

Labels

A revolution in drug label regulation?

A federal appeals court recently said FDA could not legally prohibit a drug company salesman from promoting off-label uses of its drug. Here’s what this could mean to drug manufacturers, and to FDA.

December 27, 2012

Flexibles

Moisture-absorbing breakthrough?

Plastic bottles holding a range of adhesives sold by Toagosei Co. Ltd. in Japan are now being put into secondary packaging that includes MoistCatch, a moisture-absorbing component that eliminates the need for adding moisture-absorbing desiccant pouches.

December 21, 2012

Sustainability

Carton Council achieves 40% access to carton recycling in the U.S.

The ‘Faces of 40’ demonstrate the growing and diverse group of stakeholders helping to bring carton recycling to more communities, adding 26.9 million households since 2009.

December 17, 2012