Containers

Skinnyminis cocktails are convenient in 200-mL PET

Beam’s popular Skinnygirl Margarita ready-to-serve cocktail is launched in a single-serve PET barrier bottle, opening the brand up to new venues.

October 25, 2012

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Secondary Packaging

The Vantage from Kliklok-Woodman provides an innovative, new presentation for snack food packaging

The bale is ideal for traditional single-serve, 100-calorie snacks and variety packs. The Vantage bale, strong on sustainability, potentially reduces corrugated cases, shipping costs and dunnage.

October 25, 2012

Containers

HDPE bottle delivers shelf impact

Historic motoring brand Bluecol is now on shelf in a custom HDPE bottle.

October 24, 2012

Labels

MRI Flexible Packaging leaders explain the benefits of flexo-printing

Whether you need to label small single-serve beverages to large propane tanks, MRI Flexible Packaging says it can offers solutions for flexible labeling, from printed stretch and shrink sleeves to roll-fed. Watch this video to see company leaders explain how they deliver the right quality, pricing, turnaround and overall cost-efficiency.

October 23, 2012

Flexibles

Fully compostable coffee pack launched

Canadian coffee roaster Pistol & Barnes offers its Fair Trade, organic Farmer First coffee brand in a compostable pack made of paper laminated to a wood pulp-based film.

October 23, 2012

Containers

Mentholatum touts Softlips gift packs for the holidays

Lip balm 'to and from' packs aim to entice consumers to purchase them as gifts for under $5.

October 19, 2012

Sustainability

Mushrooms launch in water-resistant, compostable pack

Champ’s Mushrooms becomes one of the first produce companies to use new, more water-resistant packaging made from renewable compostable palm pulp-based material.

October 18, 2012

Cartons and boxes

News from Tokyo Pack: New twist on retail-ready packaging

At the Crown Packaging booth, a great deal of emphasis was placed on a retail-ready packaging concept that Crown calls the Barritt Box. In-store presentation is clean and tidy. Perhaps more important is how easily the in-store personnel are able to remove the top of this package from the tray of primary packs and place the tray on its retail shelf.

October 18, 2012

Sustainability

Slim can suits Southwest Wines

Its renamed Soleil Mimosa wine is launched in an on-the-go aluminum can that provides sustainability, portability, and graphics punch.

October 17, 2012

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

News from Tokyo Pack: World’s first recloseable blister pack

Developed by Blisspack Co. Ltd., this blister pack involves a proprietary easy-cut technology using special knives to create a small tear strip in the lidding material near the top of the container. Once this strip has been torn, the package contents can be dispensed. Then, thanks to the intricate yet user-friendly design of the container, the top of the package can be folded so tightly that no product can escape.

October 17, 2012

Adhesives/tape

Examining cold-seal adhesives for medical and dental packaging

A look at cold-seal adhesives, and the role of the converter in creating cost-effective medical and dental packaging.

October 15, 2012

Labels

Improving multiple label production control

Job tracking software saves 20 hours per week in labor and $15,000 per year in operating costs.

October 14, 2012

Sustainability

Custom case saves waste for winery

A specially designed 12-count corrugated case for small-volume winery Terrien provides a more sustainable packaging solution through a sophisticated, sturdy structure.

October 12, 2012