Labels

OFF THE SHELF: Spice bottle gets extended-text treatment

Anne Marie Mohan describes a PET container of Club House brand seasonings from McCormick Canada that uses clever pressure-sensitive labeling to bring consumers recipes in both English and French.

June 18, 2010

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Protective/transport packaging

Pregis Hexacomb® receives FSC® certification

Pregis Hexacomb® has received the Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC) Chain of Custody certification for products produced at its Ermelo, Netherlands production facility.

June 18, 2010

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Contract packager works with machine supplier to meet customer demands

To flexibly meet customer demand for shorter runs and multiple products, German contract packager KLOCKE works with its machinery supplier to train employees to quickly set up and changeover machinery.

June 17, 2010

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Protecting U.S. food and pharmaceutical supply chains

Pack Expo International's focus on packaging and processing technologies is designed to bring attendees help in improving the level of security at their firms and their plants.

June 16, 2010

Controls & Machine Components

One dairy, one brewery, and two P2P links

For Byrne Dairy it’s Ethernet connectivity, and for Sierra Nevada it’s a software solution. But both firms now have better communications between processing and packaging.

June 16, 2010

Additives, coatings & inks

Pro Mach receives 2010 Manny Green Award

Pro Mach has been awarded the first ever 2010 Manny Green Award from Cincy Magazine this month for manufacturing initiatives and product innovations that helped customers improve package sustainability.

June 16, 2010

Sustainability

Mayors' conference adopts Producer Responsibility Resolution

Extended Producer Responsibility for product and packaging waste is supported by the U.S. Conference of Mayors at their annual meeting.

June 15, 2010

Flexibles

OFF THE SHELF: Baby food in a unique pouch

The Nest Collective puts its line of organic baby foods in a foil-based hot filled pouch that has some unique ease-of-dispensing features.

June 11, 2010

Flexibles

Plastic prefillable syringe systems

New biopharmaceuticals, rising production costs, at-home convenience, and safety are driving the need for break-resistant, silicone-free prefilled syringes.

June 11, 2010

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

High-visibility packages popular at Dairy-Deli-Bake show

Both retailers and consumers like them for their convenience and their ability to display food well through the package.

June 8, 2010

Closures

PET bottle suits Statestrong's hand wash

Lightweight bottle helps Statestrong market six Flower Shop hand wash varieties in the U.K., and a variety of global markets.

June 8, 2010

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Pure Fishing hooked on convenience, other benefits of new packaging

Fishing products marketer will debut Berkley product line this fall in blister packaging that is easier to open and that avoids the sharp edges of clamshells.

June 7, 2010

Sustainability

2010 NACD awards honor innovation

Twenty-three packages representing a range of industries are lauded by the National Association of Container Distributors.

June 7, 2010