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Flexibles

Wrigley says so long to foil wrappers for iconic brands

Among the first to use foil wrappers for its chewing gum, Wrigley makes a switch to paper for five brands to save 850 tons of aluminum per year.

April 27, 2010

Flexibles

FPA picks student winners

Two clever winners placed first and second in this year’s Student Flexible Packaging Design Challenge.

April 26, 2010

Flexibles

Is a tobacco company using packaging to target children?

Yes, say some critics and it carries ramifications for other CPG industries.

April 26, 2010

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

OFF THE SHELF: McCormick tries unit-dose spices

The well-known spice marketer McCormick & Co. offers consumers pre-measured spices in individual portions cleverly combined in a single card. Senior editor Anne Marie Mohan demonstrates this convenient new idea.

April 23, 2010

Containers

Eat a tiger, save a tiger

Kraft Foods’ Animal Crackers limited edition package gives consumers a cause they can support.

April 23, 2010

Flexibles

Aluminum can is most sustainable package, association rebukes

The Aluminum Association reacts to PETRA LCI that gives PET bottles the ‘green light’ over glass and aluminum for single-serve soft drinks.

April 22, 2010

Flexibles

Refillable packaging: What's in it for the consumer?

An ASDA supermarket trial in the U.K. offers consumers an in-store opportunity to refill private-label fabric softener in a plastic pouch.

April 22, 2010

Sustainability

Latest research gives PET's environmental footprint more support

German trade group’s measurements determine that PET is as green as glass, following separate research that also produces favorable findings for the resin.

April 21, 2010

Containers

What today's consumers want in cosmetic packaging

Functionality is essential and eco-friendliness is highly desirable. Some consumers even prefer a bit of ‘attitude’ with their favorite brand.

April 20, 2010

Flexibles

Ameristar winner performs in 100% rPET

An athletic product packaged in a 100% rPET clamshell provides significant savings in virgin material and in energy use.

April 20, 2010

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Nanotechnology brings new barrier material?

Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) is a coating technology that is incredibly thin yet provides barrier properties good enough for pharmaceutical blister packs.

April 19, 2010

Flexibles

Same package, different results

UK chain Sainsbury’s reports great success with milk in bags, while rival Waitrose discontinues same due to poor sales.

April 16, 2010