Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Juice maker finds sweet success in new label, applicator

A new polyolefin film label with a 50% shrink ratio and a new roll-fed sleeve labeler with laser welding capability helps Italian juice maker extend product quality to packaging.

April 1, 2010

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Protective/transport packaging

Featured discussions

April 1, 2010

Sustainability

The role of LCI

A recent study conducted at Cal Poly State University, through its Packaging Research Consortium, involved a Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) based analysis and comparison of three one-gallon HDPE bottles currently available in United States.

April 1, 2010

Closures

Tactile tactics

Tamara Christensen, director of research at R&D/Leverage—Integrated Solutions in Plastics and Industrial Design, talks about the importance of a package’s tactile properties.

April 1, 2010

Sustainability

Solid gains in bottle-to-bottle recycling

Closed-loop, bottle-to-bottle recycling is taking a big leap forward in a Canadian town called Shelburne, some 60 miles north of Toronto.

April 1, 2010

Conveying & accumulation

PET line brings capacity, flexibility to Coke plant

Anchored by a blow/fill/cap Combi system, this new line handles three bottle sizes and reaches 32,000 bottles/hr on 1.5-L bottles. Just two 'pilots' are required to guide it.

March 31, 2010

Cartoning

Candy maker sweetens shrink-wrapping efficiencies

New system integrates seamlessly, increases productivity, and reduces film costs.

March 31, 2010

Containers

Dogboned pairs of Pace PET packs

Better functionality was the main driver behind Campbell Soup Co.’s recent redesign of the container it uses for Pace salsa sold through Club Store channels.

March 31, 2010

Flexibles

Convenience foods to drive frozen food packaging

Demand for frozen food packaging is projected to climb 3.7% per year to $6.8 billion by 2013.

March 31, 2010

Flexibles

Klöckner Pentaplast adds production capacity in Asia, Americas

The Klöckner Pentaplast Group has announced it will add to its global production capacity for transverse-direction oriented shrink-label films.

March 31, 2010

Flexible packaging

Master Packaging adds new Sr. VP, Sales and Marketing

David Fletcher, a 19-year veteran of the flexible packaging industry has joined Master Packaging as Sr. Vice President, Sales and Marketing.

March 29, 2010

Cartons and boxes

OFF THE SHELF: General Mills tries retro packs at Target

Senior editor Anne Marie Mohan spotted a "new" look that was actually retro when she visited a Target store recently. Hear her observations on this clever promo that puts packaging front and center.

March 26, 2010

Containers

Tequila-based spirits launch in cartons

Portable, eco-friendly 1-L cartons are newest conveyance for premium tequila brand mixes.

March 25, 2010