Flexibles

Flexible pouches offer recloseable convenience

Easy opening packs permit quick product access and unique recloseability.

November 9, 2009

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Containers

Tiger Beer uses packaging and "blogosphere" to stand out

Case study illustrates how this Asia-Pacific beer reinvented itself by tapping into the internet to win over key influencers.

November 9, 2009

Flexible packaging

Sleek new Crystal Light container offers clear advantages

Kraft Corp.'s new canister and stick-pack pouch packaging for Crystal Light uses less material, enhances consumer convenience.

November 3, 2009

Coding, Printing & Labeling

"The Silence of the Yams"

While fruits and vegetables continue to be the healthiest foods, packaged foods continue to make health claims the public distrusts.

November 3, 2009

Flexibles

LCA proves profitability of new secondary packs for Smart Balance

Life-Cycle Analysis results shared at Worldwide Food indicate measurable sustainability benefits when butter tubs are packed in ‘pad-shrink’ system instead of RSCs.

November 2, 2009

Closures

Resealable innovation at Costco

West Liberty Foods of West Liberty, IA, is producing an innovative resealable package for sliced luncheon meat sold under Costco’s well known Kirkland Brand.

November 2, 2009

Sustainability

Sustainable packaging: let's do it right

Often seen as the “bad guy,” packaging can actually contribute to a company’s sustainability goals. But proper research and knowledgeable package design and sourcing are essential.

November 1, 2009

Flexibles

MAP-enhancing film

Klöckner Pentaplast has extended the Pentafood® film product line to include Pentafood® kpbar™ SmartCycle® (PET/EVOH/PE) and Pentafood® kpseal™ SmartCycle® (PET/PE) rigid PET films made from (post consumer) recycled plastic bottles.

October 31, 2009

Additives, coatings & inks

Domed oval bottle

Alpha’s PET Domed Oval 8 oz. bottle features a different shoulder profile than either of its existing lines of ovals (Capri Ovals and Vale Ovals).

October 31, 2009

Sustainability

New void fill boosts sustainability

Creative Memories switches to a new kind of air pillows to support its brand’s environmental positioning.

October 31, 2009

Sustainability

New UV ink tech brings success to brew bottle

Thomas Creek Brewery’s cheeky Up the Creek microbrew becomes the first to use a new environmentally friendly UV-curable ink process for direct print onto its glass bottles.

October 31, 2009

Protective/transport packaging

Cold chain products

October 31, 2009

Sustainability

Sustainability upgrade for milk in PET

A world’s first: The French dairy company LSDH is launching a lightweight PET bottle for shelf-stable UHT milk. ‘Dry’ sterilization saves significant amounts of water.

October 30, 2009