Protective/transport packaging

Cost-efficient, clean cushioning for collectibles

Ensuring that mail-order products get from the distribution center to the customer intact requires careful packing of shipping cases to protect the contents from damage in transit.

May 12, 2008

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Flexibles

The buzz on the bee bottle

Launched in fall 2007 by Golden Heritage Foods LLC, the Barry’s Busy Bee Pure Honey product, in a 2-oz shaped bottle with a shrink-sleeve label, brings the likeness of animated feature film Bee Movie star, Barry B. Benson, to life.

May 12, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Company makes a 'bee' line for flexible honey packing

Honey producer Golden Heritage Foods adds a full bottling line for Bee Movie-themed bottle. The versatile line accommodates container sizes from 2 oz to 1 gal.

May 12, 2008

Sustainability

Sustainability news and events

Canada is overhauling its 18-year-old strategy on sustainable packaging and corporate responsibility.

May 12, 2008

Flexibles

Jordans gains expertise in biopolymers

In 2007, Jordans, a leading cereal products company in the United Kingdom, announced the development of a new biodegradable bag for its organic products—a bag that is fully compostable in garden compost bins.

May 12, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Lexar leverages RFID

Lexar Media, Fremont, CA, which has been involved in RFID for three years, shows that RFID is more than a slap-and-ship compliance for Wal-Mart.

May 12, 2008

Closures

Toddler juice packaging engages attention

In January 2008, First Juice, Inc., Mt. Freedom, NJ, launched a line of organic fruit and vegetable juice beverages specially formulated for toddlers.

May 12, 2008

Labels

Shrink labels pump up product security

Nutrex Research of Oviedo, FL, manufactures a line of encapsulated liquid anabolic workout formulas and fat burners that it markets on-line and through GNC, Vitamin Shoppe, Vitamin World, and other health food stores.

May 12, 2008

Flexibles

Snack brand gets turned on its side

New Lay’s Cracker Crisps and Cheetos Cracker Trax baked snack crackers are taking the traditional Frito-Lay snack experience and turning it on its side—literally.

May 12, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

CA e-pedigree law delayed

To no one’s great surprise, the California Board of Pharmacy voted March 25 to postpone until 2011 a law requiring that prescription drugs be electronically tracked from the time they leave the manufacturer to the time they reach the pharmacy.

May 12, 2008

Closures

Resealable can energizes Burn

There’s a new option in resealability for beverage containers.

May 12, 2008

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Breakthrough: OPTIMA's gravimetric filler

They said it couldn't be done, and before the advent of ELAU's intelligent servo modules, it wasn't possible according to OPTIMA .

May 12, 2008

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

ICA vf/f/s does coffee and more

In a booth filled with ELAU-equipped bagging systems, ICA's CSV40 Series Paket line demonstrated its ability to run multiple bag sizes and configurations, from simple pillow shaped bags to flat top and square bottom packs with longitudinal edge seams, tin-ties, degassing valves and gas flushing.

May 2, 2008