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

Cloud expanding services in wipes, towlettes with Multi-Pack purchase

Cloud Packaging Solutions’ recent purchase of Multi-Pack is broadening its contract packaging capabilities within the household cleaning-products industry.

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Flexibles

Cross-linked polyolefin soft shrink film

Bolloré introduces its Bolphane BRX Cross-Linked Soft shrink film. This multilayer polyolefin shrink film combines low shrink force with a high amount of free shrink.

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Adhesives/tape

The wrap-up: Taped creativity

Packaging tapes are available in themed versions from bacon to cowboys to Jesus.

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Sustainability

Beyond paper and plastic

While the examples of sustainable packaging described in the main body of this story happen to be either paper or plastic, stakeholders representing glass, aluminum, and steel also believe those materials have a good story to tell.

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Sustainability

Sustainability brings environmental, social, and economic opportunities

In the last of our three-part series, learn how major brands such as McDonald’s and Starbucks rely on their supply chain partners to push sustainable packaging forward.

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Flexibles

Pouch eases dispensing of ice-melt crystals

In ice-melting products, packaging’s role merely has been as a product container. Day Saver Ice Enemy takes packaging in the category to the next level with a pouch from Flex Pack USA that includes a pouring spout and ergonomic handle to make pouring easier.

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Flexibles

Little work, no mess with fondue pouch

The Cacao Noel Fondue au Chocolate Pouch takes the work and mess out of making dark-chocolate fondue while delivering shelf impact. The pouch, from LPS Industries, merely requires a cut along a line on the package and then to heat the contents in the package for one minute in a microwave.

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Flexibles

Custom stand-up pouch for beverages

A slender, hourglass shape makes the Gluekos Performance Beverage 16-oz stand-up pouch, produced by Ampac Flexibles, hand- and pocket-friendly.

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Containers

Authoritative, reassuring, easy dispensing

The Ted Klein Tube of the Year is Johnson & Johnson’s Skin Cracking Ointment, The 1” HDPE diameter tube, from Alcan Packaging Cebal, features a satin-matte coating to highlight graphics and the product description.

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Containers

Sensory perception sells the quality

From Performance Brands, Fiesta Sun shines in a dark brown tube from Artube, Iridium Industries. The label is decorated with a fabric-style PlushPrint material that emphasizes the effect of using the tanning product inside the package.

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Closures

Stock components support the 'natural' look

Stock components from seven manufacturers give bottles of Epiphany Hair Studios’ Kimble Hair Care line a “natural” look. “Soft-touch” HDPE bottles work in harmony with natural dispensing closures and sprayers, Hi-Gloss natural PP jars with closures, and a natural HDPE “push-up” wax stick.

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Containers

Extended label adds dimension on tube

Meguiar’s Scratch X Scratch & Swirl Remover for Autos took home 2005 Innovative Tube of the Year honors for its EasyTab extended label, which is atypical on tube labels.

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Containers

Project pail takes pain out of painting

Winning Best of Show honors at the Institute of Packaging Professionals’ (IoPP) 2005 AmeriStar competition, Sherwin-Williams Co.’s Ready-to Roll PP paint container oozes with convenience features.

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