Sustainability

RTD vodka drink four-packs

When Jenn's Cocktail Co., Danville, CA, prepared to roll out its ready-to-drink (RTD) premium flavored vodka beverages in 100-ml glass bottles, the company wanted a four-pack design that would capture consumer attention, especially among young adult women.

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Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Blister packaging system

CVC offers its Blister Packaging Systems available in three sizes that can create up to 60, 300, and 400 blisters/min.

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Containers

Bottle sleeve

Univenture offers its new Bottle Sleeve, designed to provide food and beverage marketers with a solution for including promotional and branding messages on products.

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Closures

Companies

Schneider Electric’s Industrial Automation Controls Group created an Applications Solutions Department to develop customized solutions that meet and exceed the requirements of equipment manufacturers and their customers.

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Sustainability

Wal-Mart launches sustainable packaging initiative

How do you answer the CEO of the largest retail organization on earth when he lays down an environmental challenge?

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Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Sustainable packaging from Nestlé UK

With its recent launch of assorted chocolates in the Nestlé Dairy Box, Nestlé UK becomes the first in the UK to commercialize packaging made of Plantic®.

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Flexibles

Freezer drink mixes in gallon HDPE pails

El Paso Chile Co., El Paso, TX, is a producer of gourmet “Tex-Mex” foods and beverages.

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Flexibles

Non-smudge bakery bag closures

Australia-based food manufacturer George Weston Foods (GWF) uses plastic tag closures from Kwik Lok to close its plastic film bread bags, but was experiencing some problems with ink smudging of date codes, price, and other product identification codes on the tags.

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Embedded RFID

Should consumer packaged goods companies consider using packaging materials with RFID tags built in?

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Cartoning

Pondering the puzzle

Facing a Pandora’s box of global issues, and technological developments such as advanced machine controls and RFID, packagers of healthcare products forecast the future.

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Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Pondering the puzzle (sidebar)

The end of drug bottles?

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Pondering the puzzle (sidebar)

Radio-frequency identification

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Higher frequency of RFID ahead

Experts assess the impact of Gen 2, recent price cuts, and other issues to discern where RFID is heading in 2006 and beyond.

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