Sustainable Packaging

Johnson & Johnson announces sustainability roadmap

Johnson & Johnson unveiled its Healthy Future 2015, a five-year sustainability roadmap that encompasses the company’s citizenship goals, which include packaging.

July 21, 2011

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 1005

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Packagers provide robotics 'wish list'

In the first-ever survey of Packaging World’s readers on their use of robotics, respondents share some of the technologies/capabilities they’d like to see from suppliers.

July 20, 2011

Containers

Ultra-concentrated car-wash chemicals part of unique delivery system

A car wash-chemical dispensing system that replaces 30- and 55-gal high-density polyethylene drums with 1-gal containers and film bags of ultra-concentrated product has won an Environmental Impact award in the Secondary/Large-Format Packaging category of the 2011 Greener Package Awards.

July 20, 2011

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Multihead weighing solution

See it at PACK EXPO Booth # S-5253!  Multipond´s new  S5R option is a fully-automatic multihead weighing solution for counting of individual piece weights and weighing small quantities or target weights.

July 20, 2011

Containers

Evolving sectors gain attention at global forum

Medical devices and diagnostics, generics, APIs, and biologics are on the agenda at the 9th Annual Cold Chain & Temperature Management Global Forum Sept. 26-30.

July 19, 2011

Closures

Mariani receives Innovative Product Award

On May 21, 2011 Mariani received the Innovative Product Award from the International Nut and Dried Fruit Conference award at the INC Congress in Budapest for their new TouchLockTM Easy Seal packaging.

July 19, 2011

Sustainability

New PET nut container provides clear benefits

A new see-through PET container for Fisher Nuts provides more sustainability, as well as a greater perception of freshness than former composite can packaging.

July 19, 2011

Converting equipment

Pharmaceutical pavilion lends healthy appeal to Pack Expo Las Vegas

Las Vegas Convention Center hosts Pack Expo Las Vegas Sept. 26 – 28, focusing on packaging and processing.

July 18, 2011

Sustainability

PepsiCo Canada unveils 7UP EcoGreen 100% rPET Bottle

First soft drink bottle in North America to be made from 100% rPET will reduce the amount of virgin plastic used by approximately 6 million pounds annually.

July 18, 2011

Cartoning

Blister lines speed changeovers for German contract packager

Handle 15 million blisters a year, while new horizontal cartoner can switch between intermittent and continuous motion as needed by C.P.M. Contract Pharma GmbH.

July 15, 2011

Sustainable Packaging

Water in 24-oz aluminum cans

Denver-based New Age Beverage distribution company has launched Just Pure Water, an unsweetened, zero-calorie, purified water infused with the natural essences of three popular flavors: lemon-lime, orange, or berry.

July 15, 2011

Labels

OFF THE SHELF: Labeling makes drinks stand out

Anne Marie Mohan demonstrates how colorful full body shrink sleeve labeling is making these beverages leap off the shelf and into the consumer's hands.

July 14, 2011

Sustainable Packaging

Alcoa named one of Brazil's most sustainable companies

Alcoa in Brazil was ranked as the most sustainable company in the Metals sector and 11th overall of 100 companies considered in a study by major business media in Brazil.

July 14, 2011