Containers

Exquisite printing on cans delivers the sophistication for Admiral Iced Tea

A good category audit can uncover opportunities that might not seem readily apparent when the goal is to break into a crowded category with a new product.

November 28, 2010

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Containers

Safeway brings a custom package shape to private-label--with cost savings

Are store brands on the cusp of bringing a new dimension to store shelves? Structural innovation largely has been the domain of national brands.

November 28, 2010

Labels

Savvy marketers are leaning on value-added labels

Market niches are becoming more defined, with shorter production runs. With a shift in thinking, brands can improve ‘pickup power’ via an under-leveraged portion of the package—the label.

November 28, 2010

Controls & Machine Components

Gear reducer brings labeling accuracy, better ergonomics

A high-speed pressure-sensitive labeler with an overhead-belt container stabilizer depends on a servo motor/planetary gear reducer combo to advance bottles

November 28, 2010

Flexibles

Eye tracking validates the sizzle in bacon's new label

Eye-tracking research can validate the emotional cues of a label design before an expensive investment is made to bring a new package design to market.

November 28, 2010

Sustainability

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November 28, 2010

Sustainable Packaging

Paper and sustainability

Invented a long time ago and constantly improved over the course of many years, paper has come to be viewed as a quintessentially traditional packaging material.

November 28, 2010

Sustainable Packaging

Green Guides for packaging and products get an update but still have gaps

Marketers often use labeling and advertising claims about the environmental benefits of their packaging or the products in them.

November 28, 2010

Conveying & accumulation

Programming standards are the future

Resting firmly on the programming language standard PLCopen and the ‘packaging machine language’ known as PackML, this system represents the future of packaging.

November 27, 2010

Sustainability

Stonyfield Farm makes studied switch to PLA for yogurt multipacks

In a first for dairy, Stonyfield uses PLA to produce f/f/s yogurt cups, resulting in 48% less GHGs than the HIPS packaging it replaces; offsets support non-GM0 corn production.

November 27, 2010

Sustainable Packaging

Sustainability: A smart strategy for U.S. packaging machinery makers

A new report from the U.S. Dept. of Commerce details the implications of sustainability for packaging machinery OEMs, their customers, and suppliers.

November 27, 2010

Controls & Machine Components

AutomationDirect: Manual motor controllers/disconnects

The Bryant® line of manual motor controllers (MMC) from AutomationDirect is UL listed as “suitable as motor disconnects,” providing the convenience of 1 device fulfilling 2 needs.

November 27, 2010

Closures

Thermally stable PP jar

The September launch of Marks & Spencer’s new British Groceries range, with new branding for more 70 products, includes a coextrusion blown plastic jar solution.

November 27, 2010