Coding, Printing & Labeling

Industry watch

August 7, 2010

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 1081

Sustainability

Bulk organic snacks get green PLA retail pack

For its bulk line of five Organic Acres brand dried fruit and nut blends, Tropical Foods, Charlotte, NC, has launched a corn-based plastic container that brand manager Chad Hartman says “is a logical fit with the organic product.”

August 7, 2010

Containers

High Life heightens shelf presence

MillerCoors, Milwaukee, has refreshed multi-bottle packaging for its Miller High Life and Miller High Life Light brand beers.

August 7, 2010

Flexibles

Premium packaging for premium pet food

MultiFit Tiernahrungs GmbH, a subsidiary of Fressnapf Holding, Krefeld, Germany, is Europe’s largest provider of pet foods, pet accessories, and pet services.

August 7, 2010

Containers

New cans tout cane sugar

August 7, 2010

Sustainable Packaging

Nuggets from a stimulating design workshop

I had the pleasure of attending my first Shelf Impact! Package Design Workshop (PDW) last month, and it was really an eye opener.

August 7, 2010

Containers

Yes To says 'yes' to airless dispensers for hair and skin care products

All-plastic pump helps Yes To introduce Yes to Carrots facial moisturizer. Yes to Tomatoes and Yes to Cucumbers will come next.

August 6, 2010

Labels

Shrink-sleeve label helps launch ZUN energy drink

PETG label curves to the proprietary rocket-shaped PET bottle, which launched in the Denver area.

August 6, 2010

Labels

Plastic Suppliers, Inc. awarded US patent

Plastic Suppliers, Inc. has been awarded U.S. 7,713,601 B2 patent for “Polylactic Acid Shrink Films and Methods of Casting Same.”

August 6, 2010

Sustainable Packaging

The wearin' o' the green: t-shirts made from PET bottles Anvil Knitwear combines recycled PET bottle

Anvil Knitwear has released the results of its greenhouse gas (GHG) life cycle assessment (LCA) for its AnvilSustainable t-shirt, which is made from recycled PET plastic bottles and transitional cotton, grown on farms making the switch to organic processes. The analysis, which encompassed a cradle-to-grave approach, found the footprint to be 3.29 kgCO(2)e/tee.

August 5, 2010

Converting equipment

Three technologies worth tracking

A number of good ideas and a new technology or two have crossed my desk lately in no particular order. So rather than wait for them to magically assemble themselves into a single-topic column, I've decided to present them here in the same manner that they arrived: in no particular order.

August 5, 2010

Contract Packaging

The Report You Need on Secondary Packaging Trends

Who is most likely to outsource secondary packaging? Why are they outsourcing? What trends will impact the industry? Find answers to questions like these in the Secondary Packaging Outsourcing Report, co-sponsored by Saddle Creek Corporation and Contract Packaging magazine.

August 5, 2010

Conveying & accumulation

Loma Systems introduces new x-ray inspection system

The X4 800XL is designed for the inspection of large trays, boxes and packaged products up to 800mm (31”) wide

August 5, 2010