Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Vegetables get a whole new look

Leading French food specialist Raynal et Roquelaure is shaking up the grocery sector with the launch of a range of cooked vegetables in totally new-look packaging for these types of products.

March 22, 2019

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Cartons and boxes

CBD-oil brand design lit by the spirit of the ocean

Packaging for U.K. CBD oil food supplement brand Sea CBD is designed with the calming and invigorating colors of the sea in mind, coupled with elegant, clear copy.

March 22, 2019

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Listerine on the go

An innovative 8-count, thermoformed, push-through blister pack with heat-sealed foil lidding for Listerine Ready! Tabs has some intriguing features to it.

March 21, 2019

Contract Packaging

PCI joins the fight on opioid abuse

PCI addresses opioid abuse by advocating for limited medication doses and using adherence-prompting unit-dose packs. Meanwhile, it’s closely watching Amazon and e-commerce for potential impact on Rx and OTC package design.

March 21, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Starbucks unveils greener cups, strawless lids, and mobile traceability app

At its annual shareholders’ meeting, Starbucks debuts compostable, recyclable cup technology, strawless lids, and a future feature of its mobile app that lets consumers trace their coffee’s journey.

March 21, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Chobani joins the How2Recycle label program

Yogurt maker Chobani joins more than 120 brand owners and retailers that have added standardized recycling instruction labels to their products.

March 20, 2019

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

U.K. firm automating packaging line for leukemia drug

New integrated filling line for Porton Biopharma to help fill Erwinase, used to treat Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), a type of cancer that particularly affects children.

March 19, 2019

Controls & Machine Components

Rockwell Automation: Real-time controller

Rockwell’s Allen-Bradley CompactLogix 5480 controller combines a Logix control engine and the Microsoft Windows 10 IoT Enterprise operating system in a single platform, allowing workers to view machine information at its source.

March 19, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

The forecast for recycled-content packaging materials

While the recycled content of paperboard, metal, and glass is expected to stay the same through 2023, while its use in plastics is forecast to increase in response to company, country goals.

March 17, 2019

Containers

Reusable petfood container

Petzeba, a petfood marketer based in Alberswil, Switzerland, has launched a 5-L container that holds 2.5 kg of cat food and features a convenient handle as well as high-impact graphics showing cats chasing butterflies.

March 15, 2019

Controls & Machine Components

AutomationDirect: Stepping motors

AutomationDirect offers SureStep® IP65 rated high-torque stepping motors are available with industry-standard NEMA 17, 23, and 34 mounting flanges and provide holding torque from 61 to 1288 oz-in. The motors use two-phase technology with 200 full steps per revolution or 1.8 degrees per full step.

March 15, 2019

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Retail-ready packaging predicted to rise

Freedonia reports brick-and-mortar stores will require more retail-ready packaging to cut operation costs and remain competitive in the e-commerce age.

March 14, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

‘Green’ trend in cannabis packaging

As more states legalize medical marijuana, says a new report, the cannabis industry across the globe has grown more than 310% in the past four years.

March 14, 2019