Sustainable Packaging

Olay to test refillable moisturizer packaging

A three-month pilot by P&G will test consumers’ acceptance of Olay Regenerist Whip moisturizer sold with a refillable pod, designed to significantly reduce plastic waste.

June 5, 2019

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Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

InLine Can is a first in coffee

This innovative and award-winning Coffee3 cube container, made from rollstock and filled directly inline, brings multiple benefits to both the coffee manufacturer and the consumer.

June 4, 2019

Secondary Packaging

Sanofi oral suspension: from blow/fill/seal to robotic palletizing

At Sanofi’s Origgio facility outside Milan, automated efficiency is the watchword when it comes to packaging Enterogermina Oral Suspension. Additional production capacity is in the works.

June 4, 2019

Controls & Machine Components

PHD: Grippers

PHD’s Series GRS and GRF grippers feature a new 2/6 design.

June 4, 2019

Containers

Morton Salt Package Gets Sleek, Ergonomic New Design

The first major redesign in more than a decade, new packaging for Morton Salt capitalizes on the brand’s equity while offering a modern and ergonomic new shape.

June 2, 2019

Controls & Machine Components

Balluff: IO-Link masters

BNI00E1 (Ethernet/IP) and BNI00AZ (Profinet) Device Integration IO-Link masters from Balluff feature 4x Type A IO-Link ports and 4x Type B IO-Link ports, each with up to 2A of output per channel to meet a wider range of requirements.

May 31, 2019

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Functional pack design makes concentrated cleaners make sense

Truman’s concentrated cleaning products give even entrenched home cleaner consumers a convincing reason to make the pivot from retail display case RTU spray bottles to a more sustainable e-comm model that eliminates the need to 'ship water.'

May 30, 2019

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Cup filling lines keep product flowing at 160 cups/min

Dry foods co-packer Crest Foods installs two cup filling lines that each employ a volumetric cup filler and an auger filler capable of handling four lanes at once for a 160-cup/min output.

May 28, 2019

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Apex: Filler/capper machine

The Apex entry level tincture filler capper is an all-in-one bottle filler and capper machine designed specifically for the CBD and essential oil industries.

May 27, 2019

Containers

Tic Tac decorated for Day of the Dead

The joy and traditions that surround the Day of the Dead are conjured in a limited-edition label for Tic Tac designed to engage Mexican millennials and young adults.

May 27, 2019

Flexibles

Biopolymer potato bags are ‘Tater Made’

Wada Farms uses a bag made partially from potato starch for its Idaho Potatoes that reduces greenhouse gas emissions, the use of petroleum-based plastics, and excess film gauge.

May 26, 2019

Coding, Printing & Labeling

A toast to fast, flexible laser coding on bottles

Spanish wine producer Caballero installs a laser printer that needs no adjustment to code bottles of different shapes and sizes, significantly reducing downtime on its bottling line.

May 25, 2019

Containers

Coke launches mixers in throwback glass bottle

Coca-Cola Signature Mixers, designed to pair with premium dark spirits, will be sold exclusively in the U.K. starting next month in sleek Hutchinson glass bottles—a nod to the silhouette of the first-ever Coca-Cola bottle from 1894.

May 24, 2019