Plastics/resins

Flat wine bottle for e-commerce is a Dow Diamond finalist

A flat, Bordeaux-style wine bottle that easily fits through U.K. households’ letterboxes is named a Diamond finalist in The Dow Chemical Company’s 2018 30th Awards for Packaging Innovation.

September 16, 2018

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Labels

Danone’s 3.2 million unique labels

Aqua d’Or, the Danish mineral water brand owned by Danone, is now selling 3.2 million of its water bottles in one-of-a-kind packaging.

September 14, 2018

Controls & Machine Components

Matrox: Flowchart-based software

See it at PACK EXPO International, Booth #E-7728 Matrox Imaging will showcase the Matrox Design Assistant flowchart-based software, featuring the addition of photometric stereo tool to bring out hard-to-discern surface defects or features and image classification using deep learning.

September 14, 2018

Flexibles

P&G wins Dow's Diamond

The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) announced the winners of the 2018 30th Awards for Packaging Innovation, which recognizes the packaging industry’s top achievements in innovative packaging designs, materials, technologies, and processes.

September 13, 2018

Contract Packaging

CPGs: embrace direct-to-consumer e-commerce

The opening keynoter at the September 12 Evolution of Excellence conference had this advice on e-commerce for today’s CPG companies: Selling through Amazon is not the only way.

September 12, 2018

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Craft brewer upgrades can filling

This Canadian brewer was the first in the world to commercialize the Innofill Can C, a can filler designed specifically for brewers whose volumes are in the small to medium range.

September 12, 2018

Sustainable Packaging

PepsiCo joins NaturALL Bottle Alliance

The alliance, a research consortium developed by Danone, Nestle Waters, and Origin Materials, is making progress on developing and introducing a 100% bio-based PET beverage bottle.

September 11, 2018

Secondary Packaging

Cobot user presented with gold-finish machine

Chicago-area small precision machining company Kay Manufacturing is presented with a Golden Edition Cobot upon purchasing robot supplier’s 25,000th machine.

September 11, 2018

Sustainable Packaging

Is garbology accurate about packaging?

It almost seems that one can’t talk trash without mentioning packaging.

September 11, 2018

Controls & Machine Components

Miki Pulley: Electric brakes

Miki Pulley’s BXR-LE electric spring applied brakes are ideal for small and precise servo motor configurations. Featuring a voltage controller, the brake’s power consumption is stepped down to 7 vDC after a split second of 24 vDC for brake actuation.

September 11, 2018

Operational Excellence

Merck tests drone shipments of medical supplies in Puerto Rico

A ‘Flying Smartbox’ from AT&T and Softbox demonstrates how IoT helps safely deliver vital medicines in disaster relief efforts.

September 11, 2018

Cartons and boxes

Collapsible bowl spells portability

A collapsible bowl for gluten-free oatmeal and oat products from GF Harvest of Powell, WY, is putting a big smile on the faces of on-the-go consumers who crave convenience.

September 10, 2018

Sustainability

Philadelphia Eagles partner with resin supplier for recycling program

In addition to conducting a nine-year recycling program for bottle caps, the two organizations will create an online education platform to inspire the next generation of STEM leaders.

September 10, 2018