Containers

The scoop on new kitty litter container

Private-label cat litter maker Bentonite goes from a stock to a custom HDPE container, engineering in greater aesthetics, strength, and convenience and lowering costs.

May 1, 2016

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Operational Excellence

Shelf life extension for produce exports

An exporter of pomegranates that is based in Mumbai, India, is getting improved shelf life since it began using a novel flexible film designed to allow produce to respire at an optimal rate.

April 30, 2016

Containers

King of Beers crowns new design

Budweiser embraces its ‘macro brew’ status, redesigning its global packaging to reflect the care and detail taken to brew its beer, and its long heritage.

April 30, 2016

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Packaging trailblazer is first again

The Swedish company Gooh (short for good and healthy) was the very first company to adopt the Micvac microwave pasteurization method when it launched a range of premium chilled ready meals with extended refrigerated shelf life.

April 29, 2016

Sustainable Packaging

ACC: ‘Styrene is not polystyrene’

A statement from the American Chemistry Council advises consumers that the California Proposition 65 listing of styrene does not affect polystyrene safety assessments.

April 29, 2016

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Harpak-ULMA appoints Lee Smith Regional Sales Manager

Smith will cover the Southwest U.S. region for the packaging solutions and machinery supplier.

April 29, 2016

Controls & Machine Components

Bosch Rexroth: Frequency converters

The EFC 3610 and EFC 5610 frequency converters from Rexroth are energy-efficient machines and allow users to significantly reduce operating cost and reduce their carbon footprint (CO2 emissions).

April 29, 2016

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

New twist on old favorite

Campbell Soup has completely revamped its single-serve microwaveable soup with greater product visibility as a key driver.

April 28, 2016

Cartons and boxes

Two-Way Shipper Simplifies Logistics of In-Home Test Kit

‘Game-changing’ Cologuard test kit packaging encourages early detection of colon cancer. The kit is shipped as a prescription direct to patients who then provide a sample within packaged components before mailing the kit to Exact Sciences’ laboratory for analysis.

April 28, 2016

Flexibles

Innovia Group sells its Cellophane business to Futamura

Innovia agrees to sell the Cellophane brand and assets while refocusing on polymer banknotes and BOPP films.

April 28, 2016

Material handling

Modest market demand for corrugated in U.S.

E-commerce and retail-ready applications will drive growth for corrugated boxes; folding carton demand to be sustained by the foodservice carryout and pharmaceutical markets.

April 27, 2016

Contract Packaging

CPA, Sonoco invite you to the first annual Insights to Opportunities forum

Join the Contract Packaging Association on May 12 for the first annual Contract Packaging “Insights to Opportunities” Forum on May, 12 for the latest consumer and market trends affecting co-packer/brand alliances.

April 27, 2016

Contract Packaging

Bemis acquires Steripack, including healthcare co-packing

A major supplier of flexible and rigid packaging adds co-pack capability.

April 27, 2016