Plastics/resins

New packaging for engine additives leads to greater sales

Vehicle lubrication products company redesigns its packaging with improved functional and aesthetic benefits to secure its market leadership, capture new markets, and launch online sales.

December 21, 2015

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Containers

Turtle Wax ‘puts the awesome back’ into car care

Turtle Wax Europe revamps the packaging for 600 products, modernizing the brand and using cues that appeal to both men and women who care about their cars.

December 19, 2015

Containers

Art on a bottle wins award

Already a firm favorite with collectors and beer lovers worldwide, The Warsteiner Art Collection range of 330-mL shaped aluminum bottles has now achieved a coveted WorldStar award.

December 18, 2015

Flexibles

Automated Packaging Systems launches "autobag.com"

Innovative tools on the website help buyers find solutions faster.

December 18, 2015

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Gerhard Schubert opens new hall complex in Germany

Schubert is geared up for even further expansion at its Crailsheim, Germany, production facility.

December 17, 2015

Plastics/resins

The Packaging Conference 2016 points to omni-channel challenges and “clear can” technology

The Las Vegas conference in February 2016 will tackle the many omni-channel packaging challenges beyond the innovative “TruVue Can.”

December 15, 2015

Controls & Machine Components

Medical Devices Enter the Information Age

Despite increasing competitive and regulatory pressures, medical device manufacturers have an opportunity to seize a significantly growing market. Streamlining operations through automation will be key.

December 15, 2015

Robotics

Lenze receives Rockwell Automation 2015 Quality Award

The prestigious award for Factored Products acknowledges the strength of the company’s relationship with Rockwell.

December 15, 2015

Plastics/resins

Great Scott! PepsiCo recreates Back to the Future II bottle

Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Back to the Future trilogy, PepsiCo launches a limited-edition bottle that brings to life a ‘futuristic’ Pepsi bottle featured in Part II.

December 14, 2015

Converting equipment

QA1 carbon fiber driveshafts win award

The American Composites Manufacturers Association presents QA1 with a Materials and Process Innovation Award for its nanosilica-infused resin.

December 14, 2015

Material handling

Thailand’s GPO Implements PAS-X MES system

First implementation of its kind in the Thai pharmaceutical industry interfaces to ERP, LIMS, and eQMS for efficiency and compliance.

December 14, 2015

Thermoform/fill/seal

Ball-shaped yogurt pots thermoformed in-house

French yogurt producer shows how open-mold thermoforming technology can be used to produce custom-shaped yogurt containers for the same cost as straight-walled cups.

December 14, 2015

Plastics/resins

DuPont and The Dow Chemical Company to merge

The merged company will eventually split into three separate entities—Agriculture, Material Science, and Specialty Products.

December 11, 2015