Sustainable Packaging

Walmart's eco-friendly cleaners

The new Great Value Naturals line of all-natural household cleaners from Walmart uses recycled-content bottles and 100%-plastic trigger sprayers that can be easily recycled.

January 19, 2014

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Closures

SURE rebrand commits to female audience

An aging deodorant brand is revitalized with a curvy, custom cap and cool, sophisticated color tones designed to appeal to a female audience and convey product strength.

January 17, 2014

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Regulatory issues factor heavily into the IVD market

In this question-and-answer dialogue, Gail Radcliffe of Radcliffe Consulting discusses in vitro diagnostics, focusing on regulatory and labeling issues.

January 17, 2014

Controls & Machine Components

Aerotech: High-power drive rack

The Npaq 6U from Aerotech is a high-power drive rack that uses plug-in amplifiers supporting both linear and PWM topologies to control brushless DC, brush, or stepper motors at up to 320 VDC operating voltage and 30 A peak current capability.

January 17, 2014

Sustainable Packaging

Innovative package design dazzles for LIQS rollout

Recyclable polystyrene shot glass with colorful graphic bursts aims to attract sophisticated millennial consumers.

January 17, 2014

Controls & Machine Components

AutomationDirect: DC drives

AutomationDirect’s IronHorse line of motors and drives now includes the GSD1, GSD3, GSD4, and GSD5, GSD6, and GSD7 series of DC drives.

January 17, 2014

Containers

Upside down salami pack wows consumers

Norwegian salami manufacturer Grilstad has met consumer demand for an exciting new packaging format.

January 17, 2014

Secondary Packaging

Skin-tight seafood packaging

New tray system technology produces high-efficiency, high-barrier, high-visibility packaging for griller products.

January 16, 2014

Labels

Extended-text label serves up Slime in seven languages

Tire sealant producer moves from a crowded label and instructions insert to an extended-text label with seven languages to successfully market its Slime brand to an international audience.

January 16, 2014

Robotics

Cancer diagnostics firm automates bottle filling, capping, labeling

Dako’s compact robotic bottling system frees up vital production floor space, increases speed, and reduces labor costs, filling different bottle shapes and sizes with no mechanical setup between production runs.

January 16, 2014

Contract Packaging

Coregistics adds sixth location in Cleveland

The co-packer and supply chain services provider keeps expanding again, this time adding a broad array of secondary packaging capabilities.

January 16, 2014

Flow wrapping

Easy integration of new flow wrappers for cookies

Guatamalan plant adds two new flow wrappers required to integrate easily with existing cookie creamers and provide product configuration and packaging material flexibility.

January 16, 2014

Operational Excellence

'Oven Box' design delights Thelma's Treats

Company bakes homemade cookies fresh to order, delivering them in a keepsake folding carton that resembles and opens like an old-fashioned oven.

January 16, 2014