Containers

Airless dispensers for lotions

Faran Cosmetic, maker of Nature Scent skin and personal care products, has selected airless dispensers for its newest line of hand creams and body lotions.

February 7, 2012

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Flexibles

Clever combo kit extends Kraft cheese's reach

Convenience, taste, and freshness are the key qualities emphasized in packaging for Kraft Food’s new line of Fresh Take meal solutions in six varieties.

February 7, 2012

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Prolacta Bioscience comes to relief of African babies

In a joint effort, Intl. Breast Milk Project, Prolacta and Quick Intl. Courier deliver bottled breast milk to orphaned infants in Cape Town and Durban, South Africa.

February 6, 2012

Controls & Machine Components

Belden Inc: EtherNet/IP I/O modules

Belden’s Lumberg EtherNet/IP I/O modules fully support device level ring (DLR) protocol and line (daisy chain) topologies and are suitable for machine tool, material handling, filling and packaging machinery applications.

February 4, 2012

Secondary Packaging

Schneider Packaging offers complete end-of-line solutions

Since 1970, Schneider Packaging has provided end-of-line packaging solutions to all markets. With innovative and cost effective cartoning, case packing, palletizing and robotic solutions, Schneider can handle most any-type flexible and rigid products.

February 3, 2012

Secondary Packaging

High speed tray packing solution

The Schneider TP-35 Tray Packer, offers a high speed tray packing solution for aseptic brick boxes. Designed for the dairy/juice/functional drink industry, this horizontal tray packer accumulates bundled bricks into proper pack patterns and loads the bricks from 125 to 250 milliliters in size into tray packs.

February 2, 2012

Containers

Rebranded beer

Loddon Brewery of Oxfordshire, England, has unveiled a new look for its range of bottled beers.

February 2, 2012

Containers

New thinking for moonshine jug

White lightning strikes again with the introduction of the Original Moonshine clear corn whiskey marketed in a bootlegger-style jug.

February 2, 2012

Sustainable Packaging

Keynoters from General Electric, Publix announced for SPS 2012

The Sustainable Packaging Symposium welcomes Dr. Bill Flanagan of GE Global Research and Michael Hewett of Publix as keynote presenters for the event.

February 1, 2012

Coding, Printing & Labeling

New CIJ printer enables expansion of Belgian water line

Belgian soft drinks producer EVIDEL installs new continuous ink-jet printer for 100% production uptime, maintenance-free pushbutton operation, and increased output.

February 1, 2012

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Roll-sleeve film...Shaping brand identity

As more contoured containers become an integral part of brand identity, PETG roll sleeve is gaining the awareness and interest of brand owners.

January 31, 2012

Protective/transport packaging

Internet shopping to help build protective packaging demand

A rebound in manufacturing output and Internet shopping growth is predicted to advance U.S. protective packaging demand to $5.9 billion in 2016.

January 31, 2012

Sustainable Packaging

AMERIPEN names Pierce executive director

Pierce was instrumental in the formation of the group and is its former president.

January 30, 2012