Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Packaging boosts a margarine's brand

Benevita Margarine—with its highly beneficial fatty acids obtained from evening primrose seeds--has had a major impact on health-conscious consumers in Poland since June 2011, and the package does a good job of announcing the product’s unique health benefits.

December 21, 2011

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 975

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

New line fills personal care products

ICR, an Italian firm filling personal care products for some of Italy's leading brands, recently installed a turnkey line that handles 40- and 75-mL containers.

December 20, 2011

Labels

Winding design chart for specifying label orientation

Use this handy chart to specify label orientation on a roll when ordering pressure-sensitive labels from your converter.

December 19, 2011

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Pressure-sensitive label applicator handing/attitude chart

Download this chart from Label-Aire to determine applicator handing (right or left) and applicator attitudes (orientation or location of controls) for pressure-sensitive labeling applications.

December 19, 2011

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Understanding the basics of automatic pressure sensitive labeling methods

Download this white paper from Label-Aire for a comprehensive primer on selecting an automated pressure-sensitive labeling machine. Compares and contrasts the three fundamental types of technologies: wipe-on, air-blow and tamp-blow.

December 19, 2011

Filling/capping, dry

See the PharmaPack-US high-speed capper in action

The PCL-15FT is a versatile press-on and screw-on automatic capper designed for the pharmaceutical and nutraceutical, food, beverage, health/beauty, and confection industries. Its automatic rejection feature rejects inverted caps to provide continuous product throughput and features speeds up to 150 bpm.

December 19, 2011

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Tablet/capsule counter for nutraceuticals incorporating container unscrambler

Video from PharmaPack-US shows a complete tablet/capsule packaging line from container and cap unscrambling through filling, capping, and labeling.

December 19, 2011

Sustainable Packaging

Packaging prevents food waste

European food experts identify packaging as an important tool to help extend the shelf life of food.

December 19, 2011

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Nair hair remover in an easy-open clamshell

Anne Marie Mohan examines a Nair brand hair remover product from Church & Dwight whose primary package has ergonomics written all over it and whose secondary package is a clear plastic clamshell with notable easy-open features.

December 19, 2011

Containers

Mr. Peanut adorns Planters holiday tin

Planters holiday tin for 2011 uses an illustrative format to weave an original holiday narrative featuring Mr. Peanut and a cast of characters that inhabit the world of Planters.

December 16, 2011

Secondary Packaging

Multipacking equipment at Process Expo

A multipacking machine capable of 200 packs/min is demonstrated at the Harpak-Ulma (www.harpak-ulma.com) booth during Process Expo 2011 in Chicago by Paolo Gelpi of Italy-based Rama Packaging & Automation.

December 16, 2011

Sustainable Packaging

Kraft maps full footprint, 'from farm to fork'

Project provides initial details of company’s effects on climate, land, and water; validates focus on sustainable agriculture.

December 16, 2011

Sustainability

Coca-Cola invests in biotech to fast track a 100% plant-based bottle

The Coca-Cola Company invests in three biotechnology companies to help speed the development of a commercial-scale technology to create a 100% plant-based PlantBottle.

December 15, 2011