Containers

Craft brewer launches cans

Big Wood Brewery, a bold new player on the craft beer scene gaining notoriety for its distinctive brews, has launched four of its award-winning craft beers in cans.

August 13, 2013

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Containers

Disruptive innovation continues to change packaging

Few packaging advances are disruptive innovations, i.e., something that helps create a new market and eventually goes on to displace an earlier technology.

August 12, 2013

Containers

Sauce bottle symbolizes stalwart servicemen

A striking bottle with an even more arresting backstory, a new 500-mL PET package for Forces Sauces, sold in the U.K., cleverly conveys the brand’s mission: to raise money in support of disabled and vulnerable ex-servicemen and women, as well as those currently serving in the military.

August 12, 2013

Containers

Single-serve wine vials provide 'accessible luxury'

New glass vial package designed to hold a single serving of high-end wine; applications include hotel amenities and restaurants, among others.

July 29, 2013

Secondary Packaging

Case packers provide production uptick at Royal Wine

Wine, spirit, and liqueur company installs new automated case packers that more than double its capacity, opening the door to co-packing opportunities.

July 18, 2013

Containers

New Danone yogurt pack serves up a slice of summer

Sun-drenched, flavor-bursting graphics differentiate Danone UK’s new limited-edition Activia Summer Specials yogurt line.

July 12, 2013

Material handling

CDC, UPS comment on vaccine delivery to Laos

A Q&A with Centers for Disease Control’s Dr. Joseph Bresee and Dimitri Zacharenko of UPS on shipping 100,000 influenza vaccines 5,000 miles in temperature-sensitive conditions.

July 10, 2013

Containers

Vuka Intelligent Energy drinks energized by aluminum bottles

Ball’s 16-oz Alumi-Tek bottles offer vibrant graphics, reclosability, and recyclability for sophisticated audience.

July 3, 2013

Sustainability

U.K. recycler celebrates anniversary with 500 million green bottles

In one year, Continuum Recycling—a joint venture of Coca-Cola Enterprises and ECO Plastics—has processed half a billion bottles, doubling U.K.’s bottle-grade rPET supply.

June 27, 2013

Material handling

CDC, UPS deliver temperature-sensitive flu vaccines to Laos

Nearly 100,000 influenza vaccines in prefilled syringes travel more than 5,000 miles in just three days, maintaining a 3° to 7° C temperature range.

June 20, 2013

Containers

Shower cleaner has built-in remote spray trigger

New Zealand company debuts a once-a-week shower cleaner with a trigger sprayer ‘holstered’ in the bottle body and a snap-in connector that eliminates cap removal.

June 14, 2013

Containers

A 'counter-worthy' bottle design for new Trojan Lubricants

A sensually sculpted PET bottle for a new line of personal lubricants from Trojan is attractive and elegant enough to live on a nightstand without embarrassment.

June 13, 2013

Labels

IML packaging gives United Biscuits shelf impact

Plastic packaging for the United Biscuits Family Circle brand biscuits stands out from the competition thanks to in-mold labeling.

June 11, 2013