Flexible packaging

Cloud Packaging adds mid-speed expertise with purchase of Toll Packaging

Acquisition made in part to respond to current market demands for shorter packaging runs.

December 4, 2009

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Containers

Europeans prefer glass baby-food containers

Qualitative research finds that parents trust glass for its health and environment benefits. Glass also heightens their assurance about the contents within the package.

December 4, 2009

Containers

Alpha Packaging--Missouri Fast Track Award winner

Based on Alpha Packaging’s consistent growth and reinvestment the company is being honored in Kansas City by the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry as one of Missouri’s fastest-growing companies over the past several years.

November 19, 2009

Sustainability

DuPont Packaging announces call for entries for 22nd DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation

Seeking breakthroughs in packaging innovation, sustainability and waste/cost reduction, DuPont Packaging announced the call for entries in the 22nd DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation, the industry’s longest running, independently-judged competition. The deadline for entries is Feb. 12, 2010.

November 18, 2009

Containers

Amid cheese's slump--an opportunity?

The recession has hit cheese sales hard, but how about refocusing marketing efforts on single-serve snack packaging? The same idea revitalized soup sales.

November 13, 2009

Containers

Pharmaceuticals: 'Fragmented' future with regulatory benefits?

PAs the focus changes from blockbuster drug development to more targeted therapies, pharmaceutical firms and the FDA could work more closely.

November 10, 2009

Flexibles

New Barrier Bubble cushioning system is small, fast, and versatile

Tabletop equipment produces bracing and blocking material on-site and on-demand.

November 10, 2009

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

New foam-in-bag system offers green benefits

Machine's production of small-diameter Continuous Foam Tubes results in less foam usage and allows for material reduction and reduced cube-package design.

November 10, 2009

Containers

Tiger Beer uses packaging and "blogosphere" to stand out

Case study illustrates how this Asia-Pacific beer reinvented itself by tapping into the internet to win over key influencers.

November 9, 2009

Flexible packaging

Sleek new Crystal Light container offers clear advantages

Kraft Corp.'s new canister and stick-pack pouch packaging for Crystal Light uses less material, enhances consumer convenience.

November 3, 2009

Coding, Printing & Labeling

"The Silence of the Yams"

While fruits and vegetables continue to be the healthiest foods, packaged foods continue to make health claims the public distrusts.

November 3, 2009

Sustainability

New void fill boosts sustainability

Creative Memories switches to a new kind of air pillows to support its brand’s environmental positioning.

October 31, 2009

Sustainability

New UV ink tech brings success to brew bottle

Thomas Creek Brewery’s cheeky Up the Creek microbrew becomes the first to use a new environmentally friendly UV-curable ink process for direct print onto its glass bottles.

October 31, 2009