Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Robotic dispensing boosts pharmacy's efficiency

Medicap automates with a machine that counts tablets, fills them into bottles, prints and applies labels to the bottles, then caps them with user-friendly closures.

April 30, 2006

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Closures

Hinged-lid container

The new 425RQ “Smart Hinge” lightweight, tapered, rectangular plastic container from Letica holds 4.25 gals (maximum weight 34 lbs) of dry product such as bulk snacks, pet food, bird seed, or detergents, enabling full access to package contents via an integrated hinged lid.

April 30, 2006

Containers

Club store fills bulk bags on demand

PriceSmart club stores in Latin America offer on-demand, in-store bulk packaging of dry and liquid commodities.

April 30, 2006

Containers

Canisters emit aroma for nutraceutical packaging

Süd-Chemie Performance Packaging releases its Aroma-Can™ scented canisters for the nutraceutical and pharmaceutical industries that uses patent pending Encapsulated Aroma Release technology called CompelAroma™ from ScentSational Technologies.

April 30, 2006

Cartoning

Machinery's growing role in package innovation

At PMMI Partners in Packaging event, packaging machinery automation supplier ELAU presents examples of innovative packages and the machines that made them commercially viable.

April 30, 2006

Flexibles

Packaging services expo a focal point of multifaceted show

This year, the contract packaging-focused expo will run concurrently with Packaging Containers & Materials Expo and the Packaging Summit Conference.

March 31, 2006

Containers

Adhesive reduces co-packer's labor, stretch-wrap costs

Labor, a major controllable element of contract-packaging costs, can make or break a project. With compressed margins, contract packagers are seeking any opportunity to reduce operating costs.

March 31, 2006

Contract packaging

Where and how will the smart money play?

Increasing competition and rising materials costs and energy prices are creating challenges for anyone who packs consumer goods. One of the challenges is coming from product manufacturers, who are pressuring the companies they hire to package their products.

March 31, 2006

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

Cloud expanding services in wipes, towlettes with Multi-Pack purchase

Cloud Packaging Solutions’ recent purchase of Multi-Pack is broadening its contract packaging capabilities within the household cleaning-products industry.

March 31, 2006

Sustainability

Beyond paper and plastic

While the examples of sustainable packaging described in the main body of this story happen to be either paper or plastic, stakeholders representing glass, aluminum, and steel also believe those materials have a good story to tell.

March 31, 2006

Containers

Authoritative, reassuring, easy dispensing

The Ted Klein Tube of the Year is Johnson & Johnson’s Skin Cracking Ointment, The 1” HDPE diameter tube, from Alcan Packaging Cebal, features a satin-matte coating to highlight graphics and the product description.

March 31, 2006

Containers

Sensory perception sells the quality

From Performance Brands, Fiesta Sun shines in a dark brown tube from Artube, Iridium Industries. The label is decorated with a fabric-style PlushPrint material that emphasizes the effect of using the tanning product inside the package.

March 31, 2006

Containers

Extended label adds dimension on tube

Meguiar’s Scratch X Scratch & Swirl Remover for Autos took home 2005 Innovative Tube of the Year honors for its EasyTab extended label, which is atypical on tube labels.

March 31, 2006