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

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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

Containers

Project pail takes pain out of painting

Winning Best of Show honors at the Institute of Packaging Professionals’ (IoPP) 2005 AmeriStar competition, Sherwin-Williams Co.’s Ready-to Roll PP paint container oozes with convenience features.

March 31, 2006

Flexibles

Packaging Summit's focal point: the Hall of Packaging Excellence

An extensive display of the past year’s best new packages will demonstrate what the results can be when education meets inspiration.

March 31, 2006

Sustainability

Machine builders and buyers talk turkey at Ipack-Ima

A first-of-its-kind forum, held in conjunction with Italy’s packaging show, was aimed at improving relationships between builders and buyers of packaging machinery.

March 31, 2006

Closures

Foster's launches lager in aluminum bottles

In January 2006, the Foster’s Group Limited, beer market leader in Australia, introduced a new packaging option for its Crown Lager brand—12-oz aluminum bottles from CCL Container.

March 31, 2006

Filling/capping, dry

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.

February 28, 2006