Sustainability

The case for rPET wine bottles

Santiago Navarro, CEO and Co-Founder of London-based Delivering Happiness Ltd., trading as Garçon Wines, discusses why the company chose PET, and in particular recycled PET, for its award-winning Flat Wine Bottle for e-commerce.

January 26, 2019

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Plastics/resins

Herbal medicine packages look at home in the kitchen

A redesign for the Maty’s line of herbal medicinal products helps this all-natural and organic brand break from a sterile, clinical-looking sea of OTC packaging on-shelf.

January 25, 2019

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

New filler/sealer provides flexibility for hotel cosmetics

German hotel toiletries supplier ADA Cosmetic GmbH replaces an aging filler/sealer with one that provides maximum flexibility for different package formats and quick changeover.

January 24, 2019

Containers

Cannabis tin is child-resistant

This California marketer of cannabis pouches that are placed between the cheek and gum like chewing tobacco is among the first to take advantage of a new child-resistant tin.

January 23, 2019

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Co-packer, brand owners toast success of wine in a can

Canned wine takes off for co-packer Free Flow Wines after it adds a canning line. Also getting a boost are customers Essentially Geared and Foley Family Wines.

January 23, 2019

Containers

Corona Light gets its own visual voice

A redesign for Corona Light creates a point of difference from the Extra master brand and brings a fresh, modern personality even while retaining ‘old school’ brand equities.

January 21, 2019

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

Report: Innovative new e-commerce at PACK EXPO

Covering 1.2 million net sq ft of exhibit space and drawing 2,500 exhibitors, PACK EXPO International brought 50,000 attendees to the biggest packaging event of the year. Here is our report on e-commerce.

January 21, 2019

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Kombucha brewers follow craft beer footsteps

Kombucha manufacturers like Big Easy Bucha are following an equipment and automation path well-worn by the craft beer brewers that preceded them.

January 18, 2019

Containers

High-impact can for coffee

An original and eye-catching metal can was recently unveiled at the launch of luxury iced coffee brand Gaya Gold Coffee. The product is a blend of full bodied premium coffee crafted to deliver maximum flavor with the distinctive taste of intense caramel and creamy milk.

January 18, 2019

Containers

PET for new yogurt

For a new all-natural and spoonable yogurt in Argentina, Danone has come up with premium-looking packaging that is durable and sustainable.

January 16, 2019

Sustainability

Report: Plastic bottle recycling declines slightly in 2017

Industry challenges include changing export markets, a 3.6% drop in material collection, and increases in single-stream collection, resulting in greater contamination of recyclables.

January 14, 2019

Containers

Beer packs cannabis punch

Some cannabis-based beverages introduced recently are intentionally low in THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana that produces the feeling of being high; that is not the case with CERIA Grainwave Belgian-Style White Ale.

January 11, 2019

Containers

Amway expands use of unique dispensing system

In bringing out a new skin care line called Artistry Signature Select, Amway is among the first to leverage the unique advantages of the Vessl nitrogen-pressurized dispensing system.

January 9, 2019