Containers

Bottles expected to remain top pharmaceutical package type

New report examines packaging material types and trends such as eco-friendly options, as well as nano-enabled and blow/fill/seal technologies.

November 15, 2018

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Containers

Whisky brand connects consumers with casks via NFC

Swedish whisky brand uses smartphone-readable NFC tags to build digital provenance information in their Private Cask offering as well as promote a consumer-submitted drink-recipe competition.

November 4, 2018

Sustainability

STO Responsible: Sustainable, child-resistant box

Rigid, reusable plastic box offers protection for cannabis products, while an additive in the material accelerates degradation to avoid clogged landfills.

October 24, 2018

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Fiber laser coding system for beverage cans

The Beverage Can Coding System from Domino includes a fiber laser printer for date and lot coding along with five complementary components.

October 22, 2018

Containers

Maple water represents a first in composite carton

Organic plant hydration beverage is sourced from the tap in Vermont, adhering to the company’s sustainable/responsible processing and packaging efforts.

October 4, 2018

Containers

Drink label design burrows into the natural world

Label graphics for the third variant in Seedlip’s line of non-alcoholic distilled beverages use an artful arrangement of the brand’s own botanicals, a distinct monogram, and copper detailing.

September 30, 2018

Containers

Gold, silver, and bronze: A winning design for an athlete’s beverage

First RTD energy coffee aimed at ‘Ath-lifers’ and those ages 18 to 40 gets rebranding with packaging designs that draw on sporting symbology such as athlete’s jerseys and medals.

September 29, 2018

Plastics/resins

Social mission-driven brands need great packaging too

After its growth was hindered for years by poor packaging, social mission brand Soapbox rebrands with a focus on the product quality, realizing sales increases from 40% to 90%.

September 24, 2018

Sustainability

Paper bottle 2.0

An 8.5-oz paper bottle used by a L'Oreal startup called Seed Phytonutrients was named a Diamond Finalist in the Dow Awards competition.

September 19, 2018

Containers

Febreze a Dow award finalist

The Dow Chemical Company recently announced the winners of the 2018 30th Awards for Packaging Innovation, which recognizes the packaging industry’s top achievements in innovative packaging designs, materials, technologies, and processes.

September 18, 2018

Containers

Tubairless: A consumer-pleasing tube/pouch/bottle hybrid

Dow Diamond Award Finalist Tubairless uses a vent hole in the middle of the sleeve and integrates an internal flexible pouch.

September 18, 2018

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Dow Diamond finalist is a one-step form/fill technology

A ground-breaking technology that forms and fills bottles in one step using incompressible, consumable liquid, is recognized as a Diamond finalist in Dow’s Awards for Packaging Innovation.

September 17, 2018

Plastics/resins

Flat wine bottle for e-commerce is a Dow Diamond finalist

A flat, Bordeaux-style wine bottle that easily fits through U.K. households’ letterboxes is named a Diamond finalist in The Dow Chemical Company’s 2018 30th Awards for Packaging Innovation.

September 16, 2018