Containers

Walgreens creatively rethinks nut packaging

Walgreens, America’s largest drugstore chain, wanted to update packaging for some of its products, including the Good & Delish™ coated and uncoated nuts line.

November 19, 2015

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Closures

Unilever and Enercon earn Package of the Year award

The Association for Dressings & Sauces recognizes the new Hellmann’s Squeeze Bottle for its innovative design.

November 16, 2015

Containers

Identifying drug/device market drivers

Technavio report forecasts chronic disease prevalence and demand for drug delivery devices will result in an 11% CAGR for drug/device combination products through 2019.

November 16, 2015

Containers

Ketchup bottle with style

A barrier PP bottle for ketchup in Germany breaks out of the sea of sameness in a big way.

November 13, 2015

Plastics/resins

Skippy looks ‘outside the jar’ for packaging innovation

Two new snackable peanut butter products from Skippy get custom packaging that provides portability and signals innovation, while retaining the historic brand equity.

November 11, 2015

Material handling

Just-in-Time Global Logistics Program

QuickSTAT partners with Almac Group to develop a temperature-controlled packaging management system to strengthen their global supply chain.

November 10, 2015

Containers

Beck's label gets premium treatment for new launch

Anheuser-Busch InBev combines a sophisticated label design with high-end printing techniques to deliver a new line of premium beers under the Beck’s brand.

November 9, 2015

Containers

KLW Plastics celebrates 10th anniversary

The company has grown from a one-machine startup to a multi-plant industry leader.

November 7, 2015

Plastics/resins

Amcor Rigid Plastics purchases Eco-Groupe assets

The company acquires the manufacturing assets and the intellectual property of Eco-Groupe Inc.

November 5, 2015

Plastics/resins

Bottle gets the drop on fabric softener category

Ultra-concentrated fabric softener line from Unilever debuts in a droplet-shaped bottle with a vibrant full-body label that conveys the formula’s intense fragrance and freshness.

November 4, 2015

Containers

Off The Shelf: Paperboard carriers for cans are catching on

While plastic ring carriers are most typically used for six-packs of beer in cans, a growing trend is to cash in on the billboard effect that is offered when a paperboard carton is used instead.

October 30, 2015

Sustainability

PET wine keg taps into green savings

U.K. wine seller offers premium wine-on-tap in a recyclable 20-L PET keg that replaces 27 glass bottles, eliminates waste, spoilage, and breakage, and costs customers 15% less.

October 30, 2015

Containers

Fridge-friendly bottles for cider brands

Thatchers Cider in the U.K. has introduced a new range of 330-mL glass bottles for three of its premium ciders.

October 30, 2015