Containers

Danone launches an unfrozen fro yo

Who wouldn’t want to get in on the frozen yogurt craze? But if you’re one of the world’s most famous marketers of fresh product, maybe you do it by way of the refrigerated case.

August 26, 2013

Rigid: Page 131

Containers

Desiccant barrier technology enhances pet-food product

US Pet Nutrition uses rigid plastic containers with desiccant barrier technology that meet the demands of the retort process while preserving the quality of its pet-food products.

August 23, 2013

Filling/capping, dry

Sanitary auger and automatic indexing conveyor fills rigid containers and meets food safety standards

To help food plants meet stringent food safety requirements for filling rigid containers, Spee-Dee's Sanitary Auger with Conveyor offers features that enhance both compliance and productivity. Watch this video to see the unit, which features a domed hopper cover; eliminates fasteners and threads; uses various easy-adjust mechanisms and mountings, and much more.

August 23, 2013

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

PCI invests in packaging's future

Drug delivery developments and pending serialization justify this contract packager's capital equipment, facility, and personnel investments.

August 23, 2013

Containers

Nicholl Food Packaging is an ISO 9001, BRC Certified, multi-plant manufacture of ready meal food packaging

Specifically we have developed a unique range of smoothwall containers for the ready to heat / ready to cook seafood, poultry, meat and vegetable processing industries which can be film sealed and are applicable to MAP or VSP processing for very long extended shelf life’s.

August 20, 2013

Plastics/resins

Solvent-free spray adhesive in shapely PET bottles

Eclectic Products, Inc., Eugene, OR, has debuted new solvent-free, high-bond-strength E6000 Spray Adhesive, packaged in custom-contoured 8-oz PET bottles with a pinched-waist shape.

August 19, 2013

Containers

Craft brewer launches cans

Big Wood Brewery, a bold new player on the craft beer scene gaining notoriety for its distinctive brews, has launched four of its award-winning craft beers in cans.

August 13, 2013

Containers

Disruptive innovation continues to change packaging

Few packaging advances are disruptive innovations, i.e., something that helps create a new market and eventually goes on to displace an earlier technology.

August 12, 2013

Containers

Sauce bottle symbolizes stalwart servicemen

A striking bottle with an even more arresting backstory, a new 500-mL PET package for Forces Sauces, sold in the U.K., cleverly conveys the brand’s mission: to raise money in support of disabled and vulnerable ex-servicemen and women, as well as those currently serving in the military.

August 12, 2013

Containers

Single-serve wine vials provide 'accessible luxury'

New glass vial package designed to hold a single serving of high-end wine; applications include hotel amenities and restaurants, among others.

July 29, 2013

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

PCI invests in facilities, packaging equipment

Drug delivery developments and pending serialization requirements justify this contract packager’s capital equipment, facility, and personnel investments.

July 22, 2013

Secondary Packaging

Case packers provide production uptick at Royal Wine

Wine, spirit, and liqueur company installs new automated case packers that more than double its capacity, opening the door to co-packing opportunities.

July 18, 2013

Containers

New Danone yogurt pack serves up a slice of summer

Sun-drenched, flavor-bursting graphics differentiate Danone UK’s new limited-edition Activia Summer Specials yogurt line.

July 12, 2013