Material handling

E-commerce and packaging, from all angles

Top-of-mind CPG concerns around e-commerce packaging are addressed, including package design, sustainability, specialized packaging equipment, and Amazon’s packaging requirements.

April 22, 2018

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Flexibles

Supplement maker launches recycling program

Consumers can now recycle supplement and vitamin packaging through Twinlab’s Supplement the Earth Recycling Program, while earning money for non-profits, schools, or charitable organizations.

April 14, 2018

Plastics/resins

Clear bottle offers consumers ease of use

The 900-g Euro Squeeze multilayer polypropylene bottle from RPC Corby will carry Greek food manufacturers new Sandwich Creams line.

April 11, 2018

Containers

Shapely throwback bottle

Appealing to millennials’ penchant for throwback designs, The 1970 is a ready-to-drink vodka cocktail. Launched last year by entrepreneur Ikeda Feingold, the family recipe-based drink is made with 19 exotic fruits, spices, and botanicals. It’s also 70 proof, hence the name. The bottle's offset neck is of particular interest.

April 9, 2018

Containers

New lipstick kisses the conventional tube good-bye

Chinese company launches a lipstick product in a ‘kissable’ disc-shaped applicator, meeting consumers’ desire for packages that fit their time-starved lifestyles, says GlobalData.

April 9, 2018

Containers

Paper’s pressing forward

Remarkable progress has been made recently where paper bottles are concerned. Two developments—one in molded pulp and another in paperboard—are especially notable.

April 6, 2018

Sustainability

Bulk packaging drum growth expected for global transportation

New Freedonia study predicts sustained growth in the output of chemical products—particularly in fast-growing markets such as China, India, Indonesia, and Vietnam—will boost demand for drums.

April 3, 2018

Containers

Kraft Heinz says crack an egg

Kraft Heinz is banking on the allure of convenience in the recent introduction of its newest brand, Just Crack an Egg.

March 30, 2018

Sustainability

The Packaging Conference answers, 'What's new?'

Annual event continues tradition of hosting new innovation, with this year's agenda including bottle-to-bottle recycling, shaped aluminum bottles, form/fill technology, and handled PET containers.

March 22, 2018

Containers

The science of freshness

“You wouldn’t leave a glass of wine out all night and expect it to be fresh or taste the same the next day,” says Serge Chistov from Honest Marijuana Company in Colorado.

March 12, 2018

Sustainability

PepsiCo's robust recycling initiative

Tom Mooradian, Manager, Environmental Sustainability at PepsiCo, describes the PepsiCo Recycling initiative and the progress it has made toward increasing recycling rates.

March 10, 2018

Containers

Italian olives pack shelf appeal in transparent container

All 17 varieties of Madama Oliva's olives now sell in an in-mold-labeled polypropylene container that delivers shelf impact in Italian supermarkets.

March 8, 2018

Contract packaging

Skincare sample packs get a sophisticated makeover

Luxury skincare brand Luzern Labs turns to co-packer Sonic Industries to design and source an eye-catching new sample-size tube and secondary pouch as well as fill and seal the packaging.

March 3, 2018