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Miller Time reinvented with sleek, easy-grip bottle

MillerCoors uses package design as a tool to influence the beer category, launching a sleek, contoured bottle for its Miller Lite brand that reinvents the drinking experience.

May 1, 2013

Pouch drives new approach to merchandising paint

Dutch consumers see a whole new approach to packaging of house paint, as stand-up pouch plus colorant tube concept maximizes color varieties available in a small foot print.

May 1, 2013

By offering colorant varieties in many small tubes and paint in just two varieties, Coldec is able to present 52 colors to consumers in a very small amount of space.

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Digitally printed shrink labels open possibilities at craft brewer

Bonfire Brewing Co. buys bright stock cans and self-decorates them with shrink sleeve labels. Thanks to digital printing, ‘we can change graphics at the drop of a hat.’

May 1, 2013

Bonfire Brewing uses a single-station, cam-driven, air-actuated seaming machine made by the same OEM that made the upstream filling system.

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Printing technology helps Chinese firm meet that country’s product identification requirements

Hailong Machinery Group uses thermal ink-jet technology to print high-density, high-resolution bar codes and text on primary and secondary packaging.

April 30, 2013

A preprinted pharmaceutical carton showing the GS1-128 bar code (on right, with 20 digits) required by China’s PIATS program is printed by RSI printheads using HP’s TIJ (thermal ink-jet) 2.5 cartridge technology. HP’s TIJ 2.5 can print at resolutions up to 600 dpi. RSI optimizes bar-code resolution and print-cartridge life using patent-pending Variable DPI and nozzle-flipping features. Hailong incorporated RSI’s HP-based printers into its track-and-trace system for PIATS.

Innovators tear down walls while planning ahead

Here are some tips to help jump-start—or rejuvenate—your leadership in managing a new package innovation.

April 26, 2013

Graphics and structural design were developed in concert for Ansell Ltd.’s new packaging that arouses curiosity and conveys a sense of trust with a sensitive and sophisticated touch of sensuality.

Visual trumps verbal in creating a memorable brand identity

Strong visual design assets stick with consumers more than verbal communication. That’s why packaging plays such an important role in the marketing mix.

April 25, 2013

Protective/transport packaging

PLA capsules adorn wine bottles

Trinity Oaks begins using compostable wine bottle capsules made from renewable materials.

April 25, 2013

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Bonduelle launches next-gen food can

After ten years in development, the leading European food processor Bonduelle has launched a new steel food can that delivers enhanced consumer appeal together with significant environmental benefits.

April 25, 2013

New DWI steel can is lightweighted by 15% and takes advantage of nitrogen dosing.

Operational Excellence

Opportunities galore in protective packaging

We sent contributing editor Ron Romanik to the March 25-28 TransPack Forum in Orlando for an update on trends and opportunities in protective packaging; here’s his report.

April 23, 2013

Shelf life and salability all hinge on how well fruit boxes like this protect their content during distribution.

Conveying & accumulation

Sanitary stainless steel bulk bag discharging system

Patented system from Material Transfer features the exclusive heavy-duty Flo-Master™ “breaker bar” bulk bag massaging system to promote material flow.

April 23, 2013

Sanitary stainless steel Material Master™ bulk bag discharging system

Cartons and boxes

Redesigned skin care package overcomes daunting hurdles

By working with its branding partner, Merz Pharmaceuticals now enjoys considerable shelf appeal, despite several retail challenges.

April 22, 2013

Soups/Condiments/Sauces/Spices/Dips/Dressings

Commodity ingredient packs now provide home-cooking inspiration

Appetizing imagery of finished recipes using dry grain and bean ingredients from Great Scot adorn new packages for the products, to inspire at-home cooks.

April 19, 2013

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Snack-cake carton graphics are contemporized

New packaging graphics for Mrs. Freshley’s brand of snack cakes and pastries provide a fresh and contemporary look; contest celebrates new packaging launch.

April 19, 2013

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Sustainable Packaging

Organic wines in stand-up pouch are 'uncorked'

A line of three fruit-inspired wine varieties are launched in an eco-friendly stand-up pouch by organic winemaker Gilles Louvet.

April 17, 2013

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What’s the key to profitable packaging innovation?

DuPont speaks with the lead juror of its 25th awards competition, consultant David Luttenberger, about the most important consideration in packaging innovation: the consumer.

April 17, 2013

Controls & Machine Components

Converter adds business management software

Rice Packaging Solutions, a converter serving the food and beverage industry, has selected a business management software solution built specifically for packaging operations.

April 15, 2013

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Automation and in-house digital printing drive this contract manufacturer

First came an automated line for lip balm, which was followed by last year’s installation of a liquid line for lotion and sanitizers. Growth—and Kisstixx—came as a result.

April 12, 2013

Northstar’s new lip balm line relies on pucks to keep the slender containers upright during the filling and capping process.

Material handling

Medicine kit package helps ColaLife save lives in Zambia

Wedge-shaped anti-diarrhea Kit Yamoyo package ‘piggybacks’ in unused space within CocaCola crates to take advantage of the beverage giant’s global distribution system.

April 12, 2013

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