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Flexibles
Judges take a shine to new holographic toothpaste carton
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare’s new 6-oz Aquafresh White & Shine toothpaste carton was chosen as the winner of the Personal Care/Cosmetics Packaging category due to its use of a technology that at least one Greener Package Awards judge, John Bernardo of Sustainable Innovations LLC, says has the “potential for a huge impact.”
September 12, 2010
Pw 3241 Aquafresh White Shine
Consumer packaged goods
Subterranean facility earns Innovator of the Year Award
A 2009 brochure from corrugated converter Vanguard Packaging begins, “We live green.”
September 12, 2010
Pw 3242 Vanguard 1
Sustainable Packaging
Greener Package Awards honor eight
The second-annual Greener Package Awards competition recognizes innovations in five categories that significantly reduce packaging’s environmental footprint.
September 12, 2010
Home
Reusable box from eBay creates paper trail
Durable box from eBay designed to be used up to five times provides space for personal notes, detailing the box’s journey.
September 10, 2010
eBay_box
Feeding/inserting/unscrambling
Effective package design is built on more than meets the eye
I was in the grocery store doing my weekly shopping. My first stop: body wash. I stood in front of a sea of options when one caught my eye. I glanced at the price.
September 9, 2010
Secondary Packaging
Pack Expo purchases triple production
End-of-line equipment purchased at Pack Expo International 2008 helped Garden Lites boost productivity significantly. Top management will be back at the Chicago show this Fall
September 9, 2010
FLOOR SPACE. The side sealer (above) and the compact shrink tunnel (left) are designed to work in tandem while occupying minimal
Conveying & accumulation
Ingredient blending goes in house
Retrofit with blender and flexible screw conveyor adds in-house blending to packaging of cosmetic powder. New-found flexibility satisfies customer requirements.
September 9, 2010
liquid metering. A liquid metering pump and bulk solids feeder meter glitter and fragrance oil into the blender.
Flexibles
Growth for digitally printed packaging
Printing companies like Mediaware are starting to see the potential that digital technology offers for the packaging market.
September 9, 2010
Sustainable Packaging
Digital printing--a difference maker in launch of Windows 7
Less waste, accelerated speed to market, and anticounterfeiting advantages are some of the benefits gained through on-demand digital printing of folding cartons.
September 9, 2010
DIGITAL WORKFLOW. The workflow behind these digitally printed cartons is integrated with Microsoft's order entry, manufacturing,
Flexibles
Guess what? They're not buying your product because of your packaging
Package safety has joined product safety in consumer importance. Many CPG companies view that as a negative, but they should instead embrace it as a brand-value opportunity.
September 9, 2010
Stonyfield Farms has changed the material composition of its plastic yogurt cups and made the walls thinner
Home
How the survey is conducted
Shelf Impact! and Dragon Rouge have been conducting a survey on recent package innovations and reporting on the findings each quarter since the beginning of 2009.
September 9, 2010
Flexibles
Best of both worlds: Balancing sustainability with production savings
Our quarterly survey uncovers a trend: The right structure and graphics are important for package innovation, but ‘green’ materials and cost-consciousness are driving the equation.
September 9, 2010
COST REDUCTION. By using flexible-film bags, Clorox reduced packaging material weight by 80% and achieved other cost efficiencie
Meat/Poultry/Seafood
Sizzling sleeves boost lamb's taste appeal in meat case
Lamb traditionally has been a slow-moving item in the meat aisle.
September 9, 2010
Beverage
Shelf Impact! is evolving to serve you better
More packaging professionals are recognizing that decisions made during the earliest stages of package creation can affect the entire value chain.
September 9, 2010
Controls & Machine Components
Case packer is 'sophisticated' yet rugged
Case packer is ‘sophisticated’ yet rugged Machine uses best-in-class controls technology to achieve throughput of 35 cases/min. IP67 rating ensures reliability despite rugged wash downs.
September 9, 2010
BL20 I/O. The BL20 I/O stations installed within the subassembly give users control and diagnostics on the Pro Pack machine.
Digital Transformation
Benchmarking OEE
EMI brings packaging line performance analysis to life. Are you Best-in-Class, Average, or Laggard?
September 9, 2010
This chart shows that of all the lines studied, the top 25% (best-in-class) are at 82% OEE, the middle 50% have OEE at 54.9%, an
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Flexible packaging sales revenue forecast to rise 3.4% this year
The Flexible Packaging Assn. predicts U.S. sales revenue to reach $27.3 billion this year. Also, raw materials pricing supplants the economy as the primary concern of survey respondents.
September 9, 2010
Pw 3291 Fpa Figure A
Sustainability
P&G pushes the limits of two-stage ISBM
P&G teams up with an innovative resin supplier and a specialist in high-performance packaging to commercialize a PP preform for stretch blow molding.
September 9, 2010
Pw 3293 Tide Stain Release Bi Opp Bottle3
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