Secondary Packaging

Environmentally-Friendly Shrink Packer

Polypack worked in collaboration with Plastic Suppliers, Inc., Earth-First® PLA film, made with NatureWorks® PLA resin to develop a series of shrink packaging machines capable of running Earth-First® PLA film.

October 31, 2006

Bio-based: Page 106

Bio-based

Sainsbury introduces green packaging...

UK based supermarket puts 500 products, ready meals and organic produce, in compostable packaging.

September 25, 2006

Recycling

Also in the United Kingdom, packaging future could well be in the compost pile...

The future isn't now, according to some in the United Kingdom recyclable packaging industry.

September 13, 2006

Secondary Packaging

Good-For-The-Earth Trays

“Customers were asking us to explore biodegradable or compostable packaging materials, especially retailers that specialize in organic type products.”That’s how CEO Dwight Ferguson of Willcox, AZ-based Eurofresh Farms explains how his firm recently began using trays made by Earthcycle Packaging (www.earthcycle.com) for specialty products including cherry tomatoes, grape tomatoes, and cocktail tomatoes.

July 31, 2006

Flexibles

Biotechnology and packaging films

Held in April in Chicago, the Biotechnology Industry Organization’s BIO 2006 presented many exciting bio-based developments in various industries.

May 31, 2006

Secondary Packaging

Bioplastics magazine launches

First-of-its-kind Bioplastics magazine debuts in May featuring an interview with Nestlé’s VP of packaging.

May 31, 2006

Bio-based

Combination products could revolutionize healthcare packaging

EASTPACK : “Multiple-combination products, i.e., devices containing several drugs and biologics, are clearly the future of medicine,” stated Michael Drues, Ph.D., during his June 7 conference session at Medical Design & Manufacturing East in New York entitled, “Designing Cardiovascular Devices and Combination Products: Medical Devices Meet Biotechnology.”

May 31, 2006

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Costco's packaging makeover revealed

The company’s revamped club store packaging yields cosmetics with an environmentally friendly bent—with more iterations on the way.

May 31, 2006

Home

All natural appeal

Plastic bottles made from renewable resources are showing up in the marketplace with increasing frequency these days.

April 30, 2006

Sustainable Packaging

Insight from Bio 2006

Seems anything “bio”-related qualifies as a hot topic these days.

April 30, 2006

Sustainable Packaging

Beginning the journey to sustainable packaging

When it comes to sustainable packaging, a small step in the right direction is better than no step at all. Be sure to include all supply chain stakeholders, too.

February 28, 2006

Sustainable Packaging

Embracing the promise of sustainable packaging

The rise in oil prices has sparked interest in alternatives to petroleum-based packaging. But the sustainable packaging movement is about more than just oil pricing.

January 31, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

Packagers give OEMs more say in controls

Trend away from rigid control specifications gives OEMs freedom to work with the best control platform for their design, fosters innovation and cost savings.

January 31, 2006