PMMI News

3D printing’s promise for medical devices

Don’t blink, because the world of healthcare packaging, particularly in medical devices, is undergoing dramatic innovation.

January 8, 2015

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Secondary Packaging

Automated by-the-book packaging for on-line orders

MBS Textbook Exchange realizes significant savings in shipping material costs, makes more efficient use of labor time, and delivers better-protected, easier-to-open packages.

January 8, 2015

Cartons and boxes

Retailers are ready for RRP

Bernhard Vaihinger is Head of Product Management, Innovation and Technology at Bosch Packaging Systems GmbH. Here he talks about recent trends in secondary packaging.

January 8, 2015

Closures

Shaker-style bottle serves up fun beverages for non-drinkers

For those who don’t drink alcohol, being the partygoer carrying a bottle of water among those enjoying colorful drinks in swanky glasses can dampen the party experience.

January 8, 2015

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Comparing UDI and DSCSA coding

Although there are differences between the medical device Unique Device Identification (UDI) regulation and the Pharmaceutical Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA), Videojet Technologies’ Tim Kearns finds many common aspects across both.

January 6, 2015

Sustainable Packaging

Greener Package Top 10: Getting down to business

While the excitement around sustainability may have waned in 2014, our Top 10 shows that Greener Package readers are still eager to learn what it means for their packaging.

January 5, 2015

Sustainable Packaging

A quarter-million tons of plastic pollution found in oceans

The 5 Gyres Institute compiles six years and 500,000 nautical miles worth of information to provide a global estimate of plastic pollution in the world’s oceans.

January 2, 2015

Sustainability

Fuller Brush brand boasts a new look

The 108-year-old Fuller Brush brand is sporting a new look for its Stanley 100 detergent.

December 31, 2014

Sustainability

Video: Sparkling wine bottle gets 2 oz lighter

In a two-year project, MARTINI Asti redesigns its sparkling wine bottle to reduce the glass weight, as part of parent company Bacardi’s sustainability initiative.

December 29, 2014

Home

Top 10 of 2014: A mixed ‘bag’

Visitors to the packworld.com website in 2014 showed a mix of interests, from package design innovation, to CPG operations, to sustainability.

December 26, 2014

Sustainability

Dairy saves 1.7 M lb of HDPE in less than two years

A new 1-gal HDPE milk jug for United Dairy uses significantly less plastic, increases operational efficiencies, and offers greater functionality to consumers.

December 25, 2014

Containers

Seventh Generation package is 'display-worthy'

When Seventh Generation redesigned the packaging for its line of four hand-wash products to make it more appealing for consumers’ counters, it saw sales double.

December 24, 2014

Containers

Salsa container is both rigid and flexible

Salsa maker is the first brand in North America to use a new container that combines rigid and flexible packaging materials to reduce weight and material, and increase shelf appeal.

December 23, 2014