Sustainable Packaging

LCA helps Kraft measure, improve environmental impacts of packaging

Proprietary Eco-Calculator helps Kraft’s packaging designers create more efficient, sustainable solutions for products, such as the Kraft YES Pack and the Tassimo T Disk.

May 7, 2012

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Boston Scientific boxes savings by producing shippers on demand

The company’s Netherlands distribution center reduces freight and corrugated inventory costs with three converting machines that provide a four-month return on investment.

May 7, 2012

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Innovation Survey: Packaging with a purpose

Our latest innovation survey rewards products that have approached innovation from a holistic perspective, while also delivering upon an unmet consumer need.

May 4, 2012

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Shelf Impact!/Dragon Rouge Innovation Survey

The following 15 packages were selected as part of Shelf Impact!/Dragon Rouge's second quarter 2012 Innovation Survey of packaging. This quarter's survey focused on food packaging.

May 4, 2012

Sustainable Packaging

New barrier biopolymer apps debut at AMI/FMI

Boasting a gas-barrier layer that comes from a ‘high amylose plant starch,’ corn-based biopolymer trays were a notable highlight at AMI/FMI International May 1-3 in Dallas.

May 3, 2012

Sustainable Packaging

Study compares bio-based plastics

A qualitative analysis of bio-based plastics evaluates their environmental, health, and safety impacts through LCA information and plots them on an Avoid/Preferred spectrum.

May 2, 2012

Containers

Craft brewers pick bottle can for limited-edition Chaka ale

A resealable aluminum bottle provides differentiation, as well as light weight and shelf-life advantages for limited-release handcrafted ale.

May 1, 2012

Contract Packaging

RRP still growing, but hurdles do exist

Retail-Ready Packaging continues to pick up steam in the U.S. But concerns about material costs, overall ROI, and packaging line machinability must be reckoned with.

April 30, 2012

Additives, coatings & inks

VideoJet introduces three new inks for continuous ink jet printers

Videojet Technologies Inc., a world-leading manufacturer of coding, printing and laser marking products, announced the launch of three new inks.

April 27, 2012

Sustainability

Distinctive PET bottle for rum

The launch of McCormick Distilling Co.'s new Montego Bay Coconut Rum is marked by packaging with eye-catching design and color that gives the new brand strong shelf appeal.

April 27, 2012

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SPS 2012 delves into LCA, food waste

Sustainable Packaging Symposium 2012, the second edition of the event, organized by Greener Package and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ Institute for Sustainability, held in Houston, TX, in early April focused on packaging’s role in the sustainable supply chain, including the value of the Life Cycle Assessment and on packaging as a tool for reducing food waste.

April 27, 2012

Secondary Packaging

Eight tips for selecting cartoning equipment

Keep these tips in mind when purchasing cartoning equipment.

April 27, 2012

Controls & Machine Components

OMAC Packaging Workgroup: it's all about the deliverables

Now that OPW has transitioned from the ISA/Automation Federation and has a firm friend in the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute, leadership thinks it’s time to talk about deliverables.

April 27, 2012