Plastics/resins

PET packaging market forecast to grow to $57 billion by 2017

Growth will be driven by increasing demand in emerging and transitional economies, as well as brand owners’ interest in PET’s environmental benefits.

April 10, 2012

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Recycling

New packs, technologies shown at NPE

Rugenwalde Muhle of Germany has switched out of metal containers for its pate product and is now packaging its pate in a triangular-shaped thermoformed PP container (shown here) that is decorated with two in-mold labels, one on the sidewalls and one on the bottom.

April 5, 2012

Sustainable Packaging

SPS 2012: Day one delves into LCA, recycling

With a stated focus of “Advancing Sustainable Supply Chains with Optimized Packaging,” the second annual Sustainable Packaging Symposium kicked off with discussions on Life Cycle Analysis and the challenges of recycling.

April 5, 2012

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Study: The impact of online purchase for package design

In today’s world of growing online product purchase, the post-purchase brand experience is a "critical moment of truth."

April 3, 2012

Cartons and boxes

Custom shipper delivers security

A custom-designed corrugated shipping box that showcases the components of SafeMart.com’s home security systems provides peace of mind to customers.

April 3, 2012

Contract Packaging

Bumble Bee on contract packagers and plastic containers

Packaging development manager Brian Stepowany of Bumble Bee Foods talks about the importance of relationship building with contract packagers and the challenges of plastic can development.

April 3, 2012

Sustainability

Planters, Sonoco partner for sustainability

Glass-to-plastic switch reduces weight of packaging and the number of trucks to distribute product.

April 3, 2012

Sustainable Packaging

FDA rejects petition to ban BPA from food and beverage packaging

Article from CBS News reports on FDA’s official statement regarding the use of BPA, in response to a petition filed in 2008.

April 2, 2012

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Packaging made from mushrooms

There’s fungus among us with this new biomaterial; but how should the promotional claims be evaluated?

April 1, 2012

Sustainable Packaging

Dune Lankard to speak on sustainable seafood supply chain at SPS 2012

Dune Lankard, founder of the Eyak Preservation Council, will speak at Sustainable Packaging Symposium 2012, April 3 to 5, in Houston. The former commercial fisherman turned community activist and entrepreneur will discuss his experiences building a sustainable seafood supply chain.

March 30, 2012

Plastics/resins

FDA to respond to petition to ban BPA

While the agency weighs evidence that both supports and opposes the controversial chemical, consumers may make the ultimate decision.

March 30, 2012

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Amcor Rigid Plastics announces major expansion of multilayer PP bottle capacity in US and Canada to shift manufacturing footprint closer to customers

Amcor Rigid Plastics has announced a major expansion of extrusion blow molded PP bottle capacity in the Midwest, Southwest, and Canada in response to strong market demand for packaging for food and nutritional supplements.

March 29, 2012

Contract Packaging

Personal best: How to thrive in a global contract packaging economy

Q&A with Michael Hastings, president and CEO of Sterling Contract Packaging Inc.

March 28, 2012