Containers

Female-targeted energy drink a stunner in slim can

Goddess Energy, Inc. improves the formula for its Flirt Energy Drink, and rolls out the beverage in sleek aluminum can that offers functionality, sustainability.

September 24, 2012

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Contract Packaging

Contract packaging sessions at Pack Expo

IoPP’s Packaging Learning Center hosts kitting, supply chain sessions by the Contract Packaging Association.

September 18, 2012

Sustainable Packaging

Center for Sustainable Packaging created at RIT

New education and research center, established with $2.2 million in gifts, will be dedicated to the development and use of sustainable packaging.

September 18, 2012

Sustainable Packaging

Dell: 'Powering the possible' of green

Following the release of computer giant Dell’s 2012 Corporate Responsibility Report in July, Oliver Campbell, Dell’s director of procurement, discussed the company’s initiatives around packaging, in particular its use of bamboo and mushroom-based packaging.

September 7, 2012

Home

RockTenn and DS Smith announce licensing agreement

RockTenn, integrated manufacturers of corrugated and consumer packaging and recycling solutions, and DS Smith Plc, international supplier of recycled packaging for consumer goods, have entered into a strategic alliance, executing a licensing agreement that gives RockTenn the exclusive rights to manufacture and distribute proprietary corrugated packaging designs and to distribute innovative packaging equipment in the US.

September 5, 2012

Sustainable Packaging

Study: All things equal, green is preferred

Green Up Street, which runs the Green Up Street Network, a group of suppliers that specializes in cartons and boxes made from agricultural byproducts, recently uncovered some interesting insights regarding consumers’ acceptance of packaging made from alternative materials when it conducted tests using a cereal box made from sugarcane bagasse versus a traditional paperboard cereal box.

September 5, 2012

Sustainability

Biopolymer tray for refrigerated ready meals

Excelline Foods launched its new ready meals by installing a thermoforming machine and feeding it a forming web lamination whose core layer is a corn-based biopolymer.

September 4, 2012

Sustainable Packaging

Justin's nut butters relaunched in 100% PCR PET

Organic, all-natural nut-butter products now use containers having 100% post-consumer recycled PET content.

August 29, 2012

Sustainability

Aluminum beverage can recycling rate reaches 65.1%

The number is a seven percentage-point increase over 2010 and marks solid progress toward the industry’s goal of a 75% recycling rate.

August 28, 2012

Recycling

Tape shows clear benefits

Personal care giant Unilever likes the easy-opening characteristics of a special tape it’s using for a new men’s grooming multipack offer in Chile.

August 28, 2012

Operational Excellence

Cold chain packaging with biodegradable components

ThermoPod® introduces super insulated temperature control and protective mailers and packaging liners made with components that are completely biodegradable.

August 28, 2012

Sustainable Packaging

Compostable breakfast boxes save space and the environment

The Swedish airline Malmö Aviation has recently launched new breakfast boxes made of paperboard that save space on board, extend the life of their contents, simplify handling, and have a lower environmental impact than their plastic-based predecessors.

August 27, 2012

Sustainable Packaging

Whole Foods moves to mineralized coating for deli boxes

The Rocky Mountain Region of grocer Whole Foods Market plans to introduce its 100% recycled paperboard deli boxes with a coating made from 40% calcium carbonate.

August 27, 2012