Coding, Printing & Labeling

Paper pallets

Paper pallets vie for their own niche.

December 2, 2010

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Food Chain Safety forms alliance with AmeriQual Group

Food Chain Safety (FCS), developer of continuous, microwave based advanced food processing systems has formally entered into a strategic alliance with AmeriQual Group to advance both the commercialization of Microwave Assisted Thermal Sterilization (MATS)  technology and the markets for the advanced food offerings the system delivers.

November 30, 2010

Protective/transport packaging

New packaging foam contains 25% renewable content

Sealed Air's Instapak® RC45 foam contains 25% renewable content in the finished foam product and is recommended for light-duty packaging applications.

November 29, 2010

Labels

Savvy marketers are leaning on value-added labels

Market niches are becoming more defined, with shorter production runs. With a shift in thinking, brands can improve ‘pickup power’ via an under-leveraged portion of the package—the label.

November 28, 2010

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November 28, 2010

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Paper and sustainability

Invented a long time ago and constantly improved over the course of many years, paper has come to be viewed as a quintessentially traditional packaging material.

November 28, 2010

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Green Guides for packaging and products get an update but still have gaps

Marketers often use labeling and advertising claims about the environmental benefits of their packaging or the products in them.

November 28, 2010

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Sustainability represents 'insurmountable opportunity'

With the launch of the first polylactic acid dairy cup, Stonyfield Farm has made another step forward in sustainable packaging innovation. Here, company chairman, president, and ‘CE-Yo’ Gary Hirshberg shares how his company has successfully merged sustainability and commerce.

November 28, 2010

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Stonyfield Farm makes studied switch to PLA for yogurt multipacks

In a first for dairy, Stonyfield uses PLA to produce f/f/s yogurt cups, resulting in 48% less GHGs than the HIPS packaging it replaces; offsets support non-GM0 corn production.

November 27, 2010

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Sustainability: A smart strategy for U.S. packaging machinery makers

A new report from the U.S. Dept. of Commerce details the implications of sustainability for packaging machinery OEMs, their customers, and suppliers.

November 27, 2010

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DuPont Awards-- call for entries

DuPont Packaging has announced the call for entries in the 23rd DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation, the industry’s longest running, independently judged competition.

November 27, 2010

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Hasbro joining the eco-friendly packaging parade

Toy maker promises changes beginning in 2011, with the goal of 90% recycled content for its packaging within five years.

November 23, 2010

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First-ever corrugated LCA published

Findings show mills are reducing manufacturing impacts; transportation impacts are negligible; and high recovery rates mean less landfill.

November 22, 2010