Recycling

Competing with the big brands as a niche cosmetics player

Jill Tomandl, vice president of global product/package development and package design, discusses the approach behind Glendale, CA-based Stila Cosmetics' fun and quirky packaging, sustainability, and how vendors have helped reduce time to shelf.

November 12, 2010

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Closures

Winemaker toasts packaging design importance

Silver Moon Winery, Dover, OH, markets a range of wines but places special emphasis on sweet and dessert wine offerings—wines made from the juices of California and New York grapes infused with selected fruits.

November 12, 2010

Flexibles

Paperboard tray for MAP fish

The Finnish fish processing company V. Hukkanen Oy is launching its Kalaneuvos marinated salmon strips in new paperboard-based microwavable and ovenable modified atmosphere packaging.

November 11, 2010

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Mitsubishi Polyester Film develops liner recycling program

Mitsubishi Polyester Film, Inc. has developed a technical breakthrough to establish a post-industrial closed loop process for the sustainable recovery of waste polyester liner film.

November 8, 2010

Protective/transport packaging

Eco-friendly option comes to protective packaging

Laminations' UCrate provides shaped channels that provide strength, protection, and recyclability in protecting tubes and glass products.

November 6, 2010

Sustainable Packaging

Sustainability solutions showcased at Pack Expo

Machines and materials with sustainability benefits were presented at Pack Expo 2010, following a keynote by the innovator of UPCYCLING packaging, Tom Szaky, President and Founder of TerraCycle.

November 6, 2010

Sustainability

Unilever display shrinks footprint using Sonoco's design software

A redesigned floorstand wing unit for Vaseline Sheer Infusion body lotion reduces paperboard use by 50% without any loss in branding appeal in stores.

November 3, 2010

Flexibles

Laminate and sealant film with antimicrobial additive; reclosable zipper for hf/f/s

This video showcases commercial applications of a reusable pouch, Vapur flexible water bottle, and a Unilever stand-up pouch for Hellmann's clubstore mayo packets.

November 1, 2010

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Schneider Electric becomes an OYSTAR Global Automation Partner

OYSTAR IWK is introducing its new TFS E tube filler at Pack Expo 2010 in Chicago. This machine features innovative solutions that greatly reduce product changeover times. It also served as a pilot project for international collaboration between IWK and Schneider Electric, in which Schneider Electric served as both an international technology partner and a supplier of automation and electrical equipment.

October 26, 2010

Flexibles

PET recycling rate reaches 28% in 2009

An annual report of the PET recycling industry documents a steady increase despite a reduction in packages available for recycling, by weight.

October 26, 2010

Sustainability

OFF THE SHELF: Greener package for calcium supplement

Anne Marie Mohan examines a full-bodied shrink sleeve labeled container for GlaxoSmithKline calcium supplements that requires significantly less packaging materials.

October 22, 2010

Flexibles

The case of the compostable chip package-Part 2

The sun has all but set on the Sun Chips® bag, but not without giving rise to a host of issues.

October 19, 2010

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Perfecseal wins Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Award

Perfecseal, a division of Bemis Company and global supplier to the medical device, pharmaceutical and diagnostic packaging markets, has earned the 2010 SPE roll-fed, thin-gauge medical thermoformed parts Gold Medal for design of the Ascent Gyrus thermoformed tray.

October 19, 2010