Sustainable Packaging: Page 451

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Ringnes taps RFID

Norway’s largest brewery uses RFID to reduce bottlenecks for tracking large shipping containers and finds several unexpected benefits.

July 1, 2009

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Development costs discourage pharmaceutical packaging innovation

Product development costs discourage pharmaceutical packaging innovation, says Packaging Hall of Fame inductee Edward J. Bauer, senior director, product and package innovation and development, for Pittsburgh-based General Nutrition Centers.

July 1, 2009

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Bottled water gets 100% compostable labels

In the Summer of 2008, Pure Pacific International, Inc., Glendale, CA, launched Aloha Pure Water and Aloha Deep Water in PET bottles with 8- and 9-color Earth-First®, corn-based, PLA (polyactic acid) full-body shrink-sleeve labels.

July 1, 2009

Coding, Printing & Labeling

In-mold labels save trees

Lloyd’s Barbeque Co., a div. of Hormel Foods Corp. recently introduced new sustainable plastic tub packaging with in-mold labeling.

June 30, 2009

Sustainability

A 1-L PET bottle for wine

Already a leader in bringing good wines to PET containers, Boisset Family Estates has struck again with Fog Mountain Merlot in a 1-L PET bottle made of oxygen-scavenging material.

June 30, 2009

Flexibles

Green tableware in PLA packaging supports premium price

Bioplastic cutlery from Nviroplast packed in a PLA carton fetch up to a 50% premium versus traditional plastic products.

June 30, 2009

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Color Point Tracks High Value Assets With 100% Accuracy

RFID system for asset tracking improves visibility and saves money. See how SATO ISD saved 35% in reusable assets for a company shipping to large big box retailers. Story includes link to view a video of the implementation.

June 29, 2009

Sustainability

Sustainable packaging-many ways to skin this cat

Coca-Cola, Sara Lee, and ConAgra are putting a lot of thought into sustainable packaging initiatives. Consider these ideas as you ponder your own carbon footprint.

June 23, 2009

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Wood-based film flow-wraps eco-friendly cutlery

A sustainable cutlery product made from starch enhances its environmental image with biodegradable, compostable packaging.

June 20, 2009

Sustainable Packaging

Automatic stretch wrapping's positive economic and environmental impact

Everyday that a company continues to manually wrap its products with stretch film it misses an opportunity to significantly reduce its costs and its carbon footprint.

June 16, 2009

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Excellence in metal decorating

A recyclable aluminum bottle with bold graphics and a distinctive neck profile wins IMDA award.

June 10, 2009

Controls & Machine Components

Industry watch

June 5, 2009