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Wrench-shaped tin provides a bad-breath fix

A Mr. Fixit for bad breath, Wrench Mints from Los Angeles-based entrepreneur Eddy Rubin, president and CEO of Wrench Mints, uses a distinctive, wrench-shaped tinplate container full of the tool-shaped breath fresheners to appeal to home improvement and automotive retail-store consumers.

December 7, 2007

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Packaging school launches new programs

MSU School of Packaging is renewing its commitment to Outreach Education by developing and launching a new series of seminars and short courses in 2008.

December 7, 2007

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Molding expertise shines

Theft deterrence and product visibility were key requirements in a two-part, snap-fit, thermoformed package for Microsoft’s new Windows Vista product sold in select Latin American markets.

December 6, 2007

Consumer packaged goods

DVD package built with sustainable 'ark-itecture'

Evan Almighty launches in a special, paper-based DVD package in Canada.

December 6, 2007

Controls & Machine Components

The Top 10 robotics application mistakes

Avoid these mistakes when considering, and implementing, robotics on your packaging line.

December 3, 2007

Flexibles

Analyzing bioplastic packaging's future

Bioplastics: The very name suggests sustainability, but that shouldn’t exempt the materials from an objective, probing analysis.

December 3, 2007

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Clemson breaks ground for packaging

University breaks ground on new 28,000 sq' packaging science building.

November 9, 2007

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November 7, 2007

Sustainability

Cooking up a recipe for innovation? Serve it up in manageable steps

Start by defining innovation within your company culture. Then organize it, approach it strategically, and source it properly. If you fail, resolve to try again.

November 7, 2007

Flexibles

New product from old packaging

TerraCycle is churning out new products and new product ideas at an incredible rate. Following is a sampling of some of its new products and initiatives in 2007:

November 7, 2007

Flexibles

TerraCycle: Packaging with a repurpose

TerraCycle, the company built on worm poop, gives used containers new life as plant-food packaging.

November 7, 2007

Sustainable Packaging

Cereal manufacturers should switch from two inner bags to one for club store packaging

Sustainable packaging is an incremental pursuit, quickened when adoptions are made by an entire category. For example, club-store-size cereals with twin bags inside a carton could be switched by cereal manufacturers to one large bag.

November 7, 2007

Recycling

Social responsibility leads the way at Green Mountain Coffee Roasters

With all the talk about the Wal-Mart Sustainability Scorecard changing the industry, it is easy to overlook the fact that numerous organizations have engaged in sustainable efforts for many years. At these companies, the push for corporate social responsibility and greater sustainability comes directly from senior management as well as from employees themselves. Sustainable packaging is the extension of corporate values at these companies.

November 7, 2007