Coding, Printing & Labeling

The dirt on lawn and garden packaging

Charles Ratterree is art director as well as flexible packaging materials buyer for privately held Fafard Inc., a lawn and garden products company with headquarters in Agawam, MA.

May 31, 2004

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Sustainable Packaging

Proposed California recyling bill hit

A group of consumer product companies has formed the California Packaging Alliance to oppose a bill in the state Senate that would alter the Rigid Plastic Packaging Container (RPPC) calculation.

May 31, 2004

Sustainability

Packaging security: in-store measures remain essential

Responding to retailer needs, clamshell blisters answer theft threats. Yet some packagers look for less costly alternatives.

May 31, 2004

Sustainability

Color control across resins and regions

Esteé Lauder Companies is strongly committed to packaging whose colors are consistent, on a global basis, regardless of the resin from which the part is molded.

May 31, 2004

Flexibles

Fresh salad, 'nature' packaging

First tested last summer, Il Melograno srl, a produce company in Santarcangelo di Romagna, Italy, is now packaging its fresh, ready-to-eat salads using films made of corn-based NatureWorks PLA, from Cargill Dow BV in the Netherlands.

May 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Cal Poly: Coffee singles can

This theoretical development from Cal Poly packaging students centers on a welded can containing individual filter packs of instant coffee.

April 30, 2004

Sustainable Packaging

Bottom line ranks as top issue

Respondents to a new Packworld.com survey made it perfectly clear that cost is their most critical packaging issue, be it related to materials, machinery, or labor.

April 30, 2004

Sustainability

CPGs focus on graphics

Where packaging is concerned, consumers often judge a book by its cover. Therefore, glossy coatings and stunning graphics can greatly influence a shopper’s purchasing decision.

April 30, 2004

Flexibles

Bacardi focuses on consumers

Maintaining a consumer focus when developing new products and packaging is critical to the success of Bacardi, said Yousef Zaatar, vice president, product manufacturing development, for Bacardi Bottling Corp., Jacksonville, FL.

April 30, 2004

Reusable/Returnable

PPC Gold award winners

Following is a list of Gold award winners from the PPC annual competition.

April 30, 2004

Reusable/Returnable

PPC Gold award winners

Following is a list of the Gold Award winners from the PPC annual competition.

April 30, 2004

Home

Ontario packaging fees to soar?

For the second half of 2004, packaging fees for the province of Ontario, Canada, could increase an average of 27%, according to Michele Raymond, publisher of State Recycling Laws Update.

April 30, 2004

Labels

Cornstarch redesigned

Clabber Girl has introduced a new cornstarch package whose graphics retain the antique-like charm of a previous paperboard package, but integrated with bright, colorful graphics.

April 30, 2004