Package Printing

drupa Review: Digital Printing’s Table is Ready, Packaging to Benefit

Advances in digital printing quality, speed, and economics have the tech poised to take package printing market share from traditional printing methods. Sharply ascending in-market adoption confirms that what was once a curiosity is becoming mainstream.

June 28, 2024

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Package Design

Neopac Wins Tube of the Year Award for World’s Smallest Child-Resistant Tube

Hoffmann Neopac AG

Noepac’s 10mm Polyfoil tube with child-resistant nozzle cap wins European Tube Manufacturers Association’s “Prototype” category.

June 27, 2024

Recycling

Sainsbury's Extends Pulp Packaging From Steak to Fish/Poultry

The UK retailer introduces recyclable pulp and cardboard packaging for its own-brand fish and chicken, aiming to save nearly 700 tons of plastic annually and enhance sustainability.

June 17, 2024

Package Design

Michigan State University's School of Packaging Introduces MSU Collective for NewProductWorks

Michigan State University School of Packaging

The MSU Collective for NewProductWorks is a one-of-a-kind archive of over 140,000 packaged goods designed to inspire innovation and education in packaging and marketing.

June 13, 2024

Contract packaging

Walmart, CVS, and Gopuff: Private Label Heats Up

The trend, which is reshaping how store brands get customers to fill their carts, shows no signs of slowing down.

June 6, 2024

Package Design

“3D Print” Embossing on Glass by Digitally Layering Viscous Inks

In a collaboration between printhead supplier Xaar, ink supplier Marabu, and digital printer OEM Kammann, glass bottles get a "3D-printed" embossing effect for tactile features and colors by layering viscous inks, via digital print heads, onto bottles.

June 5, 2024

Package Design

Walking the Tightrope of Brand Family Package Design

Designing packaging for a product range requires an intricate balance of differentiation and uniformity to highlight product variation while ensuring shoppers still see each item as part of a connected collection.

May 31, 2024

Package Design

Chobani Pursues ‘Living and Breathing’ Packaging Graphics

Greek yogurt company Chobani shares its strategies for creating compelling packaging designs, with Chobani Creations and its ‘Halloween takeover’ as examples.

January 22, 2024

Package Design

GoodPop’s Package Redesign Helps Fuel 40% Sales Growth

The brand won the 2022 grand prize in the Designalytics Effectiveness Awards, while also doubling down on innovation and social impact.

November 22, 2022

Package Design

Walmart Brand Leans in to ‘Humanization’ of Pets

A redesign and line extension for Walmart’s own-brand super-premium pet food, Pure Balance, uses ingredients and packaging design cues that follow the trend of humanizing products for pets.

February 9, 2022

Package Design

P&G’s Dawn EZ-Squeeze Inverted Bottle Flips Dishwashing on its Head

New inverted bottle with no-flip cap, self-sealing valve, and one-handed dispensing for Dawn liquid dish soap means no more shaking, flipping, or banging to get out the last drop.

January 13, 2022

Package Design

Little Red Box Gets First Redesign in Decades

A brand refresh for Sun-Maid’s raisin and other whole-fruit products includes changes that aim to appeal to millennial shoppers looking for healthy snacks for their families.

May 19, 2020