Automation & Digital Transformation

Scale-to-PLC communications link is the key

Liquid filling gets a big boost in efficiency and accuracy from an Ethernet connection

May 4, 2010

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May 4, 2010

Beverage

Mexican-food chain restaurant launches100% rPET container

Rubio’s announces slew of sustainability-related initiatives, including the launch of the first Bottle Box 100% rPET foodservice container.

May 4, 2010

Conveying & Product Handling

Strategically designed canning line kicks up coffee filling

Extreme changeover flexibility, operator safety and convenience, and increased capacity are key considerations for new 120-can/min coffee filling line for Melitta USA.

May 3, 2010

Prepared & Canned Foods

90-day shelf life + sustainability gains = progress at Byrne Dairy

Byrne Dairy has a proven track record in ESL products. Now it’s using a new technology called ‘dry sterilization’ to get 90-day shelf life and get greener at the same time.

May 3, 2010

Confection & Candy

More signs of a gradual recovery

Impluse sales at convenience stores seem to be picking up--candy, snack and soda sales finally show improvement.

April 30, 2010

Beverage

PepsiCo launches 'grip' pack in India

Proprietary design for Mountain Drew makes bottles easier to hold, and the company plans to extend the design to additional global markets.

April 26, 2010

Prepared & Canned Foods

FPA picks student winners

Two clever winners placed first and second in this year’s Student Flexible Packaging Design Challenge.

April 26, 2010

Beverage

Is a tobacco company using packaging to target children?

Yes, say some critics and it carries ramifications for other CPG industries.

April 26, 2010

Beverage

Pilot program tackles hot-beverage cup recycling

CoRR launches the second phase of its food packaging project to demonstrate the viability of recycling paper cups along with corrugated cardboard into high-value materials.

April 22, 2010

Soups, Condiments, Sauces, Spices, Dips & Dressings

French vintner aims to take wine in new directions

Boisset Family Estates is getting away from the traditional glass bottle and going with a plastic bottle and a Tetra Pak container. Aluminum containers might be next.

April 22, 2010

Beverage

Aluminum can is most sustainable package, association rebukes

The Aluminum Association reacts to PETRA LCI that gives PET bottles the ‘green light’ over glass and aluminum for single-serve soft drinks.

April 22, 2010

Beverage

Refillable packaging: What's in it for the consumer?

An ASDA supermarket trial in the U.K. offers consumers an in-store opportunity to refill private-label fabric softener in a plastic pouch.

April 22, 2010