Beverage

Bottle's sidewall made of film

A 300-mL bottle made largely of flexible film has a carbon footprint 50% less than the PET bottle it replaces for Belgium's WCUP.

May 31, 2008

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Packages earn NACD awards recognition

NACD Packages of the Year honored this month highlight innovation, sustainability.

May 31, 2008

Dairy

CSPI: 'Alcospeed' beverages unsafe in any package

The Center for Science in the Public Interest targets alcoholic energy drinks and their packaging.

May 31, 2008

Beverage

Label applicator is a perfect fit for Sea Breeze's low-volume printing

Label printers for manufacturing applications are typically judged on both their printing quality and their throughput. However, not every company requires the lightning-fast line speeds that are now possible with today’s printing technology. There have not been many options for budget-conscious customers that need a quality printer for low-volume production lines. Now, see how SATO has the “perfect fit.”

May 21, 2008

Beverage

EastPack returns to New York

EastPack, the East Coast’s largest packaging event, is ready to run with five other shows at New York City’s Javits Convention Center.

May 13, 2008

Beverage

Water BIB flows in Brazil

Marking its 20th year, the DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation 2008 include a number of notable achievements in sustainable packaging.

May 12, 2008

Inspection, Sorting & Weighing

Many sources of advice on enhancing supplier reliability

Food packagers always face challenges, of course.

May 12, 2008

Beverage

Moosehead muscles in on U.S. light beer market

In April 2008, Moosehead USA, Boulder, CO, the new U.S. importing arm of Canada-based Moosehead Breweries, launched Moosehead Light premium beer into select U.S. markets—including Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Nebraska, New Jersey, Minnesota, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania.

May 12, 2008

Beverage

NC law mandates bar/restaurant container recycling

A North Carolina state law (HB 237) went into effect Jan. 1 requiring all Alcoholic Beverage Control permit holders to recycle beverage containers sold at retail for on-premise consumption.

May 12, 2008

Beverage

Toddler juice packaging engages attention

In January 2008, First Juice, Inc., Mt. Freedom, NJ, launched a line of organic fruit and vegetable juice beverages specially formulated for toddlers.

May 12, 2008

Beverage

Green-conscious brown-box wines

Boho Vineyards, San Francisco, is thinking “inside the box” by serving up vintage-dated Central Coast Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, and Merlot wines packaged in eco-friendly 3-L bag-in-box wine casks made from unbleached, natural brown, chlorine-free kraft cardboard containing recycled paper.

May 12, 2008

Beverage

Resealable can energizes Burn

There’s a new option in resealability for beverage containers.

May 12, 2008

Beverage

ICA vf/f/s does coffee and more

In a booth filled with ELAU-equipped bagging systems, ICA's CSV40 Series Paket line demonstrated its ability to run multiple bag sizes and configurations, from simple pillow shaped bags to flat top and square bottom packs with longitudinal edge seams, tin-ties, degassing valves and gas flushing.

May 2, 2008