Bakery & Snack

Packaging automation delivers value for tough economy

With the recession ‘official,’ CPGs stand to win more sales and market share in 2009 through packaging innovation and efficiency than comparable investments.

December 8, 2008

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Beverage

Marketing rollout begins for industry report

The Contract Packaging Association’s (CPA) “State of the Contract Packaging Industry” report is now available.

December 6, 2008

Beverage

Acing the audit

Preparation, practice, and consistency are essentials for impressing auditors.

December 5, 2008

Bakery & Snack

CP 08 paints paths to innovation

It takes a planned strategy, Quaker Foods VP says. Conference gives direction to assembling the right team, and where and how contract packaging enters the mix.

December 5, 2008

Beverage

Esio Beverage attracts a co-packer--without a product

Groundbreaking pouch beverage system was merely an idea. But Esio landed the right partner, with the right equipment, through a shared imagination of ‘what could be.’

December 5, 2008

Beverage

Save the date! CPF 09 to be Sept. 1 in suburban Chicago

Contract Packaging and Packaging World magazines announce that their annual contract-packaging conference and networking event will be Sept. 1, 2009, in suburban Chicago.

December 4, 2008

Beverage

Amazon identifies frustration-free packaging

The online retailer addresses consumer frustrations through Web pages featuring users' videos and photos, recommendations—and those packages that draw consumers' ire.

December 3, 2008

Dairy

The U.K.'s green milk (containers)

The milk container market in the U.K. exemplifies the sustainable options within an important packaging segment.

December 3, 2008

Dairy

Innovation insights

Innovation can be painful and costly, but the benefits are tremendous for creating brands that keep customers coming back, food and beverage developer Barbara Stuckey advises.

December 3, 2008

Beverage

Evian brings high fashion to bottled water

Fashion designers know that a good collection combines the reinvention of ideas with underlying signature qualities.

December 3, 2008

Beverage

What if...a collapsing bottle could maintain carbonation in soft drinks?

One of the greatest drawbacks in buying large volumes of soda is that the carbonation level of the product changes throughout the lifespan of the product. !”

December 3, 2008

Beverage

Reusables benefits checklist

December 3, 2008

Beverage

Reusable transport packaging comes of age

Rising packaging material and supply-chain costs, environmental pressures, and government regulations make reusable transport packaging an attractive and profitable option.

December 3, 2008