Prepared & Canned Foods

Picking, packing, and palletizing with robots

Robotics—a flexible automation system that improves productivity, quality, and workforce capabilities—continues making inroads into packaging.

August 9, 2007

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Fruits & Vegetables

Revisiting Las Vegas

Their 2005 visit to Pack Expo Las Vegas yielded big dividends, so these two packaging professionals plan a return to Vegas for another look-see.

August 9, 2007

Beverage

The case for glass

One of the fascinating things about that ever-so-popular subject known as “sustainable packaging” is how contradictory peoples’ views can be. For example, while Boisset and the Liquor Control Board of Ontario are convinced that glass is considerably less “green” than PET, aluminum, or paper/foil laminations, McCormick Distillery disagrees.

August 9, 2007

Beverage

French Rabbit came first

Boisset’s first alternative package for wine was French Rabbit, a 1-L Tetra Pak Prisma®. Like Yellow Jersey, this paper/foil/polymer lamination was launched through Ontario’s LCBO and was driven largely by environmental concerns. The promotional tag line accompanying the launch: “One smart rabbit. Savour the wine. Save the planet.”

August 9, 2007

Prepared & Canned Foods

French vintner shakes things up

Traditional glass is but one of many options when it comes to packaging at France’s Boisset Vins & Spiritueux. PET is launched (right) and an aluminum bottle is on deck.

August 9, 2007

Dairy

SUSTAINABILITY NEWS & Events

Noteworthy Items Gleaned From World News

August 9, 2007

Beverage

Your brand's future may depend on connecting with Gen Y

They’re 16 to 24 years old. They’re brash, mature in life experience, and difficult to shock. Collectively, this coming-of-age group within Generation Y is millions of consumers strong, and if your brand doesn’t speak their language, it may fall behind with this group as its spending power grows.

August 9, 2007

Beverage

Sleeved bottles a hit for Caribbean promos

As the baseball season winds down in October in the United States, it’s on the upswing in the Caribbean. During this past season that ended in January, Presidente brand in the Dominican Republic conducted a Viva la Pelota! or Hurrah Baseball! campaign for its beer in 12-oz glass bottles with promotional sleeve labels. Presidente regular featured sleeves printed with a ball and bat, and Light featured sleeves showing a jersey and hat.

August 9, 2007

Beverage

Noni juice dresses for success

In mid-March 2007, Caldwell, NJ-based marketing and distribution company The Stratis Group joined forces with Brooklyn, NY contract manufacturer Victoria Packaging to launch a health supplement called "Hilo Gold Noni Juice" in health food outlets in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut.

August 9, 2007

Beverage

International Design Competition Announced

If International Forum Design GmbH will announce its first "iF packaging award" April 28, 2008, the opening day of interpack PROCESSES AND PACKAGING 2008, in Düsseldorf, Germany. The competition considers innovative forces throughout the packaging community, including manufacturers, designers, and developers of packaging, packaging materials, graphics, and packaging machinery. All those interested in participating can submit entries until December 15, 2007, for one of eight categories, including sales and transport packaging, machines, materials, graphics, and construction.

August 9, 2007

Beverage

Innovation galore in wine category

The once stodgy wine industry is currently awash in packaging innovation (see page 44). Few of these novel packs are more unusual than the 2-L stand-up pouch shown here with an integral handle up top and dispensing spigot at the bottom. PW spotted it in the May issue of South Africa’s Packaging and Print Media, where editor Gill Loubser was kind enough to "share" it with us.

August 9, 2007

Beverage

Unlocking core brand assets in packaging ... and doing it with emotion.

In order to be truly effective, packaging has to literally deliver the heart and soul of the brand in a way that forges strong, emotive connections with the consumer. The days of delivering a hierarchy of features and benefits on packaging in a dry manner, sans emotion, are over. But where do emotive cues come from?

August 7, 2007

Beverage

Letting the 'greenie' out of the bottle?

Every consumer packaged goods company (CPGC) has a stake in the debate over whether bottled water is bad for the environment.

August 2, 2007