Beverage

New kombucha brand comes on bold and bright

A new line of kombucha beverages from international rugby champion Jonny Wilkinson uses a bold logo mark and colors, along with free-flowing lines that represent living energy.

August 27, 2018

Vertical Markets: Page 95

Bakery & Snack

Five-year outlook on the snack food industry

A new study, “Snack Foods – Packaging and Processing Market Assessment and Trends 2018” by PMMI Business Intelligence, reveal CPG innovation goals and purchasing insights for the next 2-5 years.

August 27, 2018

Beverage

MillerCoors' Sol brews up a sunny redesign

A vibrant new look for Sol beer packaging incorporates the brand’s iconic heritage, sunrays, and old Mexico signage to build appeal and stand out from the competition.

August 21, 2018

Beverage

Private-Brand Label Design Translated for Kombucha Line

For a new line of seven kombucha drinks in exotic flavors, Fresh Thyme uses packaging graphics that align with its private-label brand while communicating drinks’ health benefits.

August 19, 2018

Bakery & Snack

What CPGs in the snack food industry want from machinery

Driven by increased demand for various packaging sizes & formats, the top unmet packaging machinery needs of CPGs in the snack food industry are flexible and faster machines – for both primary and secondary packaging and processing.

August 17, 2018

Beverage

Case packer features flap conditioner

Because flaps on corrugated reshippers don’t have the crisp memory that is typically found on brand new corrugated cases, a ‘flying opener’ is being deployed at McManis Family Winery.

August 15, 2018

Beverage

Consumer education is key for kids’ beverage marketer

In this First Person interview, Matt Swanson, Rethink Brands’ Co-Founder and CEO, discusses the company’s brand investment and the importance of reaching consumers in a product segment that’s been stagnant for years.

August 14, 2018

Bakery & Snack

Seven CPG challenges for the snack food industry

How to send chips through e-commerce supply chain is only one of the areas of concern for CPGs in the snack food industry, according to “Snack Foods – Packaging and Processing Market Assessment and Trends 2018” by PMMI Business Intelligence.

August 14, 2018

Beverage

Case forming brings benefits

Case forming as opposed to case erecting plays a key role in the secondary packaging operation at a new bottling line at McManis Family Winery.

August 10, 2018

Beverage

Inspection systems central to wine bottling line

McManis Family Winery has grown rapidly over the past five years, so an upgrade in automation was inevitable, including in the area of automated inspection.

August 9, 2018

Beverage

Craft brew label supports niche within niche

When Kingfisher Beer launched the world’s first craft beer innovation designed specifically for Indian restaurants, brewed as an accompaniment to Indian food, it needed a label to help restaurant-goers make the connection.

August 6, 2018

Beverage

‘Cool’ redesign for sub-zero, submicron-distilled spirits

A new brand identity for Underground Spirits uses a stylized map of Canberra and a snowflake shape to reference the brand’s provenance and its ultra-cold purifying ‘cryofiltering’ process.

August 6, 2018

Beverage

A family winery grows into automation

‘We’re fully automated’ is how the Director of Packaging Operations at McManis Family Winery succinctly puts it when describing how this California winery has upgraded its end-of-line.

August 3, 2018