Confection & Candy

One powerful show indeed

Pack Expo International 2010, the largest packaging and processing event in the world this year, comes to Chicago’s McCormick Place October 31- November 3.

October 12, 2010

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PFW): Page 301

Beverage

Ink-jet coding system demonstrates reliability & longevity

Cott Beverages avoids costly downtime with easy-maintenance, workhorse coding equipment.

October 12, 2010

Dairy

Californians and recycling

Beverage container deposit law, born in Oregon in 1972, has since been enacted in U.S. 11 states.

October 12, 2010

Bakery & Snack

Tense trends tend to send messages to packaging makers

In an ideal world, most of the time packaging materials are invisible, happily protecting food, drugs, and other consumer products, sometimes using somewhat sophisticated technologies, but not drawing attention to themselves.

October 12, 2010

Beverage

Doing well by doing good

If, like most packaging professionals, you’re tired of hearing that packaging can only have a deleterious effect on society, you gotta meet Greg Stromberg.

October 11, 2010

Beverage

Polish distiller employs traditional packaging for premium vodka in U.S.

Relic bottle and tattered label used to launch Wódka, marketed as a premium rye vodka sold at an honest price.

October 10, 2010

Beverage

Clear choice awards announced

The Boston Beer Company developed a beer that is barrel aged, and for this offering, needed a very special bottle; the bottle they came up with is so special it’s the winner in the Overall Package Design category in this year’s Clear Choice Awards, sponsored by the Glass Packaging Institute.

October 10, 2010

Beverage

PET bottle flexes with hot filling

A sports/hydration beverage based on coconut water has been introduced in the first 20-oz stock PowerFlex PET container.

October 10, 2010

Beverage

Established stevia brand refreshes packaging for greater green mileage

100% recycled material and a smaller package size reflect Wisdom Natural Brands’ commitment to the environment.

October 10, 2010

Bakery & Snack

Coca Cola sued for misleading consumers

Center for Science in the Public Interests alleges vitaminwater labels and advertising are filled with "deceptive and unsubstantiated claims."

October 10, 2010

Bakery & Snack

A crinkle in SunChips' bio-based bag plans

Frito-Lay is replacing most of the plant-based packaging for its SunChips brand snack chip due to consumer complaints that the bag is too noisy.

October 7, 2010

Beverage

Survey: Wineries popping for cork closures see significantly higher growth

Of the top 100 bestselling wine brands, 72 are using cork, a trend that appears to correlate with greater sales growth, a new study reports.

October 5, 2010

Conveying & Product Handling

Pacific Wine Partners: Downstream accumulation

Positioned ahead of and as the infeed and laner to the case packer, the downstream Garvey accumulation system provides up to three minutes’ accumulation. Before, an operator had been positioned here to upright downed bottles. With ""smart"" accumulation, PWP reports higher efficiencies and no label damage.

October 3, 2010