Bakery & Snack

TerraCycle repurposes packaging for OfficeMax

OfficeMax to offer TerraCycle’s first-ever ‘made from waste’ school and office products.

July 2, 2008

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PFW): Page 338

Prepared & Canned Foods

Sustainability gains in machine and process ops

Sustainability isn’t only about the amount of packaging materials we can keep from the solid waste stream. There are opportunities in machine and process ops, too.

July 2, 2008

Bakery & Snack

Albany goes biodegradable

In South Africa, Tiger Brands has taken what it believes is a giant green leap by converting all its bread packaging to ‘degrade-to-water’ biodegradable film.

July 2, 2008

Dairy

Measurable success on the sustainability front

To paraphrase poet Robert Frost, we’ve miles to go before we’re green. But look at the progress we’ve made in the few short years sustainability has been on the front burner.

July 2, 2008

Beverage

Sustainability news & events

Noteworthy Items Gleaned from World News.

July 2, 2008

Beverage

Beer remains driving sector for growth in the glass

The highest demand for glass bottles in beverage packaging is derived from beer, followed by spirits and wine, according to Euromonitor International’s Global Glass Packaging Report.

July 2, 2008

Beverage

Plugging the skills gap

Our May 20 Packaging Automation Forum focused on trends and developments that hold great promise for the packaging profession.

July 2, 2008

Beverage

'Hybrid' employees maximize line productivity

Changing technology demands and increased market competition inspire an employee program at Mission Bell Winery that gives operators and maintenance personnel greater responsibility.

July 1, 2008

Dairy

Combination stick-pack serves double-duty

A segmented tube holds all the ingredients needed for a sweetened cup of coffee or tea.

July 1, 2008

Beverage

What You Need to Know Before You Multipack

Not all multipacks are created equal—neither from a consumer nor a production standpoint. Depending on a company’s resources, desired throughput, and marketing goals, choosing the multipack style best suited to an operation can mean the difference between a profitable venture and a multipack misstep that doesn’t deliver the desired return, according to a new White Paper from Roberts PolyPro.

June 25, 2008

Beverage

Salon packages pamper as a 'lifestyle brand'

How can packaging raise the bar for exclusive salon products?

June 2, 2008

Conveying & Product Handling

New BIB wine line toasts tried-and-true technologies

Mission Bell Winery’s 5-L bag-in-box wine line serves as a blueprint for a new 3-L line that provides ‘outstanding’ sterility, ergonomics, and productivity.

June 2, 2008

Beverage

OMAC Packaging workgroup rebuttal

Editor’s note: When our resident packaging automation blogger Keith Campbell (www.ontheedgeblog.com) posted some comments on OMAC and its mission, it prompted the OMAC Packaging Workgroup Executive Committee to send in a rebuttal of sorts. On this and the adjacent page, we bring you the blog and the rebuttal.

June 2, 2008