Beverage

B&R's John Kowal elected to OMAC board

Joining B&R Industrial Automation in January 2010 as part of the new packaging group, Kowal has long been active in OMAC, PMMI and related standards initiatives.

May 28, 2010

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PFW): Page 354

Beverage

Soccer fans may get a kick out of new beer can

SABMiller to introduce a can with a full-aperture end for the World Cup tournament. It’s recyclable, and it transforms the can into a convenient drinking cup.

May 28, 2010

Beverage

Beverage 'bottle can' wins DuPont Diamond Award

A multifaceted, game-changing technology for aluminum bottles has been aptly named a Diamond award winner for Excellence in Innovation, Cost/Waste Reduction, and Sustainability.

May 27, 2010

Beverage

Reflections on IoPP Packaging Summit 2010

The event was a rallying reminder that packaging is a diversified, powerful tool.

May 24, 2010

Beverage

Coffee pack wins prize

A flexible film package for 450-g Vanilla Hazlenut coffee from Van Houtte won Best New Product in the Packaging Category at the April 15-18 Specialty Coffee Association of America 2010 meeting in Anaheim, CA.

May 24, 2010

Beverage

Terracycle CEO: It's not always about the money

As keynote speakers go, they don’t get more energetic, entertaining, and informative than Terracycle co-founder and CEO Tom Szaky, the opening keynoter at the Institute of Packaging Professionals’ Packaging Summit 2010, in Rosemont, IL.

May 19, 2010

Beverage

Coke bottle gets "chic" treatment in France...

May 18, 2010

Beverage

Not as many corks popping...

May 18, 2010

Beverage

Energy drinks in aluminum cans

AriZona Beverage launches AZ Energy natural drinks in attractive aluminum cans.

May 18, 2010

Dairy

Trends in food and beverage

Josh Epstein of Advanced Electron Beams wrote a nice concise blog about current trends in the food and beverage business.

May 18, 2010

Beverage

70 ppm partition inserter

See this video clip of the SF-400 Quattro Partition Inserter from Wayne Automation, designed for the higher production speeds needed by packagers inserting up to 70 plus conventional multi-cell partitions per minute. Ideal for brewery applications.

May 15, 2010

Beverage

Research: Wine, over time, doesn't hold up as well in plastic bottles or bag-in-box packaging

Researchers in France find that white wine loses freshness, taste within six months in single-layer and multilayer PET bottles and bag-in-box. Red wine also loses some stability.

May 14, 2010

Beverage

Refresh your perspective on water bottles

An easy environmental target, water bottles offer benefits around the globe that occasionally receive media attention.

May 13, 2010