Beverage

Consumer Reports stirs up BPA hornet's nest

Consumer Reports publishes test results disproving Bisphenol-A's safety for use with canned foods, and industry groups are abuzz.

November 5, 2009

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PFW): Page 365

Beverage

The 'oldest profession' still follows the money

Packaging technologies serve as part of the ‘tool kit’ to identify pharmaceutical counterfeits.

November 2, 2009

Beverage

Tray Formers for pallet-sized trays

See this video clip of Wayne Automation's JTF-10 Trayformer with Automatic Pallet Load and Discharge.  The system is available in three infeed models to meet specification production requirements.

November 2, 2009

Beverage

New UV ink tech brings success to brew bottle

Thomas Creek Brewery’s cheeky Up the Creek microbrew becomes the first to use a new environmentally friendly UV-curable ink process for direct print onto its glass bottles.

October 31, 2009

Beverage

Wins and losses at the shelf: What drives purchase intent?

10% of package redesigns spike sales and 20% spur declines. What do the winners have in common? They create visual disruption and entice shoppers to reconsider a brand.

October 31, 2009

Dairy

Sustainability upgrade for milk in PET

A world’s first: The French dairy company LSDH is launching a lightweight PET bottle for shelf-stable UHT milk. ‘Dry’ sterilization saves significant amounts of water.

October 30, 2009

Beverage

Healthcare Packaging broadens live event for princeton

October 30, 2009

Beverage

Military cold chain combats global fronts

October 30, 2009

Beverage

Bottled water alive and well in Disney World

International crowd still opts for convenience

October 30, 2009

Beverage

Glass helps build a restaurant brand and a GPI winner

Jackson Family Wines, Santa Rosa, CA, has found an inventive way to combine a glass bottle with high-end printing to signal the premium craftsmanship in its Silver Palm Cabernet Sauvignon variety.

October 29, 2009

Dairy

The mood at Aseptipak: upbeat and investment-minded

Aseptic packaging is probably more appealing to U.S. food and beverage packagers than at any point since those clever people at Tetra Pak put aseptic packaging on the map so many decades ago.

October 29, 2009

Beverage

Money matters: Rewards spur consumers to recycle, reuse

New packaging-waste reduction programs see measurable results when consumers receive tangible rewards.

October 29, 2009

Dairy

Variations on a theme...

October 28, 2009