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The purpose of packaging is to protect a product in transit until it is used by the consumer. But every form of packaging is also a silent seller of the product and not least for confectionery, biscuit and cake packaging.
For maketeers it has long since ceased to be a secret that attractive and eye catching packaging sells.
Milliken’s new clarifying agent Millad NX8000 opens up a world of opportunity for highly transparent injection-blow moulded PP containers.
Sidel has announced the development of what it says are the world’s lightest hot-fill PET bottles.
Amcor PET Packaging, a leader in hot fill PET technology, has broken new ground with the introduction of the industry’s smallest hot fill PET container.
Recent tests in the Superfos Research and Development laboratory show clear advantages of the new food packaging product, SuperLock: It doubles or even triples shelf life thanks to a new oxygen barrier possible on all surfaces.
Kortec Inc. will introduce an all-new high barrier, multilayer molding technology that allows for molded-in color gradation to clear PET bottles.
The Surlyn 3D technology offers greater design freedom in the production of perfume, personal care and make-up packaging in different shapes and with a range of visual effects – from crystal transparency, coloured translucence to frosted effects.
Cliffstar Corp., one of the largest private-label beverage suppliers in the U.S. , is offering for the first time its own brand of premium beverages. The Chadwick Bay line, produced by Harborside Inc., a Cliffstar subsidiary, includes single-serve enhanced juice, enhanced water, organic juice, and smoothies bottled in an attractive and lightweight PowerFlex polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle from Amcor PET Packaging.
Tymbark has recently launched an innovative beverage dedicated to young consumers.
Amcor PET Packaging has created an industry first with the introduction of a new and unique 2.5 ounce hot fill PET container. Natural energy drink industry leader Steaz successfully launched the Steaz Energy Shot earlier this year and the response nationwide has been nothing short of sensational.
Drinktec 2009 has gathered together the top decision-makers in the international beverage and liquid food industry in Munich and in doing so has given the sector renewed impetus.
Hefestus, Israel, launches Hefestus Gourmet – an innovative packaging solution for composed and premium desserts. Hefestus Gourmet’s advanced technology enables dessert makers to pack a variety of delicate desserts and extend product shelf life significantly while maintaining its texture, appearance and mouthfeel without changes.
Using recycled PET (in short R-PET) for packaging production reduces energy consumption and CO2 emissions.
Why is alcohol-free beer so trendy? Is PLA a serious challenger to PET? Is the sun going to be the main source of energy for the beverages industry of the future? And what does the label of the future 'say'? At drinktec 2009, World Fair for Beverage and Liquid Food Technology, it´s not all about the technology used to manufacture and bottle beverages and liquid food – it is also of course about the products themselves.
Krones PET lite 6.6 has proved its suitability for actual practice - lightweight bottle is far more than just a concept. PET lite 6.6 has left the concept phase behind it and demonstrated its suitability for actual practice.
With a larger screw cap and low opening force, Tetra Brik Edge is easy to use whether you are young or old
Using carton packaging saves CO2 emissions and fossil resource consumption by up to 60 per cent.
Already a leader in bringing good wines to PET containers, Boisset Family Estates has struck again with Fog Mountain Merlot in a 1-L PET bottle made of oxygen-scavenging material.
Since the middle of last summer Campi margarine tubs have been available in the refrigerated displays in Colombian supermarkets. The Campi packaging upgrade was carefully prepared and it is now very different from the previous deep-drawn rectangular container with its direct offset printing.
European PET producer and supplier SmartPET, Holland, have introduced new types of PET bottles.
A British blow moulder has become the first in Europe to produce 4 and 5 litre handled containers in extrusion blown PET which it says offer aesthetic improvements and cost reductions over HDPE and go where stretch blow cannot.
Plastech publishes an interview with Frank Loewer, Art Director in Lutz Hermann Design, Hamburg. Shape and packaging of a brand or a product are like a slogan without words. The realization of a product or a brand should trigger emotions.
3M has unveiled Protective Packaging the world's first one-piece thermoformed packaging system that eliminates the need for other packaging parts to protect electronics items.
When a leading European dried-fruit processing company, Frutos Secos de la Vega, Spain, needed to solve a shelf-life problem, it turned to Hefestus, Ltd. installing Hercules, its newest packaging system, an automatic modified-atmosphere packaging (MAP) sealing machine, based on SLB “Shelf Life Booster”, Hefestus’ proprietary packaging technology.
Rexam has been chosen by Guy Anderson Wines to help bring their new wine brand "CanCan’ to the market, using their 250ml aluminium cans.
For fresh domestic fish transport, Carrefour had been looking for a more environmental friendly way of packaging fresh fish. The established expanded polystyrene (EPS) tray packaging was under heavy dispute for environmental reasons and Carrefour wanted to ban this kind of packaging for the fish tray end-use by forehand.
Mater-Bi tableware by Huhtamaki is rigid and safe, very functional and perfect for every use. It is suitable for contact with hot food (up to a maximum of 70°C for half an hour) and its shape and thickness place it at the top end of its market.
New over-moulding technology from DuPont unlocks design potential for cosmetic packaging.
Few products and services are still popular long after their actual market launch. Packaging can contribute to success or failure in this respect. Packaging of the future will be intelligent and will not deceive the buyer.
Plastech publishes an interview with Thomas Scholler, CEO of Jura JSP company. The Jura Group has locations in Budapest and Vienna and specializes in packaging industry. The company also offers the years of experience it has gained in high-security printing and in the design.
The large German discount supermarket chain ALDI SÜD is now offering its German customers shopping bags made of BASF’s biodegradable plastic Ecovio. These bags are manufactured for ALDI by the VICTOR Güthoff &Partner Group, headquartered in Kerpen, Germany.
The plastic bottle is successfully recycled in most EU Member States. To further improve packaging recycling rates we need to continue to capture the full potential of the bottle and explore other content of the packaging stream.
In spite of the financial crisis, Superfos will keep on developing new product solutions and remains optimistic about the year ahead.
Alcan Packaging Beauty presents its latest innovation: an environment-friendly PCR plastic tube with a sleeve made from up to 60% recycled material.