Articles Tagged with ''packaging solutions''

They dubbed their invention Honey Badger BBQ Sauce – inspired by a popular YouTube parody of a National Geographic program on the African honey badger – and decided to bring the product to market in a 3D package shaped like its rough-and-tough animal namesake.

Polychim is setting a new benchmark in the performance of homopolymer polypropylene (PP) in packaging applications with the launch of a new thermoforming PP offering excellent aesthetics, high quality and faster throughput to converters.

The one-hour session, "Expanding the Color Gamut and other Packaging Trends," will be held Tuesday, August 6, from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

Research has suggested that a third of consumers would pay more for the convenience of being able to reseal certain types of packs and Payne is keen to understand some of the driving forces behind purchasing decisions.

Known for its innovation and adhesive technologies, 3M is continuing to expand its line of Scotch Recycled Corrugate Tape, with the addition of 3072, an industrial packaging tape that is designed to deliver performance on today’s corrugated boxes.

More than a third of the food produced in the world – 1.3 billion tons per year ¬– never finds its way into anyone’s stomach. It can rot in the field, go bad during processing, spoil at the grocery store or get tossed in the garbage by the consumer. For food producers, processors and manufacturers with the foresight and ingenuity to tackle this problem, there is more than a cautionary tale here – there is real business opportunity.

Intervitis-Interfructa, the international trade fair which takes place every three years, will open its doors in Stuttgart from April 24 to 27, 2013. The fair is dedicated to the wine, spirits and fruit juice industries. Smurfit Kappa will take the opportunity to present its full range of innovative Bag-in-Box packaging solutions and filling technology at the event.

One of the lesser-known tasks for US Customs officials is confiscating chocolate “surprise eggs” from travelers. More than 60,000 surprise eggs are seized at the U.S. border each year with penalties up to $2,500 per egg. Brands such as Kinder Surprise® and Ovetto Sweet® – which contain toys inside a hollow chocolate egg -- are the top selling kids’ candy around the world. Over a billion surprise chocolate eggs are sold worldwide each year but have been illegal in the U.S. due to the 1938 Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act which prohibits inedible objects inside a candy. The design which is those products’ essence is what makes them illegal in the USA.

Nature’s Coffee Kettle is a coffee brewing system for campers, hikers and coffee connoisseurs. Now their updated spouted pouch from Flair Flexible Packaging helps Nature’s Coffee Kettle better communicate their unique brewing method and the freshness of their custom-roasted gourmet coffee.

Mike Heneghan has been appointed vice president of sales for TimBar Packaging & Display’s Point of Purchase Division.