While consumer packaged goods are making progress with innovations like upside-down bottles, a lot of grocers are still putting takeout in negatively perceived packaging like EPS clamshells.“Packaging lag” is the
by Rick Lingle, Executive EditorCereal represents a large and enduring food staple. Euromonitor Int’l pegs U.S. sales for breakfast cereals at $1.025 billion for 2009, a figure that the firm
by Pan Demetrakakes, EditorWhen containers have funny shapes, putting shrink-sleeve labels on them can be not so amusing.Shrink-sleeve labels have been gaining in popularity as a way to get good,
by Pan Demetrakakes, EditorSustainability is a smart strategy, but in many cases, it goes only from the neck down.Closures have often been an afterthought in sustainability strategies -if thought of
As trays replace shipping cases, end-of-line machinery needs to make accommodations.(Photo courtesy Standard-Knapp)Sustainability is one of the biggest trends in packaging today. The attitudes of consumers, and of major retailers
Conveyors such as this one equipped with roller modules that activate on an as-needed basis are increasingly popular for energy-conscious operations. (Photo courtesy of Intelligrated)by Rick Lingle, Executive EditorThere may
Dave Scheurich, general manager of the Woodford Reserve distillery, draws off a sample of bourbon as it’s emptied from the barrel. (Photo by Vito Palmisano) Premium bourbon kept in ReserveBrown-Forman’s
Aquafina’s Eco-Fina bottles shed 50% of their bottle weight to save 75 million pounds of plastic a year.by Rick Lingle, Executive EditorIn its liquid form, water has molecules that absorb
Rocket line starts aren’t rocket scienceBy John Henry, CPPAre your line starts vertical? Vertical, in this case, refers to the time it takes to go from the line stopped to
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