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Commemorating its 40th year in business, sparkling water pioneer Crystal Geyser® Water Company has announced the re-introduction of its classic glass bottle of Sparkling Natural Mineral Water. 

CROWN Beverage Packaging Mexico, a business unit of Crown Holdings Inc.  (crowncork.com), launches an easy-open crown to help beer manufacturers deliver a unique opening experience to consumers. 

The PET plastic bottle is the second most popular consumer pack type, after flexible plastic (in 2016 retail unit volume sales), and is set to grow by 3.9% over the next five years. 

For decades, the food and beverage industry has been driven by manufacturing technologies, line speeds and unit costs. But, in spite of record levels of consumers demanding frustration-free packaging, companies have paid little attention to the design for consumer experience.

The two coveted awards are: Supplier of the Year in the secondary packaging category for Simply Orange Juice labels and the Adel Aujan Award for Outstanding Innovation.

American Film and Machinery, manufacturer of shrink sleeve and label solutions, introduces the WSN-Gen S Steam Heat Tunnel, an all-in-one model that includes its own steam generator. 

With high-impact graphic designs, packaging structures tipping the scale of cool, and innovative closures that do much more than open and close the pack, you might call it the Twilight Zone of packaging. So are we choosing what is new and unique just to stand out - and if so, does it work?