Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum, which honors Norman “Sailor Jerry” Collins, launched a new bottle design with iconography and imagery that further highlights the life and times of Collins. The new and improved packaging will enhance the rum’s dedication to telling and celebrating Collins’ story while building a community of enthusiasts.
Up and down the supply chain, the pharmaceutical industry will work hard to achieve traceability per DSCSA standards. Greater consumer demand and a heightened focus of customization at the patient level will force smaller batches and shorter lead times for packagers. Through all of the changes, quality management remains top-of-mind for pharmaceutical packaging manufacturers.
Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond series, by Heaven Hill Distillery, is just out in a new ornate decanter package bound to delight history buffs and whiskey aficionados. The bottlings will be released each spring and fall for the next five years.
GMG joins co-sponsor Hybrid Software, and partners Anderson Vreeland, Epson, MacDermid, nilpeter, Techkon and Zund, with their Best in Class packaging workshops throughout the U.S. this spring.
Converter Mepco turns to Avery Dennison for a label substrate that ensures shelf appeal
April 10, 2018
Shelves and shelves of similar bottles makes it especially difficult to brand a spirit like vodka, where the liquid product looks exactly the same as the one next to it on the shelf. To really stand out, the differentiator often is the package—both bottle and label.
The rapid growth and success of digital print are prompting brands to experiment with marketing—improving approval ratings and brand loyalty from consumers—as well as meeting new regulatory demands and evolving new business models.
Manufacturers and users of industrial packaging may not always be aware of a product’s final destination or end purpose, meaning it could become subject to regulations not considered in the original packaging selection or manufacturing process. The only time users become aware of the issue could be when requests for regulatory compliance statements are made. Packaging users and manufacturers should proceed with caution in how these requests are handled, as they can often be fraught with risk.
For companies involved in pharmaceutical packaging, 2018 looks like it will be a year of scrambling to meet new regulations on serialization, safety and security, while at the same time responding to market demands for personalized care and generational requirements.
X-Rite Incorporated and Pantone LLC have appointed Ondrej Kruk to the role of president. Kruk will lead the continued expansion of Pantone and X-Rite’s product and solution portfolio beyond color to material appearance.
Three friends and former classmates at Cornell Business School noticed that the best, most daring beers in America were being developed by homebrewers. That, along with an enduring passion for the craft of beer making, led them to start Barebottle, a brewery devoted to beers inspired by the San Francisco Bay Area. By sourcing local ingredients wherever possible and employing a community-inspired homebrewers competition, their mission is to create the most innovative brewery in the Bay Area.