The 15th Annual Global Pouch Forum will be held June 11-13, 2012 at the Westin Beach Resort in Fort Lauderdale, FL. It is the industry's leading pouch and flexible plastics
The American Institute for Packaging and the Environment (AMERIPEN; www.ameripen.org) announced Dec. 15 the retirement of the organization’s president, Joan Pierce of Colgate-Palmolive Company, along with related changes to its
The Coca-Cola Company announced Dec. 15 multi-million dollar partnership agreements with three leading biotechnology companies to accelerate development of the first commercial solutions for next-generation PlantBottle™ packaging made 100% from
Online sales are soaring this holiday season. Cyber Monday saw the heaviest online shopping day ever recorded, according to research firm ComScore Inc., with $1.25 billion in online sales –
The jury charged with selecting winners in DuPont’s (www.dupont.com) 24th Awards for Packaging Innovation brings decades of experience in delivering innovative, cost-savings solutions and sustainability ideas to the global packaging
Coca Cola's white polar bear themed holiday can has been halted, two months before their run-through date (See Coca-Cola red cans are turning white ). Issues over the white can
A first-of-its-kind framework released on December 6th offers recommendations to food and food packaging companies on how to identify and evaluate nanomaterials in products. Not only is this technology unregulated
Natural cork remains the overwhelming choice for U.S. wine drinkers because it conveys higher quality than alternative closures, according to a recent survey by Tragon Corp.( www.tragon.com). According to the
Packaging Strategies is seeking abstracts for consideration for the 2nd annual Food Packaging Technologies Summit, a premier executive event focused on this major market segment and its impact on the
Government scientists recently completed a landmark human exposure study providing definitive evidence that adverse health effects from bisphenol A (BPA) are highly unlikely. Funded entirely by the U.S. Environmental Protection