Services offer ways to hook up with suppliers Even an advanced Google search is likely to pull up hundreds if not thousands of possibilities. How many times have you wondered if there was an easier way to find solutions to your packaging challenges? At least three service providers did more than just wonder:
A new book from graphic arts trade association PIA/GATF, “Trends in Package Printing,” presents current and future trends in package printing. It also extrapolates long-range trends from recent data and
Bioplastic "greeness" called into questionBioplastics are often presented as a good alternative for packagers seeking to “go green.” But now they’re getting caught up in a larger controversy over the
Coca-Cola has bought a 40% share in
Honest Tea, which claims to be the
nation’s No. 1 brand of organic tea. Honest Tea will continue to
operate as an independent company, with founder Seth
Goldman at the helm.
Only 52% of used beverage
cans (UBC) in North America are recycled. Leading aluminum producer Alcoa
wants to raise that to 75% by 2015, because recycled aluminum requires 95%
less energy to produce and can be recycled many times with no degradation.
Hershey Foods will discontinue
its Ice Breakers Pacs candy in response to criticism that it was
packaged in a way that resembled powdered cocaine. The single-serve
packets of powdered breath mints came in film that dissolved on the
tongue, but police officers and others said the product too closely
resembled powdered street drugs.
Packagers strive to make food healthier-and let
people know
The food industry is
taking consumers’ desires for healthier food to heart, working hard
on new formulations and trying to find the best way to communicate their
benefits.
Beverage packaging equipment supplier Sidel (www.sidel.com) has a new president and chief executive officer, Mart Tiismann. He succeeds Gérard Stricher, who is retiring after working alongside Tiismann for more than
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