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Brand Packaging: Color Test

Can Your Brand Pass the “First Moment of Truth” Test?

How color quality plays a significant role in consumer preference.

August 10, 2020

The “first moment of truth” is that 2 to 7 seconds it takes a consumer to make a decision about a product color. It is a significant factor in “first moment of truth” when you considered the reach it has to engage and communicate to consumers.

Dole Worldwide Packaged Foods Division of Dole Asia Holdings Pte. Ltd.

Market Trends

Produce Moves to the Pantry

Due in part to the ongoing pandemic, consumers are choosing shelf-stable and frozen fruits and vegetables over fresh.

Kristen Kazarian

August 10, 2020

The impact of COVID-19 will likely last for quite a while and with it, the rise of in-home food and beverage consumption will continue for the foreseeable future.

Materials: Case Study

Pressure Sensitive Adhesives Help Frozen Foods Processor Stick to Commitment

A new, better solution was found after a supplier error.

Kristen Kazarian

August 10, 2020

Getting products into big box and club retailers is competitive. Along with strict product quality standards, timely completion of orders and quick shipping turnarounds must be met to stay on retail club shelves.

Automation

Packaging the Future with Automation

Key considerations when choosing robotics and automation for packaging applications.

Mark Howard

August 10, 2020

Automating packaging processes can improve productivity, quality and safety on site. Unsurprisingly then, it has become a crucial investment for packaging facilities. But where do you start? Here are some key considerations when choosing robotics and automation for packaging applications.

Machinery

5 Ways Flexo Printers Can Help Support Sustainability

Flexo printers have valuable opportunities to help brands meet sustainability initiatives.

Rodney Pennings

August 10, 2020

The packaging industry, like much of the world around us, is making strides to become more sustainable and environmentally friendly. The flexographic printing market is not exempt from these trends, and as printers begin to feel pressure from customers to become more sustainable, it is important to consider how and where to implement these changes.

Brand Packaging: Toy Packaging

Keeping an Eye on the Toy Industry’s Blind Box Packaging Trend

Ted Mininni

August 10, 2020

Whenever I see toys packaged in blind box packaging, it reminds me of collecting trading cards as a kid and that feeling of wanting the entire set, but knowing the likelihood of that happening was directly tied to how much allowance money I was willing to invest.

Top 100 Food & Beverage Packaging Companies

Spotlight Feature

2020 Top 100 Food and Beverage Packaging Companies

Recent trends in the Food and Beverage sector have come out of the coronavirus pandemic.

Kristen Kazarian

August 4, 2020

The novel coronavirus pandemic has seen various food and beverage trends change drastically from pre-COVID. Consumers didn’t take to it well in March, but mid-summer they have seemed to settle into the “next normal.” Here are some of the most notable trends from this year, along with the Top 100 List on the following pages.

SCARA Robots Offer Fast and Precise Operation for Small Part Processing

August 3, 2020

Offering the highest operating performance in their class, Yaskawa Motoman’s new SG-series SCARA robots are ideal for a variety of applications that require short cycle times; these robots require minimal installation space and yield substantial results with little capital investment.

Matte PET Film with a Soft Touch Is a Perfect Choice for Dog Food Brands

August 3, 2020

Toray Plastics (America) Inc. introduces new Lumirror® STM Soft-Touch Matte film, a unique, matte-coated polyester film technology that simplifies processing and enables the manufacture of a robust, upscale, soft-touch matte lamination.

Victorialand Beauty Debuts Packaging with Raised Universal Symbols for the Visually Impaired

July 30, 2020

Victorialand Beauty, an indie all-natural skincare company, launches The CyR.U.S.™ System of Raised Universal Symbols, a tactile recognition system comprised of a set of raised trademarked symbols to make its packaging more accessible with a simple touch.