Packaging Top Stories - Articles - Page 229

High Speed Labeling in a Modular Design

May 18, 2018

Weber Packaging Solutions has a new label applicator on market: the Alpha HSM. Featuring modular construction, the labeling system can be configured in a variety of models that can handle multiple speeds and label sizes.

Market Trends: Packaging Sales

4 Key Sales Challenges on the Horizon for the Packaging Industry

Move to the next level with customer retention, the right staff, technology and the economy.

Kevin McGirl

May 18, 2018

The packaging industry is growing. The value of the global packaging services market is forecast to grow from $33.7 billion in 2017 to $50 billion in 2022, according to research from Smithers Pira.

ELC Gable Top Caps for One-Step Carton Opening

May 17, 2018

Silgan Closures has launched ELC gable top caps for cartons of all formats and sizes from 28 to 35 mm. ELC eliminates the pull ring in favor of a drop-down tamper band, providing visual, audible and tactile tamper evidence.

Spiced Rum Redesign Intertwines Typography and Illustrations

Spiced Rum Design Intertwines Typography and Illustrations

May 16, 2018

Industrias Licoreras de Guatemala has partnered with award winning branding and packaging design agency Appartement 103 to create the brand identity and packaging design of new premium spiced rum Botran Cobre.

Market Trends: Beverage Packaging

A Kiss & A Handshake: Ergonomics in Packaging Design

Ergonomics and haptics—two crucial factors in packaging design—can launch a product romance for beverage consumers.

Bryce Rutter PhD

May 16, 2018

Creating a tangible and functional connection between a beverage brand and its user involves ergonomic research and a haptic design. To brands, this may seem like a minute detail, but the consumer thinks and feels otherwise.

Materials Technology: Blisters & Cards

Blister Packaging vs. Bottles for Pharmaceutical Products

Factors to consider for packaging over-the-counter and prescription medications include safety, adherence and product quality.

Ward Smith

May 15, 2018

While the U.S. consumer is accustomed to seeing medication in both bottles and blister packs, bottles remain the dominant format in the U.S. Alternatively, since the end of World War II, the European standard for packaging medication has shifted toward the use of blister packs.

Ball Corp. Adds Pizzazz on Beverage Can Ends

May 15, 2018

Ball's new Cameo End Printing extends customer branding to the top of the can, making the top pop and adding appeal for consumers.

T-Series E Inkjet Printer by Matthews Marking Systems

Machinery Technology: Labeling, Coding & Marking

Coding & Marking Equipment Hits Home Run

With more sophisticated labeling, coding and marking technology, comes better quality and reliability for product security.

Kristen Kazarian

May 14, 2018

Coding and marking equipment has a tough job: To add a unique printed mark on a product or its packaging for security or tracking. To prevent counterfeiting, manufacturers must outsmart the thieves.

New Lightweighted Bottle for Hard Cider

May 14, 2018

A new, lightweighted glass bottle with unique embossing designed for Cider Lubelski—the most popular Polish cider from brand owner AMBRA S.A.—was created by Ardagh Group and the Spiritus Movens Design Studio in Poland.

St. Jude Patients Artwork Featured on Green Giant Cans

St. Jude Children's Artwork Featured on Green Giant Cans

May 11, 2018

Green Giant has launched three limited edition cans that feature the artwork of patients of St Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Smith Design donated design, production and project management services to create these special cans of sweet peas, whole kernel sweet corn and cut green beans with colorful labels that integrate the patients' artwork.