BRANDPackaging announces the winners of its 2017 Design Gallery People’s Choice awards at the annual Packaging That Sells Conference held in Chicago. The awards recognize some of the industry’s best packaging designs based on how effectively the packaging uses graphics and structure to tell a brand’s story.
Uncertainty about the availability and price of aluminum foil used for packaging applications, in response to the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations led by the U.S. Department of Commerce, is prompting CPG companies and converters to consider alternative substrates and creative solutions. Toray Plastics (America) Inc. offers MET OPP and MET PET films available to replace foil.
Tonejet’s direct-to-can digital printer – Cyclone – with inbuilt Rockwell iTRAK transport system has been designed to remove barriers associated with small batch canning and includes features and capabilities adapted to the requirements of today’s print environment, to show at InPrint Munich, November 14-16.
Unlike plastic bottles, glass bottles continue to be identified for their characteristic advantage in terms of hygiene, aesthetic appeal, durability and being impermeable.
Brilliant and sustainable packaging ideas dominated proceedings at the 21st European Carton Excellence Awards. The prizes were presented to the winners on September 21 at the Award Gala of the ECMA Congress in the elegant Residenz Building in Salzburg to an international audience of senior personnel from across the industry.
James Cropper is to reprocess disposable coffee cups collected by environmental solutions provider Veolia from Selfridges’ Oxford Street headquarters and stores, with the resulting paper being used to create the retailer’s iconic yellow shopping bags in a completely unique closed-loop recycling solution.
Mentos’ new Pure Fresh Gum Wallet Packs include the Velcro Brand PRESS-LOK closure system, proof of Velcro’s expansion into the candy/confectionary market.
The global e-pharma market is expected to reach U.S. $109.2 billion by 2025, according to a new report by Grand View Research Inc. The market is primarily driven by constant increase in the number of internet users, improved access to web-based & online services, and rapid increase in aging population who find it difficult to visit pharmacies.
The Champaign, IL manufacturing facility of Silgan Closures has been awarded the prestigious 2017 Illinois Governor’s Sustainability Award recognizing the plant’s efforts designed to improve safety, minimize waste, cut energy consumption and lower emissions.
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