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The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) has announced the winners of the FPA 2017 Student Flexible Design Challenge. This year’s first place winners were a team of students from University of Wisconsin – Stout. 

The changing lifestyles of today’s consumers—eating trends, eating habits and eating occasions—has led to a need for packaging that goes beyond just protecting the product.

It is no secret that digital printing is on the upswing in packaging. It’s on cans, bottles, cartons, pouches, sleeves and labels.

Dole Berries has a smart solution for busy strawberry lovers looking to enjoy their favorite fresh fruit snack on-the-go in three snack-size packages that snap apart.

Burt’s Bees Paw & Nose Lotion introduces its new tube packaging featuring a layer of post-consumer recycled (PCR) material inside the tube, manufactured by Berry Plastics. This tube adds to Burt's Bees' already extensive portfolio of packaging containing recycled material.

ADF&PCD (Aerosol & Dispensing Forum and Packaging of Perfume Cosmetics & Design) is North America's only dedicated event for the aerosol, dispensing, perfume and cosmetic packaging community. The event is returning to Manhattan on September 6 & 7, 2017.

European Packaging Design Agency's Patrick De Grande is also the co-founder of Quatre Mains, an award winning Belgian design agency for brand identity and packaging design. Packaging design is his passion and he swears by practical and elegant design solutions that stand out for their creativity and professionalism. Who better than De Grande to reveal the key trends in packaging both now and in the future?

Shock Top is shaking things up as it rolls out its first major brand refresh in its history. The brand will introduce an entirely new look and feel that still embodies the carefree spirit that is authentic to Shock Top but with a fresh, youthful optimism. 

With the near-instantaneous distribution of digital content possible through downloads and streaming services, the role of physical media such as CDs and DVDs that reigned supreme for decades has largely been diminished.  

In 2015, Wallace Carlson Printing found it could do more with less, consolidating work done on three offset presses to a single, highly advanced offset press that provided more overall capacity. Now, the business is working to make the most of its state-of-the-art production operation, boosting automation throughout the plant with a new Midmarket Print Suite software workflow from Electronics For Imaging Inc. (EFI).