Refresh Your Brand With Contoured Packaging

Market Trends: Beverage Packaging

Cheers to Summer with Limited Edition Packaging

Limited edition beverages are vying for market space this season, with new designs, features and sizes amid crowded shelves

Kristen Kazarian

July 16, 2018

Summer is prime time for limited edition, seasonal beverages. Refreshed designs, structure changes and styles are normal. This year, consumers are seeing more interactive packaging, as well as a nostalgic look back to one of our Founding Fathers.

Unilever organic snack line Growing Roots

Market Trends: Snack Food Packaging

A New Culture in Snacking

Consumer packaged goods companies rush to take a bite out of growing snack foods market.

Kristen Kazarian

June 15, 2018

Many well-known brands and start-ups are introducing snack products. The accelerating pace of product introductions is creating opportunities in multiple packaging segments, ranging from flexible pouches to single-serve cups.

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.

Market Trends: Household Packaging

The Power of Clean in Household Packaging

With consumers putting more thought into household product buys, thought should also go into the packaging.

Kristen Kazarian

April 11, 2018

Are you happier when your house is clean? If so, you’re not alone. It is therefore no surprise that consumers put thought into purchasing cleaners, surface disinfectant, dish detergent and other household products.

Market Trends: Beverage Packaging

Craft Beer Packaging: The Dark Market

Design collective Brown&co was chosen to create the new design for Turkish beer brand EFES—in less than eight weeks.

Kristen Kazarian

March 14, 2018

Real beer, real friendship and real Turkey. That was the takeaway for Brown&co – The Brand Collective, spearheaded by Dave Brown and Troy Wade, both formerly of Brand Union, alongside David (Bic) Bicknell, co-founder of Tin Horse and Echo Brand Design.

All Packaging Company's SlideBox CR SB200

Market Trends: Pharmaceutical Packaging

Pot Luck: Cannabis Packaging Reaches New High

Kristen Kazarian

February 16, 2018

Cannabis continues to grow with many countries legalizing its usage, creating a new packaging segment. In 2018, Canada is expected to fully legalize marijuana, and the U.S. appears to be heading down the same path as more states approve its medical and recreational use.

Materials Technology: Rigid Packaging

Pack to the Future with Rigid Packaging

Rigid plastic containers are making a comeback—and should continue to do so in the foreseeable future.

Kristen Kazarian

January 15, 2018

Rigid plastic is seeing innovations that challenge its rivals. Add to that the increasing use of bioplastics, reusable plastics and improved barrier properties, and rigid plastic containers definitely have a solid role in packaging.

Market Trends: Household Packaging

Put the power in household packaging

Products in sleek new packaging made for convenience will have consumers wanting to get outdoors.

Kristen Kazarian

December 20, 2017

Fall cleanup and winter prep time is here, and that means getting lawn mowers, leaf blowers and trimmers winterized, and snow blowers, vehicles and home exteriors ready to brave the cold.

Materials Technology: Protective packaging

A global role for protective packaging

Ecommerce is growing rapidly and with more consumers buying online, protective packaging is crucial.

Kristen Kazarian

December 19, 2017

Protective packaging comes in both material and container form. It safeguards the product as a candy bar wrapper or can; and as a container, like a box for shipping with the product inside.

Machinery Technology: Inspection / detection

Test, Measure, Detect

Inspection / detection equipment gets down to the nitty gritty with single machines and innovative combo machines.

Kristen Kazarian

November 1, 2017

I was fortunate enough to attend PACK EXPO Las Vegas last month to see many of these machines that are new to market. From combination X-ray and checkweigher systems, to metal detectors and vision systems, the takeaway was flexibility and high speed action.