packaging

Mar 30th, 2010

USA: National Investigation Exposes Fraud in Frozen Seafood Labeling

Consumers and businesses may be paying up to $23 per pound for ice when purchasing frozen seafood products. This according to a national investigation earlier this year that revealed some packers are including the weight of ice glazing in the labeled weight for the seafood. A coating of ice glaze is applied to frozen seafood prior...

Nov 20th, 2008

Millipore Corporation Introduces First Bioplastic Product

Millipore Corporation, a life science leader providing technologies, tools and services for bioscience research and biopharmaceutical manufacturing, unveiled its first biodegradable and compostable product, the EcoStand tube holder, made from environmentally responsible bio-based plastic resin. “Millipore is proud to be leading the industry in developing products and packaging made from renewable resources,” said Geoffrey Crouse, Vice...

Oct 16th, 2008

Byrne First American Dairy to Adopt Sidel’s Predis™ Solution

Innovative dry preform decontamination system in Sidel Combi line achieves ESL at lower cost, higher efficiency vs. conventional methods. As market demand for flavored milk, coffee creamer, and other premium dairy products grows, Byrne Dairy sought to expand capacity in order to better serve customers in the Eastern United States. “Our goals were extended shelf life, to...

Oct 10th, 2008

Rexam Prescription Launches 100% Post-Consumer Recycled PET Resin Liquid Oval Containers

PERRYSBURG, Ohio — Consumers are increasingly looking for ways to “go green” and reduce their environmental impact. To help meet this demand, Rexam Prescription Products has become the first packaging company to develop and market a liquid prescription oval made with 100 percent post-consumer recycled PET resin. This package — available in two, three, four, six,...

Oct 3rd, 2008

Shiner International Announces Launch of Innovative Coated Film Product for Food Industries, with an Expected Revenue of 70 Million US Dollars

HAIKOU, China — Shiner International, Inc., a market leader in China’s packaging and anti-counterfeiting plastic films industry, announced Shiner has finished development of a new coated film product and will launch it into the market in half a year, supplying clients from the global market. With the full popularization of the product, Shiner’s new coated...

Oct 2nd, 2008

Covidien’s Mallinckrodt Baker Adds 2,5-Liter High-Density Polyethylene Pakaging for Reagent Acids

PHILLIPSBURG, New Jersey — Covidien , a leading global provider of healthcare products, announced that its Mallinckrodt Baker business has added a new 2.5-liter high-density polyethylene (HDPE) bottle as a packaging option for its J.T.Baker® chemicals and Mallinckrodt® chemicals brand reagent acids. The new bottle offers laboratory technicians a durable packaging alternative that enhances laboratory...

Oct 2nd, 2008

High-Energy Transparent Colors Present a Captivating and Distinctive Shelf Presence

TARRYTOWN, NY — Electrifying PET bottles made from Ampacet EdgeGlow™ Masterbatch offer unique, visually stimulating, high energy packaging for beverage, energy drinks, hair care, shampoo, and teen or tween HBA products. The visually stimulating fluorescent appearance can be accentuated within a black light POP display or black lit club setting where the package will emit a...

Oct 2nd, 2008

Sony Ericsson Expands its Sustainability Credentials with the Launch of its Environmental Warranty and the GreenHeart™ Phone

LUND, Sweden — Today marked the launch of Sony Ericsson’s environmental warranty, and the concept of Sony Ericsson GreenHeart™ phones, just two initiatives the company is taking to further its commitment to a sustainable future and continually reducing its impact on the environment. Environmental warranty The launch of Sony Ericsson’s environmental warranty means that now, when...

Sep 30th, 2008

New Design Concepts and an Innovative Processing Technology for Cosmetic Packaging with DuPont™ Surlyn®

Under its banner of ‘Inspirations for 2009′, DuPont Cosmetic Solutions will introduce new design concepts and technologies for cosmetic packaging at Luxe Pack 2008 (Monaco, 28-31 October 2008). Highlights of the DuPont exhibit (Hall Ravel, stand D), under the banner of ‘Inspirations for 2009′, will include some of the latest applications of DuPont™ Surlyn® in...

Sep 30th, 2008

DSM Invests in Intelligent Medication Packaging

DSM Venturing, the corporate venturing unit of Royal DSM N.V., announces that it has made an equity investment in The Compliers Group International B.V. (TCG). The Netherlands-based company focuses on the development of smart pharmaceutical packaging solutions that contain microchips which enable the monitoring of a patient’s therapy compliance. Financial details of the investment will...

Sep 29th, 2008

Spumador Chooses Sidel’s New Aseptic Filler to Achieve Greater Production Flexibility

Spumador is pursuing its growth strategy adding a new aseptic line from Sidel. This cutting edge packaging line is equipped with the new Sensofill™ FMa filler that offers greater product and format flexibility. A producer and bottler of its own brands of mineral water and beverages, Spumador also offers packaging solutions to major international brands for...

Sep 25th, 2008

Amcor PowerFlex™ for New Product Introduction

Amcor PET Packaging helps Let’s Mongo, Inc., Moorpark, CA launch a line of Hispanic-inspired ready-to-drink (RTD) teas. The company has selected Amcor’s 16-ounce, long-neck PowerFlex™ polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle to introduce its Tomandote™ brand beverages. About a year ago, company director Frank Ruvalcaba came to the realization that there weren’t any commercially-available RTD teas in...

Sep 24th, 2008

DW Plastics Underlines Crate Expertise in New market Sector

DW Plastics has expanded its customer base with a new contract to supply a bespoke plastic crate to AMP in Belgium, the country’s largest newsprint distributor. AMP was previously using normal open crates for newspaper distribution but these presented a number of issues for retailers, relating to security and ease of use, which the company wanted...

Sep 19th, 2008

Millad® NX8000 Opens Up Market Opportunities for Clear PP

Milliken Chemical, a division of Milliken & Company, has developed a high clarity packaging solution that will bring the cost and performance advantages of polypropylene (PP) to more markets and applications than ever before. Millad® NX8000, Milliken’s latest clarifier innovation, provides 50% better clarity to PP than the current industry standard, providing designers and specifiers...

Sep 18th, 2008

DSM Doubles Stanyl® Capacity with Opening of New Plant in Geleen (NL)

HEERLEN — Royal DSM N.V., the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company headquartered in The Netherlands, announces that the second polymerization plant for Stanyl® polyamide 46 on the Chemelot site in Geleen (Netherlands) has opened. The new plant doubles DSM’s worldwide production capacity for this high-performance plastic, supporting expected continuous strong growth in the...

Sep 18th, 2008

Major Step Forward for Plastic Recycling in Wales

Closed Loop Recycling has chosen North Wales as the location for its second plastic recycling plant. The innovative plastic recycling facility will take 50,000 tonnes of water, milk and other soft drinks bottles which will be processed back into new food packaging. This waste might otherwise be exported or sent to landfill. The project has...