Graphic Design USA (GDUSA) magazine announced the winners of its 59th Anniversary GDUSA Package Design Awards, a celebration of the power of effective package design and related disciplines to advance the brand, tell the story, make the sale. The annual competition includes more than 20 categories. This year, more than 2,750 entries were received overall…
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Infinite Recycling Makes Aluminum the Material of Choice for Beverage Brands and Stadiums By Sara Axelrod, Director of Sustainability, Beverage Packaging North and Central America at Ball Corporation The impact of the climate crisis is growing every day, and governments, businesses, and consumers alike are looking for innovative ways to minimize their environmental footprint. Amidst…
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By Gary Paulin and Mark Lusky How do you set yourself apart amid a sea of craft beers and ever-more-creative labels and packaging? According to a December 2018 USA Today article, “Small and independently owned breweries, or craft breweries, were making about 5 percent more beer at the middle of 2018 than the year before…” With…
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BW Integrated Systems, a Barry-Wehmiller packaging company, has hired packaging industry veteran, Fausto Savazzi, as vice president.
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Pretium Packaging is targeting the specialty beverage market with its amber-colored growler alternative of its 64-ounce SureHandle™ polyethylene terephthalate (PET) container.
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The polyethylene naphthalate (PEN) market size is set to surpass $1.8 billion by 2024; according to a new research report by Global Market Insights, Inc.
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Avery Dennison and Everledger Bring Authenticated Provenance Tracking on Blockchain to Wine Industry
Avery Dennison Corporate has collaborated with Everledger in developing end-to-end traceability and provenance solutions for the wine and spirits industry.
Read More >>Study by EcoFocus Worldwide identifies four opportunities for brands to leverage packaging in their innovation process. MEMPHIS, TN | Evergreen Packaging released a white paper, “2019 Food and Beverage Packaging Trends,” based on data from the annual EcoFocus Trend Study, which forecasts key trends that will shape the U.S. food and beverage industries in the…
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MCKINNEY, TX | WaveGrip’s innovative multi-packing G1 applicator is helping Tupps Brewery streamline its manufacturing process while also providing a sustainable, environmentally friendly solution to the multi-packing of its beer cans. The G1 applicator from WaveGrip was the perfect choice for Tupps Brewery thanks to a top speed of 100 cans-per-minute (cpm), full automation and…
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By Rachel Kenyon, vice president, Fibre Box Association (FBA) Shoppers’ growing dependence on e-commerce to deliver the products they want, directly to their homes, is creating an evolution in America’s holiday shopping traditions. Amazon continues to lead the pack in online sales (though Walmart is closing the gap in some categories). This year, 81 percent…
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WINNECONNE, WI | Multi-Conveyor recently built a series of stainless steel, mostly washdown constructed conveyors for a bottle capper reject application. A 42″ long straight running table top chain conveyor was built to accept rejected bottles of a liquid food product that will be dispensed onto a 36″ stainless steel rotary accumulation table. The accepting tabletop…
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Keeping it Personal: Soft, Strong, Thick or Thin, Each Package Has a Different Spec By Christine Pietryla Wetzler, editor When I was at Pack Expo back in October, I met with Will Cannon, industrial national accounts manager for Glue Dots International who walked me through their product line and shared some of the individualized ways…
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By: Alison Kim, senior director of strategic marketing, WestRock The relationship between brands, retailers and consumers has evolved significantly since WestRock began tracking consumer satisfaction with packaging in 2013. While plenty has changed over the past six year in how consumers shop – consider the rise in e-commerce – our research shows that Packaging Matters…
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WILLIS, TX | InkJet, Inc. has recently introduced its MacroCode Large Character Drop on Demand (DOD) printing system that is suitable for use in a wide range of industrial printing applications in all types of environments and substrates. The MacroCode printing system offers the fastest print speed available on the market at 575 feet per minute…
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upakovka 2019, Russia’s most important trade fair for the packaging sector and related processing industries, will take place at the AO Expocentre Krasnaja Presnja exhibition center in Moscow from January 29 – February 1, 2019. The range of exhibits will cover the entire value chain for the target groups of food, beverages, confectionery products and baked goods…
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Douglas Machine Inc. detailed in a compelling press release its integrated solution designed and created for an iconic dairy brand that has been part of the American grocery landscape since before the civil war. This brand was the first company to develop a patent for the process of condensing milk as well as the first…
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MoonJuice IPA becoming the fastest growing brand in the SanTan portfolio is now packaged in larger, 24 oz. cans.
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Miami’s first production craft brewery pays homage to its family heritage, eclectic arts neighborhood, and city history with new packaging designs across its core portfolio Shortly after unveiling a refreshed logo earlier this year, Wynwood Brewing Company proudly reveals a bold design change for its brand packaging. Sharing a preview into the design update, Wynwood’s…
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WaveGrip’s (www.wave-grip.com) G1 multi-packing applicator is helping Florida brewery, Due South Brewing Co. to pack its range of canned craft beer much more efficiently and cost-effectively. Based just outside of West Palm Beach, Due South was the first full production craft brewery in South Florida and currently operates a 27,000 sqft brewery and taproom. Producing…
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Absolut® unveils the summer’s best-dressed party favor – the limited-edition Absolut America bottle. Perfectly suited for any backyard barbecue or firework festival, Absolut America is bringing people together to celebrate, and support, America the beautiful – with the help of a national community improvement nonprofit organization, Keep America Beautiful. Painted in red, white and blue,…
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