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Craft Brewer Oskar Blues and Dow Collaborate on Printed Collation Shrink Packaging

May 7, 2018

Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics (dowpackaging.com) a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, is collaborating with craft beer brewer Oskar Blues along with plastics converter Berry Global (berryglobal.com) and…

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TricorBraun Helps Dulce Vida Spirits Become a Shelf Standout

April 17, 2018

Before Austin-based Dulce Vida Spirits launched its fruit-infused flavored tequilas, the company needed a packaging partner to manage the enormous undertaking of changing the height of its glass bottle. Prime…

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Craft Beer in Cans: The Future May Be Aluminum

March 30, 2018

A Q&A with Megan Easterling, Marketing Manager for Ball’s Beverage Packaging North & Central America Business. By: Elisabeth Cuneo, Editor Craft beer is everywhere, with fun names, package designs and…

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For the Love of The Craft

March 30, 2018

Craft Beer Continues to Delight Consumers with Its Packaging. By: Elisabeth Cuneo, Editor I love reading and writing about craft beer. It’s an exciting market that is growing, not as…

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New Labels Aid in the Craft Beer Market

March 28, 2018

Keg collar combines with tap handle label in an innovative solution. Submitted by Avery Dennison For the rapidly growing and professionally distributed Bellevue Brewing Company of Bellevue, WA, getting tap…

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Three Key Trends for Wine for 2018

February 26, 2018

Euromonitor International (blog.euromonitor.com) shares the trends to watch in wine. Still light grape wine: entering the dragon and a shadow falls over the U.S. China might have historically been the…

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Avery Dennison Introduces New, Sustainably Focused Wine and Spirits Label Constructions

January 29, 2018

Avery Dennison Label and Packaging Materials (averydennison.com) is adding two new label materials with sustainable facestocks to its Wine & Spirits Portfolio, each designed to help winemakers and converters address…

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Top Trends in Grocery Shopping for 2018 Announced

January 5, 2018

More shopping options and mobile payments at checkout rank among the top trends for grocery in 2018, according to John Karolefski, veteran supermarket analyst and purveyor of GroceryStories.com. Karolefski also…

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Great Northern Stratagraph Wins Two Excellence Awards for Package Design

December 29, 2017

Great Northern StrataGraph (gncstratagraph.com) receives two Excellence Awards in the 2017 North American Paperboard Packaging Competition. StrataGraph’s Excellence Award Winners include an innovative package design for Griffon Vault – Premium…

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Astral Tequila Introduces ‘Smart’ Spirits Bottle That Uses Thinfilm’s NFC Technology

December 12, 2017

Astral Tequila (‘Astral’) announces that it will introduce ‘smart’ bottles of its award-winning spirit to engage with consumers in-store and deliver customized digital experiences with the tap of a smartphone.…

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