Headlines - Packaging Strategies

While contract packaging is a market necessity -- and one that is growing in favor all the time -- it still stands true that many consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers are still hesitant to engage those services.

Another Potato Starch Alternative Unearthed Among A Growing Field Of Bio-Sourced Resins

February 1, 2008

Add another contender to the growing list of biopolymers soon to be in production: a fully compostable tray sourced virtually entirely from potato starch obtained from domestic sources.

Burn, Baby, Burn: New Steelmaking Process Replaces Coal With Plastic Bags, Containers

February 1, 2008

An unusual process to burn polyethylene (PE) packaging waste to make steel has found an adherent in Australia’s largest steel company, which has licensed the technology and plans to use it in its processes.

Kureha’s New PET Barrier Technology Makes Plans To Climb Walls Of CSD Market

February 1, 2008

A long-awaited PET barrier technology from Japan’s Kureha that lowers the cost of multilayer bottles while offering the same carbon-dioxide protection brings high expectations of being a game-changer for the U.S. carbonated soft drink (CSD) industry.

Lush For Life: British Cosmetics Company Launches A Campaign To ‘Rid The World Of Packaging’

February 1, 2008

Poised to expand into more Macy’s stores and become a “household” name in the United States, Lush is bringing an emerging packaging concept to retailers in household products: the lack of need for much packaging.

Oxygen-Free Packaging: French Thermoforming System Keeps Meat Fresh On Shelves For Six Months

February 1, 2008

A small French company has devised a novel -- if not controversial -- method to rid packages of oxygen, a dual-chamber thermoforming process it claims can increase the shelf life of food products from the current standard of 21 days to as long as 24 weeks.

The Glass House: Report Confirms Idea That Product Packaging Must Step Up Information Delivery

February 1, 2008

If it’s true we are living in an age of transparency, a Deloitte & Touche study reveals profound changes must take place in packaging to deliver more information to consumers.

When Cell Phones Meet Cartons: Graphic Packaging Dials In Consumer Products

February 1, 2008

Cellular phones could move to the center of the consumer packaging and product universe if new technology from Graphic Packaging for folding cartons proves to be a shelf differentiator.