Packaging Digest - April 1, 2008

Trading in its imported glass bottle for a more sustainable and consumer-friendly option, the Old Spice fragrance line now is housed in a three sizes of shatter-resistant polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles: a 3.86-in. container holding 2.5 oz of cologne, a 4.587-in. container in 4.25 oz of after-shave, and 5.

• Departments
• Comment
• Packagers flock to learn about sustainability 
• Design Trends
• Sustainable smoothies now in RPET bottles 
• ConAgra's 'healthy choice' for steamer package
• Kill it quick with fast-acting, hard-surface disinfectant
• PETG sleeves 'ready' fiber drink for the market
• Avon's intriguing container for skincare
• New squeeze bottles, sleeves revamp Elmer's Glue
• Luxe foodservice bottles enter the U.K. 
• New Products
• Robotic case packer
• Controls upgrade
• XML monitor
• Ink-jet printer
• Palletizing robot
• Remote-control option
• New Products Equipment
• Case packing 
• Tablet counters
• Thermal-transfer coder 
• Safety relays 
• MVTR permeation system
• Fast control technology
• New Products Materials
• Recyclable labels  
• Bowl bag 
• Displays
• Promoting paper
• Blister card
• Compliance labels
• Dual-valve closure
• Compliance package
• Bag swatchbook
• Newsmakers
• Newsmakers
• Sustainability
• Marketing claims often not sustainable 
• System Integration
• Seven rules for writing a project specification 

• Features
• Beverage Carriers
• Bottle carriers quash the 'crunch' at Pepsi
• Bottle Design
• Three-sided bottles heat up haircare sales
• Cosmeceutical Filling
• Cosmeceuticals company lifts filling productivity
• Design Awards
• Mobius winners savor adaptation 
• HDPE Bottles
• Chemically compatible bottles
• Pouch Packaging
• Juiced-up pouch filling 
• Show Preview
• Packaging show & tell
• Thermoformed Packaging
• Protective clamshell is a home run
• VF/F/S Packaging
• Dry-bean country

• New Technology
• Automation and Controls
• Smart divider maintains speed
• Label Printing / Application
• Uncorking custom wine labels