Packaging Digest - May 1, 2008

Becoming beautiful can be a messy job, even with sleek, stylish applicators and accessories. Applying makeup for some people can range from time-consuming through stressful to wasteful. New York City-based Revlon Consumer Products Corp. is applying a high level of package innovation to help women of all skin tones turn applying foundation to their faces into a more beautiful and beautifying exp...

• Departments
• Comment
• Robots hand packagers new ways to compete 
• Design Trends
• Sleeve labels convey youth, health for juice
• Juice Beauty 'greens' cartons
• Coke venture launches coffee drinks in cans
• Jar display paints pretty sales picture for Benjamin Moore
• Bottled au jus 'wines and dines' posh pets
• Petcare crosses over with attitude, style
• Death Valley chips heat up sales
• Don't worry; it's not disgusting
• Keebler creates cookies on-the-go
• Dishwashing is easier than ever
• New Products
• Carton closer
• Oval tubes
• New Products Equipment
• Product- selection guide
• Sorter
• PLCs
• Dairy equipment
• Sleeve labeler
• Touchpanel computer
• Interlock switches
• Carton closer
• Conveyor
• Bag sealers
• Blow molding
• Pallet labeler
• Filling bowl
• Temperature controllers
• Printing system
• Bagger
• Spill kit
• Ink-jet printing systems
• Vision sensor
• New Products Materials
• Closures
• Carton coding
• Sorbent canisters
• Easy-seal film
• Carton adhesive
• Flexible container
• Software
• Media disc case 
• Newsmakers
• Newsmakers
• Sustainability
• British retailer offers role model for U.S. in implementing sustainable practices
• System Integration
• More questions to ask a potential system integrator

• Features
• Clamshell Sealing
• The game is on the line
• Label-Printing Solution
• Printing solution saves money for World Kitchen 
• Liquor Bottle
• Getting a handle on vodka
• Medical Packaging Q and A
• BD Medical: injects innovation into packaging
• Mobile Bottling
• Bottling on wheels 
• Monobloc Filling/Capping
• Netweight oil filling
• Packaging Awards
• Sustainable strides in plastic
• Show Preview
• New York show focuses on packaging

• New Technology
• Automation and Controls
• Vision system satisfies a sweet tooth 

• Product of the Day
• Ink-jet printer