Packaging Digest - June 1, 2009
Features
Sunchips debuts compostable bag
Just in time for Earth Day, PepsiCo's Frito-Lay Div. is rolling out compostable packaging bit by bit this year, with a fully compostable bag due out on Earth Day in 2010. Applied to bags of its SunChips brand, a popular line of multigrain snacks, the plant-based, biodegradable material is a structure made of NatureWorks' (www.
- Departments
- Comment
- Recession can't contain growth in food packaging
- Design Trends
- Bread bags get colorful
- Organic meal replacement in RTD pack
- Water in a retro bottle
- Gorton’s Seafood switches to zip bags
- Light-up bottle for haircare product
- 'Green' gift bags made from limestone
- Subway slims salad bowls to reduce enviro impact
- High-tech look for laundry conditioner
- 360 Vodka shipped in a recyclable container
- Classic Wonder Bread bag gets a new take
- Del Monte adds fruit bowl package
- New Products
- Aseptic filler
- Bulk-bag filler
- Dessert containers
- Spa jars
- Robotic tube filler/loader
- Smooth closures
- Paper-handle applicator
- Tablet filler
- Sorter/capper
- Biodegradable technology
- Plastic containers
- Transfer device
- Vision system
- Bagging machine
- Thermoforming
- Filler
- Tamper-evident lid
- Skyline bottle
- F/F/S machine
- Divider/placer
- Sport cap closure
- Cartridge printer
- Newsmakers
- Newsmakers
- Sustainability
- Sustainability: U.S. needs consistent labeling to explain package recovery
- System Integration
- Automation in Packaging: Integrators value reliability and technical support
- Features
- SweetWater Brewing Co. increases efficiency of packaging operation
- Tray-pack for fishing product does double duty
- Candle packs light the way to sweet sales
- Packaging fireworks
- Labeler is a sweet solution for ice-cream cone maker
- Automated packaging system is a gem for overstock.com
- Improved packaging operations for malt manufacturer
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