Packaging Digest - December 1, 2009

For Rishi Tea, a Milwaukee-based importer, organic tea is its passion. It's what Rishi does best. The company imports tea certified under USDA-National Organic Program (NOP) or fair-trade regulations, directly from tea gardens and sells it to wholesale customers and consumers in the U.S. and internationally.

• Safe and secure
• How to choose a controller
• Opportunities abound for U.S. packaging companies

• Departments
• Vf/f/s bagger
• Controller
• Inks
• Metal detector
• Wine shipper
• Motor
• Bar-code scanners
• Additive
• Glass bottles
• Applicator
• Fill and seal system
• Vision sensor
• Conveyors
• F/f/s with CIP
• Food-grade RPET
• Inverters
• AC drive
• UPS modules
• One-way key
• Industrial PC
• Oval tubes
• PET bottles
• Aluminum packaging
• Shipping boxes
• Robot
• Vial refill cases
• Inline printer
• Ethernet
• Steam tunnel
• Design Trends
• Mascara tube looks more like a pen
• Bold can shortens shaving time
• New Product of the Month : Sleep remedy calls 'help'
• Coca-Cola jazzes up juice packaging
• Fragrance flacons with a flourish
• New identity, design for New French Bakery
• Airless pump ignites anti-aging cream
• Glass jars for cheeses create premium look
• Sustainability
• SPC introduces Framework to gauge metrics in packaging sustainability
• System Integration
• Packaging integrators make the grade

• Features
• Simple design aims for sophisticated tastes
• Pharma CP knows how to 'take a powder'
• Dairy labelers tackle the tough turf
• Packaging Integrator of the Year
• Achieving sustainability with flexible automation

• New Technology
• Sustainably sweet
• Air-cooled induction sealers

• Product of the Day
• Roll changer
• PET bottle