Janice Lascko has had enough. Pop-top soup cans, toy packaging with twisty ties and other hard-to-open packaging has the 61-year-old arthritis sufferer writing an opinionated letter to the Packaging Industry, via Packaging Digest, with an emphatic message: >>>stop making packaging that is extremely hard to open<<< While admitting that medication, of course, need to packaged […]
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As the second largest packaging segment in the US, flexible packaging account for 18% of the $145 billion American packaging market, according to the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA). This has been a pivotal movement for brands to adopt flexible packaging to save on energy costs and reduce capital spent on materials. Flexible packaging is an
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8Nestle Purina PetCare launched in fall 2014 the line Just Right by Purina, and it’s hoping to offer to consumers the same level of attention and choice when it comes to petfood and how healthy the dogs are eating. The Just right brand combines a dog owner’s knowledge of their four-legged, barking pet with Purina’s
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What happens when you team with famed artist Leif Podhaisky, whose creative mind is responsible for surreal and beautiful album artwork for musicians like Bonobo and The Horrors, to create a gift pack for Ballantine’s? This hypnotically abstract set of boxes and sleeves, part of the distillery’s new ‘Artist Series’, is what happens. And the
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Small packages can deliver great value for beverage, food, healthcare and personal care products. Single-serve and small packaging is having more and more success: consumer lifestyles are driving the trend toward smaller packaging. What drives food and drinks are issues like convenience, dietary awareness, freshness and reducing waste. “It’s a lot about convenience, 2, including
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Would you like a handy stand-up pouch that reminds you of old school mason jars without the hassle of having a bulky glass jug? The answer relies in the Schur® Jar: a unique flexible stand-up pouch that is shaped like a traditional glass jar, courtesy of Schur® Star Systems premium printing techniques, that obtains a
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