Amcor Rigid Plastics has been named the winner in the beverage/nonalcoholic category of the AmeriStar Package Awards Competition, sponsored by the Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP).
The growth of the consumer wellness movement and demand for healthy foods has resulted in companies like Kraft and Nestlé eliminating the artificial ingredients in their products.
Nippon Straw, a manufacturer of drinking straws based in Tokyo, has created the Ex straw that facilitates smooth pouring of a package’s contents into another vessel.
Continuous collaboration between consumer goods manufacturers and technology suppliers is necessary to speed up the implementation of new processing and packaging solutions.
Greiner Packaging’s inert barrier technology won the Swiss Packaging Institute’s award for outstanding performance in the packaging technology category.
The Sonoco Alloyd DivvyPack dispensable packaging system allows singular “divvying” of product; the lid slides away without opening completely, dispensing a single product from a multiproduct package.
Appropriate for a variety of condiment applications, Winpak Hi-Bar structure technology also is suitable for form/fill/seal packaging applications for aseptically filled coffee creamers, jams, jellies and syrups.