CLEARWATER, Fla.—Innovation can eliminate packaging waste and enable a future where all packaging is recycled or its value is recovered, DuPont’s vice president and general manager said at the Packaging Strategies CEO Summit. “The packaging industry has long focused on reducing to the minimum necessary packaging. But this is not enough; we can do more through innovation,” said William F. Weber.
Packaging Strategies’ is holding its Second Annual Sustainable Package Design Workshop & Designers’ Resource Expo on January 28, 2009 at the Sheraton Sand Key Resort, Clearwater Beach, Fla. The Sustainable Package Design Workshop & Designer’s Resource Expo is designed provide package designers working across all package material types and structures with the practical knowledge necessary to conceptualize, design, and collaboratively deliver responsible, sustainable packaging from a total systems thinking approach. Attendees will learn: • Insightful guidance on systems thinking about responsible, sustainable design for structural and graphic package designers • Expert guidance on how to approach responsible, sustainable design principles as a natural and
ITASCA, Ill.—Packaging Strategies will be hosting its Growth Strategies Symposium June 9-10 at the Westin Chicago Northwest in Itasca, Ill. The event is an intensive, day-long symposium targeting tactical solutions for packaging converters and suppliers and their brand-owner customers. Growth Strategies is designed to help attendees understand, embrace, and execute those solutions as strategic platforms to launch new business opportunities, expand geographically, penetrate new end-market segments, boost stakeholder and customer value, tap intellectual property, and accelerate financial performance. The Growth Strategies Symposium is a next-generation new business development event. It targets progressive—and aggressive—packaging business professionals. These people are responsible for spearheading new packaging business
WEST CHESTER, Pa.—Full digital workflow solutions for package printing are becoming mandatory and a critical element in supply chain management (SCM), during a decade when both speed to market and cost pressures have influenced decisions of both CPG companies and retailers. But understanding the many technical production options available and, more importantly, discerning the barriers and opportunities of digital workflow can be an overly demanding process. A new study, “Digital Package Production Workflow: Trends, Tools, & Resources for the Production and Graphic Development of Consumer Packaging,” has been released to provide insights into the future of this emerging area of packaging. Authors Jonathan Agger
Food CPCs are taking a serious look at smart packaging, exploring inventive ways to protect their products and consumers. FOOD-BORNE ILLNESSES cause more than upset stomachs. According to the Center for Disease Control, food poisoning results in more than 325,000 hospitalizations and 5,200 deaths in the United States each year. Worldwide, the World Health Organization reports that 3.2 million children under the age of five die of food-poisoning-related illnesses annually. The statistics are grim, but there's hope. Beyond better food-handling methods, packaging is becoming another avenue for food companies to better protect their consumers from the hidden dangers of organisms such as Salmonella, E.
Shrink stock continues to steal the spotlight in the world of labels. TO EFFECTIVELY MARKET a consumer product, follow these directions: apply brightly printed shrink label to a smartly-shaped container and watch it fly off the store shelf. Okay, it's not that easy and maybe shrink sleeves aren't that good. But shrink labels are growing at an astounding rate, and their brilliant, 360° graphics and ability to contour to sleek container designs appeal to consumers. Simply put, shrink labels look good and sell their products. Endless possibilities Body labels such as shrink sleeves are expected to grow at a clip of about
The carton industry posted modest gains in 1999, but could renewed strategic smarts bring major momentum in 2000? By Susan Friedman At first glance, the folding carton's economic health could be summed up as simply "all good." According to Liz Hill, director of industry information at the Paperboard Packaging Council, "the national economy is still in an upswing, and the folding carton economy is following." Hill's rundown of folding carton gains in 1999 includes a .7 percent rise in annual sales, and a 2.3 percent increase in tonnage. She also reports a .5 percent export volume increase, as carton companies pooled their strengths through
