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Packaging Managemenet Update 01-28-08


January 28, 2008 -

Beverage packaging is constantly striving for shelf distinction and none stands out on the shelf more than the PET “canister” for Coke’s NOS energy drink.

In the crowded retail market, the look of a nitrous oxide canister surely will stand out, garnering double takes and perhaps some shelf grabs. What’s inside, of course, will determine if customers come back for another shot.

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Packaging Managemenet Update 01-21-08


January 21, 2008 -

We’d call meeting customer and consumer needs in a package that reduces material consumption a win, win, win.

For ConAgra’s Hunt’s catsup and Constar International, customer satisfaction certainly ranks as the best win. Still, they’ll probably happy to add another win to their trophy case – this one the first 3M Sustainable Packaging Award, launched as part of the 2007 AmeriStar awards of Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP).

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Packaging Management Update 01-14-08


January 14, 2008 - Two new studies suggest that today’s consumer, unlike some earlier generations, would actually pay more for so-called “green” products – those made of recycled or renewable materials or having some other environmental pedigree. If that can be borne our by realities in the marketplace – if sales of recycled content legal pads sold at Office Max sell as well as or better than their less pricey virgin duplicates – the current wave of environmental enthusiasm could initiate a sea change in the marketplace. On the other hand, if the KPMG and NYT pollsters are no more discerning than their political counterparts were about the New Hampshire primary, the “green” color of the sustainability movement may fade and disappear, leaving only economics as its driver. In the end, economics, not environmentalism, is the engine that’s driving operational sustainability. ...
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Packaging Management Update 01-07-08


January 08, 2008 - If report out of Singapore is correct, China is on the cusp of exerting major environmental impact on global packaging operations.

According to analysis from EP Resources Pte, Ltd., draft Method for Administration of Recycling Packaging Materials legislation requires packages for domestic/export markets to be recyclable, recoverable or degradable. New law puts packaging materials into three categories: Encouraged, Restricted or Obsolete (banned).

Legislation is seen as another move on China’s part to bolster its position in world market....
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Packaging Management Update 12-17-2007


December 17, 2007 - Food continues to be the largest market for packaging and, contrary to what some observers think, the market sector continues to be a source of innovative packaging ideas - gabletops with threaded closures for infant cereal, fluted steel food cans, RFID-tagged pallets of produce... the list unfolds daily....
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