If I understood this I’m sure it would be fascinating! I think that the point is that new technologies have allowed the production of crystals in a disk shape, I guess in the same way as some nanoclays, which is improving properties and giving a better barrier. Some great new words to bandy around though! [...]
Some of the biggest global brands and packaging manufacturers will pilot a new common language of definitions to benchmark sustainability in the Global Packaging Project (GPP).
Big names including Coca-Cola, Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Wal-Mart and Kraft are outlining the final terms, alongside Crown, Sealed Air, Alcan, SCA and Tetra Pak, as part of the [...]
Resealable cans are making their debut on the UK market this month with the launch of No Fear Extreme Energy.Ball Packaging first launched the ‘twist and shut’ can technology on the French market in 2008 for the Coca-Cola energy drink brand Burn.Made of plastic and aluminum, the Ball Re-sealable End has a flat opening mechanism [...]
This could be, finally, a genuine way of cutting through a lot of the, er, rubbish that is talked about packaging and sustainability, though it still runs the risk of starting from a point of ‘packaging bad’ (Martin)
The world’s most powerful brands and packaging manufacturers are to pilot a new common language of definitions to [...]
What do a bird in wintertime, a honeycomb and double glazing have in common? Instead of being some elaborate riddle, the answer is instead very simple. They are all ways to describe the cold chain storage technique on the market by Coldpack, which has recently had its UK launch.
Known as the Airliner, the packaging contains [...]
Really interesting artice about stand-up pouch development (Martin)
In the 1950s cellophane was the only clear film material available as flexible packaging material. In the 1960s, flexible packages started to evolve, with new processes and material innovations introduced at a daily basis. While many bags and pouches were made of coated papers, polypropylene and polyethylene came [...]
This is quite interesting – people have been looking at polyethylene hot melts for a long while as an alternative to EVA. Wilson claim that users can reduce adhesive costs by 25%. Looks as though it’s US at the moment, but technology tends to transfer (Martin)
Wisdom Adhesives, North America’s top mid-sized manufacturer of high performance, [...]
Here’s an interesting story about packaging being used to minimise cross contamination between chicken flock (Martin)
A trial of BioCote-protected chicken crates for Anglia Autoflow, a live bird handling company, has shown silve
r antimicrobial protection can help reduce risk of cross-contamination of Campylobacter among poultry
Campylobacter is the most common cause of food poisoning in humans and [...]
Nanomaterials present a number of huge opportunities in packaging, and I know that people like DuPont Teijin Films have been doing a lot of work, making use of the potential to get incredibly high barrier properties from light films. (Martin)
Nanowerk News Nanotechnology, the science of very small materials, is poised to have a big impact [...]
Another one found and Twittered by JoAnn Hines (@packagingdiva) – She’s good! I can’t hep thinking that this all sounds a bit like cellophane, though. Still, good idea if it works and if it doesn’t use more energy to produce than the plastic would have done (Martin)
ScienceDaily (July 2, 2009) — Margarita Calafell, a researcher [...]
