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Coke’s Ice Bottle – Cold to the last Drop
In many an article on the internet Coke’s Ice Bottle “Cold to the last drop”, I come back to this later, is seen as a marvellous marketing gimmick and nothing more. Sterling Anthony even wrote a...
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Ergonomics in Bottle Design
The term “ergonomics” is derived from two Greek words: “ergon”, meaning work, and “nomoi”, meaning natural laws. Ergonomists study human capabilities in relationship to work demands. Today, however,...
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Ergonomics in Bottle Design (Part 02)
When we take a walk along the supermarket aisles and look at the PET beverage bottles, the consumer can’t be impressed by the design, as almost all have a same dull shape as if they come from one...
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Flexible Packaging and its Recycling Problems
photo courtesy: http://www.cldgraphics.com In three articles I will describe the flexible packaging market in relation to recycling. Up till this moment there is essentially nowhere in the world a...
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From Post-Consumer Flexible Packaging to a Durable Consumer Product
No one wants a landfill in their backyard. Certainly, no one wants emissions from these landfills to contaminate air, soil and water with toxins and greenhouse gas emissions. But that’s exactly the...
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Dual-Chamber Dispensing Bottles
Suredose from Perimeter Brand Packaging Dual-chamber bottles, mainly used to make a mixture of two liquid ingredients ending up in one liquid. I wrote about these in a previous article and they are not...
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Dual-Chamber Dispensing Bottles – Part 02
In my previous article I defined “fixed-dose dispensing technology”, as a way to consistently dose from a bottle exact same volumes of liquid. This technology mainly is realised by using dual-chamber...
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Dual-Chamber Dispensing Bottles – Part 03
In the world of the dual-chamber dispensing bottles the most commonly used design is the Bettix bottle. Although the Single-Neck as well as the Twin-Neck Bettix dispensing bottle is mainly used in the...
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Interesting Developments in Stand-Up Pouches
Even stand-up pouches are subject to design and not only in printing but in shape as well. The traditional and conventional rectangular pouches are often replaced by oval, or other profiled shapes, as...
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Interesting Developments in Stand-Up Pouches – Part 02
In this part about the developments in stand-up pouches we will see various new applications for this popular packaging format. You don’t only see new and unexpected products packaged in stand-up...
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Developments in Wine Packaging
Glass long reigned the global market for alcoholic drinks and had a staggering 200 billion units in retail sales in 2012. But of course it is beer that rules the glass world with its 74% unit volume...
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Developments in Wine Packaging – 02
As promised in my previous article, today I like to show the recent developments in the on-the-go market for wine. For a long time the on-the-go market in general has been seen by the consumer goods...
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What’s going on in packaging for ready meals
Example of the microwave-shielding technology from Shieltronics. Long since, the four fundamental functions of packaging (contain, protect/preserve, transport, communicate) are broadened by active,...
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What’s going on in packaging for ready meals (part 02)
As said in my previous article today we will have a look at three new pasteurisation/sterilisation techniques for ready meals. These techniques are all related to microwaving, but in such a way that...
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Movements in Packaging for Alcoholic Drinks
With the running up to the holidays, it is time to have a look at the recent developments in packaging for alcoholic beverages. From strong to watery. Triple Crown Whiskey Pouches The aisles of...
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Packaging Convenience in the Kitchen
photo courtesy http:/eleanorboyle.com Despite being and feeling awfully busy, today’s consumers, single or as part of a family are cooking. Or what they call cooking, as it isn’t their grandmother’s...
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Packaging Convenience in the Kitchen (02)
As I wrote in my previous article the modern consumer tends to cook a “composite dinner” along the contemporary way of “throwing” together prepared or semi-cooked pre-packaged items. From this...
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Recent Packaging Innovations from Germany
It is interesting to see how packaging innovation is implemented in a highly developed country as Germany. The best way to find out, is to have a look at the winners of the German Packaging Award. The...
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Recycling Bio-based and Biodegradable Plastics
The last years I wrote a range of articles about the development and application of bio-based and biodegradable plastics and in particular about the problems faced by the recycling industry to handle...
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The Poka-Yoke Packaging Concept
Team Consulting introduced a new approach to medical device packaging at the Pharmapack Europe show in Paris, which it says has the potential to minimise user error. The packaging concept, in...
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