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Packaging Diva’s Picks Of The Week: 5/8/08

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

Baby Formula Bottles Often Toxic
MedHeadlines - Chicago,IL,USA
The chemical Bisphenol A (BPA), widely used to make plastic packaging products, has just been declared toxic enough to be linked to a host of severe …

Bottle Maker to Stop Using Plastic Linked to Health Concerns

Turning off the tap for bottled water
London Free Press - Canada
All food products come in food packaging, Griswold continues, and bottled water makes up a small proportion of plastic packaging. She also disputes widely …

Packaging Diva Picks Of The Week 4/11/08

Monday, April 14th, 2008

dull cigarette packaging would cut smoking

Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
Packages that are plain also appeal less to young people who perceive them as dull, researchers found. Plain packaging might be met with resistance,

Suppliers feeling the pinch as GM switches to insourcing
The Flint Journal - MLive.com - Flint,MI,USA
possible,” said Steve Landaal, the packaging company’s executive vice president. GM will insource work equaling 3000 jobs during the four-year contract,

 applebrandsource Relaunched as Fresh New Branding Agency; READY366
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
smart packaging and products that provide greater utility and convenience and are more environmentally-friendly will be true market

Packaging Diva Picks Of The Week: 3/28/08

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Diageo: developing brand loyalty by offering sensory appeal
Drinks Business Review - USA
Marketing activity will focus on the brand’s heritage, and includes an off-trade ’signature’ promotion that offers consumers the opportunity to win a

Cobb kids weigh in on school menu items
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
“We’re pulling out all the stops on packaging so that it will appeal to kids. The nutrition drink had switched to cans resembling power drinks,” she noted.

“Intelligent” bottle makes dirty water drinkable
Food Week - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
According to top government body UK Trade & Investment, UK consultants excel at translating ideas into commercial success. It says UK designers are renowned

Darrell Lea hits purple patch in Cadbury case
NEWS.com.au - Australia
By Glenda Korporaal SWEETS seller Darrell Lea is claiming a victory in the latest phase of its long-running court battle with chocolate maker Cadbury over

Eat your burger, then your wrapper
Kilkenny Advertiser - Kilkenny,Ireland
Cllr Rody Kelly maintained that there was indeed such a thing as edible packaging. Commenting on the latest IBAL report which confirmed Carlow as a

Kraft’s salad dressing fix: Shake up well
Chicago Tribune - United States
Others still are making their own dressings, which allows them more control over calories and fat, said Lynn Dornblaser, an analyst at Mintel.

Independent audit for drinks marketing
Morning Advertiser - UK
Portman’s annual report, published today, shows there were seven complaints against the marketing or packaging of drinks during the year, five of which were

Key Challenges and Issues Facing the Frozen Food Packaging Market
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
Among frozen food packaging products, fastest growth is anticipated for pouches as a result of solid prospects for stand-up pouches, often at the expense of

PACKAGING DIVA’S PICKS OF THE WEEK 2/15/08

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Past times in a package
East Herts Herald 24 - Stevenage,Engalnd,UK
They are mostly 20th century advertising tins and well-known brands but people don’t always recognise the old packaging. “People like to be able to connect

33rd Annual Graphics of the Americas
What They Think - Lexington,KY,USA
However, what few people realize is that counterfeit packaging is a $700-billion-a-year problem, with at least $350 billion attributed to bogus print,

New Ideas for Old People: 157 Packaging Design Concepts
Core77.com - New York,NY,USA
The goal was not to find specific packaging solutions for older people but to create attractive solutions that work for all generations aka universal


The Diva’s Picks 1/25/08

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

WA bill ‘unreasonably targets’ bottled water, IBWA says
Water Technology Online - Latham,NY,USA
The IBWA noted in its statement that plastic beverage bottles are “among the most recycled packaging in this country and beverage companies continue toRead Here

Dead Sea men’s range combines naturals and science
CosmeticsDesign-Europe.com - Montpellier,France
Consequently the packaging features a sleek, no-nonsense design that also includes no unnecessary secondary packaging, falling in line with consumer desire… Read Here

The Latest Emerging Gadgets and Technology
HULIQ - Hickory,NC,USA
Gadgets to look forward to include a transparent toaster and milk packaging that changes colour. Why would you want to see milk package change colours? Read Here

You‘re going to need a big shelf
Macleans.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
The first brilliance-in-branding award of 2008 goes to Oregon Pinot Noir winemakers, freshly anointed by Riedel, the Austrian glass-maker fetishized by… Read Here



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