The two biggest factors in the success or failure of any given product in the food and beverage industry are product quality and quantity. To satisfy these requirements, manufacturers must obtain precise measurements of packaged food and beverage goods and accurately record this data. Additionally, each package should be prepared in a sanitary environment to prevent contamination and preserve product integrity.

Affinnova, Inc., a global marketing technology company that dramatically improves innovation and marketing success rates, today released its first Package Design Audit, illustrating the importance of package design, specifically in the vodka industry.

TricorBraun becomes the latest organization to license IoPP’s online Fundamentals, joining companies including Kraft Foods, General Mills, Clorox, Ecolab, SGS International, Berlin Packaging and most recently, packaging students in Kenya, through a special training arrangement sponsored by IPACK-IMA and the Staples Foundation.

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue, “Beverage Packaging Market By Beverage Types (Non-Alcoholic, Alcoholic & Dairy), Packaging Types (Bottle, Can, Pouch, Carton, Draught, Bulk & Others), Material (Glass, Plastic, PET, HDPE, Metal, Paper-Board & Others) - Global Trends & Forecast To 2018.”

With the recent growth in connecting social media with product promotion and product traceability needs, Markem-Imaje sees thermal ink jet as an important enabling technology to meet or exceed its customers’ emerging product promotion and product traceability printing expectations.

Eight O'Clock Coffee is stepping up its style with a momentous brand refresh this summer. With modern, sleek red packaging, tasty new varieties, and new consumer communication to be featured on air, online, and on the runway, Eight O'Clock Coffee will be taking to the coffee aisle with a fresh new look this season.

Salt of the Earth Bakery is relaunching their artisan baked goods in fresh new structure and design worthy of these supremely delicious treats. The Bakery turned to branding partner Little Big Brands to lead the effort.

They dubbed their invention Honey Badger BBQ Sauce – inspired by a popular YouTube parody of a National Geographic program on the African honey badger – and decided to bring the product to market in a 3D package shaped like its rough-and-tough animal namesake.

The Drives & Motion Division of Yaskawa America, Inc. has received the NorthFace ScoreBoard AwardSM from Omega Management Group Corp. in recognition of achieving excellence in customer service and support in 2012. Since 2000, the award has been presented annually to companies who, as rated solely by their own customers, exceeded expectations in customer satisfaction during the prior calendar year. Omega is an expert in customer experience management (CEM) strategy, and helps companies boost revenue and profits by consistently exceeding customer expectations for service quality.

The one-hour session, "Expanding the Color Gamut and other Packaging Trends," will be held Tuesday, August 6, from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time.