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Capitalizing on the hot trend for grab-and-go convenience, new snap-apart multipack packaging developed for the Country Fresh Snack Fresh brand is a finalist for the 2014 PMA Impact Award: Excellence in Packaging.

An area packaging company has filed a federal lawsuit against Frito-Lay, accusing it of stealing a design for promotional boxes of chips torn open by video gamers across the country last year.

The Schur Star Squeeze ‘n’ Mix packaging has two compartments with a frangible seal in the middle.

As DuPont Packaging Global Marketing Director Yasmin Siddiqi finished her keynote address on opening day of the PAC Packaging Consortium’s “A Day in the Life” symposium, she posed a question to the 150 or so packaging professionals in attendance: “What’s holding back our efforts to reduce food waste?”

On Sept. 29, the Food and Drug Administration published in the Federal Register for public comment four supplemental proposed rules addressing specific provisions from the various original proposals, based on comments reviewed so far.

Amidst a myriad of dehydrated food brands, The Katadyn Group called upon Capsule for a holistic brand and package redesign for AlpineAire as they consolidated three brands toward a more manageable and engaging solution.

The requirements for improving the effectiveness of heat-sealing – while ensuring shorter cycle times – are constantly evolving.

SPGPrints is helping UV-inkjet label printers assure safe, uncontaminated packaging solutions to the food and pharmaceutical markets by launching a range of low-migration UV-inkjet inks.

According to Mintel's new research, more than one in five respondents drink craft beer. While this is smaller than the 53 percent of consumers over the age of 22 that drink any beer, it's not far off from 30 percent of consumers who drink non-craft beer only.

Considering the hectic pace of the average American's daily routine, reliance on the convenience and variety offered by bagged salads and other types of ready-to-eat vegetables and fruit will be a key factor spurring the U.S. market for these products from $5.5 billion in 2013 to $7 billion by 2018.