Packagers focus on new packaging

Smarter, smaller, and more tolerant - don't forget to be able to stand up. Focus on the future, the quick thinking packagers always pay attention to the needs of customers.

In the real world of packaging manufacturers, there are often challenges to make customers happy, machines continue to operate, choose the right people for production, and deliver order products on time.

But is it not an important thing to look at the packaging of the future in a world of perfection? See what kind of products your customers will need to print, slit, and laminate in the coming year or more? Doesn’t this help you plan to purchase the next machine or know what experience the next worker will need to recruit?

This is why the smartest packaging manufacturers are going to attend an exhibition similar to the Pack Expo held at the McCormick Exhibition Center in Chicago on October 29th. From there, you can see what will happen to their rollers or cutting materials after they leave the exhibition. They can also be aware of what will happen and observe the latest materials, shapes and designs - future packages

How is the equipment installed? With customer wishes as the source of traceability, packaging manufacturers will know where their own business will go in the future.

For those who failed to spend the five days in Chicago - or even those who participated in the show - with the help of our sister magazine Packaging Digest, we brought together some of the information we had obtained to influence the future. The packaging factor is a glance.

This is an example of two packaging trends that packaging manufacturers should pay attention to. The small ALL bottle on the left is a consumer and shelf-friendly package. The beautiful soft bag on the right packs the steam in the bag.

Smart steam packaging

Recently, for many packaging manufacturers, smart packaging means RFID-equipped packaging and labels. However, smart packaging can also be as simple and creative as a steamed bag.

According to Packaging Digest, Birds Eye Foods has 9 different types of new Steamfresh vegetable products that provide a simple and safe method of microwave heating and quick-frozen vegetables claimed by the company, which can be processed in only a few minutes at a time. Perfect food. The cut-to-size, frozen vegetables are packaged in 12-ounce custom-made bags. As each bag is heated in the microwave, the package expands under the influence of steam pressure, and it becomes a steam boat.

With patented steam technology, a steam outlet called the SteamFast® valve releases the accumulated steam into the expansion bag so that the steam circulates uniformly throughout the cooking process.

The bag is made from a unique steam channel that is integrated into the film. The end of each channel is sealed during the filling process. When the bag is placed in a microwave oven, steam pressure forms and the Steamfresh bag expands. When the pressure reaches a predetermined value, the end of the channel opens and steam pressure is released.

The SteamFastTM technology ensures that the package maintains its pressure during the cooking phase and releases steam pressure systematically during microwave cooking. This will ensure that the vegetables are cooked quickly and evenly.

Bagstock consists of a reverse-gravure- printed polyethylene terephthalate\ adhesive\polypropylene structure from Excelsior Packaging Group.

The raw materials for the bags are composed of reverse- printed polyethylene terephthalate/adhesive/propylene supplied by Excelsior Packaging Group.

Is this recyclable, renewable, and durable? Environmental consumer trends deserve attention. Photo courtesy of Tetra Pak.

Small and special

When is the better, the better? Packaging is like that. New All? Small & Mighty? provides a triple enriched version of Unilever's All? brand cleansing agent with the same cleaning features as the 100-oz. bottle product, “but with smaller, more compact packaging, dumping, storage It is more convenient to carry around,” explains Helayna Minsk, director of marketing at Unilever. According to Packaging Digest, as happened in other consumer trends, Wal-Mart, a retailer, has also reached out to this area – again, packers and manufacturers need only in their community stores. If you stroll around and seriously think about the packaging that comes from the retail giant's point of view, you can do a great job.

"We are desperately looking for a way to reduce the burden on consumers," Minsk said. “But the key is to do this in a way that does not undermine the strong cleaning power of non-concentrated ALL products.” To solve consumer problems, the packaging was designed as a large-capacity detergent bottle. Unilever and Wal-Mart worked together to make bottles better shelf-friendly and tolerant. According to Minsk, the 32-ounce mini bottle uses less plastic in its packaging process, uses 64% less water than conventional formula cleaners, and is well suited for placement in small boxes, saving the use of corrugated paper. the amount. At the same time, she added that the packaging also reduces the amount of fuel used during transportation because more products can be placed in each truck that goes to the customer's warehouse. Get information from Unilever's website. The result of using this packaging is to save about 500 million gallons of water, 26 million gallons of diesel, 150 million pounds of plastic, and 750 million square feet annually. Corrugated paper. According to the giants of consumer products, in the retail stage, due to the fact that more and smaller bottles can be placed on the shelves, the retailer actually reduced distribution, inventory and labor costs. Custom-made, high-density PE bottles come from Graham Packaging, which is capped with PP caps from Graham. The stretched polystyrene label was reverse printed by Fort Dearborn.

Upright features attract attention

Americans love their SUVs products - now, it seems that we are in love with SUP. This word represents a standing bag. Although it has been around for a few years now, SUP is trying to continue to use more new applications for its own in new bottom shapes, new structures, and in areas where foods and beverages are used to extrude flexible packaging and folding cartons for competition. Recreate. That's why packers are still watching trends, especially if you're a flexible packaging manufacturer looking to the future. The 46-page issue of this issue specifically addresses the end product introduction section of the article titled "Simple and Effective Thin Film for High-Tech Thin Films." Although the Chez-It Crisps? SUP packaging has overwhelmed consumers familiar with the Cheez-It brand's impression of the product, the packaging manufacturer Alcan Packaging has succeeded in making this red, shiny bag not only rugged but also rigid, even A large base plate is attached to the package so that the bag can be used as a portable plate. A certain brand of beer has such a commercial term: “Sharing is care.” Moreover, according to statistical data, the current and future demand for SUP will increase. See “Value Added on the fourth page of Market Trends magazine this month. Functionality promotes bag packaging advancement." If you haven't made plans to participate in the Pack Expo that opened later this month, consider thinking about it! If you do not plan to do so, please take a copy of this weekend's grocery catalog and rush into the corridor of the supermarket to take a look! What you see and hear may give you some sparkling inspiration for your business in the coming year or beyond.

Reprinted from: Packaging Expo