December 2014

as the baby boomer population grows, brands relevant to their demographic use youthful packaging that highlights health and wellness, without emphasizing ageby nancy brown, managing partner, cbxin early september, apple introduced the highly anticipated apple watch. naturally, the world was buzzing with the news, but what exactly is the defining difference the apple watch helps consumers manage their health, which is of particular interest to aging populations like baby boomers.

neenah, wis. &mdash menasha packaging won two awards in the 2014 north american paperboard packaging competition organized by the paperboard packaging council, the company announced wednesday.menasha received an excellence award in the carton competition&rsquos innovation category for its tidi tower for the tidishield grab &lsquon go eye shield dispensing system by tidi products.

&ldquokodak has an extraordinary product and service portfolio, groundbreaking scientific and engineering expertise, and a worldfamous and highly trusted brand,&rdquo kodak chief executive officer jeff clarke said. &ldquowe now have the right organizational structure for deploying those strengths to drive growth.

procacci bros. sales corp. has unveiled new sesame streetthemed packaging for its popular santa sweets authentic grape tomatoes. the new packaging and label, which features sesame street&rsquos lovable red character, elmo, is procacci&39s first contribution to the produce marketing association and sesame workshop&rsquos nationwide eat brighter initiative. procaccieatbrighterlabe&ldquoour santa sweets grape tomatoes are a perfect fit for this fantastic initiative,&rdquo rick feighery, procacci bros. vice president of sales, said in a press release.

pack expo always provides immediate feedback on current market developments and presciently indicates where the packaging market will be in the near future.by ben miyares, packaging sherpa, contributing editorlast month&rsquos pack expo international was no exception.

plastics waste image via shutterstock.says no scientific validity for pet packaging ban, to take effect by march argues spinoff will be widespread job loss, higher drug pricesa number of small and medium size polyethylene terephthalate pet converters specially dedicated to packaging of drug formulations have begun shutting down operations, says the industry, as a sequel to the central government order banning the material&39s use in this regard.of the 600,000 tonnes of pet production, the pharmaceutical industry uses 16 per cent or around 100,000 tonnes every year.

clariant officials at cphi 2014the company showcases latest polymer and desiccant packaging solutions at cphi india 2014 which can maintain drug stability and extend shelf lifeswiss specialty chemical company is aiming to expand its presence in the indian pharmaceutical industry with its innovative range of packaging solutions.

chicago, dec. 4, 2014 prnewswire deloitte corporate finance llc &quotdcf&quot acted as exclusive financial advisor to agishorewood group, a portfolio company of atlas holdings llc &quotatlas&quot, in the sale of its north american and asian print businesses to multi packaging solutions &quotmps&quot, a global leader in valueadded print and packaging solutions for the branded consumer, healthcare and multimedia markets. the deal closed on nov.

packaging corp of america nysepkg has received a &ldquobbb&rdquo credit rating from analysts at morningstar. the firm&rsquos &ldquobbb&rdquo rating suggests that the company is a moderate default risk. they also gave their stock a three star rating.other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. analysts at citigroup inc. reiterated a &ldquobuy&rdquo rating on shares of packaging corp of america in a research note on tuesday, october 28th. they now have a 80.00 price target on the stock, up previously from 71.00.

linx has developed a new continuous ink jet printer, linx 7900, with added capabilities that help food and drink customers to print with lesser mistakes and measure production output.the improved software in the machine enables quick, timesaving changeovers between products or messages.