Print Packaging

The bottle design development process at PepsiCo moves from paper to digital to 3D printed prototype to 3D printing the mold to produce functional prototypes (Source: PepsiCo)
PepsiCo could spend up to $10,000 to produce a single metal mold tool set depending on its complexity, according to Max Rodriguez, senior manager of global packaging R&D, advanced engineering and design, at PepsiCo’s research center.

New Innovations& Developments are happening day by day, and resources are coming into the market day by day to ease and make Product Development easier and to know-how before the launch of the product in terms of sensory appeal. 

Multicolor 3D Printing is a tool that can be very helpful at the time of Developing a New Product or Revamping the existing product to know how it looks ultimately. This tool opens a new step to trying out as many designs and ideas as we need to bring to the market.

Described as “disruptive for the powder-bed fusion technology market,” a new eco-friendly polymer for 3D printing developed by Jabil Inc. reportedly delivers “strength, chemical resistance, and resilience in comparison to general-purpose nylon materials such as PA 12.”

"Our aim was to create a simple, smart and cost-effective structure that would be easy to assemble and fill with, for example, leaves, saw dust or dry grass after its primary use as a golf ball box. Metsä Board and its partners developed an insightful packaging that provides an artificial nesting structure and shelter for insects and pollinators," says Aki Kuivaniemi, CEO of Golf Coat Oy.

This change in distributorship allows Bartelt to expand and streamline the HFFS product lines both Bartelt and FLtècnics, and strategically aligns them to more effectively provide the best solution for a variety of customer applications. Bartelt is a leading manufacturer of pouching, cartoning, shrink wrapping, case and tray packing systems for numerous markets, including food and confectionary, beverage, pharmaceutical, and others.