PaperWorks Industries, Inc., a leading North American integrated full-service packaging provider, has committed substantial resources to enhance printing capabilities, with several packaging projects underway at locations across North America.

Bosch Packaging Technology, one of the leading suppliers in the field of processing and packaging technology, invites you to take a stroll through its virtual booth.

Reportlinker.com has released a new market research report, Containers & Packaging: Global Industry Guide, which details data on market size and segmentation, textual analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, and profiles of the leading companies.

This year has started with recognition for Ardagh Group and the team who produced the Jean Paul Gaultier Coca-Cola contour bottles. The eye catching limited edition containers, which had already been honoured in 2012 with trophies from Starpack, Best of Metal (MPMA) and The Cans of the Year Award 2012 (The Canmaker), made it a quartet of successes when it was recognized with a Worldstar Award from the World Packaging Organization.

Of more than 500 consumers who took part in a study conducted on behalf of packaging solutions specialist Payne, 85% said they had experienced some frustration with packs. Of those, 49% cited food packaging as the cause of this frustration.

Icon Packaging sets out to transform the traditional wine box with its patented wine carrier that transforms into a fully functional and branded wine rack. Icon will be unveiling its latest designs at the Unified Wine and Grape Symposium in Sacramento, CA on January 30th and 31st.

pi global, an independent global branding and design consulting agency, has created new packaging designs for Goya Marinades produced and manufactured by Goya Foods, the largest Hispanic-owned food company in the United States.

The continuing importance of openability as the packaging issue that most concerns consumers will be underlined by Payne managing director Martin Dallas at EasyFairs Packaging Innovations at the NEC in February.

Designer, Aaron Mickelson has created disappearing packaging. The Disappearing Package project features several innovative packaging ideas that eliminate or greatly reduce the amount of packaging in various products.

Allied Development Corp. publishes “Barrier Materials for Rigid Packaging 2013 to 2017”, a global industry report which provides in-depth analyses of the barrier materials that are used for the production of rigid barrier packages. The study focuses on seven materials that provide desirable low-level oxygen transmission rates (OTR) between zero and 77.5cc/m²/day (5 cc/100 in²/day). The principal barrier materials reported on in the study include glass containers, PET resin, steel sheet, aluminum sheet, transparent oxide-coated containers, EVOH resin, and nylon resin