Innovative packaging materials and concepts give new and established products greater functionality, sustainability, shelf life and shelf impact.

With a lower shelf film seal flange and an inside closing interference-style lid, the Harpak-ULMA C-Pak reclosable package seals in moisture after it is opened.

It took half a century, but the San Francisco treat’s first truly new product hit national distribution in late 2012 when PepsiCo’s Quaker division rolled out microwavable instant rice in single-serve cups.

The tea bag’s image can use some polishing, and what better way than to create a championship competition where the winners use an alternative to the standard flat-pack tea bag?

A carton is a carton, but a catchy look is forever.