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A functional beverage deserves an equally functional package like the Tetra Brik Aseptic Edge carton SunOpta Inc. chose for the launch of its Sunrich Naturals brand SoL Sunflower Beverage.

A microwaveable, susceptor-equipped bacon package for Embotits Espina, a 102-year-old maker of cold cuts headquartered in Vic, Spain, earned the Product of the Year Award.

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

Old ideas that clicked are tailor made for recycling, provided they have a contemporary twist.

While mainstream beer makers wrestle with a market in decline, craft breweries continue to enjoy double digit growth.

Most manufacturers are involved with packages. Perrigo Nutritionals, on the other hand, is firmly committed to its new infant formula container.

Research into consumer preference shows inclinations toward certain graphical elements.

Cajuns call it lagniappe: a little something extra, added for good measure. Donut makers do it with a baker’s dozen.

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.

If market share numbers are indicative of trade show attendance, 27,000 packaging machinery buyers from food and beverage companies prowled the aisles at the 2012 PACK EXPO event, and they had the kind of checkbook balances that make equipment fabricators’ eyes water.