Packaging for dairy products - Articles

Evertis to open $100M U.S. packaging plant

February 25, 2025

The initial phase of the expansion will add 30,000 tons of new capacity to the North American packaging market and is projected to create more than 100 full-time jobs in the region.

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Icelandic Provisions unveils new multi-packs in two flavors

Thick, creamy skyr packed with protein, low in sugar.

July 24, 2023

Icelandic Provisions unveiled two new multi-packs in Strawberry & Lingonberry and Vanilla Skyr available at select retailers. It takes nearly four cups of milk to make one cup of Skyr, making it thicker, and creamier than yogurt.

Design matters

Why your milk carton is probably a big bore

Dairy branding and messaging is stuck in the last century. Consumers today want health information and benefits. When a shopper picks up your milk carton, does she receive the wrong message? It’s probably time for a redesign.

Mike Wencel, Sr.

July 21, 2015

A leading package designer shows how to improve your dairy's branding and consumer messaging in order to compete with nondairy milks and other beverages.

Cheese bored? Hardly

Gourmet cheese distributor uses new packaging for its innovative sampler product

Arthur Schuman figured a novel product design and unique packaging format could transform the everyday consumer into a “cheese connoisseur.”

July 2, 2014

Arthur Schuman sells block and pre-packaged cheeses at high-end retailers and club stores. The distributor also saw an opportunity to create a cheese product that could be marketed as both high-end and convenient. But it needed to find the right packaging.

Packaging

Dean’s, Land O Lakes introduces new innovative packaging for cottage cheese, sour cream

February 13, 2014

A new curved bottom container is the focus of a packaging redesign for Dean Foods and Land O Lakes cultured products.

Packaging

Packaging for ice cream, dairy products

Piber Group of Italy is an integrated manufacturer of packaging equipment and plastic packaging for food.

August 8, 2013

Piber Group consists of nine companies, including Stamplast and Piberplast (injection molding), Alipack (packaging machines for food and beverage) and Lampografica (offset printing of paper and PP labels for in-mold labeling and glue applications).

Curwood’s new EZ Open Block-Tite bulk cheese packaging

June 23, 2013

Curwood’s new EZ Open Block-Tite bulk cheese packaging is said to be the first bulk cheese package to incorporate an easy-peel feature, which uses an easy-open, peel-away film.

Packaging technology: New Zip-Pak Vector with resealable matrix

June 22, 2013

The new Zip-Pak Vector resealable matrix features a proprietary self-sealing matrix that closes securely without exact alignment of opposing segments.

Business strategies

Dairy owners don't charge enough, says luxury products guru

The president and founder of Customer Manufacturing Group says dairy processors are leaving money on the table.

June 20, 2013

An expert in marketing premium products told dairy processors that they are underpricing their products. The essence of his message to dairy owners and executives was: “You guys are not charging nearly enough for the products you sell. You are leaving money on the table.”

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