Packaging Elements

Bericap, a manufacturing of closures for lubricant containers and other applications, announced last week that it has opened a factory in Nairobi.

Industry watchdog Verification of Lubricant Specifications reported recently that a metalworking fluids supplier altered the formulation for a cutting ...

The best packages hit the bull’s eye in the center of sustainability, product differentiation, performance claims and other priorities—all in a fo ...

The Whats What of Waste

August 19, 2019

Leftover product often clings to the insides of industrial containers after theyve been drained. Definitions of empty vary, but too much residue could ...

Automotive

July 22, 2019

Steve Swedberg explains the origins of ILSAC and API symbols and what they really mean.

What can a reasonable consumer be expected to glean from an engine oil bottle? The answer seems to be a moving target.

The American Petroleum Institute is posting information on unauthorized oils displaying API engine oil certification marks on a new web page, as part ...

The Sticking Point

September 27, 2016

As higher fines loom for GHS label violations, a streamlined labeling tool could rescue distributors still trying to catch up. (Video!)

Anti-counterfeiting packaging technologies come with costs, but proponents say lubricant marketers should balance them against losses from being count ...

Without a correct label, your lubricant cannot be shipped. But managing the labels for all those totes, kegs, pails and drums doesnt have to be painfu ...

Bericap, an international producer of specialized plastic closures, has announced plans to build a new plant in Cherokee County, S.C., that will suppo ...