January 26, 2009 No doubt many readers are still nursing injuries sustained on Christmas morning as they tried to free a new toy or gadget from the impenetrable fortress that is clamshell packaging.

How often have you struggled to open tamper-proof jars or medicine caps? Have you ever cut yourself while wrestling with shrink-wrap and hard, sharp plastic covers? Not only do product designs ...

Gem-Pack Berries partnered with food packaging company Multisteps Industries to develop direct-to-packaging digital printing technology for PET clamshells. Gem-Pack is the first business in the United ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Jill Fischer sliced her hand on it. Tyler Grogan couldn’t get to a new pair of scissors because of it, and it’s at the root of what some call “wrap rage.” ...

Why it is possible to recycle soda bottles made of polyethylene terephthalate plastic, but not the ubiquitous clamshell containers made of the same stuff? —Not Happy as a Clam My last two columns were ...

Getting items out of their tight, plastic packaging is taking more time and patience from consumers this holiday season. Host Madeleine Brand talks to Tod Marks of Consumer Reports about why companies ...

Zahoransky's model B18 Blister Packaging Machine is an automatic in-line form, fill, cut and close (seal) machine with a capacity of 20 clamshell blisters per minute. Furthermore its versatile two-up ...

If you've recently opened up -- or, more specifically, tried to open up -- a CFL light bulb, like this poor woman above, or countless other products, you probably read the headline of this article and ...

Sometimes the only thing that stands between you and a product your purchased (or gift you opened) is that pesky, annoying, impossible plastic clamshell packaging. But before you tackle it with your ...