Feature Article
| September 30, 1996

Components assume new importance in packaging (sidebar)

Departmentalizing components
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Feature Article
| September 30, 1996

Packaging 2000

What will packaging responsibilities be like in the new millenium? What new areas of skills and knowledge will be in demand then? Those are the questions Packaging World editors posed to packaging educators and industry experts to learn what tools packagers will need to cope in the years ahead.
Charts 2, 3 and 4
Feature Article
| September 30, 1996

'Flexibility' sought in machinery at Pack Expo 96

Versatile machines that will allow manufacturers multiple packaging options was one of the frequent answers in Packaging World's second exclusive survey of Pack Expo registrants. Large buying teams and longer visits are also planned this year.
Feature Article
| September 30, 1996

Machines to fuel the future (sidebars)

Pack Expo 96 at a glance Pack Expo 96 will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., from Sunday, Nov. 17 through Wednesday Nov. 20. On Thursday, Nov.
Self-locking anti-static PETG clamshell (above) provides ample protection while reducing costs and labor. It required no change
Feature Article
| September 30, 1996

Clamshell cuts costs for computer boards

Anti-static PETG clamshell costs less than previous bag and foam combination. Packaging steps are reduced from three to one.
Feature Article
| September 30, 1996

Big changes in tools for mechanics of the future

The most popular handtool for future packaging mechanics may well be a laptop computer, our experts say. Electronic controls have already arrived in many machines, and are expected to dominate by the turn of the century.
Chart 1
Feature Article
| September 30, 1996

Components assume new importance in packaging

Conveyors, coding and marking machines, and motors and drives are the components best-known to packagers who have production and engineering responsibilities.
Full-height corrugated trays are used for six packs of PET gallons. It?s a packaging format that has been a huge success in club
Feature Article
| September 30, 1996

Tropicana tries shelf-stable OJ in PET

Hot-filled orange juice in 1-gal heat-set PET bottles have been selling at a brisk pace at club stores nationwide since Tropicana launched them about a year ago.
Feature Article
| September 30, 1996

ISO 14000: environmental standards or trade barrier? (sidebar)

British bottlemaker leads the way
Feature Article
| September 30, 1996

Pack Expo Plus: Seminars, conferences and allied shows

High-tech packaging solutions, new resin technologies, healthcare packaging, and better sealing technologies are just a few of the areas covered in conferences and seminars during Pack Expo week.
Feature Article
| September 30, 1996

Expanding the scope of the operator

With computer and technological advances, the role of the packaging machinery operator continues to evolve as the year 2000 nears. Flexibility is key.
Feature Article
| September 30, 1996

Big changes in tools for mechanics of the future (sidebar)

Packaging World's experts
Within this chamber, two side-by-side cartons are labeled at each of their ends simultaneously to create a unit pack
Feature Article
| September 30, 1996

Robotics deliver Rx for manual cartoning (sidebar)

Labeling unitizes two cartons at Baxter Healthcare
News
| August 31, 1996

Resins OK'd for fatty food packaging

In June the Food and Drug Administration approved Exxon Chemical's (Houston, TX) Oppera® modified polypropylene film resins for use in direct contact with fatty foods such as salty snacks, processed meats and cheeses, and confectionery items.
News
| August 31, 1996

INDUSTRY INDICATORS--The Flexible Packaging Assn. is reporting an 11.1% rise in the dollar value of new orders in the first quarter 1996. Meanwhile, according to data compiled by the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute, packaging machinery shipments grew about 11% in 1995, reaching an estimated $3.82 billion.

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