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News
| September 30, 1997

Dean Foods unveils HDPE bottles for milk

As Packaging World went to press, Franklin, IL-based Dean Foods was introducing its new Milk Chug line of bottled milks in resealable pint, quart and 8-oz high-density polyethylene bottles.
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Feature Article
| September 30, 1997

FDA guidance for closures opens can of worms (sidebar)

Sour grapes on wine labels?
News
| August 31, 1997

Medical device labeling update

FDA's Office of Device Evaluation is holding a public meeting in September to discuss medical device labeling and the agency's proposed labeling information summaries (tentatively called "essential prescribing information" [EPI]).
Feature Article
| August 31, 1997

'Open wide!' Down the hatch go GMPs for dietary supplements (sidebar)

Writing on the wall for dietary supplement labels
At the machine1s infeed, bottles are first handed off to the 16-valve fill-to-level filler (above). Platforms elevate each bott
Feature Article
| August 31, 1997

Monoblock propels Skyy into new markets

Filler/capper monoblock machine for miniature bottles of spirits enables Frank-Lin Distillers to permit customers like Skyy Spirits to enter the mini market on the West Coast.
At Kodak, a variety of label sizes and shapes 9;partially pre;printed with generic graphics 9;are laser-printed with variable d
Feature Article
| August 31, 1997

Kodak develops speedier labeling

Completing generic preprinted labels with laser-printed variable information allows Kodak to ship orders within 24 hours while saving hundreds of thousands of dollars per year for its small-batch printing needs.
News
| July 31, 1997

Glutamate labeling?

FDA's proposal to require new labeling declarations about the free glutamate content of foods is "scientifically unwarranted," the American Frozen Foods Institute told the agency.
Labeled bottles travel through this 0;bridge? between the molding plant and the bottling operation on what may be the longest a
Feature Article
| July 31, 1997

Coke 'airmails' bottles at 1,000 bpm

More than 6괌 feet of air conveyors at Jundiai, Brazil, carry contour PET Coca-Cola bottles from blow molders to labelers and then on to bottling lines some 220 yards away. U.S. technology keeps filling lines from having to wait for prelabeled bottles.
Materials Product Brief
| July 31, 1997

Shrink film

Cryovac (Duncan, SC) will debut a new shrink film, LD-935. This coextruded thin film offers performance characteristics of heavyweight films in downgauged versions of 30 and 45 ga.
News
| June 30, 1997

Shaking things up at Snapple

"A package that meets the targeted consumer's needs" is how Snapple marketing manager Sylvia Oriatti describes the new Snapple Squeeze line of juice drinks in 20-oz bottles made of polyethylene terephthalate.
Validation of Organon?s newest vial labeler was made much easier by a comprehensive validation protocol devised by the vendor.
Feature Article
| June 30, 1997

Labeler makes the grade

Pharmaceuticals maker Organon, Inc. relied on its equipment vendor to devise a complete validation procedure for its new labeler before it hit the production floor.
Materials Product Brief
| June 30, 1997

Shrink film

XPE-72 is a soft shrink, polyolefin film from Intertape Polymer (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) that offers low shrink force to prevent package crushing or distortion.
Materials Product Brief
| May 31, 1997

Easy-open feature applicator

Tearstrip's (Boyertown, PA) Peelwrap applicator applies Peelwrap pressure-sensitive material to shrink-wrapped packages to create a patented, easy-open feature.
News
| May 31, 1997

Clearly redefined

When Clearly Canadian was introduced ten years ago, it stood apart from mainstream soft drinks on store shelves. Says Jonathon Cronin, vice president of marketing at Clearly Canadian Beverage Corp.: "When we first launched the brand, the slight blue tint to the glass bottles and the ACL decorating were almost revolutionary." Ten years later, shelves are flooded with eye-catching products, and the pioneering beverage company decided that its core brand needed a boost.
A plastic shutter enters the shrink wrapper, passing beneath the forming plow that wraps the film around and underneath. At the
Feature Article
| May 31, 1997

Wrapping up changeover

Design House's new shrink wrapping line handles packages in various lengths without the need for changeover.

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