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April 2008
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New liquid dispensing flip-top cap, ideal for marinades and sauces

02/07/08    Sponsored Grey Star

Content Type Image  Imagine your marinade pouring from the bottle with a controlled directional flow. No mess, no liquid running down the bottle sides. Watch the footage behind the scenes at a focus group to find out what consumers are saying about the new dispensing closure from Weatherchem.

Technical paper on Active Packaging Systems

01/04/08    Sponsored Grey Star

Content Type Image  Active or "smart" packaging systems create a new, interactive environment inside a package or pouch. Read about these "smart" packaging technologies in a white paper from Multisorb.

Video helps determine cause of exploding jars on food packaging line

07/26/07    Sponsored Grey Star

Content Type Image  A new filler added to a food packaging line appeared to be causing intermittent jars to explode. The real culprit, discovered by the 20/20 Hindsight high-speed camera and video capture from Monitoring Technologies, was a bad bearing on the elevator for the filler head.

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What’s happening in high-barrier PET?

04/08

Content Type Image PET bottles are a major segment in the U.S. packaging market and are being used for a whole host of products.

Bourbon chicken graphics are intoxicating

03/08

Content Type Image  A stand-up pouch provides an ideal billboard at retail to showcase tasty, inviting food photography and consistent, colorful brand imagery for Perdue’s Bourbon Chicken, a frozen, cooked chicken breast product.

Hot pouch, highest achievement

03/08

Content Type Image  A clever design for a pouched line of microwavable heat-and-serve sauces and gravies helped earn CLP Packaging Solutions Highest Achievement honors in this year’s FPA competition.

2007 AmeriStars revealed

03/08

Content Type Image  A color-changing coffee lid and barrier PET bottle are the big winners in the annual awards conducted by the IoPP.

Sealing in savings

03/08

Content Type Image Workers at B&G Foods say they’re happily stuck on their new package sealing system. Reductions in maintenance, downtime, and adhesive costs are impressive.

Mars takes holistic approach to sustainability

03/08

Content Type Image  As director of sustainability for Mars North America, Kevin Rabinovitch works with all of the company’s units (food, snack, and pet care) in the U.S. He develops and executes sustainability strategies and initiatives aimed at improving triple bottom line results—environmental, social, and economic.

Upscale glass jars reflect family pride

01/08

Content Type Image  DelGrosso Foods chooses retro-look glass jars for its Italian sauces.

Cooking up a recipe for innovation? Serve it up in manageable steps

11/07

Content Type Image  Start by defining innovation within your company culture. Then organize it, approach it strategically, and source it properly. If you fail, resolve to try again.

Tried and true is alive and kickin’

09/07

Content Type Image For brands that have earned icon status, the single most powerful marketing tool is an identity that synthesizes authenticity and relevance.

Packaging’s contribution to social equity

07/07

Content Type Image  Sustainable packaging is widely perceived as a three-legged stool. Packaging professionals focus a lot of attention on two of those legs, the “environmental” and the “economic.” What about the third leg, “social equity?” That’s the one that has us measure a business’s success not only in terms of profit made but also in terms of the positive impact the business has on society in general.

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Hi-Res printing--it doesn't have to be computer science    Sponsored Grey Star

Content Type Image  Squid Ink’s PZ Pilot Plus is designed for people who run packaging lines, not computers. Watch this short informative video for more.

Affordable palletizing starts at only $60K    Sponsored Grey Star

Content Type Image  Capable of speeds up to 30 cases per minute depending on the application, the FKI Logistex GS100 palletizer is ideal for operations seeking to convert to automated palletizing. Watch video.

Furman Foods: Depalletizing

Content Type Image At this canner of tomatoes, tomato sauces, canned beans and related products, filled, unlabeled steel cans arrive stacked in layers on pallets.

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