Secondary Packaging

RJRT retrofits its future

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco modernizes case packers and robotic palletizers with updated controls.

November 30, 2003

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Labeling

FDA not standing PAT

Food & Drug Administration hopes new cGMP initiative will open door to use of new drug packaging technology.

November 30, 2003

Conveying & accumulation

Tropicana Europe: Air conveying/filling/accumulating/labeling/tray packing on aseptic filling lin

At Tropicana Europe’s new plant in Zeebrugge, Belgium, PET bottles are air-conveyed from depalletization to a new aseptic line from Procomac Industries.

October 31, 2003

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Labeling regulation updates

The European Union rules on biotech and food allergen labeling. In the United States, a trans fat label footnote and an FDA labeling law revision are addressed.

October 31, 2003

Tamper-evident machinery

Smart Packaging 2004 announced

Smart Packaging 2004 is being launched alongside Labelexpo Americas 2004, taking place next year on the 14-15 of September at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Chicago.

October 31, 2003

Coding, Printing & Labeling

No uniformity for 'green' labeling

“Green labeling is no longer a voluntary marketing tool. The use of various—and sometimes conflicting—symbols has become mandatory in 21 countries,” says Michele Raymond, publisher of Recycling Laws International.

October 31, 2003

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Web Plus: Sites

New or enhanced Web sites

October 31, 2003

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Companies

Pactiv (Lake Forest, IL) will purchase the plastic packaging assets of Rock-Tenn Co.

October 31, 2003

Coding, Printing & Labeling

GAO reports on COOL

The battle over mandatory country-of-origin labeling continued as the General Accounting Office weighed in with a report that examined several aspects of the U.S.

October 31, 2003

Conveying & accumulation

Tropicana's juiced about aseptic bottle filling line (sidebar)

Downstream efficiency

October 31, 2003

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Healthy race to develop new food packaging

Government concerns about nutrition and obesity prompt food companies to explore new label copy and packaging.

October 31, 2003

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Trine Labeling Systems: Labeling for new bottling line of bottled water

Music Mountain Water needed labeling equipment capable of running in excess of 350 bottles/min. But fast changeover and a compact footprint were also crucial. This Trine glue-applied roll-fed labler filled the bill.

September 30, 2003

Conveying & accumulation

Inline labeler

Label-Aire introduces the Inline Series 6000 labeling system that can be outfitted with a range of Label-Aire New Generation 3100 Series applicators (wipe-on, air-blow, or tamp-blow).

September 30, 2003