Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Packaging for a global marketplace (sidebar)

How does a $13 billion multinational food and beverage company keep Mexico apprised of packaging developments in Morocco?

March 31, 1999

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Windmoeller & Hoelscher: Improved f/f/s machine

The Diamant packaging system from Windmoeller and Hoelscher (Lincoln, RI) has been totally reconstructed. Designed for efficient bagging of free-flowing bulk products such as plastic resins, fertilizer and salt.

March 31, 1999

Sustainability

Coca-Cola taps PET to launch water

After months of speculation, water in plastic bottles from Atlanta, GA-based The Coca-Cola Co. is the real thing in the U.S. The pale blue-tinted polyethylene terephthalate bottles provide a distinctive appearance for Dasani, which the company expects to launch nationwide this spring.

February 28, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

FDA cuts deal on functional foods

After months of discussion, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reached an agreement with Johnson & Johnson's McNeil Consumer Products to bring the company's cholesterol-reducing margarine, Benecol, to market as a conventional food rather than as a dietary supplement.

February 28, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Ground beef labeling

Packages of ground beef at two leading supermarket chains, Wegman's Food Markets of Rochester, NY, and Giant Food Inc. of metropolitan Washington, DC, now sport a bright, new red and yellow label advising consumers to cook the meat to a temperature of 160°F.

February 28, 1999

Conveying & accumulation

Marprint, Inc: Corner labeler

The Corner Wrap applicator from Paragon(TM) (White Bear Lake, MN) is suitable for labeling products, cartons, cases and pallets at 15/min. The applicator detects the product or package as it moves along a conveyor, causing a p-s label to be printed and dispensed onto a 90 vacuum grid positioned in the path of the pro-duct.

February 28, 1999

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Willett America Inc: Label applicator

The Labeljet 210 from Willett America (Fort Worth, TX) is a microprocessor-controlled label applicator. Its integral stepper motor drives the label web at up to 1겨"/min.

February 28, 1999

Sustainability

Europe toughens packaging stance

New 'essential requirements' will necessitate alterations to many types of packaging to avoid European sales bans.

February 28, 1999

Flexible packaging

Flexible materials earn Green Globe Award

Heath Manufacturing wins a Green Globe Award from the Flexible Packaging Assn. for a bird suet cake package that uses less material than its predecessor. New equipment increases productivity while saving labor costs.

February 28, 1999

Sustainability

Plastic beer bottles: coating or multilayer?

From Carlton and United Breweries of Melbourne, Australia, Lite Ice beer joins Carlton Cold in a plastic bottle. (See Packaging World, December '98, p.

February 28, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Supplier news: International agreements

HealthStar, Inc. (Randolph, MA) and Sasib Labeling Machinery Sp.A. (Mantova, Italy) have signed a distribution agreement that makes HealthStar the exclusive distributor of Sasib labeling equipment and after-market products in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico.

February 28, 1999

Additives, coatings & inks

Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

M.A. Hanna Co. (Cleveland, OH) has sold its plastic colorant and additive mfg. business in Puerto Rico to New Million Corp. (Carolina, Puerto Rico).

February 28, 1999

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Multivac Inc: Form/fill/seal system

Multivac's (Kansas City, MO) Model R-330 vacuum packaging machine can accommodate two complete die sets mounted on the machine, with the changeover between them being as simple as selecting the desired, pre-programmed set.

January 31, 1999