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Sustainable Packaging
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Coding, Printing & Labeling
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Flexible packaging
Agricultural winners at FPA
Two innovative flexible packages merit an 'A' for Agricultural.
February 28, 1998
Coding, Printing & Labeling: Page 292
Coding, Printing & Labeling
In-line wrap labeler
Designed for water bottles, the Model 4520 in-line wrap labeler from Labeling Systems (Oakland, NJ) applies labels at speeds to 250 products/min. The stepper-motor drive labeling head has a 16" O.D.
January 31, 1998
Sustainability
Organic labeling rules proposed
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting comments on its proposal to establish uniform federal standards for use of the term "organic" in labeling both raw and processed foods.
January 31, 1998
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Tyson pleads guilty
After long defending itself against charges of giving some $12ꯠ in illegal gifts to then Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy, Tyson Foods agreed to plead guilty and pay a $6 million penalty.
January 31, 1998
Conveying & accumulation
Robotic palletization protects Sandvik
Automated lifting and stacking of heavy boxes onto pallets helps this maker of mining products avoid worker injuries and $120ꯠ of additional labor costs.
January 31, 1998
Flexible packaging
DOJ kills Reynolds/Alcoa deal; will it chill Reynolds/Ball talks?
In late December the U.S. Department of Justice moved to prevent Reynolds Metals Co. (Richmond, VA) from selling its Muscle Shoals, AL, aluminum can stock rolling mill to Alcoa (Pittsburgh, PA).
January 31, 1998
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Sexual dysfunction
Incidences of sexual dysfunction by those taking Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, and Luvox (all selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) may be much higher than indicated on product labeling, and FDA is considering ordering labeling changes more reflective of reality.
January 31, 1998
Additives, coatings & inks
FTC to keep domestic content high for 'Made in the USA' label claim
To use the legend "Made in the USA" on a label, companies will have to perform final assembly in the U.S., and an "extremely high" percentage of manufacturing content will have to be American.
January 31, 1998
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Smirnoff 1.75 L relaunched in proprietary PET
Hoping to boost sales, United Distillers and Vintners, Hartford, CT, has relaunched its Smirnoff premium vodka in a proprietary 1.75-L polyethylene terephthalate package whose rollout was to be completed this month.
January 31, 1998
Additives, coatings & inks
Supplier news: Relocations, expansions
BASF Plastics (Mt. Olive, NJ) has doubled its production of Nylon 6 engineering resins at its Freeport, TX, plant by expanding by 70 million lb/yr.
January 31, 1998
Additives, coatings & inks
Supplier news: Relocations, expansions
Wellman, Inc. (Shrewsbury NJ) plans to expand its PET packaging resin production by 250 million lb/yr, in two phases, by 2001.
January 31, 1998
Additives, coatings & inks
Danone launches biodegradable 'Eco Cup'
A biodegradable single-serve yogurt cup with heat-sealed foil lid appeared on store shelves in Germany last month as Munich-based Danone GmbH Deutschland relaunched its nine-flavor Jahreszeit line in a cup thermoformed from polylactic acid (PLA) resin.
January 31, 1998
Feeding/inserting/unscrambling
Servo control offers labeling latitude
To comply with FDA's labeling rules, Amway's Nutrilite Div. relies on a labeler with 12 independent servo-driven stations that permit fast changeover, high speed and improved copy-to-panel registration for square bottles of vitamins.
December 31, 1997
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