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Secondary Packaging

New At Pack Expo Product Library

Check out the newest innovation in packaging line solutions at the Pro Mach booths, #N 4029-4142 at Pack Expo. Below are a list of products you can expect to see there...

October 19, 2006

Flexibles

'Molten' chocolate bar flows from stand-up pouch

Calabasas, CA-based Lava Chocolate LLC's Lava Bar is billed as “the world's first liquid chocolate bar."

October 17, 2006

Cartoning

High-speed horizontal wrapper

Campbell Wrapper Corp. will display its high-speed Revolution Electronic Horizontal Wrapper.

October 10, 2006

Flexibles

Styrene block copolymers

Two new grades of styrene block copolymers that provide an alternative to traditional plasticized PVC are now available from Kraton for use in numerous film-based, packaging applications in both medical and food industries.

October 7, 2006

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

Ultrasonic bag sealer

Taylor Products has released the TRU Seal ultrasonic valve bag sealer, designed to work with Taylor valve bagging equipment.

October 7, 2006

Flexible packaging

The incredible flexible pouch

Economies of scale drive pouch costs down, while shelf appeal and convenience features deliver on the marketer's need to differentiate.

October 6, 2006

Flexibles

Optimizing efficiency in meat packaging

Thermoformable and heat shrinkable, this newly developed film brings labor and material cost savings to a Dutch meat marketer that uses it in place of preformed shrink bags.

October 6, 2006

Flexibles

Starr Ridge short bread cookies require star-quality packaging

Allen & Cowley redesigns its cookie trays to cut down on size without reducing the number of cookies per tray.

October 6, 2006

Coding, Printing & Labeling

UHF benefits updated

A recent white paper does much to dispel lingering myths about what UHF can't do, and does it authoritatively. It makes a compelling case for UHF­­—over HF—by companies that know the technology inside out.

October 5, 2006

Flexibles

Produce packaging demand rising

More healthful eating habits and convenient, ready-to-eat fresh produce are driving the demand for produce packaging in the United States.

October 5, 2006

Flexibles

McCormick spices up packaging

McCormick & Co. of Baltimore, MD, has introduced two more packaging innovations besides the finishing sauces the company introduced recently in microwaveable stand-up pouches (see packworld.com/go/20999).

October 5, 2006

Flexibles

Labeling is a blast

Like other “direct sellers,” including Mary Kay or Shaklee, Cyberwize sells not via store shelves but rather through independent distributors.

October 5, 2006