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The Science Of Food Packaging

Innovations in Food Packaging is a weighty addition to the topic.

July 31, 2006

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Secondary Packaging

Sentry wrapping machines leverage ELAU automation technology

A new family of end-of-line packaging equipment leverages PackML for a common look and feel across all machines in the family.

June 30, 2006

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Sleeve labels boost new Disney line

Five popular Disney characters come to life in the new line of Sun Pals tanning lotions and sprays from No-Ad Suncare of Miami Gardens, FL. The 6-oz squeezable bottles, which retail for about $9.00, are decorated with 2-mil PETG heat-shrinkable film labels from Ameri-Seal (www.ameri-seal.com).

June 30, 2006

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Digital color technology improves snack package printing

Early last year, Humpty Dumpty Snack Foods, Inc., Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, deployed new digital color technology from Opaltone (www.opaltone.com) for the printing of its premium snack bag packaging.

June 30, 2006

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Kraft case is strong and good-looking

Kraft Foods needed high-impact secondary packaging to contain four 40-oz slugs of premium cracker products.

June 30, 2006

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Packaging Summit Expo and Conference 2007 emphasizes container and material innovations

The Packaging Summit Expo and Conference, scheduled for May 15-17, 2007, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois, will include even more materials and containers innovations pertinent to real-world applications – information and concepts tailored specifically for a multitude of packaging needs.

June 30, 2006

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Counterfeiting--assess the threat, then build a solution

Dave Sayers is marketing development supervisor for 3M Security Systems, a provider of security solutions and services that identify, authenticate, secure, and track materials and information by combining security and productivity. Sayers talks about the damage caused by counterfeiting and offers advice on how to fight back.

June 30, 2006

Secondary Packaging

Packaging Lessons Learned

Readers share experiences of inventiveness, resourcefulness, and persistence.

June 30, 2006

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A Flair For Self-Venting

Vapor-release pouch technology from Flair Packaging Intl. Corp. (www.flairpackaging.com) provides a “hole” new way to achieve microwave convenience.

June 30, 2006

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Functional packaging flies at FMI

Unilever’s Wish-Bone Salad Spritzers, JavaVoo’s disposable container that “brews” coffee, a self-venting stand-up food pouch used in Asia, and A-B subsidiary Long Tail Libations’ Jekyll & Hyde glass bottles stand out at the 2006 Food Marketing Institute show in May.

June 30, 2006

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Improvements in high-speed parts counting technology

This white paper from Batching Systems explores using optical scanning for counting--what it does, and how it works for a diverse range of products. Includes a customer case study that involves a very challenging high-speed installation.

June 20, 2006

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The wrap-up: A meaty cover tale

How a vegetarian ended up holding the beef.

May 31, 2006

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Biotechnology and packaging films

Held in April in Chicago, the Biotechnology Industry Organization’s BIO 2006 presented many exciting bio-based developments in various industries.

May 31, 2006