Tamper-evident machinery

Nestle tests novel can technology in Brazil

An easy-to-open vacuum lid means no tools are needed to open this three-piece steel can. Once the can is opened, no rough edges threaten the fingers.

October 31, 1999

Flexibles: Page 322

Cartoning

Flexible bag becomes all wet

Bag serves as a self-contained, disposable dehumidifier. Calcium chloride in a top portion absorbs moisture, that drains into the bag's lower portion. Filling machinery saves labor costs for DampRid.

October 31, 1999

Flexibles

Aseptic filling sans sterilants

When a Colombian beverage marketer became the first to produce a packaged version of the popular Avena drink, the company used aseptic technology that was simple and secure.

October 31, 1999

Flexible packaging

Favorable market conditions foster growth in flexibles

Flexible packaging material sales are expected to reach nearly $18.1 billion this year, a 3.7% increase from 1998. Converters expect the surgical/medical markets to show the strongest growth during the next five years.

October 31, 1999

Conveying & accumulation

Accraply, Inc A Division of Barry-Wehmiller Companies, Inc: Wraparound labeler

The Model 35PW product handling and labeling system from Accraply (Plymouth, MN) applies paper, film or thin p-s labels to rectangular and cylindrical containers at speeds to 800/min.

October 31, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Xpander Pak: Protective shipper

Testing by a mail-order pharmaceutical house showed that Xpander Pak's (Glen Allen, VA) Super Protective Shippers Rx version beats conventional packaging in cold retention.

October 31, 1999

Cartoning

New filler, cartoner, help 'moo-ve' multipacks

Renovation reaps rewards for yogurt maker (sidebar)

October 31, 1999

Cartoning

Renovation reaps rewards for yogurt maker

New cup filling, accumulating, coding, cartoning and case packing equipment help Stonyfield Farm double yogurt capacity at its Londonderry, NH, headquarters facility.

October 31, 1999

Flexible packaging

Equipment 'Powers' stick-pack production

Fullerton, CA-based ConAgra Grocery is among the first to use a slim stick pack, for its Sidewalk Caf/ instant cappuccino. Contract manufacturer/packager The Power Group packs the product on Japanese equipment.

October 31, 1999

Conveying & accumulation

Guzzlers bring new gear to Twin Mountain

When fruit-flavored Guzzlers proved popular, this bottled water marketer moved quickly to install both new bottle-making equipment as well as a new packaging line.

October 31, 1999

Flexibles

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Klockner Pentaplast of America, Inc. (Gordonsville, VA) has chosen a 500ꯠ sq' site in Salto, Brazil, to build an advanced plastic film and sheet mfg.

October 31, 1999

Flexibles

Supplier news: International agreements

Hosokawa Yoko Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) has entered into an agreement with T.H.E.M. (Mt. Laurel, NJ) for exclusive use of Fancy Cut® easy-open film technology on stick packaging in North America.

October 31, 1999

Flexible packaging

Paperboard rounds serve refrigerated pancakes

Spotted at WestPack in September was a colorful round paperboard container that holds six ready-to-eat pancakes introduced earlier this year by Spartan Foods of America, Spartanburg, SC.

October 31, 1999