Flexibles

Cat-shaped pouch turns heads overseas

A cat-shaped, stand-up pouch available in four collectible printed versions (three are shown) has helped Gilbertson & Page (GILPA) successfully launch a new dry cat food called Umami.

April 30, 1998

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Flexibles

Supplier news: Appointments, promotions

Mobil Chemical's Films Div. (Pittsford, NY): Kenneth T. Glover, vp Mobil Chemical, and general mgr. of Mobil Petrochemicals Intl.

April 30, 1998

Secondary Packaging

Food innovations on display at U.K. show

Two notable packages uncovered at Pakex 98, held recently in Birmingham, England, both come from food marketers. One is for soup, the other for a product designed to look like Chinese take-out food.

April 30, 1998

Flexibles

Informational booklet

The Assn. of Color Thermal Transfer Technology, Inc. (Amherst, NY) released a 12-page booklet on the benefits of using thermal-transfer technology to digitally print on flexible packaging.

March 31, 1998

Flexibles

'Hazy clear' p-s film

A hazy clear p-s film stock called Radiance(TM) for colored containers for personal care products has been introduced by MACtac (Stow, OH). The hazy clear finish has a forgiving gloss level and clarity that is said to match up well with clear, translucent, opaque and pearlescent containers.

March 31, 1998

Flexibles

Stand-up bag

Standzip(TM) is a flat-bottom bag with reclosable zipper from Jaguar Packaging (Lewiston, NY). The bag is filled through the gusset and is designed to work on Jaguar's bagger line and other automatic baggers or manually with a band sealer.

March 31, 1998

Multipacking/shrink bundling/banding

Catching the rays

Packagers seek FDA approval of resins for use in overwrapping and trays for irradiated beef and poultry.

March 31, 1998

Cartoning

Looking for machinery trends? Read PMMI's numbers; forget DoC's

Ben Miyares is editor and publisher of the newsletter Packaging Management. He may be reached at 31408 Narragansett Lane, Bay Village, OH 44140. Telephone: 440/892-0998; Fax: 440/892-0208; e-mail: [email protected].

March 31, 1998

Flexible packaging

Torpharm aims to lead in generic drugs

Apotex creates an entirely new division to pack generic drugs for the U.S. The new facility's first packaging line is a model of efficiency and sanitation.

March 31, 1998

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

A good year for wine labels

Reflecting a surge in the wine industry, wine labels take precedence at recent awards competitions.

March 31, 1998

Flexibles

Recycling on the web

There are now several sites cropping up on the web where packagers and package manufacturers alike can either source or recycle scrap packaging materials.

March 31, 1998

Secondary Packaging

Carton producer stretches savings

Paper company Rock-Tenn switches from a shrink wrapping system to a customized stretch wrapper to unitize skids of paper. Benefits stretch beyond expectations.

March 31, 1998

Flexible packaging

Tortilla packs always get a date

La Siesta Foods tested a new ink-jet coder designed for food processing plants. Better reliability, easy cleaning and operation, and improved portability cut downtime for tortilla bakery.

March 31, 1998