Flexible packaging

Agricultural winners at FPA

Two innovative flexible packages merit an 'A' for Agricultural.

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Cudahy takes bacon out of the fridge

Patrick Cudahy Inc. of Cudahy, WI, is probably the first to package precooked sliced bacon for display outside of the refrigerated deli case. "Shelf-stable packaging opens up more opportunities," says Cudahy marketer Jason Kapella.

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

Packaging potatoes for consumer convenience

Add sliced potatoes to the growing list of branded, prepared produce packaged in flexible films for refrigerated display in the supermarket. Launched in the first week of January were four varieties of Fresh From The Start® potatoes from 50/50 partners Maine Packing of Caribou, ME, and Fresh From The Start LLC of Riverhead, NY.

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Supplier news: Appointments, promotions

Klockner Pentaplast of America (Gordonsville, VA): Michael Tubridy, vp, sales and mktg.; Shawn Somerday, plant mgr., Barrier Films subsidiary.

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Supplier news: Appointments, promotions

Toray Plastics (America), Inc. (N. Kingstown, RI): David S. Klopp, acct. exec., Torayfan line of OPP film products.

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Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

DuPont (Wilmington, DE) has completed the purchase of ICI's (London, U.K.) polyester film businesses worldwide.

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A category by any other name.

How does a company call attention to a market segment that doesn't want much attention?

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Supplier news: International agreements

UCB Films (Wigton, U.K.) has acquired the OPP film business from ICI (London, U.K.) and ICI Australia (Melbourne, Australia).

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Report on high-performance films

Available from Frost & Sullivan (Mountain View, CA) is "World High-Performance Film Market." It provides market forecasts for the period from 1993 to 2003 with 1996 as the base year.

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Supplier news: Appointments, promotions

American National Can Co. (Chicago, IL): Mike Wallace, acct. mgr., specialty flexible packaging in Newark, CA.

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Automatic bagger/sealer

Model 3000 automatic bagger/ sealer from Upper Limits Eng. (Livermore, CA) fills free-flowing product into wicketed film bags at speeds to 20/min. Twin version handles 40/min.

January 31, 1998

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Porous molding material

Metapor is a micro-porous aluminum for thermoformers from International Mold Steel (Florence, KY). The material is air-permeable and is said to eliminate venting problems in thermoforming, blister packaging and film processing.

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