Conveying & accumulation

ARPAC LLC: Shrink bundler

The Brandpac® BPTW-70 is a new high-speed shrink bundler from Arpac (Schiller Park, IL) capable of wrapping up to 70 trays/min. Its smooth overlap sealing system eliminates unsightly welded seams.

December 31, 1997

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Flexible packaging

A truly consistent line

With the introduction of Spiderwire® Super Mono fishing line, sports manufacturer Johnson Worldwide Associates decided to streamline the look of its entire Spiderwire product line.

December 31, 1997

Flexibles

Fruitopia launched in 20-oz PET bottle

Rolling out this month are new 20-oz plastic bottles of Fruitopia from Atlanta-based Coca-Cola USA. The polyethylene terephthalate bottles are from multiple sources.

December 31, 1997

Flexible packaging

New Year's promise: Further packaging advances

There's a better-than-even chance we'll see a surge in packaging advances this year. Packaging developers in a host of segments see the promise of their long labors bearing fruit in 1998.

December 31, 1997

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Supplier news: Appointments, promotions

Printpack Inc. (Atlanta, GA): Deborah Green, plant mgr. of its Grand Prairie, TX, Films plant.

December 31, 1997

Flexibles

Matte finish creates newsprint look

While glossy film is the norm for snack foods, a fish & chips snack bag from Burton's Biscuits in England features an alluring matte finish that stands out in the snack aisle.

December 31, 1997

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Supplier news: Achievements

ISO 9002 certification: Gulf States Paper Corp. (Tuscaloosa, AL) for its Demopolis, AL, paperboard mill; Jefferson Smurfit Corp. (St. Louis, MO) for its Galesburg, IL, container plant; ITW Mima (Glenview, IL) for its blown stretch film manufacturing plant in Douglasville, GA; Dienetics, Inc.

December 31, 1997

Flexibles

Graphics figure in

For its new No Nonsense® Great Shapes® line of figure-enhancing hosiery, Kayser-Roth Corp. knew that image was everything. "It's really much more of a premium image," says Dina Dunn, of the Greensboro, NC-based company, referring to the new line.

December 31, 1997

Secondary Packaging

Fun's the focus

As children continue to gain influence in purchasing decisions, manufacturers are using packaging as a way to attract their attention. Bel/Kaukauna is a good example.

December 31, 1997

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Clear-film labels rev rum bottle intro

Late this summer, New York-based Seagram Americas introduced Captain Morgan's Parrot Bay Puerto Rican rum flavored with coconut in clear rectangular glass bottles in 750-mL and 1-L sizes.

December 31, 1997

Flexible packaging

Stand-up pouch momentum builds worldwide

Innovative shapes and reclosable fitments and zippers were among the more noteworthy advances on display at a two-day stand-up pouch educational clinic sponsored by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (Dearborn, MI).

December 31, 1997

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Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Epsilon Polyolefin Corp. (S. Plainfield, NJ) moved into a 80ꯠ sq' building and will modify it to accommodate polyolefin shrink film machinery.

December 31, 1997

Flexible packaging

Vertical f/f/s system

The Circle Model V16H106D vertical form/fill/seal system from Sasib Packaging (DePere, WI) packages a variety of liquid products in flexible pouches at speeds to 600 pouches/min.

November 30, 1997