Jim ButschliBeverageHigher pay, heavier workloadOur second exclusive salary survey finds most readers satisfied with their pay. However, concerns exist about advancement potential and the lack of time to plan strategies or satisfactorily train personnel.February 29, 2000SustainabilityFood packs sparkle in DuPont AwardsFrom an Ocean Spray package that won the Diamond Award to a vacuum-insulated container for foods and other temperature-sensitive products, this year’s DuPont Award winners are an eclectic and innovative bunch.January 31, 2000Conveying & accumulationPalletizers lift Marcal's efficiencyRobotic and in-line palletizers automate what had been primarily a manual process at Marcal Paper Mills’ Elmwood Park, NJ, plant. A two-year system payback is anticipated.January 31, 2000Secondary PackagingRetorted food pouches ready for market pushKnauss and Esskay introduce foods in retorted pouches without foil for retail. StarKist Seafood sells a foil-based pouch of tuna to foodservice accounts. Will others follow suit?January 31, 2000Conveying & accumulationContract packager blends vf/f/s systemsUnusual integrated blending scale systems enable a California contract packager to fill as many as nine different individually quick-frozen vegetables into a single bag.January 31, 2000Conveying & accumulationSealer speeds Kahiki's new food line to marketTo improve output of its new frozen dinners, Kahiki Foods invests in a rotary heat sealer that operates at twice the speed of its predecessor.December 31, 1999Flexible packagingTiny patch 'dots' pharmaceutical landscapeNoven Pharmaceuticals employs a new cartoner to help introduce an estrogen replacement therapy patch sold to pharmacies and merchandised free as physician samples.December 31, 1999SustainabilityDow Corning sings praises of palletizer/stretch wrapper comboCombo systems at the end of three silicone sealant cartridge packaging lines save space, money and materials at the company's Elizabethtown, KY, facility.November 30, 1999Conveying & accumulationHMR package serves dual marketsSouthern BBQ restaurant chain and mail-order business employs the same dual-ovenable CPET tray and attractive paperboard carton to introduce frozen dinners sold both in hospitals and grocery stores.November 30, 1999CartoningFlexible bag becomes all wetBag 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, 1999Previous PagePage 178 of 192Next Page
