Jim ButschliConveying & accumulationPacking process grows on Teixeira FarmsCalifornia produce grower lengthens lettuce shelf life and saves material costs by switching from waxed cases to a bag-in-box configuration.April 30, 1998BeverageGraphics juice up Ocean Spray's drink cartonsSales of Ocean Spray's 1-L juice drinks are up 30% in the U.K. due to a graphics redesign that creates a look of 'elegant simplicity' on the shelf.April 30, 1998Secondary PackagingSymbols help P&G help consumersTo combat consumer confusion when repurchasing feminine protection products, P&G adds recognizable symbols to its Always-brand package.April 30, 1998Coding, Printing & LabelingDigital-on-demand printing opens new markets for converterTwo six-color digital offset presses drive Watson Label Products into the packaging market. Machines specialize in short-run production of flexibles used primarily for prototyping and promotional purposes.March 31, 1998Flexible packagingMariani's sales go nuts following graphic redesignRicher, more vibrant colors, traditional logo and product viewing window trigger strong sales gains for Mariani, a California nut grower and processor.February 28, 1998Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)Bags stretch advantages for packagers and end usersAmong FPA's winning packages sold at retail are a flat-bottom flexible bag made on first-of-its-kind vf/f/s machinery, a club-store bag incorporating a transverse zipper for reclosability, and a patented shaker bag that handily dispenses ice melt.February 28, 1998Feeding/inserting/unscramblingWoodland Poly casts for western film businessCast and blown film-making equipment, using metallocene resins, enable Woodland Poly to produce rugged stretch-wrap film in thin gauges for its customers in the west.February 28, 1998Conveying & accumulationFoodservice bag displays retail pointsBasic American Foods launches a first-of-its-kind bag for dehydrated potatoes sold to foodservice markets. Pointillistic graphics attract customers while the bag reduces secondary packaging.February 28, 1998Conveying & accumulationRobotic palletization protects SandvikAutomated 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, 1998FlexiblesVittel taps foodservice markets in Europe, U.S.French mineral water bottler fills unusual in-mold-labeled thermoformed cup and lid for McDonald's outlets. Vittel also fills PET and glass bottles that are exported to the U.S. foodservice market.November 30, 1997Previous PagePage 184 of 192Next Page
