Rick LingleConveying & accumulationPrinter presses onward with unitizingAutomatic weighing, strapping, and stretch-wrapping system unitizes loads of printed materials at Gazette Communications. Damage claims are reduced to zero.December 31, 2001Controls & Machine ComponentsXbox box has 'game'The graphics design for the much anticipated mid-November debut of Microsoft's Xbox game console strikes a balance for hard-core gamers and mainstream consumers. After soliciting concepts from several firms, Redmond, WA-based Microsoft awarded the design work to SBI and Company (Salt Lake City, UT).November 30, 2001FlexiblesBaking kits display holiday spiritBetty Crocker has cooked up a timely product for the season: holiday baking kits in four varieties. The kits from Minneapolis, MN-based General Mills are packaged in creative and colorful boxes with precision die cuts. Although introduced last year—and seasonally for Halloween—this winter's kits offer new features.November 30, 2001Conveying & accumulationX-ray vision checks inside chocolates boxesThorntons in the U.K. uses X-ray scanning equipment to inspect foil-wrapped and boxed chocolates. Software upgrade detects missing chocolates.November 30, 2001FlexiblesPerrier sleeves 1-gal PET bottlesPerrier debuts several of its brands in PET jugs decorated with stretch sleeve labels printed in eight colors. New molding, sleeving equipment highlights revamped lines at two facilities.November 30, 2001Conveying & accumulationControls implemented Nature's Way (sidebar)Line overviewNovember 30, 2001Conveying & accumulationControls implemented Nature's WayOn a line filling 1- and 2.5-gal containers, a networked modem has already saved more than $10ꯠ by allowing remote troubleshooting by vendors. The network includes seven HMIs and nine PLCs.November 30, 2001Flexible packagingListerine packs strips in 'vials'Pfizer Consumer Healthcare, Morris Plains, NJ, debuts Cool Mint Listerine PocketPaks™, tiny hinged "vials" within a carded blister pack. The vials, which measure 1 3/4’’ x 1’’ x 1/4’’, contain paper-thin, postage stamp-sized oral care strips. The strips dissolve instantly on the tongue where they kill germs on contact.October 31, 2001Bakery/SnackBonds a hit with WheatiesAs announced October 17 by General Mills, Minneapolis, MN, San Francisco Giants' slugger Barry Bonds will be honored with a special Wheaties box to be introduced nationally by around the end of October. "This is a great way to end the season–with a victory, another home run, and now my own Wheaties box," says Bonds. "What more could you ask for?"October 31, 2001Conveying & accumulationX-ray system spices up on-line QAAn X-ray inspection system at Flavor Delite checks for ?anything? out of the ordinary inside canisters of seasonings, including clumps. A ?guardian angel? for the line, the system confirms packaged product weight, too.October 31, 2001Previous PagePage 68 of 73Next PageTop StoriesReusable/ReturnablePepsiCo Kicks Off Reusable Cup Program at 49ers StadiumPepsiCo launched its first reusable cup project with an NFL franchise this preseason at the San Francisco 49ers’ Levi’s Stadium, with an estimated waste savings of tens of thousands of disposable single-use cups.RecyclingThrough the Line Podcast: Duracell's Shifts to Paper Packaging at Packaging Recycling SummitSustainable PackagingKenvue Packs Purpose into Every PackageRecyclingPRS 2025 Captures Pivotal Moment in CircularitySponsor ContentNavigate Complex Indoor Environments
