Ela FruscioneConveying & accumulationDowntime shrinks with new wrappersWhen Georgia-Pacific needed to speed up wrapping rates for its 9” Dixie paper plates, management picked servo-driven, side-seal shrink wrappers that maintain high speed and tight registration.April 30, 2001ClosuresLooney Tunes brand milkBugs Bunny and his Looney Tunes friends are now chilling out in the refrigerated milk department of retail outlets. On March 19, Bravo! Foods, of North Palm Beach, FL, introduced Looney Tunes brand flavored milk in a clear high-density polyethylene bottle that is decorated with a heat-shrink polyvinyl chloride label from Seal-It (Farmingdale, NY).March 31, 2001Conveying & accumulationRayovac pegs a six-packRayovac, Madison, WI, launched a new six-pack AA battery package in November 2000. It uses clear, reclosable recycled polyethylene terephthalate (RPET) clamshells in combination with a hole-punched header card that makes it peggable for display.March 31, 2001BeverageDrink can does a one-eightySt. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch launched energy drink 180 in 30 U.S. markets in late January. The single 8-oz slim-line can is decorated with the 180 logo placed right side up on one side and inverted 180 degrees on the opposite side of the can.March 31, 2001HomeMaterials purchasing: label converter orders online“I just wish more people would get on the bandwagon,” says Gary Wright, plant manager of Virtucon International Printing, Carlsbad, CA, when Net Sourcing asked about his experience with online purchasing.January 31, 2001Flexible packagingNo-strings-attached tea bagHonest Tea, Bethesda, MD, launched a whole-leaf, natural tea line in fall 2000, sealed in what it calls a first-of-its-kind integral "Tag-and-Bag" supplied by Copack Intl. (Carlstadt, NJ). This nonwoven, filter tea bag and tag replaces the standard string, staple and printed tag. A four-side, sealed kraft overwrap pouch locks in the freshness.January 31, 2001Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materialsAll-purpose medical packAn award-winning thermoform package for Becton Dickinson’s surgical scalpel serves as a sterile barrier, a protective shipper, a sterile transfer tray from preparation to operating rooms and a point-of-use product dispenser. A blue-tint PETG outer tray, HIPS inner tray and a Tyvek lid replace an injection-molded box and foam insert.January 31, 2001Conveying & accumulationSpare Parts Purchasing: Online Parts Buyers Find the Right TrackGo to www.barry-wehmiller.com. Click on the Parts folder. Log in. Type in your part number. Select desired quantity.January 31, 2001Blisters/clamshells/skin packagingLight shines on carded blisterNetherlands-based Philips Lighting Co. packages its Marathon brand of nonincandescent household bulbs to the American market in a carded pack that contains a recycled, amorphous polyethylene terephthalate (APET) blister set in an outer card. Changing from solid unbleached sulfate board to recycled board helped make an ecologically friendly, cost-saving package.January 31, 2001ClosuresPET pack added to mayo spreadBestfoods has added a squeezable, clear PET container to its Hellman’s mayonnaise line, which is packaged in standard glass containers. The new 18-oz Big Squeeze container is topped off with a 0.250”-orificed polypropylene flip-top dispensing closure, pigmented in dark and light blue.December 31, 2000Previous PagePage 3 of 4Next PageTop StoriesDigital TransformationTop 15 of 2025, #8: AI is Transforming Packaging ManufacturingThe #8 most clicked article of 2025: AI is driving advancements in packaging efficiency with applications in areas like predictive demand forecasting, smart packaging design, and AI-powered robotics for smart factories.RecyclingTop 15 of 2025, #9: Mars' Kind is Next to Launch Recyclable Paper WrapperRecyclingTop 15 of 2025, #10: Consumer Demand for Recyclability Leads to PaperizationCoding & MarkingTop 15 of 2025, #11: P&G’s Tide Laser Marks Cap for Better Dosing Clarity, RecyclabilitySponsor ContentSide-entry Liquid Mixer Improves Solids Suspension in Large Tanks
