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Flexibles
LCP developments progressing
Superex Polymer pushes onward with development of liquid crystal polymers, which have potential application in multilayer beer bottles and stand-up pouches.
March 31, 2000
Beer: Page 51
Sustainability
Miller launches, Bud in test
Citing “growing consumer and retailer demand” as its motivation, Milwaukee-based Miller Brewing Co. has announced the nationwide rollout of its plastic barrier bottles for Miller Genuine Draft, Miller Lite and Icehouse brands in both 16- and 20-oz sizes.
March 31, 2000
Flexibles
Net Purchasing: Not Ready for Prime Time
An exclusive survey of Packaging World purchasing readers indicates enthusiasm for buying via the Internet but little actual experience in packaging purchases thus far.
March 31, 2000
Sustainability
Plastic's beckoning to beer
Two European brewers are pushing ahead with barrier coatings on PET bottles while a third is expanding its use of coinjected multilayer technology.
March 31, 2000
Sustainability
Euro brewer debuts 'glass' inner-coated PET bottle
New technologies for beer in plastic are moving forward. Among the newsiest launches is in Sweden, where Spendrups Brewery of Stockholm in March introduced its Norrlands Guld beer in 500-mL (16.9 oz) high-barrier Glaskin bottles. Developed by Tetra Pak (Geneva, Switzerland), the proprietary Glaskin technology relies on a vacuum deposition process to coat the inside of blown PET bottles with a clear layer of silicon oxide.Spendrups is the first to use the technology on a commercial basis.
February 29, 2000
Converting equipment
French brewers say
oui
to plastic
Web exclusive: Brasseries Heineken puts another brand in 1/2-L plastic and introduces a 1-L plastic beer bottle, consisting of three materials in five layers and coinjection stretch/blow-molded by Continental PET Technologies (Florence, KY). Separately, Strasbourg, France-based Kronenbourg commits not only to the unusal step of self-manufacturing its own PET bottles, but to Actis (Amorphous Carbon Treatment on Internal Surface) coating process from Sidel (Norcross, GA).
February 29, 2000
Beer
PW launches new site
Auto Notification and QuickSearch technology make searching PW's site faster than ever.
November 30, 1999
Labels
Specialty drinks get old look
As the new year begins, Hansen's Beverage Co. looks to the past with its new line of "signature" sodas. They're packaged in brown glass bottles with crown closures and full-body shrink labels that evoke a feeling of simpler times.
November 30, 1999
Beverage
Anheuser-Busch invests in new glass plant
When a company needs glass bottles, and the bottle-making plants aren't near the demand, sometimes the company has to put its money where its needs are.
November 30, 1999
Beverage
Beverage containers to exceed 217 billion in 2003
According to a recent study from The Freedonia Group (Cleveland, OH), demand for beverage containers is projected to advance at an annual pace of 2.2% through 2003, reaching 217 billion units.
November 30, 1999
Converting equipment
Carlsberg's plastic beer bottle adds barrier
Just a few months after introducing a refillable beer bottle made of polyethylene naphthalate in Denmark (see Packaging World, Sept. '99, p. 10, or packworld.
October 31, 1999
Beverage
New technology blocks light from Beck's Light beer
New glassmaking technology, patented in Europe by Nienburger Glas GmbH (Nienburg, Germany) adds an effective ultraviolet light barrier to clear glass bottles that are now being filled with Beck's Light.
October 31, 1999
Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging
Stand-out 'PACs' win recognition
When Big Rock Brewery decided to redesign its packaging late last year, the Calgary, Alberta, Canada-based company wanted to build brand awareness and develop a cohesive look for its nine specialty brews.
September 30, 1999
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