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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Beverage
Food
Other Packaged Goods
Closures
Study tracks U.S. cap and closure shipments
U.S. shipments of caps and closures are projected to increase nearly 3% annually through 2003 to 157 billion units, according to a study called "Caps & Closures" by The Freedonia Group (Cleveland, OH).
August 31, 1999
Beer: Page 52
Converting equipment
PEN strikes again
Coatings and multilayer structures, not polyethylene naphthalate, have commanded center stage lately when it comes to plastic barrier bottles for beer (see Packaging World, June '99, p.
August 31, 1999
Labeling
Web Plus: Capsule reviews
A variety of distinctive glass wine bot-tles are featured at www.winebottle.com, the site of Wine Bottle & Packaging (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada).
July 31, 1999
Closures
Package design goes for the gold
In this year's annual Clio Awards a history-making computer game and a new beer take home two of many prizes.
July 31, 1999
Labeling
Alcoholic beverage packaging ban stuns
A new proposal to limit packaging options staggers industry. Agency would ban alcohol in packages that could lure underage drinkers.
June 30, 1999
Converting equipment
Gravure printing goes for the gold
This year's winners in the Golden Cylinder Awards competition include packages for golf balls, root beer and oil filters.
June 30, 1999
Converting equipment
French brewer pioneers new barrier technology
Among the highlights of interpack 99, May 6-12 in Dsseldorf, Germany, was the ACTIS high-barrier bottle coating developed by Sidel (Norcross, GA).
May 31, 1999
Sustainability
Beta testing will determine U.S. plastic beer bottle spec(s)
Some time after a computer software code is written, but before it is commercially launched, it undergoes a period of beta testing. During this period, select users try the program out, spot bugs in it, figure out function shortcuts, criticize the program's performance and let the developer know what they like and don't like about the software.
April 30, 1999
Sustainable Packaging
Defending Miller's plastic beer bottle
Ever since Miller Brewing announced a major test of plastic beer bottles, the Milwaukee-based brewer has been roundly criticized by environmental groups.
March 31, 1999
Sustainability
Frozen baby food debuts in ovenable paperboard trays
When author O. Robin Sweet and her husband ventured to St. Petersburg, Russia, six years ago, writing two new books and starting a food processing business were the farthest things from her mind.
March 31, 1999
Flexibles
Holiday carrier sells for Zima
For a six-week period during the recent holiday season, consumers nationwide had the opportunity to purchase a six-pack of 12-oz glass-bottled Zima® in a stunning holographic paperboard carrier.
February 28, 1999
Converting equipment
Heineken rolls out 'keg' can
Appearing on store shelves across the U.S. beginning in April is a promotional can from Heineken USA, White Plains, NY, in the shape of a keg. The can, first tested in the New York area late last year, is made in Europe by Crown Cork & Seal (Philadelphia, PA).
February 28, 1999
Sustainability
Plastic beer bottles: coating or multilayer?
From Carlton and United Breweries of Melbourne, Australia, Lite Ice beer joins Carlton Cold in a plastic bottle. (See Packaging World, December '98, p.
February 28, 1999
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