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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
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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
Sustainability
Bottle-to-bottle PET recycling beckons in Germany
German mineral water and soft drink marketer Rosbacher installs a first-of-its-kind stretch blow molder and seeks to popularize closed-loop recycling of PET beverage containers.
January 31, 1999
Filling/capping, liquid & viscous
Anheuser-Busch operators monitor 'mirrored' lines
Packaging equipment operators on Houston's two new bottling lines evolve from 'machine watchers' to 'process monitors.'
January 31, 1999
Sustainability
EPA caps VOCs in products
Manufacturers will be required to reformulate, repackage or retire some products. However, most national brands already comply.
December 31, 1998
Beer
Supplier news: Appointments, promotions
Schneider Packaging Equipment Co. (Brewerton, NY): Christopher M. Helt, vp, sales; Donald D. Kavanaugh, dir., sales and marketing; Robert L.
November 30, 1998
Sustainability
Brewers pouring into plastic
Brewers around the world have been on the fence about plastic bottles. Suddenly they're commercializing a variety of plastic barrier structures.
November 30, 1998
Closures
Miller's plastic beer bottle solves first of three marketplace puzzles
Those of us who thought Anheuser-Busch would be the first American brewer to market beer in plastic bottles at retail were surprised when, in early November, A-B turned out to be no more than a very interested observer as Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI, commercially introduced three beers in unique, five-layer, oxygen-scavenging plastic bottles from Owens-Illinois' Continental PET Technologies, Inc.
November 30, 1998
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