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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Beverage
Food
Other Packaged Goods
Flexibles
Shrink label sales to double
Sales of shrink labels for bottles and other containers will double between 1999 and 2004, according to a new study from Keymark Associates. “Opportunities in Shrink Film Labels for Bottles” says milk, ready-to-drink tea, sports drinks, and beer will show growth of more than 30% annually, 20% for juice, and 15% for water, ready-to-drink coffee, and liquor.
August 31, 2001
Coffee: Page 27
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Food allergens nothing to sneeze at
FDA is looking more closely at food labels and processing/packaging materials to determine whether incidental additives must be declared.
August 31, 2001
Closures
Nestlé 'concentrates' on tea packaging
In May, Glendale, CA-based Nestlé USA introduced Nestea iced tea concentrate in a striking custom-molded bottle supplied by Continental Plastics Container (Elk Grove Village, IL). The bottle includes a measuring chart along the side that shows how much tea to use per quart of water.
July 31, 2001
Closures
Plastic innovation
In May, Glendale, CA-based Nestlé USA introduced Nestea iced tea concentrate in a striking custom-molded bottle supplied by Continental Plastics Container (Elk Grove Village, IL).
July 31, 2001
Recycling
Mandatory deposit bill introduced
The National Beverage Container Reuse and Recycling Act of 2001 was introduced in Congress by Rep. Lynn N. Rivers (D-MI). The bill amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require a 10¢ deposit and refund on every beverage container sold in the United States.
July 31, 2001
Closures
Nestlé package 'percolates' success
Nestlé Canada’s Nescafé Ice coffee syrup bottle earned the “Chairman’s Choice” award in the 2001 National Canadian packaging competition. Developed in conjunction with Graham Packaging Canada (Burlington, Ontario, Canada), the blow-molded, black opaque high-density polyethylene bottle has turned a lot of heads in grocery dairy aisles since its Canadian national rollout earlier this year. A U. S. introduction is expected at some point in the future.
June 30, 2001
Closures
Love Bus Brew tours the West
South Beach Beverage Company, Norwalk, CT, is rolling out the new SoBe Love Bus Brew June 1 to the West Coast. The chocolate drink comes in a lizard-embossed 16-oz glass bottle, decorated with a colorful 2-mil polypropylene label and a 50-micron polyvinyl chloride neck sleeve.
May 31, 2001
Flexibles
From gabletop to plastic
Both Nestlé USA and Hershey Foods used the Food Marketing Institute 2001 show as a platform to promote plastic containers that replace gabletop cartons.
May 31, 2001
Labels
Dream Steam comes to the U.S.
Food science joins plastic packaging technology in a new MAP package that lets consumers cook a fresh gourmet meal in minutes.
May 31, 2001
Beverage
Graphic 'Masterpiece'
Masterpiece Fundraising, Hayward, CA, a promoter and supplier for school fund-raising projects, recently added a line of gourmet coffees to its desert-oriented line of food.
March 31, 2001
Secondary Packaging
Technical prowess, flexible style
Two improved package materials, one for cup lidding, one for microwave wrapping, secured Technical Innovation awards in the Flexible Packaging Assn. competition. Printing and Environmental Achievement awards also went to new technologies.
March 31, 2001
Controls & Machine Components
Will motion controllers replace PLCs? (sidebar)
Methodology
January 31, 2001
Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)
Paired vf/f/s equipment 'brews' foodservice packs (sidebar)
New Texas plant turns to vf/f/s machines
November 30, 2000
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