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Kirin markets both 500-mL and 1?-L bottles of teas, milk teas and milk coffees, but Nihon Canpack fills only the 500-mL bottles
Conveying & accumulation
Temporary plugs aid aseptic filling
Aseptic filling of PET containers in Japan includes the unusual step of temporarily plugging bottles so that H2O2 sprayed inside will more effectively sterilize bottle interiors.
April 30, 2000

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Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging
Containers capture consumer convenience
Surf wax in a deodorant-like container, an ergonomic waste container for biohazardous materials and a snowmobile lubricant in a jug designed for mittened hands are among this year’s NACD award winners.
April 30, 2000
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Flexible packaging
Clever packages take flexibles to a new level
Sleeves for propane cylinders win Flexible Packaging Assn.'s President's award. Other FPA winners include pouches of grease for fifth wheels, recyclable ream paper wraps and protective air cushion packs.
February 29, 2000
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Beverage
A true designer's portfolio
Even though it’s not the first book to be reviewed in the new century, it’s especially stunning to see “Copyright 2000” on a book’s copyright page.
February 29, 2000
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Closures
A spoonful of guidance makes the packaging go down
FDA clarifies aspects of just-released ‘new’ drug packaging guidance. However, industry is very anxious about upcoming ‘old’ drug guidance.
December 31, 1999
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Flexible packaging
Foodservice packs at twice the speed
Canadian coffee marketer sees growth in coffee filter-packs used by guests in hotel rooms. A new flow wrapper lets the firm aggressively pursue this foodservice market niche.
November 30, 1999
These filter-packs of ground coffee represent a growth opportunity for Cordoba Coffee now that the company has automated overwra
Flexible packaging
Equipment 'Powers' stick-pack production
Fullerton, CA-based ConAgra Grocery is among the first to use a slim stick pack, for its Sidewalk Caf/ instant cappuccino. Contract manufacturer/packager The Power Group packs the product on Japanese equipment.
October 31, 1999
Slim Stick packs for ConAgra?s Sidewalk Café are produced five/cycle (above) on Japanese equipment at contract manufacturer
Cartoning
Tasty Baking takes a bite of automation
Automated packaging lines have transformed the sixth floor at thelegendary Philadelphia bakery. Flowrappers, cartoners and case packers take center stage in the new lines.
September 30, 1999
As cartons are lifted up into the corrugated case, a loading tube keeps carton edges from catching on the edges of the case, t
Flexibles
Coffee bags
Sengewald Verpackungen (Halle, Germany) has introduced two metal-free films for coffee bags. Both incorporate EVOH as an oxygen barrier material. The first is a lamination of oriented PP and a PE/EVOH/PE coextrusion for stand-up bags.
July 31, 1999
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Sustainable Packaging
New coating slakes Finnish dairy's thirst
Helsinki dairy Valio substitutes a plastic barrier coating for aluminum foil in its paperboard cartons for drinking water. The change meets environmental objectives while providing the necessary barrier performance.
July 31, 1999
Paperboard cartons provide differentiation for Valio?s ?Fons?-brand of water
Flexible packaging
Nestlé deploys in-line pouch shaping
Nestlé France S.A. is pushing the bounds of stand-up pouch shaping technology with a contour pouch for Nescafé instant coffee. Available only in Europe, the 100-g pouch is shaped like the Nescafé glass jar because it's positioned as a refill for the jar.
June 30, 1999
Filling/capping, dry
Sidewalk Cafe pack 'sticks' out
In Target department stores nationwide, Fullerton, CA-based Hunt-Wesson is testing 1-oz Slim Stick(TM) packs of Swiss Miss® Sidewalk Caf/® instant cappuccino in six-count cartons.
May 31, 1999
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Filling/capping, dry
Glass shapes up new launch, revitalization
Ferrolito Vultaggio & Sons, creator of dazzling packages for its AriZona Beverages, is at it again. Blue Luna Caf/, a line of ready-to-drink coffees, debuted last month in a double-handled blue-tinted glass bottle resembling a Grecian urn.
March 31, 1999
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