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Flexible packaging and labeling winners

November 30, 2003

Dairy: Page 58

Worldwide Food Expo numbers

Sponsors of the Worldwide Food Expo 2003 reported that the October 29 - November 1 event hosted 28ꯠ attendees from more than 100 countries. The biennial global show included more than 1겨 exhibitors in 1.2 million sq’ of space.

November 30, 2003

'Tis the season

Newly revised graphics now decorate Smith Dairy's 30- and 11-oz bottles of premium and low-fat Moovers-brand eggnog. Both products from the Orrville, OH-based dairy are ultra-pasteurized to offer 120-day shelf life. The refrigerated products reached store shelves in mid-October.

November 30, 2003

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Bilingual packaging: ¿Qué pasa?

Companies from Kraft to Jel Sert attract the hot-as-a-jalapeño Hispanic marketplace with bilingual packaging. What advice do they offer?

October 31, 2003

Bilingual packaging, such as Jel Sert's Royal dessert mixes, adds to the challenges for marketers and graphic designers.

Bilingual packaging: ¿Qué pasa? (sidebar)

Especially Kraft-ed for Hispanics

October 31, 2003

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Tamper-evident machinery

Peak Foods: Tamper-evident banding for bowls of nondairy whipped topping

Bowls are conveyed into full-surround flights that provide a 360 degree deck that perfectly centers each tamper-evident band. Bowls are secured in the flights all the way from the infeed of the trio of tamper-evident band applicators through the heat tunnel. Tamper band applicators were supplied by Axon Corp.

September 30, 2003

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Secondary Packaging

Peak Foods: Bowl accumulation for nondairy whipped topping

Bowl flow on the Garvey accumulation table downstream of TE banding and ahead of case packing is seen in overhead and floor-level views. Bowls will continue to recirculate on the accumulation table, which operates without active devices such as photoeyes, until downstream operations are cleared.

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Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

PACK EXPO automation highlights: Flexibility and efficiency top the list

Packaging automation highlights included major product announcements and a powerful case study at the Conference at PACK EXPO.

September 30, 2003

PACK EXPO Las Vegas visitors learned that SIG will use ELAU's new PacDriveâ¢ SCL-055 integral servo motor/drive on its next

Coding, Printing & Labeling

FDA attacks misbranded dairy labeling

The Food and Drug Administration told four manufacturers of whole milk, reduced fat milk, and ice cream to remove the false label statements, "No Hormones" or "Hormone Free" from their packaging.

September 30, 2003

Packaging in the U.K. and beyond (Part 3)

New developments from U.K. machine builders (Part 3 of a 6-part series)

September 30, 2003

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Warnings dropped for olestra

The Food and Drug Administration announced that, effective immediately, packages of products containing olestra, a fat substitute developed by Procter & Gamble, need no longer bear a required label statement indicating that olestra may cause some gastrointestinal difficulties, that it inhibits the body’s absorption of vitamins A, D, E, K, and other nutrients, and that these vitamins have been added to compensate for olestra’s effects on these nutrients.

September 30, 2003

Reaching Peak efficiency

First-in, first-out accumulation gives Peak Foods the time it needs to weather temporary packaging disruptions. TE shrink banders dramatically lower rejects to less than 1%.See in-plant video

September 30, 2003

In this birds-eye view at Peak Foods, bowls are conveyed from parallel shrink banders at the bottom to the accumulation table at

Worldwide Food Expo is three shows in one

Register for the Worldwide Food Expo and your badge will get you into two co-located shows, as well. More than 30ꯠ attendees and 1겨 exhibitors are expected.

September 30, 2003

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Products

Automated industrial packaging machine with digital control panel

Spouted Pouch Filling & Capping System

ALLIEDFLEX expands its FLX Machinery lineup with the FLX Rotary Duo SpoutFill, a duplex rotary system designed to fill and cap pre-made spouted pouches at speeds up to 70 pouches per minute for liquid food, dairy, and grab-and-go applications.

CO2 Laser Coder for Beverages

Sanitary Tiltable Screw Conveyor