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Shaped aluminum bottle energizes Snapple's Elements
Aluminum containers continue to boost the energy drink category. Elements Beverage division of the Snapple Beverage Group, White Plains, NY, is using marketing alchemy to switch bottles of its Elements energy drinks from glass to aluminum.
March 31, 2003
Dairy: Page 62
Flexible packaging
Co-packing suits these packagers
Representatives from Stonyfield Farms, DreamPak, and SipTop describe why their firms pack for other companies, and how they price those services.
March 31, 2003
Sustainability
FDA's 'fast track' isn't always
Industry and agency consider ways to reduce delays in 120-day packaging approval program.
March 31, 2003
Closures
Shaped aluminum bottle energizes Snapple's Elements
Aluminum containers continue to boost the energy drink category. Elements Beverage division of the Snapple Beverage Group, White Plains, NY, is using marketing alchemy to switch bottles of its Elements energy drinks from glass to aluminum.
March 31, 2003
Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)
DreamPak: Forming for unique packages of cheese, neutraceuticals, and snacks
Packaging material is fed from two unwind stands at floor level. Dancer bars help feed the material freely. Before any forming or filling can take place, the two webs must first travel to an overhead level.
February 28, 2003
Dairy
DreamPak: Filling of unique packs for cheese, neutraceuticals, and snacks
Exiting the forming station, the material passes through a die-cutting operation that trims the top off the entire piece and then cuts free from the continuous sheet of material a strip containing anywhere from four to 15 containers. T
February 28, 2003
Dairy
Strong visuals help launch product
Ionic Communications Group (Cincinnati, OH) created a packaging strategy to launch a line of frozen, breaded shrimp for Cincinnati-based Azure Waves Seafood, Inc.
February 28, 2003
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Organic equals healthy, GM = ?
More than 6 in 10 American shoppers believe organic foods are better for their health. But, according to a new study by the Food Marketing Institute and Prevention magazine entitled “Shopping for Health 2002: Self-Care Perspectives, Volume 2: Organic Foods and Genetically Modified Foods,” many remain confused about genetically modified foods.
February 28, 2003
Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials
Following a dream
Thanks to two new vtf/f/s machines, entrepreneur Dr. Aly Gamay was able to expand his cheese processing and flavoring businesses to include nutraceuticals, snacks for kids, and contract packaging, too.See in-plant video
February 28, 2003
Flexible packaging
Technical Innovation shines
Food packaging was well represented among the winners in the Technical Innovation category of this year’s FPA awards competition.
February 28, 2003
Sustainability
Stonyfield Farm blows its cover
Stonyfield Farm, the Londonderry, NH-based organic yogurt manufacturer, replaced the plastic lid and plastic inner seal on its 6- and 8-oz cups with a durable foil seal at the end of December 2002.
January 31, 2003
Containers
Folgers packs a coffee house experience
An octagon-shaped high-density polyethylene canister is helping Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble’s Folgers-brand Café Latte deliver to retail markets a true coffee house experience.
January 31, 2003
Beverage
Ice cream packaging redesign
To help breathe new life into its ice cream packaging, Cumberland Farms enlisted Sheaff Dorman Purins (Boston, MA). Working with Cumberland Farms’ marketing and manufacturing departments, Sheaff designers conducted competitive research and explored a variety of approaches to develop new flavors, a new structure, and a new look for the packaging.
January 31, 2003
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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.
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