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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Beverage
Food
Other Packaged Goods
Closures
Cosmetics are big winners in packaging competition (sidebar)
Additional NACD award winners: Pet & Vet Products
April 30, 1998
Dairy: Page 89
Converting equipment
Water bottle vends like a can
Lancaster, PA-based Cloister Spring Water recently introduced its new H2O Cool spring water as "the first, the only 12-oz PET bottle that vends like a can." This allows the bottle to be sold through vending machines designed for canned soft drinks.
April 30, 1998
Conveying & accumulation
Water bottling line completed by farmer (sidebar)
Making do
March 31, 1998
Filling/capping, liquid & viscous
Water bottling line completed by farmer (sidebar)
Selecting containers
March 31, 1998
Conveying & accumulation
Water bottling line completed by farmer
To bottle its spring water in volume, Wisconsin farmer uses creativity to complete an automated bottling line. Homemade feeders and some change parts help keep total costs low.
March 31, 1998
Flexibles
Supplier news: Appointments, promotions
DuPont Polyester (Wilmington, DE): Craig F. Binetti, vp/general mgr., Resins and Intermediates; Francine P. Cheeseman, vp/general mgr., Films.
March 31, 1998
Coding, Printing & Labeling
A 'Delicious' extension
With exotic varieties like Orange and Honey, Tomato and Basil, and Sweet Red Pepper, Heinz U.K.'s new Delicious line of salad dressings represents quite a departure from "salad cream," the traditional British salad dressing akin to American tartar sauce.
March 31, 1998
Dairy
Mobius Awards
Best of Show award in the packaging category of the 27th annual Mobius Awards went to Milk Chugs, the single-serve high-density polyethylene bottles created for Dean Foods Co., Franklin Park, IL (see PW, November '97, p.
March 31, 1998
Flexibles
Polyester film
Rhodia (Cranbury, NJ) has introduced Terphane® 14.31, a PVOH-coated film for lamination. Applications for the film include lidding for refrigerated and oxygen-sensitive foods such as fresh and processed meats, fresh pasta and cheese.
February 28, 1998
Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)
Widemouth cups will expand beverage packaging options
We've been looking at the newest generation of Ensure® nutritional supplement packaging and thinking that thermoformed or injection-molded cupsin some advanced stage of developmentcould be beer and carbonated beverage containers (CSDs) in the future.
February 28, 1998
Sustainable Packaging
Should paperboard buyers turn white with fright?
EPA "cluster" rule forces bleached pulp mills to spend millions to clean up air and water emissions. Quality, cost, even availability may become a question mark.
January 31, 1998
Additives, coatings & inks
Danone launches biodegradable 'Eco Cup'
A biodegradable single-serve yogurt cup with heat-sealed foil lid appeared on store shelves in Germany last month as Munich-based Danone GmbH Deutschland relaunched its nine-flavor Jahreszeit line in a cup thermoformed from polylactic acid (PLA) resin.
January 31, 1998
Dairy
Suiza to acquire Continental Can
Dallas-based Suiza Foods, a mid-sized dairy and owner of blow molder Franklin Plastics in Franklin, MA, surprised industry observers by moving to acquire Continental Can Co.
January 31, 1998
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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
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