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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Beverage
Food
Other Packaged Goods
Sustainability
Polymer advances 'resin-ate' with packaging
Consumer- and technology-driven packaging trends come together at the National Plastics Exposition.
July 31, 2006
Drinks, nonalcoholic: Page 20
Converting equipment
Bottled Water Makes 'Scents' For Aroma Water
This summer, Aroma Water introduced water in a 16.9-oz PET bottle topped with a closure that releases an encapsulated aroma over time to give consumers the sensation of tasting a flavored beverage, without the extra additives, sweeteners, or calories.
July 31, 2006
Closures
Data acquisition bottles
You may be surprised at what's packed inside these containers.
July 31, 2006
Beverage
Hair care packs turn heads
John Frieda Professional Hair Care Business launched in North America in February its Luminous Color Glaze at-home salon-glazing product in clear printed InSight™ packaging from AGI/Klearfold (www.agiklearfold.com), a business unit of MeadWestvaco.
June 30, 2006
Flexibles
Counterfeiting--assess the threat, then build a solution
Dave Sayers is marketing development supervisor for 3M Security Systems, a provider of security solutions and services that identify, authenticate, secure, and track materials and information by combining security and productivity. Sayers talks about the damage caused by counterfeiting and offers advice on how to fight back.
June 30, 2006
Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials
HP Invents Eco-Friendly Pack
Hewlett-Packard Co., Palo Alto, CA, has debuted a new angle on eco-friendly packaging using RPETG, a recycled polyester copolymer, that replaces polyvinyl chloride.
June 30, 2006
Beverage
Le-Nature's looks west
In a sparkling new plant in Phoenix, this ambitious beverage maker produces PET preforms and blows its own bottles. Line 3 features an inline blow/fill approach.
May 31, 2006
Closures
Apple-shaped bottles get plastic version
Watsonville, CA-based apple juice processing company S. Martinelli & Co. has partnered with Graham Packaging Co. L.P. (www.grahampackaging.com) to launch a PET plastic version of its 10-oz apple-shaped glass juice bottle.
May 31, 2006
Reusable/Returnable
From shells to shrink
To gain operational efficiency, cost savings, and distribution benefits, this Canadian Pepsi bottler has substituted stretch wrap in place of returnable plastic carriers.
January 31, 2006
Flexibles
Freezer drink mixes in gallon HDPE pails
El Paso Chile Co., El Paso, TX, is a producer of gourmet “Tex-Mex” foods and beverages.
November 30, 2005
Converting equipment
December Forecast continued
Arnie Orloski was kind enough to let me borrow his Pipeline space this month when I told him I’d run out of room for all the new developments in food and beverage packaging that overflowed from my December Forecast (see main story on page 44).
November 30, 2005
Flexibles
Coping with change
At independent Pepsi bottler Browning Harvey Ltd. in St. Johns, Newfoundland, plant manager Gary Williams recently eliminated the hassle of inventorying returnable plastic shells for PET bottles. (This story will run in an upcoming issue.) Here Gary talks about the challenge of change in the overall packaging landscape.
October 31, 2005
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Label proposals not going down easy
The beverage industry is unhappy with potential changes to alcohol and soft drink labels.
October 31, 2005
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