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Evergreen Packaging: Fillers for milk or juice
Two new fillers from Evergreen (Cedar Rapids, IA) package fresh refrigerated milk or juice at speeds to 3ꯠ gabletop cartons/hr. The GTL-1000 (shown) fills 250- to 1걶-mL (8.45- to 38.9-oz) cartons, while the GTN-1000 fills 125- to 500-mL (4.23- to 16.9-oz) cartons.
January 31, 2000
Juice: Page 30
Converting equipment
Quality Dairy 'pops' with integral straw
By next spring, Quality Dairy Co. expects to be the first company to sell beverages in bottles equipped with an integral flexible straw that pops up and partially out of the bottle when its closure is removed.
November 30, 1999
Beverage
Beverage containers to exceed 217 billion in 2003
According to a recent study from The Freedonia Group (Cleveland, OH), demand for beverage containers is projected to advance at an annual pace of 2.2% through 2003, reaching 217 billion units.
November 30, 1999
Conveying & accumulation
Guzzlers bring new gear to Twin Mountain
When fruit-flavored Guzzlers proved popular, this bottled water marketer moved quickly to install both new bottle-making equipment as well as a new packaging line.
October 31, 1999
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Irradiation petition
Twenty-eight food industry, academic and consumer groups signed onto a petition requesting that FDA approve the use of irradiation on a variety of ready-to-eat foods.
October 31, 1999
Converting equipment
Custom bottle 'juices' Odwalla
Last month, beverage marketer Odwalla, Inc. introduced a custom-designed bottle for its 450-mL and 325-mL refrigerated juices that it says extends shelf life by 40% compared to a previous bottle.
September 30, 1999
Converting equipment
Lemonade launch refreshed by innovative packaging
In launching the first major ReaLemon Brand® extension in 65-years, package designers at Eagle Family Foods brought plenty of creativity to the first shelf-stable lemonade concentrate.
August 31, 1999
Closures
French juice marketer first to use reclosable cap
French juice marketer Les Vergers D'Alsace is the first to use the new resealable and tamper-evident opening device for aseptic brick packs from Tetra Pak (Vernon Hills, IL) called the SpinCap.
August 31, 1999
Filling/capping, liquid & viscous
U.S. Bottlers Machinery Company: Pusher/filler
U.S Bottlers' (Charlotte, NC) pickle pusher/syruper is a monobloc pusher/filler that first presses fruits/vegetables fully into their containers, then indexes the containers to a vacuum filler that supplies the juice or syrup.
July 31, 1999
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
Conveying & accumulation
Filling PET aseptically at 200/min
With a prototype system in one plant and generation two in another, this Italian food company likes what it sees in rotary, aseptic filling of teas and sports drinks in PET.
July 31, 1999
Conveying & accumulation
Del Monte adds food to aseptic PET beverage line
A blow/fill system originally installed for aseptic packaging of teas and juice-based beverages now is being used to bottle a specialty tomato sauce.
July 31, 1999
Labels
Beverage company invests in new bottles, labeler
Since its inception in 1992, Tradewinds beverages has seen three different bottle designs, with the most recent hitting store shelves in mid-April.
July 31, 1999
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