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Coding, Printing & Labeling
NACD calls cocktail mix bottle 'Finest'
Polypropylene bottle earns top award by providing functionality and contact clarity for cocktail mixes sold for on-premise use. Other easy-to-use containers also won awards, as did containers differentiated by decoration.
April 30, 1996
Juice: Page 39
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Smart cartridges offer premium juice
Minute Maid Foodservice's latest venture in juice dispensing technology is Minute Maid® Premia, a new, high-tech dispenser designed to eliminate imprecise mixing of water and juice concentrate.
April 30, 1996
Converting equipment
Cap and liner top Tree Top's switch to PET
Changing from glass to heat-set PET boosts sales of apple juice and cider by 60% on 1-gal bottles. PP closure and EVA liner provide tamper-evidence and eliminate labor-intensive cap inspection.
March 31, 1996
Cartoning
'Floating pocket' cartoner speeds ice cream novelty output
Ice cream novelty processing/packaging line helps Ingman Foods expand its product offerings in Finland.
March 31, 1996
Conveying & accumulation
Aseptic system drives gabletop coffee creamer
Norwegian dairy stlandsmeieriet Hedmark Trrmelk is first to use aseptic system to produce 1/4-L gabletops of coffee creamer. New system lengthens shelf life by 50% and triples output of prior extended shelf life equipment.
March 31, 1996
Closures
New twist on aseptic juice bottling
In France, orange juice joins the ranks of fruit juices aseptically packaged in rigid plastic containers. The six-month shelf life comes with an assist from a layer of EVOH.
March 31, 1996
Flexible packaging
U.K. firm ships Costa Rican fruit via Canadian technology
Unique packaging lets Geest ship fresh-cut pineapplein clear thermoforms to markets not only in the UK but also France and the U.S. Shelf life is 35 days.
March 31, 1996
Converting equipment
Campbell puts V-8 in heat-set PET
Launched in January, Campbell Soup Co.'s new 46-oz heat-set bottle of polyethylene terephthalate for V-8 vegetable juice is said to be the only shelf-stable plastic container for a tomato-based beverage.
March 31, 1996
Controls & Machine Components
Aseptic tub filler
Autoprod (Clearwater, FL) has introduced a new Gasti high-speed aseptic tub filler that uses servo-drives for product-specific settings of filling and transport parameters.
February 29, 1996
Flexibles
Will silica coatings become more affordable?
From a relatively inexpensive liquid source, PC Materials extracts silica and chemically bonds it to the surface of polyester to create clear, high-barrier films.
February 29, 1996
Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)
Aseptics get a screw cap
In the sunny South Pacific, consumers of Punaauia, Tahiti-based Pacific Beverage Co.'s juices, nectars and alcoholic drinks--all packed in 1-L aseptic bricks--are now enjoying the convenience of a screw cap reclosure.
February 29, 1996
Labels
Mayfield milks nostalgic design
Now that Coca-Cola has awakened marketers to the power of nostalgia with its retro-style plastic bottles for Coke and Sprite, nostalgic package design is extending to the dairy category, too.
November 30, 1995
Flexible packaging
Beverage containers dominate DuPont awards
A flexible beverage container and a hot-filled, shelf-stable juice pouch stand out at the ninth annual DuPont awards competition. Environmental categories and international entries again prove distinctive.
November 30, 1995
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