Coding, Printing & Labeling

Witco leaves lasting impression on containers

Chemical producer shifts to thermal-transfer-printed labels for drums often stored outside. Copy required by regulations is legible longer. Computer software makes labels much easier to create, too.

June 30, 1998

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Cartoning

Small changes deliver big-time for Pharmacia & Upjohn

Pharmaceutical firm saves $650ꯠ/yr at its Kalamazoo, MI, packaging facility by implementing simple, yet cost-effective quick-changeover procedures on 30 packaging lines.

June 30, 1998

Containers

Streamlining handling headaches

Stainless-steel, reusable IBCs reduce drum handling/disposal problems for chemicals manufacturer Bush Boake Allen and a key customer.

June 30, 1998

Flexibles

Brewers tap holographic effects

Two brewers are adding holographic effects to their packaging to entice consumers at retail: Miller Brewing, Milwaukee, WI, has redesigned its Magnum malt liquor to include a label with a psuedo-holographic look, and Coors Brewing Co., Golden, CO, is launching a summer promotion for Coors Light that incorporates holographic packaging.

June 30, 1998

Beverage

Leader of the year

Sealed Air Corp. of Herndon, VA, has been named the Packaging Education Forum's 1998 Packaging Leader of the Year. "Sealed Air's recent acquisition of Cryovac certainly brought the company to our attention," said PEF president Tom Hogue in announcing the award, "but the fact is that Sealed Air has a long history of technical innovation and customer support on a global basis which already qualifies the company as a leader in our field."

June 30, 1998

Recycling

Is a pictogram worth a thousand words?

Several stories and news pieces in this issue would seem to herald a movement away from words and towards "pictorial symbols used as a form of writing." In an article about packaging for global markets (p.

May 31, 1998

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Shipper strategies for a global marketplace

How do packagers handle shippers that must be suitable for markets around the world? 3M says standardize on labels, while Hewlett-Packard likes packaging postponement.

May 31, 1998

Conveying & accumulation

Hershey 'opens' up for digital motion control

Standardizing on SERCOS for digital motion control in packaging equipment permits Hershey to reduce construction, installation, start-up and maintenance costs.

May 31, 1998

Flexibles

Breakfast, mate?

Ready-to-eat, single-serve combination packs pair cereal with milk (and spoon) in the refrigerated case. The 'eat-from' packs show that innovation is alive and well on both sides of the Atlantic.

May 31, 1998

Conveying & accumulation

Craft brewer launches bottles for retail

Toronto specialty on-premise brewer parlays recent developments in filling, capping and labeling machines to install a bottling line in its very own basement.

May 31, 1998

Conveying & accumulation

Conveyors bridge the gap for Hiram Walker

Conveyors carry cases of glass-bottled spirits over a bridge for palletization and stretch wrapping. That saves this Canadian distiller more than $500ꯠ per year.

April 30, 1998

Conveying & accumulation

P-s label press mixes it up

Amway has been using the narrow-web press since March '97 to print p-s labels for bottles of laundry products, kitchen cleaners and car care products.

April 30, 1998

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Federal 'medicine' for drug errors may be hard to swallow

Agencies are now considering requirements for unit-dose packaging and bar coding of containers to reduce the potential for medication errors.

April 30, 1998