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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Beverage
Food
Other Packaged Goods
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Whining over wine
The California Association of Winegrape Growers is pressing the BATF to revise its labeling standards so consumers understand that flavored wines are not required to meet the same content standards as traditional table wine.
August 31, 2000
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Beverage
Customer-friendly design
Canandaigua Wine Co., Canandaigua, NY, credits improved packaging design and flashy graphics for a 42% sales growth rate between 1998 and 1999.
August 31, 2000
Coding, Printing & Labeling
What is fresh?
The FDA is examining whether use of the term “fresh” on product labels is truthful and not misleading when applied to products produced using new food processing technologies
August 31, 2000
Closures
Sutter: To twist or not to twist
After seven years of using twist-off closures to seal its 1 ½-L bottles of wine, Sutter Home Winery recently reverted back to sealing its larger bottles with a traditional cork closure.
July 31, 2000
Beverage
International agreements
Convenience Food Systems (Bakel, the Netherlands) has acquired Dixie Union (Kempten, Germany).
June 30, 2000
Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging
Containers capture consumer convenience
Surf wax in a deodorant-like container, an ergonomic waste container for biohazardous materials and a snowmobile lubricant in a jug designed for mittened hands are among this year’s NACD award winners.
April 30, 2000
Digital Transformation
Will e-commerce help or hurt distributors and sales agents?
That’s still a question because readers were sharply divided on the effect e-commerce will have on packaging distributors or sales agents. Survey of purchasing readers in January reports wide range of opinions.
March 31, 2000
Conveying & accumulation
Labeler gives new life to wine bottles
A single-head, pressure-sensitive labeler for front and back labels provides a small Texas winery with quick set-up and clean-up time and saves $10ꯠ, too.
February 29, 2000
Converting equipment
Competition 'tags' winning labels
This year’s Tag and Label Awards Competition honors pressure-sensitive labels used for new age drinks, wine and vitamins.
December 31, 1999
Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)
Machine builders debate PC vs PLC control
Part two of our report on PC vs PLC control for packaging machinery, from the perspective of design engineers at leading packaging machinery builders.
November 30, 1999
Beverage
Label depicts the 21st century
For the 21st year in a row, Kenwood Vineyards, owned by Korbel Champagne Cellars, has released a Cabernet Sauvignon Artist Series wine. The 1995 vintage wine is decorated with a label created by printmaker and painter Karl Kasten.
November 30, 1999
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Wine labeling being reviewed
In February 1999, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms granted authority to wine makers to include a mention that moderate consumption of wine is associated with a lower risk of heart disease for some people.
November 30, 1999
Additives, coatings & inks
Neocork is winning converts in Napa Valley
Among the first to use a newly developed synthetic wine cork called Neocork(TM) was Lane Tanner winery of Napa, CA. Lane Tanner, owner of the 14-year-old winery, says that her switch from organic to synthetic corks has greatly reduced the number of bottles in which wine has been spoiled by oxygen ingress.
November 30, 1999
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Products
Charcoal Activated Recyclable Cork Stopper
Estal’s Corkcoal cork and activated charcoal stopper, ideal for the wine and spirits industries, is available in three styles: sharp, barrel, and cornice and in sizes 21.5 mm and 18.5 mm.
Recyclable Closures
Ardagh Group: Single-serve glass wine bottle
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