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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Beverage
Food
Other Packaged Goods
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Food fight!
The FDA wants to make it easier for food packs to carry health and nutrition statements. Meanwhile, industry continues to press for even greater latitude for claims.
March 31, 1996
Wine: Page 38
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
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Adhesice saves the day
It's certainly not the size of Sutter Home. But Arcadian Estate Vineyards in Watkins Glens, NY, proved it could be pretty resourceful recently when it faced an order of 3길 bottles of chardonnay that had to be custom labeled for a Buffalo Zoological Gardens fund raiser.
January 31, 1996
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Sutter Home bottle breaks new ground
Commonly used for wide-mouth jars and narrow-neck beers, bottles made with press-and-blow technology haven't been available to wineries--until now. Eye-catching labels complete this package upgrade.
January 31, 1996
Closures
Aluminum "bottle" a first for vodka
While the cool, sleek appearance of brushed aluminum is not uncommon for health & beauty aids, it is unusual to see it in the spirits category. Hertford, U.K.-based MDT Wines & Spirits believes it is the first to use such a container for vodka.
January 31, 1996
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Alcohol content labels coming to a head
The BATF is set to issue a proposal on how alcohol content can appear on beer labels. Many brewers strongly oppose mandatory labeling.
November 30, 1995
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Alcohol content labels coming to a head
Bottle bordom: Can beverage bottles be more innovative?
November 30, 1995
Beverage
Nabisco 'rolls' Grey Poupon collection
"One of the most ambitious undertakings in our company's history" is the phrase used to describe the rollout of 12 new gourmet products under the Grey Poupon brand name.
November 30, 1995
Flexibles
Winners combine performance with appeal
In its annual effort to recognize innovative users of its OPP flexible packaging film and Label-Lyte® face stocks, Mobil Films Div. (Pittsford, NY) handed out two Golden Mummy and three Pyramid awards at Pac-Ex in Toronto this past September.
October 31, 1995
Sustainable Packaging
Winners cited by Glass Packaging Institute
An amber soft drink bottle and wide-mouth salsa container earned top honors from the Glass Packaging Institute (Washington, DC) in the seventh annual Clear Choice Awards.
September 30, 1995
Conveying & accumulation
Transfer cars simplify pallet handling
Owens Brockway glass plant now relies on automated cars and pallet stackers instead of forklift operators to move cases of glass from palletizers to stretch wrappers.
July 31, 1995
Flexibles
High-performance polyesters
HiPERTUF(TM) polyester resins from Shell Chemical (Akron, OH) are homopolymer 2ƾ dimethyl naphthalate-based polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), which provide a number of benefits over PET, including hotter fill temperatures, better chemical resistance, and improved gas and UV barriers.
May 31, 1995
Sustainable Packaging
Bottle bill back again
Despite evidence to the contrary and opposition by some environmentalists, bottle bill proponents remain determined to push a national forced deposit law through Congress.
May 31, 1995
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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.
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Ardagh Group: Single-serve glass wine bottle
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