Beverage: Page 144

Closures

Winemaker toasts packaging design importance

Silver Moon Winery, Dover, OH, markets a range of wines but places special emphasis on sweet and dessert wine offerings—wines made from the juices of California and New York grapes infused with selected fruits.

November 12, 2010

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Winery installs high-res ink-jet print system

Augusta Winery, Augusta, MO, is an award-winning producer of hand-crafted wines marketed under Augusta and Montelle brand names.

November 12, 2010

Containers

Digital can printing takes off with Air Berlin

What is said to be the first commercial application of digital electrostatic drop-on-demand printing technology from U.K.-based Tonejet was pioneered last May by Ball Packaging Europe at its Hassloch, Germany, beverage can manufacturing plant.

November 11, 2010

Flexibles

Heinz and Sargento -- great marketers think alike

Who knew there was a "revolution" underway in the packaging of Heinz Beanz?

November 11, 2010

Converting equipment

Sonoco Plastics unifies company's plastics operations

Sonoco has announced that it is centralizing its various plastics operations under a single corporate umbrella and brand, Sonoco Plastics.

November 11, 2010

Closures

Distribution packaging and containerization

Strong packaging and a solid intermodal container are necessary for getting cargo to global markets, but more is required.

November 3, 2010

Secondary Packaging

Partition inserter reaches high speeds

Especially suitable for wineries and spirits manufacturers, the servo-driven partition inserter introduced at ABC was attracting a lot of attention.

November 3, 2010

Beverage

Jim Renda named president of Multisorb Technologies

As President, Renda will be responsible for leading the global operations and business for Multisorb.

October 20, 2010

Dairy

KUKA evaluating robotics for food packaging

Converting from conventional to robotic packaging offers a cost-saving, productivity-improving solution for food processors faced with labor challenges, product integrity concerns, floor space limitations and the need for flexibility in packaging applications.

October 19, 2010

Beverage

Understanding advances in mixed-load palletizing

White paper from KUKA Robotics explains how newest advances in mixed-load palletizing can reduce costs, streamline the supply chain, and save labor and floor costs.

October 19, 2010

Beverage

Beer labels: a real whodunit story

Brewer draws interest to new line of beer by rolling out a detective mystery in cases of its locally brewed Just Beer brand India Pale Ale.

October 19, 2010

Flexibles

The case of the compostable chip package-Part 2

The sun has all but set on the Sun Chips® bag, but not without giving rise to a host of issues.

October 19, 2010