Beverage: Page 213

Beverage

In France, viva la glass packaging

It's no surprise: The wine and champagne industry is the largest end-user of French glass packaging. That makes packaging the largest sector of the glass industry in France.

May 31, 2007

Beverage

Belgium's InBev profits double

InBev, the world's largest brewer (maker of Stella Artois, Beck's and Brahma), gained profits in all regions except Western Europe in the fourth quarter.

May 31, 2007

Coding, Printing & Labeling

New regulations for South Africa's bottled water industry

For the first time, South Africa's Department of Health is publishing regulations related to the processing and labeling of bottled water.

May 31, 2007

Coding, Printing & Labeling

India gets Minute Maid juice in plastic and glass bottles

In response to consumer preferences leaning toward health and wellness products, Coca-Cola is introducing Minute Maid juice in parts of India.

May 31, 2007

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Fruit on packaging found misleading

he Prevention Institute, a non-profit health advocacy group out of California, studied 37 heavily marketed foods with pictures of fruit on the packaging.

May 31, 2007

Beverage

U.S. and Italy working together on new Norwegian-inspired wine bottle design

With help from Italian glass manufacturers, ultra modern wine bottle designs will soon join screw caps in the search for shelf impact in the U.S. wine market, according to a California-based package design firm.

May 31, 2007

Reusable/Returnable

Ecstasy enhanced by unexpected red bottle

Effort and compromise yield distinctive red-tinted bottles for this spirited liqueur.

May 23, 2007

Controls & Machine Components

Packaging Automation magazine gets its own website

The popular online magazine gets its own searchable archive site, helping packaging machinery specifiers and builders research innovative, modular machinery and automation trends in the packaging industry

May 21, 2007

Beverage

High-end water bottle pays homage to art deco

The AquaDeco glass bottle came before the company was even started.

May 14, 2007

Closures

Tequila details push premium perception

Presentation positions Trago squarely within the ultra-premium tequila category.

May 4, 2007

Beverage

Boosting line efficiency for wine bottling

When the growing season is limited, high speed Wine Producers and Bottlers want less wasted product and more thruput from their lines. How do you keep wine bottles from breaking when running at high speeds?

May 3, 2007

Labels

Top 10 FDA developments

Packaging World and Healthcare Packaging columnist and attorney-at-law Eric F. Greenberg (www.ericfgreenbergpc.com) offered a list of key issues pertaining to healthcare packaging during the Pharmaceutical Packaging Forum (www.packworld.com/ppf), To read the complete story, visit this site.

May 2, 2007