Containers

Moving aseptically into the future

A leader in the European fruit juice market, Germany’s Eckes-Granini is plunging into the future with the recent installation of an ACF line for .33- and 1-L PET bottles.

September 30, 2004

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Closures

Varietals veer toward ROPP

For two years, iconoclastic winery Bonny Doon has been busy switching from cork to aluminum ROPP caps. Now the conversion is nearly complete.

September 30, 2004

Beverage

Sleeve label combines chips 'n' dip

Rumblers Chips ‘N’ Dip from Ennis Foods Ltd., Donegal, Ireland, combines tortilla chips and dip in a two-part clear plastic bowl and base, each with its own lid.

September 30, 2004

Labels

Real-world RFID: An expert speaks

In this exclusive interview, RFID expert John Greaves of Deloitte Consulting separates RFID myth from reality, while calling on packagers to “seize the moment.” To read more of Packaging World's RFID coverage, sign up for PW's new RFID Antenna e-newsletter - it's FREE!

September 30, 2004

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

P-O-P designs that satisfy Wal-Mart

At the P-O-P (Point-of-Purchase) Show in Chicago September 22, Bob Connolly, executive vice president of marketing and consumer communications at Wal-Mart Stores Inc., shared insights that can help both manufacturers and suppliers get an “in” at the nation’s No. 1 retailer.

September 30, 2004

Beverage

It's time for INTERPACK!

INTERPACK 2005 TO PROVIDE THE MOST EXTENSIVE OVERVIEW OF THE PACKAGING WORLD MARKET

September 30, 2004

Beverage

Patented wine in a can

Barokes Wines, Melbourne, Australia, has moved its marketing of wine in a can throughout Southeast Asia and now looks to Europe and North America.

September 30, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Make2Pack update

On August 17-19, at Pfizer’s offices in Peapack, NJ, the World Batch Forum-sponsored joint working group that is focusing on developing a standard to address automation techniques and approaches useable across all of manufacturing held its first meeting.

August 31, 2004

Sustainability

Iron City brew chills in aluminum bottle

In August, Pittsburgh Brewing Co., Pittsburgh, PA, launched 12-oz bottles of Iron City beer in aluminum bottles.

August 31, 2004

Beverage

The wrap-up: World's largest wine bottle

It holds the equivalent of 173 750-mL bottles of Beringer Private Reserve Cabernet and even has a name: Maximus.

August 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Cal Poly puts squeeze on whipped cream cheese

This theoretical development from Cal Poly packaging students centers on a new format for Kraft whipped cream cheese using a squeeze bottle.

August 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Frequencies for item-level Rx RFID apps

Three vendors have collaborated on a 28-page white paper that compares HF and UHF RFID technologies.

August 31, 2004

Flexibles

Credit-card-sized refillable water 'bottle'

This theoretical development from a UK design contest is a compact, on-the-go alternative to bottled water that’s also environmentally friendly.

August 31, 2004