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Sustainable Packaging

Can ban lifted in Denmark

Finally bowing to the European Commission after a battle dating back to 1977, Denmark lifted its ban on cans for beer and soft drinks, effective January 23.

March 31, 2002

Beverage

U.S. technology upgrades Australian water bottler

A 66% increase in productivity and a threefold boost in output accompany the installation of automated workplace water-bottle filling and handling.

March 31, 2002

Controls & Machine Components

The packaging supply chain--what's next?

A new collaborative mentality fortified by the latest IT tools is reshaping the packaging supply chain.

March 31, 2002

Beverage

Coca-Cola endorses new mold-making technology

Soft drink bottler lauds new patented technology for manufacture of plastic molds, both for injection and blow molding.

March 31, 2002

Beverage

Boxed package sings for music anthology

Specialty packaging components nicely suit a Grammy-nominated music collection for Harry Belafonte's "The Long Road to Freedom: An Anthology of Black Music." Released by Budda Records/BMG Heritage last September, the collection is housed in a custom collector's box from Shorewood Packaging (New York, NY).

March 31, 2002

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Understanding packaging security risks

More than 140 attendees at a recent PMMI conference heard from FDA and other officials about minimizing company security risks.

February 28, 2002

Labels

Shrink label decorates single-serve soymilk

In fall 2001, White Wave, Boulder, CO, launched its 11-oz single-serve soymilk Silk® with a 2-mil PVC shrink label from Seal-It (Farmingdale, NY). The graphics, including a splash of soymilk, are gravure-printed in 10 colors.

February 28, 2002

Flexibles

Sargento wins FPA Member's Choice Award

Sargento Cheese, Plymouth, WI, was honored with The FPA Member’s Choice Award for its reclosure feature used for its Chef Style shredded mozzarella cheese pouch.

February 28, 2002

Beverage

What's affecting buying at major companies?

Representatives of ConAgra, Nestle USA, and Gallo Winery candidly shared thoughts on machinery purchasing at PMMI's meeting in November.

February 28, 2002

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Rockwell Automation: Rockwell Automation: Controls improve vf/f/s operations

Bosch Packaging (Bridgman, MI) adds controls and servomotor drives from Rockwell Automation (Milwaukee, WI) to Model SVE 2510 vf/f/s machines. With Allen-Bradley ControlLogix™ networking onboard, the improvement allows users to customize and adjust the continuous-motion machine’s settings quickly and precisely.

February 28, 2002

Beverage

Gallo leads way in packaging equipment buys

E. & J. Gallo Winery will be an active purchaser of packaging equipment, especially in the current down market. So said Modesto, CA-based Gallo’s director of engineering John Kalal to the fall meeting of the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (Arlington, VA).

February 28, 2002

Closures

Blue Ice mimics design

21st Century Spirits, City of Commerce, CA, felt the best way to link its 50-ml size of Blue Ice potato vodka to its striking 750-ml glass bottle was to duplicate the design. Like its parent glass version launched two months earlier, the 50-ml bottle uses a pressure-sensitive label that yields a no-label-look, and includes icicles molded into the back panel.

February 28, 2002