Flexibles

Blue Ice vodka bottle lifts 21st Century's spirits

A stunning custom glass bottle made in Germany and contract-packaged in the United States launches 21st Century Spirits’ premium Blue Ice Potato Vodka.

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Outsourced packaging: Let the experts do it! (sidebar)

Who participated in survey

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Contract packaging

Outsourced packaging: Let the experts do it!

Exclusive survey reveals that manufacturers increasingly turned to contract packagers in 2001, and the growth continues this year.

December 31, 2001

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

HBA filler's range speaks volumes

A ‘showcase’ 18-station filler at Stanford Personal Care fills products from watery to pastes at a rate of 180/min with an accuracy of 0.3%. See in-plant video

December 31, 2001

Palletizing/depalletizing

Suppliers quench Poland Spring's thirst for training

From bottle molding to palletizing, training from packaging equipment vendors is vital to mechanics at the Poland Spring, ME, bottling facility.

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Secondary Packaging

Poland Spring promotes 'wall-to-wall' training

Management says training costs are justified by increased equipment efficiency that boosts output and by developing and retaining skilled employees.

December 31, 2001

Conveying & accumulation

Stretching the limits of aseptic packaging

Low-acid dairy products aseptically packaged in plastic bottles are common in Europe. Will Morningstar bring such technology to the U.S? See in-plant video

December 31, 2001

Labels

Clearly apart from the competition

Knowing it wasn’t the first to launch single-serve milks and juices in plastic bottles, this dairy made sure its new PET bottle would stand out and promote the brand.

December 31, 2001

Secondary Packaging

Early Times pours into PET

Following the success of its switch to PET from glass for Canadian Mist blended whisky in 1999, Brown-Forman Beverage Worldwide in November launched a 1.75-L PET bottle for its Early Times Kentucky whisky. Like Canadian Mist, the Early Times bottle is injection stretch/blow-molded by Schmalbach-Lubeca (Manchester, MI).

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Adhesives/tape

Euro lawncare products drum up sales

Canisters made of recycled paperboard have been making inroads throughout Europe as a primary package that provides stackability and pleasing graphics for fertilizers.

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Tamper-evident machinery

Q&A

Brad Rostowfske, director of new product development at Sargento Foods Inc., a leading marketer of cheese products based in Plymouth, WI.

December 31, 2001

Labels

Design: Redesigned label is rosier

In September 2001, Four Roses Distilling Co., Lawrenceburg, KY, a Seagram’s company, unveiled a bold new label for its Four Roses Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey.

December 31, 2001

Conveying & accumulation

Web plus: A dot-com looks for packaging solutions

Overstock.com offers a variety of name-brand surplus merchandise, such as toys, diamond rings, and TVs, for up to 70% off the retail price. Just like a catalog retailer, this Internet retailer must invest in quality packaging to ship products to consumers.

December 31, 2001