Flexibles

Electronics controls new technology at Pack Expo (sidebar)

Heinz honored as Leader of the Year

September 30, 2000

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Beverage

Electronics controls new technology at Pack Expo

Electronics continues to replace mechanical systems to control the increasingly precise functions of new equipment to be introduced at Pack Expo International 2000 in Chicago. New Solutions conference will help attract 80ꯠ packaging visitors to year’s biggest packaging show.

September 30, 2000

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

Packs sport Olympic mascots

In the spirit of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, Melbourne, Australia-based Bonlac Foods introduced bags of portion-packed processed cheddar cheese sporting Aussie characters Syd, Millie and Olly playing Olympic sports.

August 31, 2000

Closures

Milk bottle serves one on-the-go

Land O' Lakes, Arden Hills, MN, presents its single-serve milk in an ergonomically shaped 12-oz bottle.

August 31, 2000

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Whining over wine

The California Association of Winegrape Growers is pressing the BATF to revise its labeling standards so consumers understand that flavored wines are not required to meet the same content standards as traditional table wine.

August 31, 2000

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Filamatic, a division of National Instrument LLC: Aseptic packaging

A total of 8 servo-driven filling heads fill as many as 200 containers/min on National Instrument’s (Baltimore, MD) Filamatic® RFS-800 monobloc system.

August 31, 2000

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Illinois Instruments: Oxygen analyzer

The Model 6500 oxygen analyzer from Illinois Instruments (Ingleside, IL) measures headspace oxygen levels from 0.001% to 100% in flexible or rigid packages.

August 31, 2000

Beverage

Customer-friendly design

Canandaigua Wine Co., Canandaigua, NY, credits improved packaging design and flashy graphics for a 42% sales growth rate between 1998 and 1999.

August 31, 2000

Beverage

BATF wants the whole bottle

Distillers applying to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF) for approval of a liquor bottle that has the label etched, painted onto or embossed directly on the container must submit a filled bottle along with their label application.

August 31, 2000

Coding, Printing & Labeling

What is fresh?

The FDA is examining whether use of the term “fresh” on product labels is truthful and not misleading when applied to products produced using new food processing technologies

August 31, 2000

Flexibles

General Mills 'Exprésses' itself

Two new product/package combinations from retail giant General Mills are just now reaching store shelves.

August 31, 2000

Converting equipment

Healthful soft drink splashes onto scene

Aloe Splash® noncarbonated soft drink debuted in April on the West coast in a custom bottle made of polyethylene terephthalate topped by a large, 38-mm sports cap.

August 31, 2000

Closures

Sourcing globally, clicking locally

The Body Shop pares down on time needed to research containers by tapping into a global, multivendor online stock container catalog.

August 31, 2000