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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Beverage
Food
Other Packaged Goods
Beverage
Purchasing people lack pay, sourcing opportunities
Purchasing agents are compensated the lowest among all respondents to Packaging World's exclusive salary survey. They say opportunities are being missed for sourcing better materials and arranging strategic partnerships with suppliers.
September 30, 1997
Beverage: Page 385
Flexible packaging
Stand-up pouch stands out on the shelf (sidebar)
Valve relies on capillary attraction
September 30, 1997
Feeding/inserting/unscrambling
Modem bridges 8,000-mile gap
New Zealand's Grated Cheese Co. relies on its vendor's engineers for tech support of its new combination weigher-from 8ꯠ miles away.
September 30, 1997
Flexibles
U.S. materials consumption to grow modestly
The consumption of U.S. packaging materials is expected to grow at a moderate rate of 3.2% annually through 2001, according to the new third edition of the Rauch Guide to the U.S.
September 30, 1997
Contract Packaging
Canned marketing
Last month it was Pepsi/Frito-Lay snacks in a can for vending machines (see PW, Sept. '97, p. 4). What else does the future hold for automated vending?
September 30, 1997
Coding, Printing & Labeling
A-B hopes bowling pin bottle is a strike
Last month, bowling alleys across the country began serving beer in an exclusive package they can call their own. The package is a 16-oz bottle of Budweiser shaped like a bowling pin, from Anheuser-Busch, St.
September 30, 1997
Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging
Cooking up hot graphics
"It really screams barbecue." That's how Tony Arancio, product buyer at Lechters, Inc., describes the new Cooks Club BBQ line, sold nationally through the Harrison, NJ-based Lechters chain.
September 30, 1997
Containers
Supplier news: Relocations, expansions
Sonoco Printed Packaging Div. (Atlanta, GA) has established a printed packaging product and process development facility in Hartsville, SC; Sonoco Industrial Container Div.
September 30, 1997
Flexibles
Water, motor oil in stand-up pouches
In the U.S., stand-up pouches continue to gain acceptance in a variety of applications (see stories, p. 18 and 58). Yet with few exceptions, manufacturers and consumers haven't been very enthusiastic about these packages for liquids.
September 30, 1997
Flexibles
Fruit snack comes in a 'nifty' cup
Introduced in late August at 7-Eleven stores across the country was Sunfresh® FruitJelite(TM), a fruit gelatin snack in a colorful textured cup and foil lid.
September 30, 1997
Beverage
Hall of fame welcomes three
The Packaging Education Forum has announced the election of three distinguished packaging professionals to its Packaging Hall of Fame. The 1997 class includes Donald Betando, retired chair of the San Jose State packaging program; Lejo Brana, director of packaging at Riviana Foods, Inc.; and Dr.
September 30, 1997
Coding, Printing & Labeling
FDA wants fresh juice warning labels
Continuing its campaign to upgrade food safety in the wake of well-publicized incidences of foodborne illnesses, the Food and Drug Administration has asked juice manufacturers to voluntarily put warning labels on unpasteurized fruit and vegetable juices until formal labeling rules can be developed.
September 30, 1997
Labels
Dean Foods unveils HDPE bottles for milk
As Packaging World went to press, Franklin, IL-based Dean Foods was introducing its new Milk Chug line of bottled milks in resealable pint, quart and 8-oz high-density polyethylene bottles.
September 30, 1997
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