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Coding, Printing & Labeling
Global regs a trade threat?
Proposals for new international requirements on biotech-enhanced products pose a significant threat to global trade in food, beverages and other consumer products, warns the Grocery Manufacturers of America (GMA).
December 31, 1998

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Protective/transport packaging
Pet treats maker chooses 'greener' void fill
The folks at Bone Appetit, maker of gourmet pet treats, have revised their thinking about foam peanuts as void fill. They now prefer Sylvacurl, recyclable, biodegradable and reusable wood shavings from Eastview Enterprises (East Hardwick, VT).
December 31, 1998
Palletizing/depalletizing
'Combo' pack puts Tropical Cheese at ease
Checkweigher and metal detector combine to reduce giveaway and help enhance quality control for this maker of natural cheeses marketed to retail and foodservice accounts.
November 30, 1998
With its new checkweighing prowess, Tropical Cheese now checks each vacuum-packed cheese pack, such as those shown here. In all,
Bakery/Snack
Creative compensation keeps packaging people (sidebar)
Retention through tough times
November 30, 1998
After a devastating fire that completely wiped out its plant, Pretzels Inc. management held periodic meetings like this one to u
Flexibles
Inks save dough for tortilla maker
Switching inks and interfering with a preset ink handling system caused headaches aplenty at this tortilla manufacturer. Now operations are back to normal.
November 30, 1998
Pw 21284 Wheaplaeng 6
Filling/capping, liquid & viscous
Creative compensation keeps packaging people
To attract good packaging people, companies must pay top wages without leaving behind existing packaging employees. Alternative compensation practices can also help.by David Newcorn, Senior Editor
November 30, 1998
To attract and keep talent like Herman Poon, vice president of business development, bottled water startup Natural Glacial Water
Bakery/Snack
Erler ponders what lies ahead
Fred Erler, chairman of the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Assn. and vice president of Nordson Corp., delivered a November 11 Eye-Opener Breakfast Session at PMMI's Pack Expo 98 and told his audience that "three new realities" will predominate as we enter the 21st century: globalization, personalized packaging and flexibility.
November 30, 1998
Flexibles
Chips-and-salsa MAP pack debuts
The creative minds behind the AriZona Beverages brand have made their first major foray into food, launching a unique salsa-and-chips meal kit (pictured is a prototype)under the new Blue Luna Café brand.
November 30, 1998
Pw 21299 Thecreminbeh 1
Containers
Composite canister ousts steel can for nuts
Gone are 603 x 408 steel cans for foodservice nut products at Azar Nuts of El Paso, TX. Foodservice vice president Gary Stewart couldn't be happier.
November 30, 1998
Pw 21303 Gonare603x 15
Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)
Teamwork pays off for everyone
Wise and its film suppliers work together to develop a new metallized oriented polypropylene film that can handle the demands of potato chip packaging.
October 31, 1998
Roland Baker (inset) checks the nitrogen level in bags of Wise potato chips. To package its chips, Wise Foods, uses 33 bagging m
Conveying & accumulation
Jar line is a royal flush
Universal Foods' Red Star Yeast Div. boosts production five-fold with a new jar line. Nitrogen flushing consistently reduces headspace oxygen below 1%.
October 31, 1998
Arotating plate ?broadcasts? or spreads yeast into a bisected funnel (above, inset) that channels the flow of yeast into two ja
Conveying & accumulation
Nut bowl offers microwavability and more
Plastic bowl for nuts and snacks is microwavable, reclosable and convenient. Barrier materials extend shelf life, and footed bottom allows stand-up on-shelf display.
October 31, 1998
Near the head of the line, the black bowls in their carrier plates pass beneath the twin hoppers (left) of the filling station.
Bakery/Snack
Retaining part-time help (sidebar)
Government forecasts 'cloudy' for packaging labor
October 31, 1998
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