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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Beverage
Food
Other Packaged Goods
Bakery/Snack
Visual association--through a 2-year-old's eyes
In recent televised interviews, separate groups of progressively younger children were shown logos or icons of some of the country's best-known brands.
December 18, 2006
Bakery/Snack: Page 53
Conveying & accumulation
RFID variables tested
During Pack Expo 2006, Robert Clarke, Ph.D., of Michigan State University's School of Packaging (www.packaging.msu.edu, or e-mail
[email protected]
), presented original research that looked at a number of variables that affect RFID performance in the real world.
December 18, 2006
Flexibles
In-line pouch forming saves time, labor
Japan-based specialty bread crumbs manufacturer FryStar has adopted an in-line form/fill/seal system for production of pillow pouch packaging with reclosable zippers.
December 18, 2006
Bakery/Snack
Pizza with a view
Uno Foods freshens the look of its refrigerated retail pizza with a window on a take-out style box.
December 7, 2006
Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging
UF squeezes out more R&D projects
From RFID to barrier containers to shelf life prediction, there's more to packaging research at the University of Florida than even staff expected.
November 5, 2006
Flexible packaging
Nothing nutty about this bagging system
The need to pre-mix spices and sugar in small batches is an inconvenience that has been overcome since this purveyor of nuts implemented a dosing/bagging upgrade.
November 5, 2006
Bakery/Snack
Wow, baby--Gerber injects a little personality
Icon brands that stay relevant and create symmetry between products in the brand “family” continue to endure in consumers' hearts. Gerber, a long-trusted brand, is a recent example with a new packaging system for all three of its lines, which help consumers to shop the category more efficiently.
November 5, 2006
Converting equipment
Missing: one extruder
Maybe you were as surprised as I was to hear about the major recall from Ross Products for its 32-oz plastic bottles of Similac.
November 5, 2006
Flexibles
Susceptor suits frozen fish
Gimbert Surgeles of France has launched a line of frozen, breaded fish filets that cook in less than three minutes in the microwave oven thanks to the Microrite™ susceptor sleeve that surrounds them.
November 5, 2006
Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials
Costco's hands-on packaging guy
Scott Carnie is general manager of Costco Wholesale's East Coast Packaging operations in New Jersey.
November 5, 2006
Secondary Packaging
Infeed uniformly sequences randomly spaced packages
Video of Yaskawa's Synch Belt solution shows how randomly spaced packages are precisely repositioned at fixed intervals for subsequent downstream packaging operations.
October 29, 2006
Flexibles
Food Packaging Safety Regulations
Download this white paper from Rohm and Haas to make the best decisions about selecting and handling food contact materials.
October 26, 2006
Flexibles
On-line pouch forming saves time, labor
Japan-based specialty bread crumbs manufacturer FryStar has adopted an in-line form/fill/seal system for production of pillow pouch packaging with reclosable zippers.
October 26, 2006
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