Bakery/Snack

Winn-Dixie leverages its own brand name (sidebar)

A chipper category

May 31, 2002

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Flexibles

Winn-Dixie leverages its own brand name

One-stop shopping provides Winn-Dixie with a comprehensive redesign for 60 private-label brands involving more than 3ꯠ items.

May 31, 2002

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Addition by subtraction

Golden Flake doubles speeds and reduces labor costs for potato chip packaging by replacing 21 outdated lines with eight new vf/f/s machines. See in-plant video

May 31, 2002

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

Diamond of California: Scale systems for shelled nuts

Computerized scales from Hayssen deliver accurate amounts of nuts on this 16-head system that includes an upper scale with a booster hopper directly beneath. Nuts released from the scales fall through stainless-steel tubes into vf/f/s equipment.

April 30, 2002

Conveying & accumulation

Diamond of California: Side-by-side form/fill/seal machines for nuts

Filled and sealed bags of nuts discharge from two side-by-side vf/f/s machines onto a conveyor that runs perpendicular to them. Bags are then conveyed downstream. Meanwhile, printed film is pulled through tensioning rollers on one of the vf/f/s machines (right).

April 30, 2002

Secondary Packaging

Diamond of California: Automated case erector for bagged nuts

A key improvement to downstream packaging functions at Diamond of California is this automatic case erector. Erected cases are packed manually before tape is applied to top flaps (right) to seal them shut. An ink-jet system then prints best-before date, Julian date code, and line and shift codes.

April 30, 2002

Secondary Packaging

PVC tray protects Stilton cheeses

In England, the Tuxford and Tebbutt brand of the country’s potent white and blue Stilton cheeses has moved from overwraps to a new wedge-shaped thermoform from Anson Packaging (Cambridgeshire, England).

April 30, 2002

Bakery/Snack

Equipment sparkles at Diamond of California (sidebar)

Downstream, upstream efficiency

April 30, 2002

Containers

Equipment sparkles at Diamond of California

New vf/f/s machines and computerized scales increase speeds, reduce downtime, and lessen giveaway of Diamond of California shelled nuts. See in-plant video

April 30, 2002

Flexible packaging

New coex line broadens food pack offerings

Coextruded blown film is new to Enhance Packaging Technologies. ‘Pancake’ die technology gives maximum flexibility.

April 30, 2002

Tamper-evident machinery

FDA wants packaging 'pedigrees'

New bioterrorism law will require packagers to maintain records about sources of packaging materials.

April 30, 2002

Cartoning

Johanna Foods touts new look for yogurt and juice

A full-body shrink-sleeve label replaces a paper label on tapered cups of Johanna Foods' reformulated La Yogurt. Meanwhile, 'extended long-life' equipment provides 70-day refrigerated shelf life for juices in 'on-the-go' cartons.

March 31, 2002

Flexibles

Stand-up pouch for frozen veggies

A gussetted flat-bottom bag with a reclosable zipper feature is now being launched nationwide by Green Giant, a division of Minneapolis-based Pillsbury.

March 31, 2002