Cartoning

Sliced apples stay fresh for 36 days

Reichel Foods has moved from nacho chips and dip to luncheon meat to PBJ ‘Snax’ to carrots to celery, all in thermoformed trays. Now comes sliced apples with a 36-day refrigerated shelf life.

April 30, 2001

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Cartoning

Sliced apples stay fresh for 36 days (sidebar)

Robotics to the rescue

April 30, 2001

Flexible packaging

Heinz speeds oval container to market

Heinz Pet Snacks’ new Savory Bites dog snacks, packed in a tall oval container, epitomize the company’s new speed-to-market initiative.

April 30, 2001

Flexibles

Heinz speeds oval container to market (sidebar)

Heinz ‘Pounces’ on resealable pouch

April 30, 2001

Conveying & accumulation

New machine 'maps' out sandwich packs

Manufacturer relies on modified atmosphere packaging for its line of convenience store sandwiches.

April 30, 2001

Conveying & accumulation

Downtime shrinks with new wrappers

When Georgia-Pacific needed to speed up wrapping rates for its 9” Dixie paper plates, management picked servo-driven, side-seal shrink wrappers that maintain high speed and tight registration.

April 30, 2001

Coding, Printing & Labeling

New organic and 'gmo' label standards

USDA and FDA are imposing order on claims for organic and genetically modified organism (GMO)-free foods that appear on packages and labels.

April 30, 2001

Flexibles

Pillsbury: No tear strip waffling

Catering to consumer convenience, Minneapolis-based Pillsbury introduced early this year a new, resealable package for its Hungry Jack Frozen Waffles. The 10-, 16-, and 24-count packs use a resealable tape made from a 3.2-mil polypropylene substrate coated with an FDA-compliant, pressure-sensitive freezer-grade adhesive that resists moisture and is suitable for the freezer.

March 31, 2001

Flexible packaging

A different kind of portal (sidebar)

Capsule reviews

March 31, 2001

Conveying & accumulation

Air cushions salve Omron's shipping wounds

Medical supply distributor switches from loose-fill “peanuts” to an air-cushioned void fill to satisfy customers and cut space requirements.

March 31, 2001

Bakery/Snack

Pac-Ex 2001 set to roll

This biennial north-of-the-border packaging show, built on a successful formula, offers some new features for the new millennium.

March 31, 2001

Beverage

Used equipment buyers offer 'suggestions'

Packaging machine buyers sound off about buying used or rebuilt packaging machines. Many say the process needs to resemble how they buy new equipment.

March 31, 2001

Flexible packaging

Rebuilt gear means speed to market

Beginning with two metal detector/checkweighers and moving quickly to htf/f/s machinery, Reichel Foods has had a positive experience with rebuilt packaging equipment.

March 31, 2001