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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Beverage
Food
Other Packaged Goods
Containers
PET developments refresh beverage and dairy applications
AriZona Beverages moves into a hot-filled PET longneck bottle, PET helps launch a carbonated dairy drink, PET/nylon/PET resists carbonation loss for Perriers new bottle, and an additive extends shelf life for the first PET-bottled milk in the U.K.
September 30, 2001
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Labels
Nestlé tests an award-winning can
Consumers on the go continue to drive packaging development around the world. This time it’s a self-heating can of coffee from Nestlé UK.
August 31, 2001
Flexibles
Shrink label sales to double
Sales of shrink labels for bottles and other containers will double between 1999 and 2004, according to a new study from Keymark Associates. Opportunities in Shrink Film Labels for Bottles says milk, ready-to-drink tea, sports drinks, and beer will show growth of more than 30% annually, 20% for juice, and 15% for water, ready-to-drink coffee, and liquor.
August 31, 2001
Dairy
Pigmented bottle battles milk oxidation
A new FlavorTight™ bottle that adds a white color concentrate to high-density polyethylene helps prevent oxidation in Dean Foods’ Land O’Lakes-brand ½- and 1-gal sizes of milk. Introduced in August into seven Midwest states, the bottles are used for 14 total SKUs.
August 31, 2001
Flexibles
New pack helps No Pudge! Foods fatten sales
A paperboard carton that offers on-shelf differentiation and an inner plastic bag that doesn’t leak help No Pudge! Foods’ natural brownie mix sales soar.
August 31, 2001
Flexibles
Flexibles to stretch beyond $19 billion in sales
FPA forecasts that fresh produce, meat/poultry/seafood, pet food, medical, and snack foods will represent the top five end-use growth areas for flexible packaging materials in the next five years.
August 31, 2001
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Food allergens nothing to sneeze at
FDA is looking more closely at food labels and processing/packaging materials to determine whether incidental additives must be declared.
August 31, 2001
Flexibles
Dairy Crest milk pouch trial
EXCLUSIVE NEWS FROM OUR EUROPEAN PARTNER: Dairy Crest is currently trialling a milk pouch system at selected doorstep delivery depots and supermarkets in the UK. Click logo for full article.
July 31, 2001
Flexible packaging
'Job shop' takes hands-on approach to skin packaging
Semi-automatic skin packaging machine improves protection of shipments of stainless-steel components and saves money.
July 31, 2001
Flexibles
Sony in Japan, Swedish dairy introduce 'green' packs
Sony debuts computer discs in an overwrap made from biodegradable, compostable resin. Swedish dairy tries 2-L bottle for milk and juice made from a resin blended with calcium carbonate.
July 31, 2001
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Industry develops guidelines for allergen labeling
The Food Allergy Issues Alliance, a group of food trade associations and other organizations focused on allergy-related topics, has issued the Food Allergen Labeling Guidelines to help the estimated seven million Americans with food allergies avoid foods that might make them sick.
July 31, 2001
Converting equipment
The CP moves my cheese
A couple of months ago, I prepared a packaging trends report for the conference program that accompanied the Converting Machinery/Materials Intl. show.
July 31, 2001
Closures
Nestlé package 'percolates' success
Nestlé Canada’s Nescafé Ice coffee syrup bottle earned the “Chairman’s Choice” award in the 2001 National Canadian packaging competition. Developed in conjunction with Graham Packaging Canada (Burlington, Ontario, Canada), the blow-molded, black opaque high-density polyethylene bottle has turned a lot of heads in grocery dairy aisles since its Canadian national rollout earlier this year. A U. S. introduction is expected at some point in the future.
June 30, 2001
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