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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Beverage
Food
Other Packaged Goods
Dairy
NCFST to draft milk guidelines
A task force at the National Center for Food Safety and Technology will draft a guidelines document for the production and packaging of ultra-pasteurized extended shelf-life milk.
September 30, 2000
Dairy: Page 78
Conveying & accumulation
Depends how you slice it
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s packaging equipment certification proposal could raise costs for machinery buyers.
September 30, 2000
Contract Packaging
Supplier partnerships encouraged in purchasing
Most companies that participated in Packaging World’s vendor consolidation survey encouraged partnership arrangements with suppliers. All respondents expect better price and service, but others seek on-site technical help, supply guarantees and materials price hedging opportunities.
September 30, 2000
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Solutions 2000: world's largest packaging conference
PACK EXPO International 2000 is not only the biggest U.S. packaging show, but this year it also boasts what it calls “the world’s largest conference:” Solutions 2000, planned for Monday through Wednesday, Nov. 6-8.
September 30, 2000
Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)
Packs sport Olympic mascots
In the spirit of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, Melbourne, Australia-based Bonlac Foods introduced bags of portion-packed processed cheddar cheese sporting Aussie characters Syd, Millie and Olly playing Olympic sports.
August 31, 2000
Closures
Milk bottle serves one on-the-go
Land O' Lakes, Arden Hills, MN, presents its single-serve milk in an ergonomically shaped 12-oz bottle.
August 31, 2000
Flexibles
General Mills 'Exprésses' itself
Two new product/package combinations from retail giant General Mills are just now reaching store shelves.
August 31, 2000
Converting equipment
Materials Purchasing: Grocer buys into online shopping
Grocery retailer H.E. Butt Co. procures packaging materials through the INC2inc Internet marketplace. Now it’s persuading its vendors to climb aboard.
August 31, 2000
Conveying & accumulation
Notable web sites
Materials MarketplacesB2BPKG.com (www.b2bpkg.com) is a packaging materials marketplace that allows users to constuct a private catalog of vendors for online procurement.
August 31, 2000
Dairy
Letters to the editor
Survey on targetI concur with your buying survey responses (www.netsourcingmag.com/articles/04.00/survey.htm)—the majority of people, even Web-savvy packaging professionals, are primarily using the Net to purchase office supplies or basic, stock commodity packaging components with previously qualified vendors—not specified packaging materials—as other surveys have suggested.
August 31, 2000
Coding, Printing & Labeling
'No-label' look reflects purity of product
Global Balance Co. switches from a glass jar to an HDPE tube for consumer benefits, vastly improving product sales.
August 31, 2000
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Battle brewing over child-resistant caps
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is considering mandating child-resistant closures for cosmetics, cleaning solvents and auto products, among others.
August 31, 2000
Cartoning
Food marketers focus on schools
New packaging equipment is helping two California food processors grow their school foodservice businesses.
August 31, 2000
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