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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Beverage
Food
Other Packaged Goods
Filling/capping, liquid & viscous
How to find the best new hires in packaging
In today's tight labor market, companies are implementing a variety of strategies-some new, some tried and true-to attract the best talent to their packaging functions.
September 30, 1998
Dairy: Page 89
Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging
An open-and-shut case for reclosability
Pharmaceutical company Galderma Laboratories switches to a reclosable clamshell for its sample size of prescription topical medicines that's 35% cheaper than before.
September 30, 1998
Flexibles
Kraft matches cottage cheese and fruit
A thermoformed dual-compartment polystyrene container is being used by Kraft Foods for its new Cottage Doubles(TM) product. Available in refrigerated sections of supermarkets and Wal-Mart stores since June, Doubles are sold nationwide in three 5.5-oz varieties.
September 30, 1998
Flexible packaging
Innovations in plastics help foods flourish
Pinched-grip PET, an innovative pastry bag, a take-out bag for chicken, foamed CPET, and barrier beer bottles and food containers all win DuPont awards.
September 30, 1998
Beverage
What packagers want in turnkey projects (sidebar)
Outsourcing not always 'in'
August 31, 1998
Dairy
Packaging positions ice cream for upscale sales (sidebar)
Positioning for high retail pricing
August 31, 1998
Filling/capping, liquid & viscous
Packaging positions ice cream for upscale sales
Farm Fresh's new all-plastic, rectangular ice cream package features full-coverage, in-mold-labeled graphics, believed to be one of the first applications of its kind in the U.S.
August 31, 1998
Secondary Packaging
PET spreads to mayonnaise
Manufacturers looking to stand out from the competition introduce mayonnaise in 32-oz PET bottles. They cite reduced breakage and lower freight costs as plastic's advantages, while cost and shelf life are competitive with glass.
August 31, 1998
Labels
Shamrock sues Dean over milk jug shape
Phoenix-based Shamrock Foods Co. has filed a "declaratory judgment action" in federal court in Phoenix, AZ. It seeks a ruling that the packaging for its Shamrock Farms "mmmmilk(TM)" single-serve milk products does not violate any trademark or trade dress rights that Dean Foods Co.
August 31, 1998
Filling/capping, dry
Eastman Chemical Company: Eastman Chemical Company: Cosmetics jars
Colt's (Daysville, Conn.) has expanded its packaging line with new cosmetics jars suitable for makeup, loose powders, creams, face treatments and bath and body products.
July 31, 1998
Flexible packaging
Tiger thermoforms paper/plastic structure for cheese
Swiss company is believed first to use cellulose in a thermoform/fill/seal package for shelf-stable packs of cheese. The 20-g packs of cheese were introduced in the U.S. in June.
July 31, 1998
Flexible packaging
Looking for a packaging edge? Explore technology's promises
If you're looking for an edge--and who isn't?--there's a wealth of emerging technology available today that can help: (1) improve the quality of your product; (2) heighten your packaging line productivity; (3) reduce your packaging costs; and (4) improve your product sales/profitability.
July 31, 1998
Flexibles
New England Extrusion 'blows' into WI
In March, Turners Falls, MA, film maker New England Extrusion opened a 34ꯠ sq' plant in Milton, WI. The plant includes two new extrusion/blown film manufacturing lines from Reifenho/oouser (Lawrence, MA).
July 31, 1998
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