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Filling/capping, liquid & viscous
Water bottling line completed by farmer (sidebar)
Selecting containers
March 31, 1998

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Conveying & accumulation
Water bottling line completed by farmer
To bottle its spring water in volume, Wisconsin farmer uses creativity to complete an automated bottling line. Homemade feeders and some change parts help keep total costs low.
March 31, 1998
Bottles are conveyed up and into the bowl of the unscrambler thanks to a feeder that Ledge Rock had fabricated locally. The sam
Flexibles
Supplier news: Appointments, promotions
DuPont Polyester (Wilmington, DE): Craig F. Binetti, vp/general mgr., Resins and Intermediates; Francine P. Cheeseman, vp/general mgr., Films.
March 31, 1998
Coding, Printing & Labeling
A 'Delicious' extension
With exotic varieties like Orange and Honey, Tomato and Basil, and Sweet Red Pepper, Heinz U.K.'s new Delicious line of salad dressings represents quite a departure from "salad cream," the traditional British salad dressing akin to American tartar sauce.
March 31, 1998
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Dairy
Mobius Awards
Best of Show award in the packaging category of the 27th annual Mobius Awards went to Milk Chugs, the single-serve high-density polyethylene bottles created for Dean Foods Co., Franklin Park, IL (see PW, November '97, p.
March 31, 1998
Flexibles
Polyester film
Rhodia (Cranbury, NJ) has introduced Terphane® 14.31, a PVOH-coated film for lamination. Applications for the film include lidding for refrigerated and oxygen-sensitive foods such as fresh and processed meats, fresh pasta and cheese.
February 28, 1998
Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)
Widemouth cups will expand beverage packaging options
We've been looking at the newest generation of Ensure® nutritional supplement packaging and thinking that thermoformed or injection-molded cupsin some advanced stage of developmentcould be beer and carbonated beverage containers (CSDs) in the future.
February 28, 1998
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Sustainable Packaging
Should paperboard buyers turn white with fright?
EPA "cluster" rule forces bleached pulp mills to spend millions to clean up air and water emissions. Quality, cost, even availability may become a question mark.
January 31, 1998
Plumes of steam, a typical byproduct of the papermaking process, are exhausted from Georgia-Pacific?s Crossett, AR, paperboard m
Additives, coatings & inks
Danone launches biodegradable 'Eco Cup'
A biodegradable single-serve yogurt cup with heat-sealed foil lid appeared on store shelves in Germany last month as Munich-based Danone GmbH Deutschland relaunched its nine-flavor Jahreszeit line in a cup thermoformed from polylactic acid (PLA) resin.
January 31, 1998
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Dairy
Suiza to acquire Continental Can
Dallas-based Suiza Foods, a mid-sized dairy and owner of blow molder Franklin Plastics in Franklin, MA, surprised industry observers by moving to acquire Continental Can Co.
January 31, 1998
Closures
Foam liner
The Microcell PE and EVA metallocene foams from Sentinel Products (Hyannis, MA) have been FDA-approved for use in food-contact applications. Applications for Microcell include use as a liner in closures for the water and dairy industry and as packaging for personal or medical products.
December 31, 1997
Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)
Thermoform/fill/seal system
Hassia's (Morganville, NJ) new THM 16/28 is a low-cost tf/f/s system. It's capable of a depth of draw of 4" and operates at speeds to 200 cups/min, depending on material and product.
December 31, 1997
Dairy
Supplier news: Appointments, promotions
Huhtamaki (DeSoto, KS): Mark E. Dowey, vp, dairy sales; Michael L. Lappa, vp, Huhtamaki Intl.
December 31, 1997
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