Secondary Packaging

Graphics make poultry pack sizzle

Gerber’s Poultry, a chicken marketer in Kidron, OH, gave its packaging a strong shot of consumer appeal last March when it began using a printed film tightly shrunk over its foam trays of chicken sold at retail.

September 30, 2000

Meat/Poultry/Seafood: Page 81

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

Flexible packaging

Contract packer 'zips' into stand-up pouches

Customers like Dole help contract packer California Redi-Date grow its stand-up pouch business. Resealable zippers work well with pouch-making equipment and provide easy opening and reclosing.

September 30, 2000

Flexibles

Supplier partnerships encouraged in purchasing (sidebar)

What do supplier partners gain?

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

Flexibles

Electronics controls new technology at Pack Expo (sidebar)

Heinz honored as Leader of the Year

September 30, 2000

Flexible packaging

Stand-up pouches push the retail envelope

Nabisco rolls out Mini Chips Ahoy! cookies in a resealable stand-up pouch while Patrick Cudahy uses a pouch for frozen, precooked meats. And in Ecuador, an integral straw helps kids sip fruit drinks from a stand-up pouch.

September 30, 2000

Bakery/Snack

E-procurement intentions survey: Too many sites? Or too little experience?

Packaging procurement via the Internet is already here for some buyers. But very few have developed enough experience to identify which kinds of sites are going to get their company’s business.

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

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

Flexibles

Growth accelerates in flexible materials

Volume of flexible packaging materials continues to outpace growth in both the overall economy and for all of packaging. FPA report does identify some potential problems, however.

August 31, 2000

Flexibles

Shrink wrap solves promo problems

Mayes Brothers, a manufacturer of carpentry levels, has increased its business and found a faster and cheaper method of packaging with PVC shrink wrap.

August 31, 2000