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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Beverage
Food
Other Packaged Goods
Closures
Beef irradiation Ok'd
Prodded by a provision in the FDA modernization law, the FDA finally ruled in favor of allowing irradiation of red meat. As with other irradiated products, consumers will be able to identify irradiated meat by the international irradiation symbol and a written statement on the package.
December 31, 1997
Meat/Poultry/Seafood: Page 98
Dairy
Outsourcing benefits point to continuing trend (sidebar)
Sara Lee plans to market, not make
December 31, 1997
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Bennies celebrate labels
The Printing Industries of America (Alexandria, VA) recently named its Benny winners, which are the Best of Category winners in the 1997 Premier Print Awards, a prestigious worldwide graphic arts competition.
December 31, 1997
Tamper-evident machinery
Experimenting with Web-based tech support
Frustrated with flipping through a manual to solve a tech support problem?
December 31, 1997
Flexibles
Matte finish creates newsprint look
While glossy film is the norm for snack foods, a fish & chips snack bag from Burton's Biscuits in England features an alluring matte finish that stands out in the snack aisle.
December 31, 1997
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Materials and container development lead outsourced functions
Development of packaging materials and containers and the graphics that go on them are the functions most often outsourced, say Packaging World readers. However, packaging machinery selection, packaging line design and integration all make the Top Ten.
November 30, 1997
Flexible packaging
Consumers want better packaging
Friends and family who know I have "something to do with" packaging are always asking me to pass on their packaging complaints, observations and requests.
October 31, 1997
Sustainability
USDA/FDA wrap new demands around meat, poultry packaging
No longer will food companies accept self-certification from vendors. In fact, some new packaging has already been pulled from the market.
October 31, 1997
Containers
Management pay a worthy goal
Managers in packaging and manufacturing departments are packing away the highest salaries among packaging professionals. Packaging World's exclusive survey shows they're also very satisfied with their jobs.
October 31, 1997
Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging
DuPont Packaging: High-performance ionomer
For use in blown and cast film applications, Surlyn® 2601 by DuPont (Wilmington, DE) is a high-performance version of ionomer workhorse grade Surlyn 1601.
October 31, 1997
Converting equipment
Barrier technology impresses judges
The prestigious Diamond Award of the eleventh annual DuPont Awards went to Continental PET Technologies (Florence, KY). CPT was honored for the high-barrier 400-mL (13.524-oz) polyethylene terephthalate single-serve bottle it developed for Atlanta-based Coca-Cola.
October 31, 1997
Flexible packaging
Vertical f/f/s system
The Phaser vertical form/fill/seal system from Eagle Packaging (Oakland, CA) is a low-cost machine designed for customers who want to upgrade from manual to automated operations.
September 30, 1997
Controls & Machine Components
Rollstock, Inc: Vacuum packaging machine
Rollstock (Kansas City, MO) offers an automatic vacuum packaging machine for fresh or frozen food applications, including cheese, vegetables, meat, seafood, soup and sauces.
September 30, 1997
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