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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Beverage
Food
Other Packaged Goods
Flexible packaging
Printing packs a punch
Winners of FPA’s Printing Achievement awards were noted for advances in CTP technology, VOC-free inks, display impact, ‘nuanced color tones’ via gravure printing, and complex distortion printing capabilities.
February 28, 2003
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Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials
Corn-based resin makes North American debut
Wilkinson Manufacturing Co. is the first North American converter to thermoform containers from corn-based polylactide polymer, or PLA. The converter welcomes the material’s sustainable, renewable characteristics, and its consumer-friendly properties.
February 28, 2003
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Packaging 'ahoy'
Congressional mandates on ocean shipping security are expected to stimulate packaging and container technology.
February 28, 2003
Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging
ARC issues pharma report
Just in time for the Interphex show, ARC Advisory Group has released a new Insight report analyzing the business drivers for Gen3 packaging automation in pharmaceutical manufacturing.
February 28, 2003
Flexible packaging
FPA honors innovation
Hershey’s pudding packs and technology for self-venting trayed entrees, first commercialized by Smithfield Packing, earn Highest Achievement honors from The Flexible Packaging Assn.’s 2003 Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards competition.
February 28, 2003
Sustainability
Stonyfield Farm blows its cover
Stonyfield Farm, the Londonderry, NH-based organic yogurt manufacturer, replaced the plastic lid and plastic inner seal on its 6- and 8-oz cups with a durable foil seal at the end of December 2002.
January 31, 2003
Bakery/Snack
Horizontal and vertical bagging and closing machines
Optima Machinery Corp. (Green Bay, WI) offers the Rianta VA400 universal bread bagger with reliable product gripper, Siemens PLC, and an automatic clipper with printing capabilities on the clip.
January 31, 2003
Closures
Capri Sun launches 'bottle can'
In February, Tarrytown, NY-based Kraft Foods Beverages Division introduced Capri Sun Island Refreshers in a 16.5-oz aluminum “bottle can.”
January 31, 2003
Containers
Folgers packs a coffee house experience
An octagon-shaped high-density polyethylene canister is helping Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble’s Folgers-brand Café Latte deliver to retail markets a true coffee house experience.
January 31, 2003
Beverage
Ice cream packaging redesign
To help breathe new life into its ice cream packaging, Cumberland Farms enlisted Sheaff Dorman Purins (Boston, MA). Working with Cumberland Farms’ marketing and manufacturing departments, Sheaff designers conducted competitive research and explored a variety of approaches to develop new flavors, a new structure, and a new look for the packaging.
January 31, 2003
Beverage
Black Bear hugs new labeler
Regional beverage bottler adds a p-s labeler that increases packaging speeds compared to its former paper label applicator.See in-plant video
January 31, 2003
Flexibles
Easy-opening pouch, tough-to-open box
Paradise Tomato Kitchens, an innovator in fresh tomato products about 10 years ago, adds case security and easy-open pouches.
January 31, 2003
Flexibles
Canine candy for all markets
Chomp is a ‘virtual’ company that now sells candy for dogs just about anywhere candy for people is available.
January 31, 2003
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