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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Beverage
Food
Other Packaged Goods
Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)
Lettuce in twin MAP packs
"Fresh now and fresh later," is how spokeswoman Robin Sprague of Fresh Express, Salinas, CA, describes the company's new Twin Pack of attached side-by-side bags of lettuce. "Consumers can use half of the pack immediately, and keep the other bag under modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) conditions to maintain freshness," she informs Packworld.com. "It's a unique concept that offers more convenience to consumers."
August 31, 2001
Food: Page 305
Flexibles
Shrink label sales to double
Sales of shrink labels for bottles and other containers will double between 1999 and 2004, according to a new study from Keymark Associates. “Opportunities in Shrink Film Labels for Bottles” says milk, ready-to-drink tea, sports drinks, and beer will show growth of more than 30% annually, 20% for juice, and 15% for water, ready-to-drink coffee, and liquor.
August 31, 2001
Dairy
Pigmented bottle battles milk oxidation
A new FlavorTight™ bottle that adds a white color concentrate to high-density polyethylene helps prevent oxidation in Dean Foods’ Land O’Lakes-brand ½- and 1-gal sizes of milk. Introduced in August into seven Midwest states, the bottles are used for 14 total SKUs.
August 31, 2001
Flexibles
Tuna salad kit packs multiple components
In April, Chicken of the Sea Intl., San Diego, CA, launched a Tuna Salad Kit that contains premium no-drain tuna in a vacuum-packed foil pouch.
August 31, 2001
Converting equipment
PEF announces four inductees
Four career packaging professionals will be inducted into the Packaging Hall of Fame by the Packaging Education Forum during its annual Leadership Awards ceremonies Monday, September 10, at Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, NV. The event will occur during Pack Expo Las Vegas, Sept. 10-12 at the Sands Exposition & Convention Center.
August 31, 2001
Labeling
Mixed views on fresh meat labeling
The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is getting mixed responses to its 2001 proposal to allow nutrition information for most fresh meat and poultry to be displayed in posters or brochures at point of purchase (POP) rather than on package labels as it is for other food.
August 31, 2001
Fruits/Vegetables
Big boost in bagging salad
Zoltan Payerli of Salinas, CA-based Fresh Express is looking forward to Pack Expo Las Vegas 2001, scheduled for Sept. 10-12 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center. His attendance there two years ago led to the installation of a 16-head combination scale from Yamato, which is represented by Hayssen, a Barry-Wehmiller Co. (Duncan, SC).
August 31, 2001
Fruits/Vegetables
When packaging polishes the 'for sale' sign
Packaging takes many forms as it delivers a product from its manufacturer through the distribution channels to the retailer and finally to the consumer.
August 31, 2001
Flexibles
New pack helps No Pudge! Foods fatten sales
A paperboard carton that offers on-shelf differentiation and an inner plastic bag that doesn’t leak help No Pudge! Foods’ natural brownie mix sales soar.
August 31, 2001
Flexibles
Flexibles to stretch beyond $19 billion in sales
FPA forecasts that fresh produce, meat/poultry/seafood, pet food, medical, and snack foods will represent the top five end-use growth areas for flexible packaging materials in the next five years.
August 31, 2001
Controls & Machine Components
Packaging trails the networked future (sidebar)
Respondents: Machine builders lack networking expertise
August 31, 2001
Meat/Poultry/Seafood
Promotional package not just for promotions (sidebar)
What makes Fosshield special?
August 31, 2001
Flexibles
Appeal inside and out
New Purina dog food bag employs vivid printing to catch dog owners’ eyes, great flavor inside to attract those owners’ canines.
August 31, 2001
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