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Call for entries
DuPont has announced the call for entries in the Fourteenth DuPont Awards for Innovation in Packaging. Deadline for entries is January 5, 2001. Judges will be looking for innovations that offer a breadth of application for today and the future, significant industry and consumer impact, and a strong degree of innovation.
October 31, 2000

Food: Page 319

Coding, Printing & Labeling
UK firms are out to shorten time to market
Sainsbury’s will soon implement a sophisticated RFID tag system to better manage its chilled foods distribution, while ICI Paints evaluates digital asset management.
October 31, 2000
Wheeled dollies (top) of reusable plastic crates filled with chilled foods are rolled through portal readers at the Tibbett & Br
Cartoning
Filler meets tough standards at Stonyfield (sidebar)
Cartoner delivers downstream
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Cartoning
Filler meets tough standards at Stonyfield
Stonyfield Farm is so confident about the potential sales of its Yo Squeeze organic yogurt for kids that it’s purchased a second vf/f/s machine. Each machine produces 200 tubes/min, with an unusual ‘butt seal.’
October 31, 2000
The vf/f/s machine discharges four filled and sealed packs at a time (above). The equipment heat-seals a strip of unprinted film
Beverage
'New' InterBev widens focus
With a new show producer, InterBev has become an all-beverage show. New conference and keynote session are among the added features.
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Converting equipment
Aseptic advancements make it tea time in Asia
Kirin of Japan and Uni-President of Taiwan are taking advantage of pioneering new developments in aseptic packaging technology to sell their teas.
October 31, 2000
Kirin aseptically fills either 350- or 500-mL PET bottles at 900/min on its new line.
Cartoning
Suiza dairy touts 'squishy' bottle
A soft LDPE bottle and ‘sipper protrusion’ make it easy for kids to hold and drink single-serve milks. Suiza’s Country Fresh dairy introduces two distinct brands of milk in the containers.
October 31, 2000
The top portion of the Squish-Pak! bottle's two-piece closure is removed (below left), revealing the 'sipper protrusion' that m
Conveying & accumulation
Radius applies labeler to Fisher-Price application
Unusual new labeler at Radius Corp. closes a plastic case around a Fisher-Price toothbrush, then applies a TE label that wraps around three sides of the case.
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The labeler uses two parallel conveyors (below). In this photo, an open, toothbrush-filled case enters the machine from the conv
Flexibles
Bad bar codes provoke retailer penalties
Herman Goelitz Candy, Hormel Foods and 3M strive for bar-code readability to satisfy retailers.
October 31, 2000
Manufacturers like Herman Goelitz Candy and Hormel Foods know their products (seen at left, below, and above) must readily scan
Feeding/inserting/unscrambling
Printed films seal meat trays
Leak-proof films, featuring flexo-printed designs, seal both fresh chicken and frozen meat products for two companies at stores nationwide. Pilgrim’s Pride repositions its full line of fresh chicken and Carlson of Albert Lea debuts Crossroad Farms fully cooked frozen meats.
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Process-printed flexography in seven colors by Robbie Manufacturing, the graphics carry the traditional Pilgrim's Pride look wit
Tamper-evident machinery
Smuckers Magic Shake
Smucker’s® Magic Shake™ instant milkshake mix has a new trick up its sleeve. Using a custom flip-top PP closure and fluted PP bottle with mix packets inside, the package provides easy mixing and drinking of the beverage.
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Flexibles
Munching at market share
In the U.K.’s highly competitive children’s fromage frais market, Munch Bunch Squeezy Pot Shots use packaging to stand out among the hand-held offerings of these creamy, yogurt-like cultured milk products. Three 40-g (1.41-oz) varieties of the Pot Shots were sold in oval-shaped containers with turn-and-tear openings.
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Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)
Controlled gas permeation
Apio's new 7-item line of 12-oz packages of fresh-cut vegetables incorporates the Intellipacâ„¢ patch to yield a 17-day shelf life. Tailored to the particular veggie mix, the patch optimizes oxygen ingress and carbon dioxide egress according to prevailing temperatures. Shipping is made iceless.
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