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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)
Controlled gas permeation
Apio's new 7-item line of 12-oz packages of fresh-cut vegetables incorporates the Intellipac™ 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.
September 30, 2000
Food: Page 320
Flexibles
Stand-up pouch soars
A resealable, stand-up pouch for 4 lb of frozen chicken wings sold at club stores won the Golden Cylinder award for top-quality gravure printing.
September 30, 2000
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Perrier debuts gulpable water
The Perrier Group of America introduces its first ever PET water bottle with a 43-mm, wide-mouth opening.
September 30, 2000
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Wyoming meat labeling law unconstitutional
Retailers and wholesalers who sell imported meat in Wyoming are now required to label the meat “imported” and state its country of origin, thanks to recent amendments to Wyoming’s Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
September 30, 2000
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Time running out
The Clinton administration is running out of time to leave its imprint on federal policy. Continued partisanship and the current focus on the November elections make further legislation problematic, so in many cases the administration is using regulation and executive orders to achieve its goals.
September 30, 2000
Dairy
Cookie appeal
In order to broaden its market from the East Coast to the entire U.S., Richmond, VA-based Kathleen’s Bake Shop enlisted the help of Beatley Gravitt Communications (Richmond, VA).
September 30, 2000
Dairy
Got graphics?
In a recent packaging redesign of its Kemps-brand dairy products, Minneapolis, MN-based Marigold Foods decided to keep the trademark cow image that has defined the brand for years.
September 30, 2000
Flexibles
Fazer introduces packaging twist
Before introducing its Fazer silver line of individually wrapped chocolate candies earlier this year, Helsinki, Finland-based Fazer Confectionery evaluated more than 20 different design concepts.
September 30, 2000
Dairy
NCFST to draft milk guidelines
A task force at the National Center for Food Safety and Technology will draft a guidelines document for the production and packaging of ultra-pasteurized extended shelf-life milk.
September 30, 2000
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
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
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EOL Group to Showcase the FLEXLINE at PACK EXPO
See the FLEXLINE—an automated packing system designed to efficiently and reliably package a wide range of products, including oddly shaped stick items and various formats of cups and pouches, at speeds up to 40,000 units per hour—at Standard-Knapp's Booth W-2110.
Recyclable Lidding Film for Produce
Sustainable Seafood Packaging
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