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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Beverage
Food
Other Packaged Goods
Flow wrapping
Packagers take a lease on new business
Packagers that lease equipment cite preservation of working capital and tax benefits as advantages over buying.
September 30, 1999
Food: Page 337
Cartoning
Packaging helps Johnson & Johnson enter food business
A custom thermoform and sophisticated packaging machinery help bring Johnson & Johnson's cholesterol-reducing Benecol spread to supermarkets across the country.
September 30, 1999
Flexibles
Keebler trumpets 'hand puppet' pouch
Last month, Elmhurst, IL-based Keebler Co. introduced stand-up contour pouches for its new 7-oz Elf® Grahams snacks. The pouches are meant to be used as hand puppets after the product is consumed.
September 30, 1999
Flexibles
Kellogg cereal in linerless gabletop carton
In recent years, cereal marketers have turned to flexible pouches and bags to differentiate their products from traditional bag-in-box offerings. Kellogg, however, took a different tack in introducing Special K Plus(TM).
September 30, 1999
Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)
Kraft executes sly redesign
The packaging for Kraft's Cracker Barrel® 10-oz cheese blocks underwent a significant change a year ago, but Kraft is hoping consumers won't notice.
September 30, 1999
Converting equipment
Custom bottle 'juices' Odwalla
Last month, beverage marketer Odwalla, Inc. introduced a custom-designed bottle for its 450-mL and 325-mL refrigerated juices that it says extends shelf life by 40% compared to a previous bottle.
September 30, 1999
Flexible packaging
Rovema Packaging Machines L.P.: Product accelerator
To increase speed in filling f/f/s pouches with lightweight foods such as extruded snacks, Rovema's (Lawrenceville, GA) PAC product accelerator alters the time of the product dump rather than the sealing time.
August 31, 1999
Secondary Packaging
FANUC Robotics: Sub-zero palletizer
The Fanuc Robotics (Rochester Hills, MI) M-410i palletizing system with vacuum grippers is designed to operate in the sub-zero environments of frozen food warehouses and manufacturing facilities.
August 31, 1999
Filling/capping, dry
AMS Filling System Inc: Multihead Filler
The A-610 multihead filler from AMS (Malvern, PA) fills rigid containers with virtually any dry or liquid products at speeds to more than 50 cpm. With memory storage for 54 products, the PLC-controlled machine offers optional bulk-and-dribble operation, bottom-up filling, and vibration to settle product in containers.
August 31, 1999
Cartoning
Strong gains projected for machine vision in packaging
The pharmaceutical and food industries are expected to report 10%-plus gains annually in use of machine vision systems, says this report from a prominent trade group.
August 31, 1999
Cartoning
Packagers prepare for Y2K
Most manufacturers Packaging World contacted have found only minor potential Y2K problems on their packaging lines. Still, bugs can be elusive, especially for more automated plants.
August 31, 1999
Flexible packaging
Apio expands use of smart packaging
California produce grower/marketer Apio launches a 3-lb retail package of fresh-cut veggies in a rigid PET tray with a breathable patch that provides a 14-day shelf life.
August 31, 1999
Controls & Machine Components
Packagers appear prepared for Y2K
Confidential survey of readers identifies some problems, but assures that fixes have been offered. Performance guarantees are few and far between.
August 31, 1999
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