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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Beverage
Food
Other Packaged Goods
Conveying & accumulation
Aseptic PET is Henniez's cup of tea
A leader in the bottled water business in Switzerland, Henniez is making a bold move into in-line blowing and aseptic filling of plastic bottles for iced teas.
July 31, 1999
Food: Page 339
Secondary Packaging
Nothing's fishy about trout tags
Time/temperature monitoring tags placed in refrigerated shipments of smoked fish let Top of the Mountain Trout's restaurant customers know how long the trout will remain fresh.
July 31, 1999
Conveying & accumulation
Film structure is tops with Bel/Kaukauna
A multilayer peelable lidding film for plastic cups of hot-filled salsa eliminates leakers and provides easy opening.
July 31, 1999
Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)
Home meal replacements on the move
Increased consumer demand for home meal replacement spurs development of new technologies, new markets. A Packaging World special report.
July 31, 1999
Conveying & accumulation
Del Monte adds food to aseptic PET beverage line
A blow/fill system originally installed for aseptic packaging of teas and juice-based beverages now is being used to bottle a specialty tomato sauce.
July 31, 1999
Dairy
Yogurt lid comes with spoon
Colombo has molded a spoon into the lid of all its 8-oz yogurts so consumers will never have to remember to take a spoon.
July 31, 1999
Flexibles
Viskase awarded $165 million over infringement
Viskase Companies, Inc. (Bedford Park, IL) was awarded a final judgment of $164.9 million in compensatory and enhanced damages and prejudgment interest in its patent infringement suit against American National Can Co.
July 31, 1999
Flexibles
Kal Kan whisks 'Whiskas' pouch
In April, Kal Kan Foods, Inc., launched nationwide eight 3-oz varieties of wet cat food in a retorted laminated foil pouch with a two-year shelf life comparable to its canned pet foods.
July 31, 1999
Contract Packaging
Smoothie label sends fresh message
Pacific Beach, the newest brand to merge into the herbally enhanced smoothie tidal wave, sets itself apart by listing non-fat yogurt and chunks of fruit among its ingredients.
July 31, 1999
Coding, Printing & Labeling
State labeling law opposed
In Louisiana, Governor M. J. Foster was urged by GMA to veto a State Senate bill requiring country-of-origin labeling for meat products. In its letter, GMA noted that federal law already requires identifying country-of-origin of imports and that additional state requirements could violate the Commerce Clause of the U.S.
July 31, 1999
Flexibles
Bags create premium niche for Kellogg
At Battle Creek, MI-based Kellogg Co., reclosable bakery-style paper bags are being used to "create a new premium segment within the cereal category," a company spokesperson tells PW.
July 31, 1999
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Safety labeling proposed for eggs
Under a new proposal announced by FDA and USDA, egg cartons would carry safe handling instructions similar to those found on raw meat products. The proposal stems from the agencies' efforts to prevent illness caused by salmonella enteritidis.
July 31, 1999
Flexible packaging
Food, beverage packaging to star at supermarkets
New packages stand out for major brands like Snapple, Mrs. Butterworth's and Sara Lee at this year's FMI show.
June 30, 1999
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