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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Beverage
Food
Other Packaged Goods
Coding, Printing & Labeling
No imported meat labeling
The food industry breathed a sigh of relief when House and Senate conferees agreed to drop from the 1999 Agriculture Appropriations bill a requirement that all fresh and processed meat products containing imported beef or lamb be labeled "imported." The labeling requirement would have covered everything from ground beef to frozen dinner entrees.
October 31, 1998
Food: Page 352
Closures
Palm Beach style for every consumer
Lake Success, NY-based Ferolito, Vultaggio & Sons, makers of AriZona beverages, is introducing a new malt liquor product called Palm Beach. The two cocktail-style drink flavors, Margarita and Cosmopolitan, are in frosted-glass, flask-style bottles.
October 31, 1998
Flexible packaging
P&G tests snacks in stand-up, resealable pouches
Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble has begun test-marketing Eagle-brand snack foods in stand-up pouches with zipper reclosures. The test, which began in August, is only in Portland, ME.
October 31, 1998
Conveying & accumulation
Cellulose film is a star
Candy maker Bonbons Napoleon NV has started packaging its sweets in UCB Films' (Smynra, GA) Star-Twist(TM) 315 XC.
October 31, 1998
Flexible packaging
Vf/f/s for pouches
PC 18 vf/f/s machine from GEI Mateer (Exton, PA) produces pouches from 11/2" to 12" W to hold product volumes from 1/4 oz to 1 gal. Handles pumpable products like liquid cheese, as well as particulates up to 11/2".
September 30, 1998
Feeding/inserting/unscrambling
Cavanna U.S.A.: Servo-driven transfer
New Servo NKZ right-angle transfer for horizontal wrappers is ideal for handling slugs or biscuits at up to 170 wraps/min on equipment from Cavanna U.S.A.
September 30, 1998
Controls & Machine Components
DuPont Packaging: Barrier film
A new barrier film, made with nylon and a new grade of DuPont (Wilmington, DE) Surlyn® packaging resin, was developed by Italian converter Alcom Srl (Campogalliano, Italy).
September 30, 1998
Sustainability
Blisters clear enviro-hurdles
Fox 40's mechanically bonded blister packs retain the clarity of a clear blister while complying with European recycling mandates. Card costs drop 20%, and new machine boosts productivity by 50% while halving labor.
September 30, 1998
Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)
Keep work interesting, and they'll stay
To keep good packaging professionals, say the experts Packaging World talked to, challenge them with interesting work. Let them be creative, autonomous, even entrepreneurial.
September 30, 1998
Sustainability
Sweetener packaging is sweetened by reusable IBCs
Handling of liquid sweeteners is greatly improved since multiwall corrugated totes were replaced by collapsible, reusable 275-gal IBCs.
September 30, 1998
Flexible packaging
Innovations in plastics help foods flourish
Pinched-grip PET, an innovative pastry bag, a take-out bag for chicken, foamed CPET, and barrier beer bottles and food containers all win DuPont awards.
September 30, 1998
Converting equipment
Packagers reach for new technology at Pack Expo
Pack Expo displays the technology of the future at McCormick Place, November 8 to 12. Together with the International Exposition for Food Processors, attendees will roam 1.2 million sq' of exhibits, making it the largest North American packaging show ever.
September 30, 1998
Conveying & accumulation
Mount Rose weighs gains from vf/f/s equipment
Two custom vertical form/fill/seal machines help frozen pasta co-packer Mount Rose Ravioli handle the output from processing equipment, increase its speeds and save more than $200ꯠ/yr through reduced labor and product giveaway costs.
September 30, 1998
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