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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Beverage
Food
Other Packaged Goods
Flexible packaging
Consumers want better packaging
Friends and family who know I have "something to do with" packaging are always asking me to pass on their packaging complaints, observations and requests.
October 31, 1997
Food: Page 368
Flexible packaging
'Alternative' packs milk sales
In an effort to recapture market share lost to rival beverages, milk processors are turning to more contemporary containers-with strong sales results.
October 31, 1997
Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)
Britvic banks on being different (sidebar)
McCain tests aseptically filled PET
October 31, 1997
Sustainability
USDA/FDA wrap new demands around meat, poultry packaging
No longer will food companies accept self-certification from vendors. In fact, some new packaging has already been pulled from the market.
October 31, 1997
Conveying & accumulation
Seagram salutes the end of tweaking
Seagram combines two bottling lines into one medium-speed line for a broad variety of spirits in glass bottles. Quick-change parts for cleaning, filling, capping and conveying equipment reduce downtime and labor costs.
October 31, 1997
Containers
Management pay a worthy goal
Managers in packaging and manufacturing departments are packing away the highest salaries among packaging professionals. Packaging World's exclusive survey shows they're also very satisfied with their jobs.
October 31, 1997
Conveying & accumulation
Redhook Ale sinks East Coast roots
Pegged by some as one craft brewer best positioned to thrive and grow, Redhook boldly stakes its claim to eastern markets with its New Hampshire facility.
October 31, 1997
Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging
DuPont Packaging: High-performance ionomer
For use in blown and cast film applications, Surlyn® 2601 by DuPont (Wilmington, DE) is a high-performance version of ionomer workhorse grade Surlyn 1601.
October 31, 1997
Conveying & accumulation
Shaped 'can' rewrites packaging line rules
Several unorthodoxies on the filling line make it possible for this soft, squeezable, straight-walled polypropylene container to resist paneling after hot-filling. Also new is a first-of-its-kind on-line shrink label application in a bottling plant.
October 31, 1997
Flexibles
Paper-based lid
Ensolid, from Enso Intl. (Stamford, CT), is a paper-based, aluminum-free peelable lidding material prepared with a barrier coating that permits easy peeling without tearing.
October 31, 1997
Dairy
Supplier news: Relocations, expansions
The Dairy Food and Packaging Group of Twinpak Inc. (Burlington, Ontario, Canada) has opened a rigid plastic packaging facility in Newport News, VA.
October 31, 1997
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Country-of-origin labeling on the fast track?
The Clinton Administration is fighting for renewal of its fast-track negotiating authority in international trade. Meanwhile, the American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) is fighting to see that the proposal to require front panel country-of-origin marking on packages of frozen fruits and vegetables doesn't get wrapped into the fast track bill by supporters willing to trade their vote on fast track for inclusion of the labeling proposal.
October 31, 1997
Converting equipment
Barrier technology impresses judges
The prestigious Diamond Award of the eleventh annual DuPont Awards went to Continental PET Technologies (Florence, KY). CPT was honored for the high-barrier 400-mL (13.524-oz) polyethylene terephthalate single-serve bottle it developed for Atlanta-based Coca-Cola.
October 31, 1997
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