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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Beverage
Food
Other Packaged Goods
Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging
In the eye of the beholder
Good looks and marketing muscle characterize this year's cosmetics and personal care winners in NACD's annual packaging competition.
April 30, 1997
Food: Page 377
Sustainability
Labeling settlement
Honey Baked Hams, Inc. of Irvine, CA, agreed to change its package labeling as part of a negotiated settlement of a civil suit arising from a complaint by the Santa Clara County Department of Environmental Health.
April 30, 1997
Meat/Poultry/Seafood
Supplier news: Achievements
ISO 9002 certification: Fisher Container Corp. (Evanston, IL).
April 30, 1997
Sustainability
Turning the shoe industry on end
Italian shoemaker challenges packaging conventions by adopting a vertical gable-top package that resembles both a doctor's bag and a milk carton. Patented carton design offers environmental advantages in waste-conscious Europe.
April 30, 1997
Secondary Packaging
Supplier news: International agreements
Osgood Industries Inc. (Oldsmar, FL) now represents Schaefer & Flottmann (Gevelsberg, Germany), a manufacturer of case/traypackers and palletizing equipment, and Fisher-Mathews (Banbury, England), a manufacturer of sleeve wrapping equipment for cups, bottles and trays.
April 30, 1997
Flexible packaging
Nestlé puts new faces on mix containers
A multi-material oval can in the U.K., a twin-pack of pouches in Switzerland, and a high-density polyethylene oval in the U.S. each deliver kid-oriented retail punch for Nestlé's powdered milk mixes.
March 31, 1997
Converting equipment
Condiment package
Kranson Industries (St. Louis, MO) has developed a new package especially for mustard and condiment packaging. The 9-oz PET container is recyclable, squeezable and shatterproof.
March 31, 1997
Dairy
Rim flattener
Paper Machinery's (Milwaukee, WI) PMC-125 rim flattener automatically flattens the rims on paper cups at speeds to 250/min. It offers a broad rim surface for increased area of membrane sealing.
March 31, 1997
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Conflicting standards
A proposed effort to develop an international labeling system for all chemicals and mixtures could result in mandatory relabeling of U.S. food products containing safe levels of pesticide residues or food additives.
March 31, 1997
Dairy
Hewlett-Packard widens its packaging net
HP uses a mix of Internet and intranet technology to communicate with suppliers and distribute packaging information to HP packaging people worldwide.
March 31, 1997
Labeling
Labeling updates
Following is a brief wrap-up of recent labeling-related news: * FDA has established January 1, 2000, as the single effective date for required label changes issued during 1997.
March 31, 1997
Conveying & accumulation
J.R. Simplot weighs accuracy's advantages
Checkweighers improve accuracy by 75% on cases containing bagged frozen french fries for foodservice.
March 31, 1997
Soups/Condiments/Sauces/Spices/Dips/Dressings
Del Monte adds zest to salsa containers
San Francisco-based Del Monte Foods is taking an innovative tack to woo salsa consumers away from more established brands. The company is reportedly the first to use a three-panel, promotional fold-out label from Sonoco Engraph Label Group (Atlanta, GA).
March 31, 1997
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