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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Beverage
Food
Other Packaged Goods
Conveying & accumulation
Big changes in tools for mechanics of the future
The most popular handtool for future packaging mechanics may well be a laptop computer, our experts say. Electronic controls have already arrived in many machines, and are expected to dominate by the turn of the century.
September 30, 1996
Food: Page 385
Cartoning
'Flexibility' sought in machinery at Pack Expo 96
Versatile machines that will allow manufacturers multiple packaging options was one of the frequent answers in Packaging World's second exclusive survey of Pack Expo registrants. Large buying teams and longer visits are also planned this year.
September 30, 1996
Cartoning
Robotics deliver Rx for manual cartoning
Automated set up, packing and labeling of cartons containing antibiotic I.V. bags saves Baxter Healthcare nearly $2 million/year in labor and material costs.
September 30, 1996
Secondary Packaging
Big changes in tools for mechanics of the future (sidebar)
Raising the bar on training
September 30, 1996
Dairy
Dairy health claims
IDFA has asked FDA to reconsider the industry's petition to allow dairy-related health claims on food packaging. Specifically, it wants permission for claims associating adequate calcium intake with reduced hypertension risk.
September 30, 1996
Flexibles
Dairyland tests Tetra's latest
In August, Dairyworld Foods of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, became the first in the world to commercialize a new pouch concept from Tetra Pak Canada (Aurora, Ontario, Canada).
September 30, 1996
Labels
Nathan's gives the nod to nostalgia
"Because Nathan's is an old-fashioned Coney Island restaurant, we wanted to bring back the feel of an old-fashioned squeeze bottle instead of something modern." That's how Steven Gold, president of Gold Pure Food Products in Hempstead, NY, explains his firm's selection of a 12-oz high-density polyethylene cylinder from Silgan Plastics (Chesterfield, MO) for a new 12-oz addition to Gold's line of Nathan's® Famous Original Coney Island Deli Style Mustard.
September 30, 1996
Recycling
Food exempt from California law
Three years of legislative battles paid off for food and cosmetics manufacturers on September 4 when the California legislature passed a bill exempting food, beverage and cosmetics products from the State's 1991 Rigid Plastic Packaging Container Law.
September 30, 1996
Labeling
Vermont rBST labelling
Dairy packers won a major victory when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ordered the Vermont District Court to grant an industry-requested injunction against the state's mandatory rBST labeling statute.
September 30, 1996
Bakery/Snack
Machines to fuel the future
New exhibit space at McCormick Place in Chicago lets Pack Expo 96 grow by over 21%, compared to '94. Greater international emphasis truly helps create a world show.
September 30, 1996
Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging
Vacuum skin packaging
Cryovac, a div. of W.R. Grace & Co. (Duncan, SC), has released a brochure on the company's vacuum skin packaging system. VSP allows shoppers to see the natural shape, color and texture of ready-to-prepare foods, cheeses, deli meats and other items.
September 30, 1996
Conveying & accumulation
Half-gallon aseptic carton is a first
Farmland Dairies is the first to pack a low-acid beverage in an aseptic carton this large. Shelf stability permits nontraditional placement in-store. Automatic in-line pour spout applicator is also the first of its kind.
September 30, 1996
Conveying & accumulation
Carton conveyor cleans up beverage act
As an alternative to roller conveyors, a chain conveyor carries beverage packs 900' without scuffing or marring.
September 30, 1996
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