Consumer packaged goods: Page 114

Flexible packaging

Look what's coming down the packaging pike

From sustainability to high-pressure sterilization to nanotechnology, developments in food and beverage packaging hold tremendous promise.

November 30, 2005

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Intermittent motion vf/f/s bagger

Sandiacre Rose Forgrove has launched its new TG450 intermittent motion vf/f/s bagger. The LE and L versions have a clutch brake film transport system with pneumatically operated jaws.

November 30, 2005

Flexibles

Nestlé's Traitler on equipment requirements

“We need increased flexibility from packaging equipment, yet if we sacrifice speed in achieving flexibility, we can’t achieve true cost optimization.”

October 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Product focus: Tamper-evident RFID tags

Smart&Secure technology fights product counterfeiting, diversion, and tampering in the supply chain at a 10% premium to typical RFID tags.

October 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

RFID in healthcare

What are the primary benefits RFID can deliver for pharmaceutical packagers?

October 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Psst: The privacy world of RFID

Are privacy concerns about RFID valid or conspiracy-theory paranoid?

October 31, 2005

Flexibles

High-barrier lamination

Ampac’s Converted Products Div. has launched Flexi 2122, a high-barrier foil lamination with Barex® for hard-to-hold products such as aggressive liquids, gels, or solids whose formulation has a tendency to attack traditional structures.

October 31, 2005

Prepared Foods

Laminated board stock

Natural Choice™ laminated board stock from Dura-Fibre® offers protective pkg. with high-quality graphic printability. Approved for contact with food, customizable to any thickness from 24 to 60 points, and available in finishes such as solid white, white 1-sided, and white 2-sided.

October 31, 2005

Cosmetics/Personal care

Handled Boston round

Continental Pkg. Solutions has introduced the HDPE Handheld Boston Round, featuring an easy grip for heavy products and an easy-pour opening for dispensing.

October 31, 2005

Beverage

Swanky card packs nearly triple wine merchant's gift sales

Sherry-Lehmann, a New York wine merchant, faced this marketing challenge: Develop a new service to increase sales, and make the tone seamlessly complement the chic of its Manhattan store.

October 31, 2005

Consumer packaged goods

Companies

DMI completed an expansion of its Wharton, NJ, headquarters to 275ꯠ sq’ for manufacturing, filling, and packaging of aqueous products.

October 31, 2005

Sustainable Packaging

California AG sues over acrylamide

The State’s attorney general filed suit under Proposition 65 against some of the biggest food companies, including McDonald’s, Burger King, KFC, and Frito-Lay, to force them to put warning labels on all French fries and potato chips sold in California because they contain high levels of acrylamide, a known carcinogen.

October 31, 2005