Flexibles

Award-winning design 'pops'

“The Creativity Annual,” a book highlighting the year’s top designs, recently awarded its Creativity 31 Award of Distinction to Axion Design (San Anselmo, CA) for its design of Corn Poppers Popcorn Dippers.

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Cartoning

Web Plus: Sites

New or enhanced Web sites

March 31, 2002

Flexibles

Companies

–Aetna Group has located its U.S. div. in a 77ꯠ sq’ facility in Duluth, GA. –MeadWestvaco Corp.

March 31, 2002

Prepared Foods

?®Everyday hero?? stretches savings at The Coleman Co.

A two-station machine stretch wraps a bundle of boxed coolers while a second is readied for the other station to save more than 37% in time and labor.

March 31, 2002

Controls & Machine Components

The packaging supply chain--what's next?

A new collaborative mentality fortified by the latest IT tools is reshaping the packaging supply chain.

March 31, 2002

Beverage

Coca-Cola endorses new mold-making technology

Soft drink bottler lauds new patented technology for manufacture of plastic molds, both for injection and blow molding.

March 31, 2002

Flexibles

Poucher evolves to meet Avail's needs

A six-up poucher at Avail Medical is upgraded with custom features and added controls to increase production utilization. See in-plant video

March 31, 2002

Beverage

Boxed package sings for music anthology

Specialty packaging components nicely suit a Grammy-nominated music collection for Harry Belafonte's "The Long Road to Freedom: An Anthology of Black Music." Released by Budda Records/BMG Heritage last September, the collection is housed in a custom collector's box from Shorewood Packaging (New York, NY).

March 31, 2002

Consumer packaged goods

Aluminum 'shoebox' lifts Air Jordans

The "shoebox" for Air Jordan XVII basketball shoes from Jordan, a division of Nike, Beaverton, OR, is nearly as extraordinary as MJ himself. Retailing for as much as $200, Air Jordan XVII shoes are packaged in an aluminum briefcase, providing a presence that's head and shoulders above other shoe packaging.

February 28, 2002

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

Rockwell Automation: Rockwell Automation: Controls improve vf/f/s operations

Bosch Packaging (Bridgman, MI) adds controls and servomotor drives from Rockwell Automation (Milwaukee, WI) to Model SVE 2510 vf/f/s machines. With Allen-Bradley ControlLogix™ networking onboard, the improvement allows users to customize and adjust the continuous-motion machine’s settings quickly and precisely.

February 28, 2002

Detergents/cleaners

P&G 'pumps' cleaning container

Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble granted a license to Changing Paradigms LLC, West Chester, OH, to make and distribute a “kid-safe” household cleaner in the United States called Pampers Clean ‘n Play.

February 28, 2002

Consumer packaged goods

Clemson spreads paperboard knowledge

The Packaging Science Department at Clemson University, Clemson, SC, recently added a handbook to its Packaging Science 204 class.

February 28, 2002

Detergents/cleaners

Design: A simply sparkling redesign

For 12 years, Simple Green biodegradable cleansers occupied a bottle shape and design that apperared to be geared to heavy-duty professionals rather than consumers.

February 28, 2002