Consumer packaged goods: Page 186

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Global regs a trade threat?

Proposals for new international requirements on biotech-enhanced products pose a significant threat to global trade in food, beverages and other consumer products, warns the Grocery Manufacturers of America (GMA).

December 31, 1998

Flexibles

High-barrier films

Newly developed metallized oriented polypropylene called Ultra High Barrier film shows moisture and oxygen barrier properties approaching those of paper/foil/polyethylene structures.

December 31, 1998

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

Fresh Express tests a transverse zipper

A leader in fresh-cut produce, Fresh Express Inc. of Salinas, CA, now is testing a zipper reclosure feature on 1-lb bags of garden salad. The pack is among the first to use the Z-Patch partial-width zipper, which comes from Z-Patch, Inc.

December 31, 1998

Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

NOVA Chemicals (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) has opened its new Styrenics Pilot Plant and Quality Laboratory at the company's polystyrene plant near Pittsburgh, PA.

December 31, 1998

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Gallo gets shapely

Two new bottle shapes from Ernest & Julio Gallo of Modesto, CA, are shaking things up in the retail wine rack. The brands involved are Gossamer Bay and Ernest & Julio Gallo.

November 30, 1998

Sustainability

Brewers pouring into plastic

Brewers around the world have been on the fence about plastic bottles. Suddenly they're commercializing a variety of plastic barrier structures.

November 30, 1998

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Silver cleaner polishes its look

Silver Blue's complete overhaul eliminates leakage and breakage while improving esthetics.

November 30, 1998

Flexibles

Supplier news: International agreements

Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) has completed the purchase of Hoechst's (Greer, SC) equity interest in the two companies' seven-year-old joint venture to produce polyester films.

November 30, 1998

Sustainable Packaging

Antibacterial claims misleading?

Many types of household products sporting "antibacterial" labels are being snapped up by germ-wary consumers, but there is growing concern among government regulators and health professionals that many labels are misleading.

November 30, 1998

Labeling

Kodak shoots for better labels

Kodak's Health Imaging facility in Windsor, CO, switched suppliers of thermal-transfer print ribbons primarily to gain greater print consistency and clarity on its labels.

November 30, 1998

Flexibles

Snappy new labels update Snapple bottles

For its 32-oz bottles of Snapple sold in convenience stores, Triarc Beverage needed a tough label with better water resistance than the paper or paper/film laminations it was using.

November 30, 1998

Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: International agreements

Montell Polyolefins (Hoofddorp, the Netherlands), Showa Denko K.K. (Tokyo, Japan) and Nippon Petrochemicals Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) have announced their intention to establish a joint venture in Japan, to be named Japan Polyolefins Co., Ltd.

November 30, 1998