Other Packaged Goods: Page 213

Flexible packaging

Packaging technology on display, Part Two

Once again the DuPont Awards competition attracted the best and the brightest where advancements in plastic packaging technology are concerned.

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Consumer packaged goods

Hardware happenings

Against the backdrop of the indexing motion of the is-it-getting-any-better-or-not United States economy, I was uncertain about the level of excitement at this year’s National Hardware Show.

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Containers

Barrier bottle to broaden Apple & Eve markets

Apple & Eve’s new monolayer barrier PET bottle from Graham Packaging offers the juice packer new ways to market its single-serve 10-oz bottles of juice.

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Consumer packaged goods

Container safety

As part of its antiterrorism efforts, the federal government is focusing on cargo-container security.

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Cosmetics/Personal care

Rockwell Automation: Ethernet interface module

Rockwell Automation offers its Ethernet interface module to network MicroLogix™ and CompactLogix™ controllers. The Ethernet Networking Interface module, called 1761-NET-ENI Series B, has several data-handling improvements, including more buffering capacity and additional message queuing, which increases communication speeds and provides higher throughput rates.

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Flexibles

Labels propel Crush promotion

Specially labeled soft drink bottles are playing an integral role in an Internet-based promotional contest for Canadian consumers of Crush carbonated soft drinks marketed by Cadbury Beverages Canada.

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Sustainable Packaging

Molded pulp seminar rescheduled

The Mequon, WI-based International Molded Pulp Environmental Packaging Assn. announced that it has rescheduled its 7th International Molded Pulp Seminar to Feb.

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Containers

Barrier bottle to broaden Apple & Eve markets

Apple & Eve’s new monolayer barrier PET bottle from Graham Packaging offers the juice packer new ways to market its single-serve 10-oz bottles of juice.

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Closures

Super-sized design

To answer the consumer call for greater convenience at a better value, John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc, maker of Fisher nuts and other snack foods, has expanded from three peanut items in sizes from 16- to 40-oz PET containers to a line of nine flavors packed in various sizes totaling 18 SKUs.

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Flexibles

Achievements

Tray-Pak Corp.

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Labels

Dial ratchets up liquid soap packaging

A multicompany partnership combined to create new lenticular, three-dimensional labels for clear hand soap bottles.

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Conveying & accumulation

Back to Vegas for more gear

A Mexican manufacturer of cleaning products and a Utah marketer of bottled water both will return to Pack Expo Las Vegas this October.

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