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Cosmetics/Personal care

New column makes its debut

Don’t miss page 80 for the debut of Pack-Talk. A brand new Packaging World column appearing every other month, it’s written by Barry Goldberg and David Johnson, industry consultants with a combined 60 years of experience in the field of packaging.

February 9, 2007

Closures

Aluminum bottle for stimulation beverage excites Fever

In January, Fever Beverage USA introduced 14-oz Fever Original and Fever Low Calorie stimulation beverages in aluminum bottles supplied by distributor Zuckerman Honickman (www.zh-inc.com). CCL Container (www.cclind.com) manufactures the bottles and uses lithography as the decorating process. Silgan (www.silganclosures.com) makes the 38-mm metal screw cap that tops the bottle.

February 9, 2007

Controls & Machine Components

Make2Pack Demonstrates Interoperability

The Make2Pack committee, also known as the ISA SP-88 Part 5 committee, demonstrated the benefits of adopting a standard approach to machine and control design for packaging machines at the Procter & Gamble Co. Central Engineering Technology Labs in Cincinnati on December 7.

February 6, 2007

Beverage

Water bottles infused with smooth labels

Panel-free PET bottle for O Beverages provides smooth labeling for infused water.

February 2, 2007

Coding, Printing & Labeling

The wrap-up: Digitized shelf life at home

As many have learned over the years, avoiding food spoilage is a good thing.

January 31, 2007

Sustainable Packaging

Seven packaging resolutions for 2007

Yes, I’m sick of hearing about (and breaking) the typical resolutions, but it’s worth pondering these packaging resolutions from JoAnn Hines, self-proclaimed “packaging diva.”

January 31, 2007

Secondary Packaging

Pro Mach's President of End of Line Packaging Mack Greene Retires

Pro Mach, Inc. announced today that Charles M. (Mack) Greene, President of its End-of-Line Business Unit, will retire January 31 this year.

January 30, 2007

Conveying & accumulation

Labeling low-profile confectionary products

Low-profile plastic containers for flash breath strips are labeled in a special product handling system in this CTM Labeling application video.

January 29, 2007

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Clamshell labeling application video

Clamshell labeling application video from CTM Labeling shows baked goods in a thermoformed clamshell being labeled with leading edge labels that wraps around the top, front, and bottom.

January 29, 2007

Consumer packaged goods

CD/DVD labeling application video

CD/DVD labeling systems are typically designed to apply browser, spine, security and spot labels to CD and DVD cases. New application video from CTM Labeling.

January 29, 2007

Sustainable Packaging

IoPP tackles sustainable packaging

About 100 people braved the lake effect snow of Southwest Michigan January 25 to attend the first meeting of the IoPP Sustainable Packaging Task Group.

January 26, 2007

Beverage

Coors debuts Hispanic Super Bowl packaging

Official beer sponsor of NFL caters to Latino football fans with bilingual Super Bowl packaging.

January 25, 2007