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

Industries: Page 475

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

Beverage

Aluminum bottle excites Fever

Fever Beverage USA debuts this month in aluminum bottles 14-oz Fever Original and Fever Low Calorie stimulation beverages for men and women.

January 22, 2007

Flexibles

Pizza dough gets custom gas-valve packaging

A Nestlé subsidiary in Europe packages refrigerated Buitoni-brand dough with six weeks' shelf life.

January 19, 2007

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Coupon inserter for bags, boxes, other packages

60-second video clip shows coupon inserter from EPI labeling in a variety of applications.

January 17, 2007

Consumer packaged goods

SharedBook connects through packaging

Envelope-style pack helps the company book retail customers for its online MemoryBook service.

January 15, 2007

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Associated Packaging Equipment's roll-fed servo Polystar® labeler 'a giant step forward'

Martin Malthouse, founder and President of Associated Packaging Equipment Corporation, described the servo version of its Polystar® roll-fed labeling system his firm developed with ELAU's PacDrive™ automation system. It is an in-line system that uses servo-driven star wheels to achieve exceptional flexibility and speed.

January 14, 2007

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

Compact servo vf/f/s

The compact and simple Vertek Jr. vf/f/s machine from WeighPack stands just 4’ tall but may be interfaced with any type of filling equipment to run at speeds to 50 cycles/min.

January 11, 2007

Dairy

Terra cotta food containers

Arbresa has introduced terra cotta containers for food packaging, offering a warm and elegant appearance that evokes nature and tradition.

January 11, 2007

Sustainability

PP pails

IPL Packaging offers a newly designed family of PP industrial pails and commercial containers.

January 11, 2007

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Resilient RFID tag

Now available from Confidex, Ironside RFID transponders work on metallic objects and in the most demanding conditions.

January 11, 2007

Tamper-evident machinery

Innovative wine closure

Portola offers its Zork wine closure developed by Zork Pty. Ltd., which is an alternative to traditional cork closures.

January 11, 2007

Flexible packaging

Anaheim gears up for WestPack

Co-located with five other shows, WestPack returns to the Anaheim Convention Center. Medical Device Packaging conference track is chaired

January 10, 2007