Flexibles

Coping with coffee demand

Auger fillers above a vf/f/s machine was just the beginning. A checkweigher with electronic feedback to the filler saves $25,000 in just eight months.

February 9, 2007

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Beverage

Funky or functional! Or both?

FDA examines label claims for foods with novel ingredients as new category of foods continues to grow.

February 9, 2007

Bakery/Snack

Vending pack keys rapid response on club store multipacks

Today’s retailer demands continually challenge food manufacturers to innovate and respond to current in-store marketing trends. The pressure often falls to both the manufacturer and its suppliers to develop and implement solutions rapidly.

February 9, 2007

Contract packaging

Multi-dimensional branding: Paste emphasizes attributes, store environment

Recognizing the need for a novel approach to introduce yet another product in the whitening segment, a Manhattan-based cosmetic dentist focused on brand name, package color, and the right distribution channel.

February 9, 2007

Coding, Printing & Labeling

RFID has game at Best Buy

IDTechEx has published a slick new 128-page RFID in action 2006/7 magazine that features case studies culled from its “RFID Knowledgebase” of more than 2,300 implementations in 85 countries. Of the approximately 25 articles is Best Buy’s implementation that includes smart shelves, electronically enabled shelving that  can read the tags of products. This permits the retailer to know whether or not a package is present on-shelf to help reduce out-of-stocks.

February 9, 2007

Controls & Machine Components

Tips on minimizing unplanned downtime

Christian von Olshausen, process engineer packing at Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals Germany, will be a featured speaker at the Packaging Automation Forum May 23 in Chicago. His presentation will focus on how controls and automation technologies, properly implemented on today’s packaging lines, can minimize unplanned downtime by contributing to Total Quality Management (TQM) and Total Productivity Management (TPM).

February 9, 2007

Flexibles

Lewis and Clark discovers paperless multipacks

Lewis and Clark Brewery, Helena, MT, debuted in summer 2006 a new kind of environmentally friendly six-pack.The brewery has adopted ITW’s BrandPak™, a packaging collaboration from ITW Hi-Cone (www.hi-cone.com) and ITW Auto-Sleeve (www.itw-autosleeve.com) as the multipack of choice for its 12-oz bottles. A sleeving system from PDC Europe (www.pdceurope.com) applies the bands.

February 9, 2007

Labels

Nestlé Beneful receives Pack Expo Selects award

The dog food package for Nestlé Beneful Prepared Meals was selected the winner in the inaugural Pack Expo Selects™ program by packaging professionals attending last November’s Pack Expo Intl., which is sponsored by the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (www.pmmi.org).

February 9, 2007

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