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Coding, Printing & Labeling
Consumers say freshness more important than cost
The food and beverage industry believes U.S. consumers are more price-sensitive than they actually are.
December 31, 2005

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Coding, Printing & Labeling
Food factors dominate barrier film analysis
The $1.1 billion U.S. market for barrier films is driven largely by growth in convenience foods, according to a new study from Kline & Co.
December 31, 2005
Sustainable Packaging
Private label trends
A recent roundtable report of private label’s evolution at retail is summarized in nine trends.
December 31, 2005
Sustainable Packaging
SICK, Inc: SICK, Inc: Incremental encoder
Sick Stegmann has introduced the DGS60 incremental encoder, a rugged, IP67-rated encoder available with resolution to 10ꯠ pulses for precise, reliable operation in tough environmental conditions.
December 31, 2005
Bakery/Snack
Styrene box
Originally created to package prescription pharmaceuticals, the utilitarian shape of Continental Packaging’s Styrene Box is also suitable for daily supplements, office supplies, medicines/vitamins, jewelry and beads, fishing tackle, nuts, bolts, and washers.
December 31, 2005
Flexibles
LLDPE resins
Dow Chemical Co. launched 6 new Dowlex™ PE resins and one new Elite™ EPE resin, which will be manufactured using hexene comonomer. The Dowlex resins are suitable for liners and unitizing films requiring easy processing, toughness, puncture resistance, good tear resistance, impact resistance, and hot tack strength.
December 31, 2005
Containers
Specialty packaging
VisiPak offers its line of specialty packaging, including Gift Paks such as the candy cane tube packages, POP-Pak header cards that help eliminate the middleman and complete the entire package, Compartment Paks that separate products in one container, Donation Containers for fund raising, and Golf Ball Tubes for promotional campaigns.
December 31, 2005
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Privacy and RFID
Are privacy concerns about RFID valid or conspiracy-theory paranoid?
December 31, 2005
Coding, Printing & Labeling
2006: an exciting milestone and a new outlook for packaging
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Pack Expo, being held October 29 - November 2 at Chicago’s McCormick Place. We spoke with Chuck Yuska, president of the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI), sponsor and producer of the show, about this special anniversary and what the new year has in store for packaging professionals.
December 31, 2005
Secondary Packaging
Companies
Leister Process Technologies, Sarnen, Switzerland, formed a new master distribution network for the United States. The U.S. market will be serviced by the following factory-trained sales and service centers: Assembly Supplies Co., western region; Heely-Brown Co., southeast region; Hy-Tech Products, midwest; and Malcom Co., northeast region.
December 31, 2005
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Trans-fat labeling and Katrina
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita are now being blamed for limiting the availability of resin used to make plastic bread bags, prompting the American Bakers Association to request either a six-month extension of the January 1, 2006, trans fat labeling deadline or a six-month “enforcement discretion.” The storms also created obstacles for distribution of imported trans fat substitutes.
December 31, 2005
Dairy
FDA and FSIS discuss jurisdiction
FDA and the Food Safety and Inspection Service held a public meeting in Rosemont, IL, on December 15, 2005, to discuss ways to decide which agency regulates which food products when it comes to foods that contain meat and poultry ingredients.
December 31, 2005
Meat/Poultry/Seafood
Gassing meat
A Michigan-based food and spice company is protesting FDA rulings that allow small amounts of carbon dioxide to be used in “case ready” packages of fresh meat to preserve the red color.
December 31, 2005
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