Flexibles

Coping with change

At independent Pepsi bottler Browning Harvey Ltd. in St. Johns, Newfoundland, plant manager Gary Williams recently eliminated the hassle of inventorying returnable plastic shells for PET bottles. (This story will run in an upcoming issue.) Here Gary talks about the challenge of change in the overall packaging landscape.

October 31, 2005

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Reusable/Returnable

RFID growth at T&A

Tanimura & Antle vice president of information technology Tom Casas debriefs us with an update to the produce packer’s RFID program that was highlighted in an online article published in April 2005, T&A takes RFID into the field (see packworld.com/go/c152).

October 31, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

'Virtual' mechanical devices are mere graphical software elements

Rack-based, multi-processor control system makes carton filler easier and less costly to build, install, and operate.

October 31, 2005

Beverage

Swanky card packs nearly triple wine merchant's gift sales

Sherry-Lehmann, a New York wine merchant, faced this marketing challenge: Develop a new service to increase sales, and make the tone seamlessly complement the chic of its Manhattan store.

October 31, 2005

Consumer packaged goods

Companies

DMI completed an expansion of its Wharton, NJ, headquarters to 275ꯠ sq’ for manufacturing, filling, and packaging of aqueous products.

October 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Probiotic labeling needs tightening

The growing popularity in Europe of dairy and other beverages labeled probiotic have led to calls for tighter regulation of the claim.

October 31, 2005

Sustainable Packaging

California AG sues over acrylamide

The State’s attorney general filed suit under Proposition 65 against some of the biggest food companies, including McDonald’s, Burger King, KFC, and Frito-Lay, to force them to put warning labels on all French fries and potato chips sold in California because they contain high levels of acrylamide, a known carcinogen.

October 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Organic labels on cosmetics OK

The U.S. Department of Agriculture reversed itself and will now allow cosmetics to bear the “USDA Organic” label.

October 31, 2005

Flexibles

Re-emergence of paper

All of a sudden in early fall, I’ve had a whole bunch of conversations about paper packaging, whether it’s for frozen foods packaging or loose-fill or for highly graphic consumer goods containers.

October 31, 2005

Flexibles

The power of the 'aesthetic imperative'

The best packages compel consumers to sense the pleasure in using the product, giving them space to personalize meaning and build relevance. Here are four examples.

October 31, 2005

Beverage

The power of the 'aesthetic imperative' (sidebar)

The benefits of ethnography

October 31, 2005

Flexibles

Prepress progress through new and old technologies

CPG companies want color accuracy that is dead-on, but they also want to squeeze out more efficiency from the package printing process. Prepress is where it all has to happen.

October 31, 2005

Meat/Poultry/Seafood

'Eggsact' carton coding

Midwest Poultry’s 30 laser coders improve ease of use, efficiency, and uptime while etching a precise, permanent mark. See video

October 31, 2005