Industries: Page 551

Beverage

Revamp wine and spirits labels?

The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau is asking for public comment on whether the labeling and advertising regulations for alcoholic beverages should be revised.

June 30, 2005

Sustainable Packaging

Status of packaging education

Packaging education, and especially its role in industry, was the topic under discussion at a recent packaging meeting. A packaging designer reported that “packaging design is not popular” among students these days.

June 30, 2005

Flexibles

Carrefour debuts microwavable vegetable tray

Conceived by Carrefour, the French hypermarket pioneer, new Conserves Pratiques vegetables are packed in retorted multilayer plastic trays.

June 30, 2005

Labels

Fire Water design gets even hotter

A new shrink sleeve puts a spark in a schnapps liqueur bottle design, saving the manufacturer time and money in the process.

June 30, 2005

Cartoning

Vegas show spurs equipment buys

Marich Confectionery increases line speeds dramatically with technology found at Pack Expo Las Vegas 2003.

June 30, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

Filler/capper cleans easily, changes quickly

Balcony construction makes system easy to clean, while controls package simplifies frequent size change.

June 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Carb loading

The Food and Drug Administration is set to bring some order to a ‘Wild West’ array of label claims about carbohydrates on food packs.

June 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

New drug bottle 'Targets' safety concerns

A prescription bottle designed for Target Corp. pharmacies gives new meaning to the phrase “extreme makeover.”

June 30, 2005

Flexibles

Convenience and portability power packages

Esther Palevsky, an analyst for the Freedonia Group, says packaging that makes foods convenient, portable, and easier or faster to prepare exemplify key packaging trends.

June 30, 2005

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

Building flexibility into a machine's DNA

A key goal of the Make2Pack initiative—a joint effort by the World Batch Forum and the OMAC Packaging Workgroup aimed at better integrating the processing and packaging functions in manufacturing—is to get people to approach packaging machinery programming in terms of modular code or function blocks that can be reused and reimplemented.

May 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

RFID-enabled vial seal

West Spectra[tm] from West Pharmaceutical Services uses overt, covert, and HF RFID technologies to ensure authenticity for pharma products.

May 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

RFID and corrugated box study

A new study evaluates the negative cost impact that RFID will have on corrugated box suppliers over the next three years and beyond. What are the implications for CPGs?

May 31, 2005