Secondary Packaging

Marden Edwards' new servo end-fold wrapper

75 cpm wrapper offers enhanced graphics, gentle film handling, from Marden Edwards at Interpack 2005

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Meaty design

Pioneer Snacks called on Flowdesign to create a new way to package their meat snacks.

March 31, 2005

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Whitener pens niche with cosmetics

Out-of-the-carton thinking for BriteSmile Inc., Walnut Creek, CA, has pushed the retail version of its product into a premium niche at cosmetics counters.

March 31, 2005

Consumer packaged goods

Oxygen absorbers for pharmaceutical packaging

Süd-Chemie offers its new PharmaKeep, a new line of oxygen absorbing canisters and packets designed to protect pharmaceutical and diagnostic products from the harmful effects of oxygen.

March 31, 2005

Recycling

Broader NY bottle bill

The New York State Assembly Committee on Codes endorsed legislation to extend the state’s deposit container law to bottles and cans of juice, iced tea, sports drinks, and water.

March 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Splenda ads not splendid

The Center for Science in the Public Interest is calling on the makers of Splenda to change the labeling and advertising of the increasingly popular artificial sweetener.

March 31, 2005

Labeling

COOL labeling adjustments requested

The Food Marketing Institute has asked the U.S. Depart-ment of Agriculture to make further adjustments to its Interim Final Rule for mandatory country-of-origin labeling of fish and shellfish.

March 31, 2005

Beverage

Coke sues over carafe package

Coca-Cola Co., maker of the Minute Maid brand of juices, filed suit January 26 against Florida’s Natural, Lake Wales, FL, claiming that company’s 59-oz carafe container infringes on the patented carafe for Minute Maid’s Simply Orange brand (shown here).

March 31, 2005

Bakery/Snack

United Biscuits readies its operators for automation

Packaging machinery manufacturers are likely to build better equipment if they’re aware of developing trends in how consumer packaged goods (CPGs) companies are training and positioning personnel who operate that equipment.

March 31, 2005

Sustainability

Consumer survey identifies package challenges

Packaging for liquid soap and for ready-to-eat, precut fruits were identified by consumers as the most consumer-friendly in a new survey and report from Mona Doyle/The Consumer Network.

March 31, 2005

Flexibles

Clarification

On page 47 of Packaging World’s March coverage of the Flexible Packaging Association’s awards competition, the wrong image appeared with the description of the Autopak® Sterilization Pouch.

March 31, 2005

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Vendange varietals select Prisma Aseptic

Just months after Canandaigua Wine introduced its Almaden Sangria in a Prisma® Aseptic carton from Tetra Pak, the company has introduced four varieties of its Vendange wines in the same 500-mL carton with an innovative resealable screw cap.

March 31, 2005

Sustainable Packaging

Cosmetics may have to show warnings

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is now taking a hard look at whether common cosmetics and personal care products that contain untested chemicals need to display a warning label to consumers.

March 31, 2005