Flexibles

Flexible pouch mated with trigger sprayer

PACK EXPO : Kapak released its flexible pouch mated with trigger sprayer at its booth, S-575, at Pack Expo International 2004.

November 30, 2004

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Beer

PBC first to introduce quick-chilling 12-pack carrier

PACK EXPO : Pittsburgh Brewing Company (PBC) is the first U.S. beverage producer to market its brands in a new 2x6 handled beverage carrier from ITW Hi-Cone.

November 30, 2004

Containers

Self-heating beverage container debuts

WP Beverage Partners LLC is introducing a new line of its Wolfgang Puck brand of gourmet coffees in self-heating containers—a first in North America, says the container’s creator, OnTech Delaware Inc. in San Diego.

November 30, 2004

Conveying & accumulation

RFID: The promise and the struggle

Hype about radio-frequency identification clashes with reality at Baltimore EPC Global conference.

November 30, 2004

Flexibles

Clemson's packaging science program

During Packaging World’s visit to the Clemson, SC, campus earlier this year, Department of Packaging Science chair and professor Ronald Thomas addressed a wide range of questions about the university’s program. Those questions and his responses follow.

October 31, 2004

Flexibles

Flexible Packaging Conference includes hard-hitting keynotes, panelists

The Flexible Packaging Conference scheduled for March 14-16 at the Renaissance Orlando Resort at SeaWorld in Orlando, FL, will include top-flight keynote speakers to analyze the ongoing shift from rigid to flexible packaging.

October 31, 2004

Converting equipment

Supply chain for clear PP bottles

PACK EXPO : At K’2004 in Germany, Sidel showed its new crystal-clear clarified polypropylene (cPP) bottles made on Sidel’s injection stretch blow molding SBO Series 2+ equipment.

October 31, 2004

Beverage

NJM/CLI hosts party

During a week of hard work and long days at Pack Expo, NJM/CLI treated customers and friends to a fun-filled night of Chicago's best blues music.

October 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Debunking the 9 biggest RFID myths

Greg Gilbert, director RFID solutions and strategy, Manhattan Associates, provides an honest look at the untold truths behind the promise of radio-frequency identification technology.

October 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Beaver Street Fisheries tests RFID waters

Beaver Street Fisheries, Jacksonville, FL, has identified vendors involved in its self-imposed radio-frequency identification program for cases of frozen fish.

October 31, 2004

Flexibles

Clemson's packaging science program

During Packaging World’s visit to the Clemson, SC, campus earlier this year, Department of Packaging Science chair and professor Ronald Thomas addressed a wide range of questions about the university’s program. Those questions and his responses follow.

October 31, 2004

Workforce

New trend in training machine operators?

Packaging machinery manufacturers are likely to build better equipment if they’re aware of developing trends in how CPG companies are training and positioning those who operate that equipment.

October 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Make2Pack gains momentum at Brussels meeting

A library of “control entities” recognized widely across processing and packaging functions may be among the outcomes of ongoing work being done jointly by the World Batch Forum, the OMAC Packaging Workgroup, and ISA SP-88.

October 31, 2004