Coding, Printing & Labeling

IoPP gets down to business

New initiatives on many fronts help the IoPP write a dynamic new chapter in continuing packaging education.

September 30, 2004

Industries: Page 576

Consumer packaged goods

Net improvements (sidebar)

Vice president of Chapters Jane Chase says the organization “has made huge strides to connect with members.” The one stride she singles out is the www.iopp.org Web site.

September 30, 2004

Containers

Moving aseptically into the future

A leader in the European fruit juice market, Germany’s Eckes-Granini is plunging into the future with the recent installation of an ACF line for .33- and 1-L PET bottles.

September 30, 2004

Closures

Varietals veer toward ROPP

For two years, iconoclastic winery Bonny Doon has been busy switching from cork to aluminum ROPP caps. Now the conversion is nearly complete.

September 30, 2004

Flexibles

Bag nets fish packer big savings

The Plitt Co. switched from plastic trays to premade bags that offer precise permeation control for its fish.

September 30, 2004

Flexible packaging

Ahead of the Pack

Rovema will feature a full line-up of its Total Packaging Systems during Pack Expo 2004, Booth N-4218.

September 30, 2004

Containers

Kellogg invents a new bulk-pack format

Kellogg Co. of Battle Creek, MI, is reaping packaging material cost savings of about 70% since it implemented the K-one™ bulk packaging system in most of its U.S. cereal plants. See video

September 30, 2004

Flexibles

Slick pouching for oily wipes

For Grate Chef president Keith Aldredge, one good thing has led to another. Not only did Grate Chef reintroduce its Grill Wipes in revamped pouches, the Dacula, GA, company found a great way to automate the product’s packaging operations: via contract packager Packaging Division Inc. See video

September 30, 2004

Beverage

Sleeve label combines chips 'n' dip

Rumblers Chips ‘N’ Dip from Ennis Foods Ltd., Donegal, Ireland, combines tortilla chips and dip in a two-part clear plastic bowl and base, each with its own lid.

September 30, 2004

Labels

Real-world RFID: An expert speaks

In this exclusive interview, RFID expert John Greaves of Deloitte Consulting separates RFID myth from reality, while calling on packagers to “seize the moment.” To read more of Packaging World's RFID coverage, sign up for PW's new RFID Antenna e-newsletter - it's FREE!

September 30, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Handbook covers RFID labeling

RFID Labeling is basically a 211-page white paper in the form of a softbound handbook that’s timely, packaging-centric, useful and will be available free at Pack Expo.

September 30, 2004

Filling/capping, dry

First US servo capper from Pneumatic Scale

At PACK EXPO, Pneumatic Scale launches the first US rotary servo-driven bottle capper.

September 30, 2004

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

P-O-P designs that satisfy Wal-Mart

At the P-O-P (Point-of-Purchase) Show in Chicago September 22, Bob Connolly, executive vice president of marketing and consumer communications at Wal-Mart Stores Inc., shared insights that can help both manufacturers and suppliers get an “in” at the nation’s No. 1 retailer.

September 30, 2004