Flexible packaging

Club store packaging and beyond

Written by Jim Peters and published by Packaging Strategies, a recent report analyzes key tactics used by high-volume retailers. Here is the Executive Summary.

December 31, 2003

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Detergents/cleaners

Club store packaging and beyond (sidebar)

Who calls the shots?

December 31, 2003

Containers

Filling three times faster

New vf/f/s machines operate at three times the speed of the outdated equipment they replace, reducing downtime and labor costs for snack maker Poore Brothers.

December 31, 2003

Flexibles

Redesigned graphics pour Welchito into Hispanic markets

A pilot aluminum can-decorating line in suburban Chicago helps Welch Foods introduce new flavors of Welchito juice drinks to children in Latin America and the Caribbean.

December 31, 2003

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Cool pack for a hot product

Ultra Blue’s new handheld propane torch uses a patented container and valve to safely deliver the gas to do-it-yourselfers.

December 31, 2003

Beverage

Demand vs forecast-driven production

Facing increased competition and a fickle consumer, consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers must shift from forecast-driven to demand-driven production.

December 31, 2003

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Edna Valley Vineyard: Accumulation table for wine bottling line

Edna Valley Vineyard’s first-of-its-kind accumulation table from Garvey packs a lot of benefits in a small space. Positioned between a capsule applicator and capsule spinner, the 5’x6’ oval table boosts bottling efficiency by 20%. It provides five minutes’ accumulation at rates of 120 bottles/min.

November 30, 2003

Beverage

International forum on transport packaging announced

Dimensions.04, an annual forum on transport packaging, will take place April 14-17 at Walt Disney World, Coronado Springs Resort, Orlando, FL.

November 30, 2003

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Inserter

Exact Packaging introduces its 3-dimensional inserter for toys, sauces, and other promotional pieces. Inserter uses a continuous bandolier format to handle 200 pieces/min.

November 30, 2003

Secondary Packaging

How to sell a packaging machine to Unilever (or any other large CPG company)

How can a packaging machine builder sell to Unilever Home and Personal Care North America when the consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturer is making its short list of preferred suppliers even shorter?

November 30, 2003

Beverage

Lack of information integration punishes packagers

Why does it take a CPG (consumer packaged goods) company an average of 27.5 months to launch a new product?

November 30, 2003

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Pleasant surprises from new liquid packaging servo

In initial applications of the first purpose-built liquid packaging servo motor/drive, packaging machine builder are discovering surprising new benefits.

November 30, 2003

Beverage

Clear Choice Awards announced by Glass Packaging Institute

Beer: Anheuser World Select Lager Beer; Owens-Illinois Glass Containers, www.o-i.com.

November 30, 2003