Detergents/cleaners

Returnable packaging products

Orbis Corp. (Oconomowoc, WI), a subsidiary of Menasha Corp., now makes available a variety of returnable packaging products that incorporate antimicrobial product protection technology.

February 28, 2003

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Beverage

Plastic beer bottles

A new family of stock PET beer bottles from Owens-Illinois (Toledo, OH) has a premium look, but not a premium price, company says.

February 28, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

No more changeover (sidebar)

Software and servos make it possible

February 28, 2003

Consumer packaged goods

No more changeover

Software and servos permit specialized machine to package random-sized orders of books and CDs at 30 packages/min. See in-plant video

February 28, 2003

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

ARC issues pharma report

Just in time for the Interphex show, ARC Advisory Group has released a new Insight report analyzing the business drivers for Gen3 packaging automation in pharmaceutical manufacturing.

February 28, 2003

Flexible packaging

FPA honors innovation

Hershey’s pudding packs and technology for self-venting trayed entrees, first commercialized by Smithfield Packing, earn Highest Achievement honors from The Flexible Packaging Assn.’s 2003 Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards competition.

February 28, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

Plug-and-Pack guidelines now include PackTags

At a recent meeting of the group behind the Plug-and-Pack™ guidelines, building blocks were created to pave the way for a standardized way of getting production and performance data to and from machines on a packaging line.

January 31, 2003

Sustainability

Stonyfield Farm blows its cover

Stonyfield Farm, the Londonderry, NH-based organic yogurt manufacturer, replaced the plastic lid and plastic inner seal on its 6- and 8-oz cups with a durable foil seal at the end of December 2002.

January 31, 2003

Bakery/Snack

Horizontal and vertical bagging and closing machines

Optima Machinery Corp. (Green Bay, WI) offers the Rianta VA400 universal bread bagger with reliable product gripper, Siemens PLC, and an automatic clipper with printing capabilities on the clip.

January 31, 2003

Closures

Capri Sun launches 'bottle can'

In February, Tarrytown, NY-based Kraft Foods Beverages Division introduced Capri Sun Island Refreshers in a 16.5-oz aluminum “bottle can.”

January 31, 2003

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

HCPC presses to review CR test protocols

In an effort to fill what it feels is a loophole in provisions, the Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council has “invited” the new chairman of the U.S.

January 31, 2003

Containers

Folgers packs a coffee house experience

An octagon-shaped high-density polyethylene canister is helping Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble’s Folgers-brand Café Latte deliver to retail markets a true coffee house experience.

January 31, 2003

Consumer packaged goods

Packaging scents for the home spa

Avecia, a Wilmington, DE-based maker of pool chemicals, wanted to add scented aromatherapy products to its line of home spa items.

January 31, 2003