Flexibles

IOPP 2002 AmeriStar Awards

Packaging World highlights the Best of Show winner, the 3M Integrity winner, and the 35 AmeriStar winners of The Institute of Packaging Professionals (Naperville, IL) 2002 AmeriStar Awards.

September 30, 2002

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Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Blister card packaging board

New Everest® Seal-Pak from International Paper (Memphis, TN) is a patented, extrusion-coated paperboard designed specifically for fold-over heat-seal blister card applications.

September 30, 2002

Flexible packaging

Vf/f/s pouch system donated to Clemson

Clemson University students are receiving first-hand experience with pouch packaging thanks to the donation of a Model 2050 vertical form/fill/seal system from Cryovac (Duncan, SC), a subsidiary of Sealed Air Corp.

September 30, 2002

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Open and global control architecture for packaging technology of the future

Increasing packaging machine flexibility and performance through the use of servo technology, PC-based control and open and global control architectures. A white paper from Bosch Packaging.

September 30, 2002

Flexibles

Bagging output soars at Crunch Pak (sidebar)

Bagged apple slices reach for the gold

September 30, 2002

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Fresh start for blister packs

Meanwhile, S.C. Johnson introduced air freshener Glade Press’n Fresh in a new blister package that hit retail shelves nationwide in March.

September 30, 2002

Flexibles

Low-temp shrink film

Syfan USA (Cooper City, FL) has introduced Sytec® MVP, a cross-linked polyolefin shrink film engineered to shrink quickly and gently at low temperatures.

September 30, 2002

Flexibles

Bagged apple slices reach for the gold

Crunch Pak came through a winner at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. The Wenatchee, WA, apple processor shipped 200ꯠ 2-oz bags of apple slices in sweet and tart varieties in February to Salt Lake City that were used by volunteers, staff, media, and athletes throughout all venues.

September 30, 2002

Labels

Marketing milk in aluminum cans

From now through early next year, consumers in selected Florida test markets will be able to purchase shelf-stable chocolate milk in a two-piece aluminum can.

September 30, 2002

Prepared Foods

Simplot improves casing eight-fold

A major change earlier this year at Boise, ID-based J.R. Simplot’s Hermiston, ID, plant is helping to reduce labor and breakage of bagged fries during casing.

September 30, 2002

Coding, Printing & Labeling

P&G, Wal-Mart on CorrExpo program

When merchandising executives from top retailers speak, packaging people tend to listen.

September 30, 2002

Flexibles

Yogurt lids drive environmental campaign

Tom and Ray Magliozzi, the popular purveyors of automotive wisdom and whimsy on National Public Radio’s “Car Talk” show, have teamed up with Stonyfield Farm, Londonderry, NH, in an environmental campaign that uses Stonyfield’s yogurt lids to spread its message.

September 30, 2002

Labels

Michelob's teardrop bottle to be replaced

After testing on specialty Michelob brands, a new slope-shouldered longneck bottle will be introduced for Anheuser-Busch’s super-premium Michelob and Michelob Light beers.

September 30, 2002