Industries: Page 654

Household/Automotive

A Technical success

New system upgrades placement of paper labels on plastic bottles at Technical Chemical.

September 30, 2002

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Temporary relief for OTC convenience packs

FDA postpones May deadline for putting Drug Facts label on convenience-size OTC packages.

September 30, 2002

Additives, coatings & inks

A revealing look at X-ray technology

Further information from our October Question-and-Answer format interview with Wayne Knigge.

September 30, 2002

Secondary Packaging

Automation closes Pandora's box

Pandora Manufacturing, a contract packager of liquids from Pandora, OH, has increased the consistency of corrugated shipping cartons by 30% with the installation of four A.B. Sealer case erectors.

September 30, 2002

Flexibles

Italian product applies shrink label design

Bologna, Italy-based Amarena Fabbri packages its new fruit-in-syrup “Frutto e Sciroppo” in a 4.5-oz (130-g) glass jar with a new nine-color printed shrink label.

September 30, 2002

Consumer packaged goods

P&G captures high-tech assistance

A new video troubleshooting tool gives packaging line operators at Procter & Gamble the power to solve problems faster.

September 30, 2002

Additives, coatings & inks

New K-Resin logo

Chevron Phillips Chemical Co., Houston, TX, has introduced a new logo for its K-Resin® styrene-butadiene copolymer (SBC) in celebration of the product’s 30th anniversary.

August 31, 2002

Containers

Composite tube

Chesapeake Corp. (Richmond, VA) introduced a multi-substrate composite tube that enables packaged goods companies to showcase products ranging from premium spirits to confectionery.

August 31, 2002

Flexibles

Self-venting entrées cook up convenience

Smithfield Packing Co., Smithfield, VA, lays claim as the first to offer microwavable entrées in a self-venting package. “There is absolutely no hassle with these entrées,” enthuses Mark Willes, vice president prepared foods/retail.

August 31, 2002

Dairy

Shaped pack launches Blue Bell's ice cream line

In recent years, dairies have turned to different container shapes to market their ice cream.

August 31, 2002

Flexible packaging

Eastman Kodak named leader of the year

Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, NY, was selected as the Packaging Leader of the Year, 2002 - 2003, by the Packaging Education Forum.

August 31, 2002

Flexibles

ConAgra debuts aseptic pudding packs

ConAgra Foods, Irvine, CA, claims it’s the first-ever shelf-stable pudding in a single-serve tube pack. Another convenient, tube-packed fun food directed toward kids has been introduced (see packworld.com/go/c049): Hunt’s Snack Pack Squeez ‘n Go Portable Pudding.

August 31, 2002