Closures

Super-sized cookie can

Buffalo, New York-based KK Baking decided to stack its super-sized Keith’s Kookies-brand cookies in a new composite can that emulates a cookie jar topped with a polyethylene overcap to lock in freshness after opening.

November 30, 2002

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Confection/Candy

Gray & Company: Robots hit savings sweet spot for cherry cordial packaging

Gray & Co., Hart, MI, operates 24 robotic arms on two ‘counterflow’ production lines. Each of the arms picks and places Queen Anne brand chocolate-covered cordials at an amazing rate of 1.5 cordials/sec into six-count plastic trays. Robotic system includes infrared scanners, PLCs, and proprietary software.

October 31, 2002

Additives, coatings & inks

Small-character ink-jet coder

The Linx 6800 Series prints up to four lines of text/graphics, offers powerful printer control software, optimized printheads and robust stainless steel cabinets, and delivers outstanding print performance on a variety of substrates, according to the company.

October 31, 2002

Beverage

Nestlé Russia signs on Crown

NEWS FROM PACK EXPO: Beginning in mid-2003, Nestlé Russia will partner with Crown Cork & Seal (Philadelphia, PA) for the supply of cans for its Nescafé coffee.

October 31, 2002

Flexibles

Colgate-Palmolive launches first in India

NEWS FROM PACK EXPO: A heat-sealable, 100% transparent soap wrapper was used to package Colgate-Palmolive’s Naturals soap line in early 2002 in Mumbai, India.

October 31, 2002

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Shrink sleeve labeler/splicer combo

NEWS FROM PACK EXPO: PDC Intl. (Norwalk, CT) displayed its Model R300 shrink labeler inline with a KTI (South Beloit, IL) Series JS butt splicer at Pack Expo.

October 31, 2002

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Coffee flex-pack takes a stand

NEWS FROM PACK EXPO: After PackExpo, Fres-co’s (Telford, PA) Model GL-14 vf/f/s machine will be shipped to the Seattle, WA plant of Tully’s Coffee Corp.

October 31, 2002

Closures

Peelable lid for Maxwell House

NEWS FROM PACK EXPO: Kraft Foods has substituted a peelable membrane closure for the conventional steel end on the top of some of its Maxwell House-brand ground coffees.

October 31, 2002

Soups/Condiments/Sauces/Spices/Dips/Dressings

Glass-clear multilayer containers

NEWS FROM PACK EXPO: Patent-pending Gamma-Clear™ multilayer, oxygen-barrier OPP containers from Pechiney Plastic Packaging (Chicago, IL) offer glasslike clarity for packing food products at a lower cost than multilayer PET containers, the company says.

October 31, 2002

Flexible packaging

Liquid packaging pouches, machines

NEWS FROM PACK EXPO: Kapak (Minneapolis, MN) introduced the Smart SpoutPAK™ system for packaging of water, juice, energy drinks, and nutraceuticals.

October 31, 2002

Soups/Condiments/Sauces/Spices/Dips/Dressings

Steam tunnel with generator

NEWS FROM PACK EXPO: PDC Europe (Austin, TX) offers what it claims is the first steam shrink tunnel with its own built-in steam generator. The 3.6’-long x 3.6’-deep TGV-1000 electric steam generator offers variable power rating from 49 to 60 kW and is designed for locations where a steam source is problematic.

October 31, 2002

Beverage

CLARIFICATION

In a story on EOS Winery’s new packaging for its Port wine (Sept. ’02, p. 161), Packaging World misidentified the 375-mL bottle; that size is called a half-bottle.

October 31, 2002

Flexibles

Trayed entrées bring blessings

Mary Ellen’s Blessings At Home cartoned frozen meals literally make an inspired entry into the family-sized entrée category.

October 31, 2002