Flexibles

Tube packs tap timely trend (sidebar)

An old hand at tubes

July 31, 2002

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Contract packaging

Tube Council winner

Tandem Oral Care earned Most Innovative Tube award for its unusual dental floss and flouride product in the 2001 Tube of the Year Awards conducted by The Tube Council (Montclair, NJ).

July 31, 2002

Flexibles

Tube packs tap timely trend

Flexible tube packs match consumers’ requirements for on-the-go-anywhere eating for a new wave of portable foods.

July 31, 2002

Flexibles

Flexibles growth to continue despite 'trying' 2001

Flexible packaging technology and new product introductions will fuel sales of flexible packaging materials, which FPA forecasts to reach $21.2 billion this year.

July 31, 2002

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

Go-Gurt: An updated view

When General Mills debuted Yoplait Go-Gurt in tube packs regionally four years ago and nationally in late 1999, it represented breakthrough, outside-of-the-cup thinking.

July 31, 2002

Containers

2001 Tube Council Awards

Packaging World highlights winners of the Tube Council’s 2001 Tube of the Year awards.

July 31, 2002

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Polar Ice earns design award

The Glass Packaging Institute honored Corby Distilleries, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with the 2002 Packaging Design Clear Choice award for Corby’s Polar Ice vodka brand.

July 31, 2002

Beverage

2002 GPI Clear Choice Awards

Packaging World highlights Gold winners of the Glass Packaging Institute 2002 awards for innovative glass packaging design.

July 31, 2002

Flexible packaging

Flexible packaging reigns

Flexible packages predominate in this year’s DuPont Awards competition. Innovation in biodegradable packaging and convenience also shine.

July 31, 2002

Protective/transport packaging

HP reduces packaging

A redesign at Hewlett-Packard cuts packaging components in half.

July 31, 2002

Recycling

General Mills pops a promo

From June to August, General Mills’ Pop Secret microwave popcorn packages feature a Loews Cineplex discount card.

July 31, 2002

Secondary Packaging

San Manuel Bottled Water Group: Depalletizing bulk bottles

Bulk bottles for water are automatically depalletized by a Priority One Packaging Machinery (www.prioritypackaging.com) Pro-Pal bulk bottle depalletizer at the front end of the PET line.

June 30, 2002

Beverage

San Manuel Bottled Water Group: Monoblock rinse/fill/cap inside a cleanroom

Inside an overpressured clean room, PET bottles run through a Fogg monobloc rinser/filler/capper.

June 30, 2002