Conveying & accumulation

North Side: Weighing and filling of frozen beef patties

Bag filling begins at the Ohlson four-head bulk-and-dribble scale, which has frozen patties conveyed to it directly from a spiral freezer.

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Secondary Packaging

North Side: Case erecting and labeling frozen beef patties

Case erecting of single-wall cases is done on a case erector from Wexxar.

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Secondary Packaging

North Side: Case sealing frozen beef patties

Case taping is done by a Belcor machine with a rated speed of 20 cases/min. North Side runs in the range of 12 cases/min.

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Beverage

Campbell Soup gets a hand

Campbell Soup Co. launched a new line of sippable soups in a multi-layer, microwavable, 10.75-oz sipping container.

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Secondary Packaging

Carton multipacker

Kisters Kayat (Edgewater, FL) released its CartonMultiPacker, based on a modular all-in-one machine concept. Customers, including soft drink, mineral water, and beer companies, can preglue the necessary carton blanks and feed them directly in the packaging line just in time for the blanks to be loaded with product.

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Detergents/cleaners

Water-based ink

Zeres, Inc. (Bowling Green, OH) has developed a pH neutral, water-based ink. Spectrastat™ remains pH and viscosity stable indefinitely, eliminating the need for operators to adjust pH and viscosity levels.

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Converting equipment

Heinz, Hunt's turn ketchup upside-down

Makers of Hunt’s and Heinz ketchup hope consumers will flip for new ketchup offerings that stand on their closures.

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Reusable/Returnable

Labatt launches label-less bottles

Labatt Breweries of Canada reintroduced locally in May Labatt 50 premium ale in a 341-ml (12-oz) amber glass bottle.

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Closures

Everything but the brush!

Sherwin-Williams’ Dutch Boy Dirt Fighter paints are debuting in an extravagant four-piece square plastic container.

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Recycling

Danes drink canned beer again

Danish brewers and soft drink companies began to market their products in aluminum and steel cans.

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Closures

Beverages flow boldly into aluminum bottles

The path to product differentiation for two new beverages is a metallic one.

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Cartoning

EcoNatural automates cartoning

Organic candies maker goes from five people packing 37 cases daily to two people packing 43 cases daily.

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Sustainable Packaging

Balancing economics and the environment

Stonyfield Farm CEO Gary Hirshberg describes how the organic yogurt maker balances these packaging concerns.

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