Containers

Superior likes caseless shipping

This Ohio dairy manufacturer is rewriting the rules that govern distribution in the dairy industry. Caseless shipping is key. See in-plant video

May 31, 2002

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Dairy

Winn-Dixie leverages its own brand name (sidebar)

Inside peek

May 31, 2002

Bakery/Snack

Winn-Dixie leverages its own brand name (sidebar)

A chipper category

May 31, 2002

Flexibles

Winn-Dixie leverages its own brand name

One-stop shopping provides Winn-Dixie with a comprehensive redesign for 60 private-label brands involving more than 3ꯠ items.

May 31, 2002

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Addition by subtraction

Golden Flake doubles speeds and reduces labor costs for potato chip packaging by replacing 21 outdated lines with eight new vf/f/s machines. See in-plant video

May 31, 2002

Flexibles

Are distributors valued? (sidebar cont.)

The survey allowed participants to explain how they felt about buying through distributors. Here’s a sampling of both the positive and negative comments about distributors:

May 31, 2002

Converting equipment

Rarity unveiled in PET whisky bottle

Hiram Walker & Sons continues glass-to-PET switch.

May 31, 2002

Closures

2002 NACD Packaging Awards

Packaging World highlights the Gold Award winners of the National Assn. of Container Distributors 2002 Awards.

May 31, 2002

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

Diamond of California: Scale systems for shelled nuts

Computerized scales from Hayssen deliver accurate amounts of nuts on this 16-head system that includes an upper scale with a booster hopper directly beneath. Nuts released from the scales fall through stainless-steel tubes into vf/f/s equipment.

April 30, 2002

Conveying & accumulation

Diamond of California: Side-by-side form/fill/seal machines for nuts

Filled and sealed bags of nuts discharge from two side-by-side vf/f/s machines onto a conveyor that runs perpendicular to them. Bags are then conveyed downstream. Meanwhile, printed film is pulled through tensioning rollers on one of the vf/f/s machines (right).

April 30, 2002

Secondary Packaging

Diamond of California: Automated case erector for bagged nuts

A key improvement to downstream packaging functions at Diamond of California is this automatic case erector. Erected cases are packed manually before tape is applied to top flaps (right) to seal them shut. An ink-jet system then prints best-before date, Julian date code, and line and shift codes.

April 30, 2002

Flexibles

Aseptic carton moves organic milks

“Organic” milk—produced without the use of pesticides, synthetic hormones, or antibiotics—has been around for a while. But Horizon Organic of Boulder, CO, claims it’s the first to launch an organic flavored milk in a single-serve format: the Tetra Prisma aseptic carton from Tetra Pak (Vernon Hills, IL).

April 30, 2002

Closures

Shapely bottle pours into yogurt

For its new line of 10-oz drinkable yogurt, Stonyfield Farm is using a contoured high-density polyethylene bottle decorated with a full-body shrink-sleeve label.

April 30, 2002