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Coding, Printing & Labeling
Achievements
–ExxonMobil Chemical’s (Houston, TX) Packaging Program graduated its 8000th student from its University of Oriented Polypropylene, a flexible packaging and labeling education program hosted by the Films Business of ExxonMobil Chemical.
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Secondary Packaging
Web Plus: Sites
New or enhanced Web sites
May 31, 2002
Conveying & accumulation
Online calculator conveys throughput gains
Web site uses mathematical algorithms to determine the most efficient place to install buffering conveyors.
May 31, 2002
In this example, the Thruput Calculator estimates a 19% gain in output after adding two buffer stations.
Beverage
A juicy redesign
When marketers at Akron, OH-based Country Pure Foods decided to introduce its brand of juice and nectars, Ardmore Farms, to the retail market, they saw it as an opportunity to redesign packaging logo and graphics.
May 31, 2002
Pw 16132 Nectar
Confection/Candy
Piping hot packaging
Packaging for Dragon Fire Gum from Amurol Confections Co. looks as hot as the product tastes. Designed in-house, the bright red steel tin delivers an upscale appearance.
May 31, 2002
Pw 16133 Dragon
Beverage
First PET, pasteurizable
In England, Coors Brewing Co. has launched Reef, a vodka-based fruit drink, in a three-layer plastic barrier bottle that’s fully pasteurizable.
May 31, 2002
Pw 16138 Coors
Cosmetics/Personal care
Two-chamber bottle serves Stridex
Spotted last month at a Chicagoland Walgreen’s store was Stri-Dex-brand Day & Night acne medication in a single dual-chamber bottle.
May 31, 2002
Pw 16141 Stridex1
Flexibles
Apple sauce tubes rocket into new markets
Launched into California in mid-2001, Selah, WA-based Tree Top’s Fruit Rocketz distribution expanded earlier this year to include the Pacific Northwest and Texas.
May 31, 2002
Pw 16142 Tree Top
Closures
Dry dental packs
Desiccant canisters add two-year shelf life for dental retraction cords.
May 31, 2002
Pw 16143 Belport Co
Closures
Wine's single-serve PET bottle serves new venues
In late April 2002, Canandaigua Wine introduced nationwide 375-ml PET bottles of Arbor Mist wine in four fruit flavors.
May 31, 2002
Pw 16145 Arbor Mist
Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials
Lunchmeats launch in reusable PP containers
The Hillshire Farm division of Sara Lee Foods, Cincinnati, OH, has selected GladWare® containers for its new Ultra-Thin Deli Select line of lunchmeats.
May 31, 2002
Pw 16146 Hillshire
Soups/Condiments/Sauces/Spices/Dips/Dressings
Food container demand rising
Plastic food containers will help drive food container demand to $12.6 billion by 2005, according to Food Containers.
May 31, 2002
Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)
Distributors remain big factor in purchases (sidebar)
Are distributors valued?
May 31, 2002
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