Consumer packaged goods

Aluminum 'shoebox' lifts Air Jordans

The "shoebox" for Air Jordan XVII basketball shoes from Jordan, a division of Nike, Beaverton, OR, is nearly as extraordinary as MJ himself. Retailing for as much as $200, Air Jordan XVII shoes are packaged in an aluminum briefcase, providing a presence that's head and shoulders above other shoe packaging.

February 28, 2002

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Flexibles

Sargento wins FPA Member's Choice Award

Sargento Cheese, Plymouth, WI, was honored with The FPA Member’s Choice Award for its reclosure feature used for its Chef Style shredded mozzarella cheese pouch.

February 28, 2002

Beverage

What's affecting buying at major companies?

Representatives of ConAgra, Nestle USA, and Gallo Winery candidly shared thoughts on machinery purchasing at PMMI's meeting in November.

February 28, 2002

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

Recloseable feature 'snaps' onto pretzel pack

At Snaxpo 2002, held February 16 - 19 in Chicago, Packaging World spotted printed prototype flexible film bags for Herr's 22-oz Sourdough Bite Size Hard Pretzels that included the Easy Snap™ closure system.

February 28, 2002

Controls & Machine Components

Siko Products, Inc: Measuring linear displacement

The miniature SG10 wire-actuated encoder from Siko Products (Dexter, MI) is for measuring lengths to 1000 mm (39.4”). Suitable for small machine displacements, the SG10 converts linear movement into precise rotational values.

February 28, 2002

Secondary Packaging

Hershey speaks out

Hershey Foods engineers speak candidly about standardization, globalization, obsolescence, modularity, and harmonizing end user and machine builder standards.

February 28, 2002

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

Rockwell Automation: Rockwell Automation: Controls improve vf/f/s operations

Bosch Packaging (Bridgman, MI) adds controls and servomotor drives from Rockwell Automation (Milwaukee, WI) to Model SVE 2510 vf/f/s machines. With Allen-Bradley ControlLogix™ networking onboard, the improvement allows users to customize and adjust the continuous-motion machine’s settings quickly and precisely.

February 28, 2002

Flexibles

Pouch-making par excellence

When Toronto-based MAC Cosmetics recently reformulated its Pro Lash mascara, management also executed a dramatic package redesign. Out went the carton, which is used almost universally for mascara products, and in came a custom-designed stand-up pouch.

February 28, 2002

Detergents/cleaners

P&G 'pumps' cleaning container

Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble granted a license to Changing Paradigms LLC, West Chester, OH, to make and distribute a “kid-safe” household cleaner in the United States called Pampers Clean ‘n Play.

February 28, 2002

Consumer packaged goods

Clemson spreads paperboard knowledge

The Packaging Science Department at Clemson University, Clemson, SC, recently added a handbook to its Packaging Science 204 class.

February 28, 2002

Beverage

Gallo leads way in packaging equipment buys

E. & J. Gallo Winery will be an active purchaser of packaging equipment, especially in the current down market. So said Modesto, CA-based Gallo’s director of engineering John Kalal to the fall meeting of the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (Arlington, VA).

February 28, 2002

Closures

Frito-Lay bottles snacks ?to go?

While flexible packages have dominated grocers’ snack food aisles in recent years, two major snack producers have introduced new products in rigid containers in the past few months.

February 28, 2002

Closures

New product takes on bold look

In January, Dover, DE-based Playtex Products released its first daily facial care moisturizer under its Banana Boat line of sun-protection products.

February 28, 2002