Flexibles

Holographics provide sweet rewards

Whether it’s winning accolades from consumers or from two of Canada’s prestigious National Packaging Competition awards, the packaging for Cadbury Crunchie and Crispy Crunch candy bars keeps shining.

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Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Spalding's 'outrageous metal' box

XFL footballs from Spalding Sports Worldwide, Inc., kick up a notch the on-shelf presence of pigskin packaging. The Chicopee, MA, sporting goods company introduced a seven-item line of XFL footballs in late ’00, ahead of the league’s February debut.

April 30, 2001

Bakery/Snack

Used Equipment Marketplaces

Active Assets & Associates (www.activeassets.com) is an online marketplace for the sale of surplus industrial equipment and corporate assets to Latin American businesses.

April 30, 2001

Converting equipment

Other Marketplaces

ChemConnect Inc. (www.chemconnect.com) hosts an online B2B trading marketplace for worldwide plastics and chemicals buyers and sellers. It allows members to trade in three different ways: on the public exchange floor, in private corporate trading rooms, and on the commodities floor.

April 30, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Online inventory checks seem "berry" good

Gourmet food manufacturer Rothschild Berry Farms, Urbana, OH, started ordering glass containers and gold colored metal closures for its line of salsa, mustards, and dips in mid-January via TricorBraun’s preferred customer site at www.tricorbraun.com.

April 30, 2001

Beverage

Wine labels reflect high quality

The Robert Mondavi Winery, maker of premium Chilean wines Caliterra and Arboleda, wants its customers to know they are drinking a quality wine—even before they uncork the bottle.

April 30, 2001

Converting equipment

Appointments, promotions

—Hammer Lithograph (Rochester, NY): Hart Swisher, dir., innovation and technology; Andy Beach, mgr., technical services.

April 30, 2001

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Domestic acquisitions, agreements

—Impaxx Labels (Schaumburg, IL) has combined its businesses, including Trine Labelling Systems, Label-Aire Inc., and CMS Machine Systems into a focused group to offer packagers a single source for labeling equipment.

April 30, 2001

Coding, Printing & Labeling

The dog story, as promised

A couple of months ago, I mentioned in this space that I planned to write a heart-warming dog story. However, at the last minute, I had to substitute another topic.

April 30, 2001

Bakery/Snack

Garment retailer manages label inventory online

Men's apparel retailer Tropical Sportswear gains access to label order information.

April 30, 2001

Secondary Packaging

Company gets 'smart' with flexibles

A specially designed stand-up pouch helps this manufacturer of cleaning chemicals provide consumers with greater convenience and efficiency.

April 30, 2001

Cartoning

Sliced apples stay fresh for 36 days

Reichel Foods has moved from nacho chips and dip to luncheon meat to PBJ ‘Snax’ to carrots to celery, all in thermoformed trays. Now comes sliced apples with a 36-day refrigerated shelf life.

April 30, 2001

Cartoning

Sliced apples stay fresh for 36 days (sidebar)

Robotics to the rescue

April 30, 2001