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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Beverage
Food
Other Packaged Goods
Conveying & accumulation
Depends how you slice it
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s packaging equipment certification proposal could raise costs for machinery buyers.
September 30, 2000
Industries: Page 723
Flexible packaging
Contract packer 'zips' into stand-up pouches
Customers like Dole help contract packer California Redi-Date grow its stand-up pouch business. Resealable zippers work well with pouch-making equipment and provide easy opening and reclosing.
September 30, 2000
Consumer packaged goods
Cleaning up the codes
Contract packager Angeles Chemical Co. was experiencing too much downtime with the coder it was using to code retail packages of the solvents and chemicals it packs.
September 30, 2000
Sustainability
'Bottle can' springs from two new technologies
Daiwa Can Co. has created a uniquely hybrid package with its aluminum ‘bottle can.’ A lamination of PET film to aluminum replaces conventional coil coatings.
September 30, 2000
Conveying & accumulation
Sapporo turns heads with 'Shot Bottle'
It’s part can and part bottle, and marketers at Sapporo Breweries believe this reclosable aluminum bottle will bring new excitement to a premium brand of beer.
September 30, 2000
Flexibles
Supplier partnerships encouraged in purchasing (sidebar)
What do supplier partners gain?
September 30, 2000
Contract Packaging
Supplier partnerships encouraged in purchasing
Most companies that participated in Packaging World’s vendor consolidation survey encouraged partnership arrangements with suppliers. All respondents expect better price and service, but others seek on-site technical help, supply guarantees and materials price hedging opportunities.
September 30, 2000
Prepared Foods
How OEMs can improve training
Respondents to Packaging World’s online training survey have a long list of changes they’d like equipment builders to make in their training programs.
September 30, 2000
Cosmetics/Personal care
Plant personnel decry lack of training
Although most participants in this summer’s training survey (see p. 116) had management roles, the same recognition of training also comes from the plant floor.
September 30, 2000
Beverage
Packagers eager for more training (sidebar)
Factors important to effective training
September 30, 2000
Prepared Foods
Packagers eager for more training
More than ever before, training on equipment and components is seen as a vital need to companies that make all types of products. However, the lack of time and lukewarm company commitments are major obstacles, and the quality of training is also criticized.
September 30, 2000
Conveying & accumulation
Crown Candy receives royal wrapper
Candy maker purchases new horizontal flow wrapper for wrapping large, coconut bon bons. The PC-controlled machine reduces changeover, increases line speeds and simplifies the packaging process.
September 30, 2000
Flexible packaging
Pouch machinery fills versatility needs
Hf/f/s pouch equipment reduces material waste and ups speed for California Redi-Date. The contract packager plans to employ a similar machine to add versatility.
September 30, 2000
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