Controls & Machine Components

wp industries, inc.: Wire mesh containers

Folding, resuable wire mesh containers, developed by awp industries, inc. (Frankfort, KY), are rated for a maximum capacity of 4ꯠ lb.

July 31, 2000

Industries: Page 727

Household/Automotive

Pennzoil's futuristic packaging

When Pennzoil® launched its Synthetic line of automotive products, marketers there were looking for a package that conveyed the advanced technology of the product.

July 31, 2000

Flexibles

Tang-y pouch transformation

Tang®, a staple in many American diets for 43 years, is changing its look, with five new flavors in stand-up pouches.

July 31, 2000

Flexible packaging

Appointments, promotions

Inland Paperboard and Packaging, Inc. (Austin, TX): Dale E. Stahl, president, COO.

July 31, 2000

Consumer packaged goods

Domestic acquisitions, agreements

SWF Companies (Sanger, CA) has acquired Salwasser Mfg. Co., Inc. (Reedley, CA).

July 31, 2000

Flexibles

Relocations, expansions

DT Industries Packaging Group (Springfield, MO) has created DT Eng. Services, a service that enables its customers to tap the resources of engineers from the 18 global mfg.

July 31, 2000

Converting equipment

Britvic takes aim at children

Pleased with consumer response to its custom black “dumb bell” bottle for Tango soft drinks in a 500-mL size, UK soft drinks manufacturer Britvic has launched a 250-mL PET version aimed squarely at children.

July 31, 2000

Flexibles

Mead products use gravure printed film

The latest additions to Mead Johnson Nutritional’s Viactiv® nutrition supplement line are Spritzers in 8-oz glass and Energy Fruit Smoothies in 8-oz aluminum cans.

July 31, 2000

Closures

Aluminum bottle wows Cannex

At Cannex 2000 in Brisbane, Australia, in May, The Canmaker magazine announced the results of its Cans of the Year 2000 competition. The overall winner was the “bottle can,” a reclosable two-piece aluminum bottle developed by Daiwa Can (Tokyo, Japan).

July 31, 2000

Dairy

Supplier Web sites: The pain and the promise

One of the most astonishing findings of a survey we conducted earlier this year is that packaging buyers are still slogging through general Web search engines to source packaging suppliers.

July 31, 2000

Conveying & accumulation

Radius brushes away excess costs

Shrink sleeve bundling system enables Radius to unitize plastic cases of its unusual toothbrushes in film sleeves rather than the more costly folding cartons it had used.

July 31, 2000

Conveying & accumulation

Capsule-counting tech comes to NAI

New equipment at this California contract packager includes a tablet/capsule line with the latest in tablet-counting technology. On-line thermal-transfer coding shines, too.

July 31, 2000

Conveying & accumulation

HDPE totes fit Pep Boys

Reusable HDPE totes in two heights with one footprint improve cube efficiency on pallets and lower damage at a Pep Boys distribution center.

July 31, 2000