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Sustainable Packaging
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Coding, Printing & Labeling
EPA labeling proposal bugs industry
Agency proposal would ban numerous terms from labels of anti-microbial products—and even trade names.
April 30, 2000
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Conveying & accumulation
Versatile line for aseptics or CSD
Swiss bottler installs a PET line capable of filling either microbiologically sensitive beverages under aseptic conditions or carbonated soft drinks that don’t require asepsis. In its aseptic mode, the line fully immerses bottles and caps in the sterilant.
April 30, 2000
Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging
Containers capture consumer convenience
Surf wax in a deodorant-like container, an ergonomic waste container for biohazardous materials and a snowmobile lubricant in a jug designed for mittened hands are among this year’s NACD award winners.
April 30, 2000
Bakery/Snack
Club stores driving corrugated changes
Warehouse membership stores are one of the primary drivers of change in corrugated packaging. Here’s how some major manufacturers are coping.
April 30, 2000
Flexibles
Grape grower adds 'zip' to bag
A new bag with a sliding zipper keeps a grower’s grapes unitized and adds consumer convenience. The gussetted bags also display well on store shelves.
April 30, 2000
Labels
Sleeve label dresses exotic Chai teas
Celestial Seasonings’ stunning full-body sleeve label provides marketing advantages for tapered, square bottles of hot-filled Mountain Chai tea lattes.
April 30, 2000
Conveying & accumulation
New code's legibility smears its predecessor
Casa de Oro Foods’ new date coder produces a clean, legible date code on taco-shell cartons, tortilla bags and corrugated shippers. Downtime is minimal.
April 30, 2000
Flexible packaging
Packaging of chicken wings takes off
When Canadian poultry producer Olymel automated the packaging of its chicken wings, it was able to redeploy 12 operators formerly required for manual packaging.
April 30, 2000
Conveying & accumulation
Shipping problems warrant 'krafty' solution
Mathews Conveyor saves time, money and reputation by re-evaluating its void-fill packaging for the shipment of small spare parts.
April 30, 2000
Conveying & accumulation
Square minis shake up a bottling line
When UDV began bottling two new brands of schnapps in its Toronto plant, the square bottle called for new labeling technology.
April 30, 2000
Flexibles
LCP developments progressing
Superex Polymer pushes onward with development of liquid crystal polymers, which have potential application in multilayer beer bottles and stand-up pouches.
March 31, 2000
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Steam shrinking shows it's more than just hot air
Using hot air to shrink full-body labels to containers is fairly common. An alternative method, however, seems to be gaining steam. In the past month, Packaging World editors have heard of several applications where steam is the preferred method to shrink-apply labels to containers.
March 31, 2000
Conveying & accumulation
Lassonde innovates with Italian aseptic filler
Squared off in shape like its 2-L predecessor, Lassonde’s 420-mL PET bottle is aseptically filled at 400/min. It’s sold in a three-pack format that’s new to North America.
March 31, 2000
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