Flexibles

Primate-powered packaging

Delicious Brands, marketers of Frookie® Funky Monkeys® graham crackers, wanted its new packaging to be as fun as its name.

May 31, 2000

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Dairy

Case makes waves on shelf

When Blue Diamond Growers needed a clever way to display its four-packs of Almond Breeze™ nondairy beverage for club stores, a handled case of single-faced corrugated from WaveFlute Products (Chino, CA) emerged as an appropriate solution.

May 31, 2000

Flexibles

Novelty packages greet FMI visitors

Retorted trays for Café Express™ from Wornick are launched at participating 7-Eleven stores nationwide. In a nearby booth, a 12-oz bottle is topped by an HDPE push/pull closure molded in the likeness of Scooby-Doo™.

May 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

PCs penetrating packaging lines

In an exclusive PW survey, nearly half of packagers now report using PC-controlled packaging equipment, with more growth projected. However, commitment to PLCs remains strong.

May 31, 2000

Labels

Dual-ovenable HMRs use logo

The new VersaTray™ identifying logo used by purveyors of HMRs emphasizes the CPET tray's dual-ovenable nature.

May 31, 2000

Soups/Condiments/Sauces/Spices/Dips/Dressings

Easy-open end for Campbell's RTS soups

“Campbell Soup Co. today announced the most comprehensive new product and packaging initiative in its history.”That, in a May 17 press release, is how Camden, NJ-based Campbell introduced the easy-open full-panel ends soon to appear on all of Campbell’s ready-to-serve soups.

May 31, 2000

Beverage

Hyde Park Electronics: Corrosion-resistant sensor

The Superprox® Model SM900A-7-STS series proximity sensor from Hyde Park (Dayton, OH) is suitable for applications involving corrosive chemicals and chemical-based materials.

May 31, 2000

Cosmetics/Personal care

Fischer & Krecke, Inc: CI flexo press

Fischer & Krecke’s (Fairfield, NJ) Flexpress 16 S is the first of a new generation of servo-driven, gearless central-impression flexographic printing presses.

May 31, 2000

Conveying & accumulation

Washdown motor

The Paint Free Inverter Drive® Motor is the latest addition to Baldor’s (Fort Smith, AR) family of washdown duty motors. Offering ?

May 31, 2000

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Omega Design Corp.: Bottle unscrambler

The Bauman ACO bottle unscrambler from Omega Design (Exton, PA) requires no tools for container changeover. Handling 500-mL to 5-L bottles at speeds from 150 to 600/min, automatic changeover is directed through a PLC.

May 31, 2000

Containers

No plain Jane

The Jane Cosmetics Division of Estée Lauder, New York, NY, called on Sterling Group (New York, NY) to design a line of skin care products for teens.

May 31, 2000

Beverage

Juiced-up labels

Thirty-year-old After The Fall fruit beverages from Smucker Quality Beverages, Chino, CA, needed a packaging redesign to convey a “hipper” attitude.

May 31, 2000

Closures

Right as rain

To communicate Rain Vodka’s natural organic grain and premium quality, Spar Inc. (New Orleans, LA) redesigned the spirit’s bottle to resemble a clear, pure raindrop.

May 31, 2000