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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
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Coding, Printing & Labeling
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Food
Other Packaged Goods
Filling/capping, liquid & viscous
PLS speeds changeover, boosts reliability for Lever
A programmable limit switch speeds changeover and extends capabilities of new hot melt applicator and rebuilt filler.
May 31, 1999
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Filling/capping, dry
All-Fill Inc: Auger filler
All-Fill's (Exton, PA) Cerebus III Model B-400 auger filling machine dispenses powders, liquids or any dry product in amounts from 500 mg to 100 lb.
May 31, 1999
Containers
Anchors aweigh
U.S. pushes for total rewrite of international maritime packaging rules for hazardous materials.
May 31, 1999
Sustainable Packaging
Redesigned handbook glamorizes fiberboard boxes
Y2K is one of the hottest topics as we approach the new millennium. But the years 2002 and 2003 are significant to fiberboard packaging because those years mark the 100th Anniversary of the development of solid fiber boxes, and corrugated's first approval as a valid shipping material, respectively.
May 31, 1999
Protective/transport packaging
Tinted bottles shield milk from UV light
When it comes to milk jugs, "Yellow is better," according to Smith Dairy Products, maker of the opaque yellow "Super Jug" of milk. The extrusion-blown, high-density polyethylene jug blocks out ultraviolet light emanating from fluorescent lighting in the supermarket dairy case or from the sun itself, according to the company.
May 31, 1999
Controls & Machine Components
TechniStar Corp.: Muffin-transfer system
TechniStar's (Longmont, CO) TMT Series transfer system for cake products uses an end-of-arm tool with as many as 36 vacuum cups to pick up baked and cooled muffins or cupcakes and place them in acetate trays, in one motion.
May 31, 1999
Flexibles
Supplier news: Relocations, expansions
Mobil Chemical Co. Films Div. (Macedon, NY) has consolidated its headquarters and R&D operations into one facility at 729 Pittsford-Palmyra Rd., Macedon, NY 14502; phone: 315/966-1000, fax: 315/966-5033.
April 30, 1999
Flexibles
Clarification
In the March issue of Packaging World, a p. 36 story about a paint pouch marketed by Testor Corp. identified the flexible film structure incorrectly.
April 30, 1999
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Bottled water labeling
Bottled water may be safe, but the environmental activist group Natural Resources Defense Council petitioned FDA to set strict limits for a wide variety of contaminants in bottled water and to require bottled water labels to disclose contaminants.
April 30, 1999
Containers
New tube attracts Asian market
A sleek new tube carries on the Elizabeth Arden tradition of understated elegance. The 4.2-oz tube of Visible Whitening Foaming Cleanser is made solely for the Asian market--Japan, Korea and the Asia-Pacific regions.
April 30, 1999
Detergents/cleaners
Two chambers are better than one
A compelling dual-chamber design for Unilever Home & Personal Care's new Dove Nutrium body wash makes for more than just an eye-catching bottle. According to the company, separating the body wash (white chamber) from the moisturizer (pink chamber) maximizes the benefits of the two formulas.
April 30, 1999
Beverage
Supplement labels
Dietary supplement labels now must contain more complete information, including a clear identity statement, a complete list of ingredients and a new "Supplement Facts" information panel.
April 30, 1999
Flexibles
Supplier news: Relocations, expansions
Equistar Chemicals, LP (Houston, TX) recently installed a seven-layer blown film line at its Cincinnati, OH, technology center.
April 30, 1999
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