Converting equipment

Bottled water gets hip

A unique, flask-shaped container made of polyethylene terephthalate for Vijay mineral water is attracting the attention of consumers in Australia, where the package debuted in January.

June 30, 1999

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Flexible packaging

Food, beverage packaging to star at supermarkets

New packages stand out for major brands like Snapple, Mrs. Butterworth's and Sara Lee at this year's FMI show.

June 30, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

A Whoopi champagne celebration

Korbel attempts to bring champagne into summer celebrations with a Brut Rose bottle decorated with artwork by comedienne Whoopi Goldberg.

June 30, 1999

Labels

New label doesn't corrode

Aggressive cleaning products and labels often don't mix. Just ask Wayne, NJ-based Castrol. The printing on the surface-printed in-mold label used on 1-gal jugs of its Super Clean(TM) cleaner and degreaser was disintegrating whenever the liquid cleaner dripped over the label.

June 30, 1999

Converting equipment

Print market, technology perspectives

Graphical Arts Technical Foundation forcasts print markets, while a book from the Foundation of Flexographic Technical Assn. reflects recent changes in flexogrphic printing

June 30, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Nitrate labeling debate

California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) wants a panel of scientific experts to review data on sodium nitrite before listing it as "harmful to consumers" under the State's Proposition 65 chemical warning label law.

June 30, 1999

Consumer packaged goods

Software awards compute well

Packages for driving and flying software win recognition in the third-annual Software Package Awards presented by the Software & Information Industry Assn.

June 30, 1999

Meat/Poultry/Seafood

Show me the symbol

USDA has received more than 700 responses from consumers demanding that irradiated ground beef be clearly labeled so consumers know what they're buying.

June 30, 1999

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Luxurious look for premium products

A new line of Log Cabin syrups and pancake mixes fills a gap in the marketplace between mainstream brands and high-priced specialty brands, says Ed Yuhas, director of con-sumer marketing for Aurora Foods, Columbus, OH.

June 30, 1999

Cosmetics/Personal care

INTL. DESIGN COMPETITION

Developed under the auspices of HBA Global Expo, the Intl. Package Design Competition is for the cosmetics, fragrance, skin-care and personal-care products marketing companies.

June 30, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Brits debate genetic food labeling

The controversy between the U.S. and Europe over whether or not genetically altered foods should be so labeled heated up recently when the British Medical Assn.

June 30, 1999

Flexibles

Canandaigua touts dual-spout box

Consumers can now serve both a white and blush wine from the same package thanks to "Party in a Box," currently being test-marketed by Canandaigua Wine Co.

June 30, 1999

Flexibles

Eidos plays no games in making package comps

Colorful game box comps produced digitally help Eidos Interactive sell computer games to retail buyers before boxes are created for production.

June 30, 1999