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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Beverage
Food
Other Packaged Goods
Recycling
Dean 'Chugs' along at Pack Expo 98
Overall attendance at November's Pack Expo reached 78괡, setting a new record. That figure is even more impressive considering that the number of international attendees reportedly declined by nearly 3%, presumably due in part to economic difficulties in Asia.
November 30, 1998
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Beverage
Supplier news: Relocations, expansions
Schneider Packaging (Brewerton, NY) has completed a major expansion of its Brewerton, NY, facility, resulting in a total of 52ꯠ sq' of mfg.
November 30, 1998
Flexibles
Unusual pouch springs forth at Interbev
Spotted at Interbev '98 in Dallas this October was a most intriguing stand-up pouch for Naturelle Spring Water(TM). The 200-mL (6.75 oz) pouches are marketed by SaddleSprings Beverage Co.
November 30, 1998
Flexibles
Chips-and-salsa MAP pack debuts
The creative minds behind the AriZona Beverages brand have made their first major foray into food, launching a unique salsa-and-chips meal kit (pictured is a prototype)under the new Blue Luna Café brand.
November 30, 1998
Sustainable Packaging
Antibacterial claims misleading?
Many types of household products sporting "antibacterial" labels are being snapped up by germ-wary consumers, but there is growing concern among government regulators and health professionals that many labels are misleading.
November 30, 1998
Labeling
Kodak shoots for better labels
Kodak's Health Imaging facility in Windsor, CO, switched suppliers of thermal-transfer print ribbons primarily to gain greater print consistency and clarity on its labels.
November 30, 1998
Flexibles
Snappy new labels update Snapple bottles
For its 32-oz bottles of Snapple sold in convenience stores, Triarc Beverage needed a tough label with better water resistance than the paper or paper/film laminations it was using.
November 30, 1998
Consumer packaged goods
Supplier news: International agreements
Montell Polyolefins (Hoofddorp, the Netherlands), Showa Denko K.K. (Tokyo, Japan) and Nippon Petrochemicals Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) have announced their intention to establish a joint venture in Japan, to be named Japan Polyolefins Co., Ltd.
November 30, 1998
Containers
Composite canister ousts steel can for nuts
Gone are 603 x 408 steel cans for foodservice nut products at Azar Nuts of El Paso, TX. Foodservice vice president Gary Stewart couldn't be happier.
November 30, 1998
Flexibles
Stand-up package
To help customers maximize shelf space, Tiromat (Biedenkopf-Wallau, Germany) has introduced the TiroFreeze stand-up package for frozen products. These packages are thermoformed foamed PP trays topped with BOPP film, with or without a window.
October 31, 1998
Coding, Printing & Labeling
B&H Labeling Systems: Roll-fed labeler
The Model 2600 roll-fed labeler from B&H (Ceres, CA) labels containers measuring 2" to 5" in dia and 6 oz to 3 L in volume at speeds to 500 cpm.
October 31, 1998
Controls & Machine Components
T & S Equipment Co.: Drum gripper
T&S Equipment (Angola, IN) introduces the Drum Gripper, attachable to forklifts via a safety chain that's included. Once secured to the forklift, the Gripper's curved arms fit tightly under the drum rib, ready to lift either 30- or 55-gal steel drums weighing up to 1귔 lb.
October 31, 1998
Feeding/inserting/unscrambling
North American Automation: Buffer-feeder system
Rotzinger's Mold-to-Wrap confectionery handling system for misshapen molded products, such as chocolate candies, will be on display through North American Automation (Glen Ellyn, IL).
October 31, 1998
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