Industries: Page 781

Dairy

Supplier news: Achievements

Bomatic, Inc. (Ontario, CA) has received an IMS Certification in PET packaging to supply the milk industry.-ISO 9001 certification: Dynaroll Inc. (San Fernando, CA); Weber Marking Systems, Inc.

December 31, 1998

Secondary Packaging

New press gains prove more than cosmetic

A new sheet-fed press at All Packaging boosts the converter's efficiency, speed, uptime and print quality. Neoteric Cosmetics is the first to benefit, obtaining vibrant folding cartons for its retail cosmetics.

December 31, 1998

Flexibles

Supplier news: Appointments, promotions

Mobil Chemical Co. (Pittsford, NY), Films Div.: James P. Ashmore, sales and marketing mgr., Americas; A.R. (Andy) Purdue, Americas business unit gen.

December 31, 1998

Flexibles

Dairy bottle blocks light?

In unveiling last month a bottle made of polyethylene terephthalate for 16-oz milk, Dallas-based Schepps Dairy was not the first to put fresh, refrigerated milk in PET (see Packaging World, November '97, p.

December 31, 1998

Containers

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Tubed Products (Easthampton, MA) has opened a new 90ꯠ sq' facility in Oxnard, CA. The increased production capability will service pharmaceutical, cosmetics and health and beauty product manufacturers on the West Coast.

December 31, 1998

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Global regs a trade threat?

Proposals for new international requirements on biotech-enhanced products pose a significant threat to global trade in food, beverages and other consumer products, warns the Grocery Manufacturers of America (GMA).

December 31, 1998

Beverage

Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

Honeywell Inc. (Freeport, IL) has executed an agreement to acquire Data Instruments Inc. (Acton, MA). The purchase is awaiting final government clearance.

December 31, 1998

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Label invites an escape to the islands

The new labels on bottles of Lemon Bay Virgin Island rum are as vibrant as the Virgin Islands themselves. Bottled for Owensboro, KY-based Barton Brands, Lemon Bay is a new citrus rum designed to compete with Bacardi Lim*n.

December 31, 1998

Contract Packaging

Shrink band decorates Christmas tree package

Italian chocolate manufacturer Perugina has exported chocolate-covered cherries to the U.S. at Christmas time for several years now. But this year for the first time the Christmas tree-shaped package that holds the foil-wrapped delicacies comes with an added component: a polyvinyl chloride band.

December 31, 1998

Flexibles

High-barrier films

Newly developed metallized oriented polypropylene called Ultra High Barrier film shows moisture and oxygen barrier properties approaching those of paper/foil/polyethylene structures.

December 31, 1998

Converting equipment

Tropicana twists again

In April Tropicana Products of Bradenton, FL, will launch Tropicana Twister in a new 20-oz five-layer bottle made by Continental PET Technologies (Florence, KY).

December 31, 1998

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

Fresh Express tests a transverse zipper

A leader in fresh-cut produce, Fresh Express Inc. of Salinas, CA, now is testing a zipper reclosure feature on 1-lb bags of garden salad. The pack is among the first to use the Z-Patch partial-width zipper, which comes from Z-Patch, Inc.

December 31, 1998