Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Pennzoil buttons up coder problems

New small-character ink-jet coders provide one-button shutdown and start-up while cutting maintenance time by at least 50% compared to previous coders.

October 31, 1998

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Flexibles

Employee retention through TLC

Want to keep packaging professionals from seeking opportunities elsewhere? Demonstrate clearly how much you want them in your 'career tent.'

October 31, 1998

Dairy

Supplier news: International agreements

A mutually exclusive agreement signed by Twinpak's (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) dairy and food packaging group and RPC Bebo Plastik GmbH (Bremervorde, Germany) grants both parties access to the other's marketing and technology rights for their own market regions.

October 31, 1998

Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: Achievements

TAPPI'S polymers, laminations & coatings div. has recognized three individuals with awards: Thomas I. Butler of Dow Chemical Co. received the 1998 Leadership & Service Award and Andreas Ahlbrandt Prize; George E.

October 31, 1998

Secondary Packaging

Plastic packs let Jobe's grow outdoors

Easy Gardener introduces a stand-up pouch and overwrapped "cookie pack" for its outdoor plant, tree and garden fertilizers. Replacing paperboard cartons, the plastic packs withstand moisture in flourishing outdoor lawn-and-garden centers.

October 31, 1998

Sustainable Packaging

People do make the difference

By now, you know that Packaging World doesn't frivolously publish editorials. This month, I'm turning over this editorial space to John Wasserlein, who, just a few months before his retirement from Fraser Papers (Stamford, CT) as president and CEO, addressed the graduates at the University of Maine with a message that's at the core of our special reports on recruiting and retaining talented employees.

October 31, 1998

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Organic labeling

USDA is expected to issue a second draft of its organic labeling regulations by the end of the year. Bowing to pressure from the organics industry, the latest draft will include a stricter definition of what can be labeled organic.

October 31, 1998

Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

Exxon Chemical Americas' North American Polyethylene Div. will serve as the organization's materials liason for consulting and training.

October 31, 1998

Labeling

New egg labeling

USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has decreed that as of August 1999 egg cartons must bear a label indicating that eggs must be refrigerated and that uncracked, uncooked eggs must be kept at a temperature of 45°F while being processed and shipped to consumers.

October 31, 1998

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Veryfine grabs for added sales with new bottles

The latest hot-filled plastic bottle from Veryfine has a unique grip molded into the sidewalls just above the top of the colorful full-wrap film label.

October 31, 1998

Closures

Candy container for captured creatures

Amurol Confections had kid collectors in mind with its Bug City package, a polystyrene jar filled with 2.4 oz of insect-shaped candy tarts. The Bug City product is not new.

October 31, 1998

Converting equipment

Jams and jellies take to PET

Recent advances in injection stretch/ blow molding technology have made it possible for food marketers to hot-fill foods into wide-mouth jars made of heat-set polyethylene terephthalate.

October 31, 1998

Consumer packaged goods

Hurricane relief

In the aftermath of Hurricane Georges on the Gulf Coast, an unusual line of shelf-stable entrees helped feed inhabitants at shelters when the storm cut local power.

October 31, 1998