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Supplier news: International agreements
Mafatlal Industries, Ltd. (Mumbai, India), NOCIL (Mumbai, India), Montell Polyolefins (Hoofddorp, the Netherlands) and Shell Chemicals Ltd.
October 31, 1998
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Coding, Printing & Labeling
No imported meat labeling
The food industry breathed a sigh of relief when House and Senate conferees agreed to drop from the 1999 Agriculture Appropriations bill a requirement that all fresh and processed meat products containing imported beef or lamb be labeled "imported." The labeling requirement would have covered everything from ground beef to frozen dinner entrees.
October 31, 1998
Closures
Palm Beach style for every consumer
Lake Success, NY-based Ferolito, Vultaggio & Sons, makers of AriZona beverages, is introducing a new malt liquor product called Palm Beach. The two cocktail-style drink flavors, Margarita and Cosmopolitan, are in frosted-glass, flask-style bottles.
October 31, 1998
Flexible packaging
P&G tests snacks in stand-up, resealable pouches
Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble has begun test-marketing Eagle-brand snack foods in stand-up pouches with zipper reclosures. The test, which began in August, is only in Portland, ME.
October 31, 1998
Conveying & accumulation
Cellulose film is a star
Candy maker Bonbons Napoleon NV has started packaging its sweets in UCB Films' (Smynra, GA) Star-Twist(TM) 315 XC.
October 31, 1998
Beverage
Coke promotion shifts into high gear
Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Co. is revving up for the NASCAR auto racing season with a series of nine commemorative 8-oz glass bottles. Eight of the bottles feature heat-transfer decorating bearing the face of the Coca-Cola Family drivers.
October 31, 1998
Beverage
A beer for all seasons
What would the changing seasons be without packaging that reflects and celebrates the change?
October 31, 1998
Flexible packaging
Vf/f/s for pouches
PC 18 vf/f/s machine from GEI Mateer (Exton, PA) produces pouches from 11/2" to 12" W to hold product volumes from 1/4 oz to 1 gal. Handles pumpable products like liquid cheese, as well as particulates up to 11/2".
September 30, 1998
Controls & Machine Components
M & M Industries Inc: Open-head container
The Life Latch® Superseal from M & M Industries (Chattanooga, TN) is an open-head container that can seal moisture in or out. It holds a vacuum, seals in a liquid and can be tightened-yet it opens like a household jar.
September 30, 1998
Feeding/inserting/unscrambling
Cavanna U.S.A.: Servo-driven transfer
New Servo NKZ right-angle transfer for horizontal wrappers is ideal for handling slugs or biscuits at up to 170 wraps/min on equipment from Cavanna U.S.A.
September 30, 1998
Filling/capping, dry
Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery, Inc: Auger filler
From Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery (Sturtevant, WI) comes a new brochure on its line of Digitronic® auger fillers used to package dry materials in the food, chemical and pharmaceutical industries.
September 30, 1998
Containers
Trip leasing program
Hoover Materials Handling Group (Alpharetta, GA) has developed new literature outlining its trip leasing program for users of IBCs and drums. Called "It's as easy as 1-2-3," the new brochure outlines the process companies can take to trip-lease containers for industrial applications.
September 30, 1998
Controls & Machine Components
DuPont Packaging: Barrier film
A new barrier film, made with nylon and a new grade of DuPont (Wilmington, DE) Surlyn® packaging resin, was developed by Italian converter Alcom Srl (Campogalliano, Italy).
September 30, 1998
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