Converting equipment

Pace picks barrier bottle for picante sauce

In July Campbell Soup's Pace Foods, San Antonio, TX, rolled out its picante sauce in a proprietary 20-oz squeezable plastic barrier bottle.

August 31, 1998

Industries: Page 792

Coding, Printing & Labeling

New look brings a boom in sales

New labels on 750-mL glass bottles of six varietals from Delicato Family Vineyards have brought a significant increase in sales for the Novato, CA, wine maker.

August 31, 1998

Beverage

Packaging Hall of Fame

Four packaging professionals have been elected to the Packaging Hall of Fame by members of the Packaging Education Forum. They are: James L. Chestnutt, president of Packaging Consultants, Inc.; Joseph J.

August 31, 1998

Soups/Condiments/Sauces/Spices/Dips/Dressings

Chinese sauce maker is secure with ink-jet coding

In Guangzhou, China, a recent conversion from contact stamp coders to ink-jet coding is helping guarantee the authenticity and quality of Jammy Chai Food Co.'s flavorful bottled sauces.

August 31, 1998

Labels

Shamrock sues Dean over milk jug shape

Phoenix-based Shamrock Foods Co. has filed a "declaratory judgment action" in federal court in Phoenix, AZ. It seeks a ruling that the packaging for its Shamrock Farms "mmmmilk(TM)" single-serve milk products does not violate any trademark or trade dress rights that Dean Foods Co.

August 31, 1998

Bakery/Snack

Supplier news: Appointments, promotions

Formost Packaging Machines (Woodinville, WA): James J. Diver, sales mgr., bakery sales.

July 31, 1998

Flexibles

Kraft Foods 'hedges' for cost consistency

Food processor broadens cost-control strategy from ingredients into packaging materials thanks to new 'intermediaries.' Commodity-type contracts provide insurance against material price run-ups.

July 31, 1998

Flexibles

Packaging suppliers in headlights of MACT truck (sidebar)

OSHA complicates EPA compliance

July 31, 1998

Additives, coatings & inks

Kraft Foods 'hedges' for cost consistency (sidebar)

No effect on converters

July 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Cutler-Hammer: Cutler-Hammer: Motor control cabinet

DeviceNet MCC is the first DeviceNet-compatible industrial-grade motor control center, says manufacturer Cutler-Hammer (Milwaukee, WI). It allows operators control from a single PC or PLC in conjunction with a man-machine interface.

July 31, 1998

Conveying & accumulation

Paper companies wax eloquent about wax separation process (sidebar)

'Reverse-cleaning' separates wax from fiber

July 31, 1998

Filling/capping, dry

Eastman Chemical Company: Eastman Chemical Company: Cosmetics jars

Colt's (Daysville, Conn.) has expanded its packaging line with new cosmetics jars suitable for makeup, loose powders, creams, face treatments and bath and body products.

July 31, 1998

Flexible packaging

Tiger thermoforms paper/plastic structure for cheese

Swiss company is believed first to use cellulose in a thermoform/fill/seal package for shelf-stable packs of cheese. The 20-g packs of cheese were introduced in the U.S. in June.

July 31, 1998