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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

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Converting equipment
Best of Brand Design honored
Sponsored by the newly renamed Brand Design Assn., the 1998 Gold Awards competition honored outstanding package design from around the world.
July 31, 1998
Conveying & accumulation
Lakeport likes can filling flexibility
This Ontario brewer designed a can filling line that accepts sizes from 8 to 32 oz. Secondary packaging can be corrugated trays, paperboard or plastic ring carriers.
July 31, 1998
Flexible packaging
Looking for a packaging edge? Explore technology's promises
If you're looking for an edge--and who isn't?--there's a wealth of emerging technology available today that can help: (1) improve the quality of your product; (2) heighten your packaging line productivity; (3) reduce your packaging costs; and (4) improve your product sales/profitability.
July 31, 1998
Filling/capping, liquid & viscous
Packagers predict future trends
Consolidation/globalization, the shift to flexibles and system speed/automation top a list of emerging trends cited by packagers, according to new PMMI research.
July 31, 1998
Recycling
Paper companies wax eloquent about wax separation process
A new patented process that separates wax from corrugated cases is designed to make wax-coated boxes recyclable, and to provide supplemental fiber for paper mills.
July 31, 1998
Flow wrapping
Flexo savings are in the bag
Bake-Line Products lowers print and package development costs while shortening lead times by switching from gravure-printed pre-made bags to flexo-printed rollstock.
July 31, 1998
Cartoning
Adhesives help Chelsea Milling stick to quality
Two hot melts and one cold-glue adhesive are instrumental in allowing this Michigan miller to package more than a million cartons every day. Bundling and tray packing have been upgraded, too, and ink-jet printing of corrugated shippers is a big improvement.
July 31, 1998
Flexibles
Frozen fish package is bait for consumers
Newport, KY-based StarKist Seafood, internationally known for its canned tuna, is entering a whole new category with its Seaside Gourmet(TM) premium-cut, frozen fish fillets.
July 31, 1998
Flexibles
New England Extrusion 'blows' into WI
In March, Turners Falls, MA, film maker New England Extrusion opened a 34ꯠ sq' plant in Milton, WI. The plant includes two new extrusion/blown film manufacturing lines from Reifenho/oouser (Lawrence, MA).
July 31, 1998
Closures
Can Oberto turn dried meats to salty snacks?
Oberto Sausage Co. is counting on new package graphics to get consumers thinking "salty snack" instead of "dried meat" when they encounter Oberto's dried jerky in the store.
July 31, 1998
Consumer packaged goods
Supplier news: International agreements
Dexter Packaging Coatings (Waukegan, IL) has signed an agreement with Toyo Ink's (Tokyo, Japan) Polymer Chemical to develop areas of collaboration within the container coatings market.
July 31, 1998
Flexibles
Harry's launches branded-no-brands
Store-branded items in the supermarket continue to grab bigger and bigger chunks of market share once belonging to branded items. Harry's Fresh Foods of Portland, OR, has come up with a way of capitalizing on this ongoing trend.
July 31, 1998
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