Secondary Packaging

The Sunkist seal of approval

Open cases were a hassle for Sunkist Growers affiliate Baird-Neece Packing Corp. A dual hot and cold glue system solves the problem, and increases output.

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Controls & Machine Components

National Starch & Chemical: Hot melt safety

Targeted to plant managers, National Starch & Chemical (Bridgewater, NJ) is hosting a symposium on improving plant safety and the significance of unsafe practices within a packaging operation.

March 31, 1998

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Donnybrook over spring brooks

FDA considers whether bottled water labels should carry information on levels of ingredients, contaminants and chemicals.

March 31, 1998

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Water bottling line completed by farmer (sidebar)

Selecting containers

March 31, 1998

Multipacking/shrink bundling/banding

Catching the rays

Packagers seek FDA approval of resins for use in overwrapping and trays for irradiated beef and poultry.

March 31, 1998

Cartoning

Looking for machinery trends? Read PMMI's numbers; forget DoC's

Ben Miyares is editor and publisher of the newsletter Packaging Management. He may be reached at 31408 Narragansett Lane, Bay Village, OH 44140. Telephone: 440/892-0998; Fax: 440/892-0208; e-mail: [email protected].

March 31, 1998

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

A good year for wine labels

Reflecting a surge in the wine industry, wine labels take precedence at recent awards competitions.

March 31, 1998

Conveying & accumulation

Water bottling line completed by farmer

To bottle its spring water in volume, Wisconsin farmer uses creativity to complete an automated bottling line. Homemade feeders and some change parts help keep total costs low.

March 31, 1998

Flexibles

Recycling on the web

There are now several sites cropping up on the web where packagers and package manufacturers alike can either source or recycle scrap packaging materials.

March 31, 1998

Beverage

MSU to demonstrate CAD/CAM package design

After a major fundraising campaign, Michigan State University's School of Packaging dedicated its completely new computer-aided-design and manufacturing system Feb.

March 31, 1998

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Donnybrook over spring brooks (sidebar)

Putting the squeeze on fresh fruit juice

March 31, 1998

Flexible packaging

Tortilla packs always get a date

La Siesta Foods tested a new ink-jet coder designed for food processing plants. Better reliability, easy cleaning and operation, and improved portability cut downtime for tortilla bakery.

March 31, 1998

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Catching the rays (sidebar)

Old MacDonald never had this kind of farm

March 31, 1998