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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Beverage
Food
Other Packaged Goods
Filling/capping, dry
Auger filler
AMS Filling Systems (Malvern, PA) has developed the Model SA-100 servo-driven auger filler. It fills powders, granulars, flakes, liquids, gels and pastes into flexible bags at speeds to 120 containers/min.
September 30, 1997
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Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)
Flexible package cans aroma
This French coffee producer is the first to use a unique "flexible can" produced by an integrated grinding/packaging system that allows immediate filling and keeps aromas in.
September 30, 1997
Secondary Packaging
Label spells it all out
A new product launch by Alberto Culver receives a major boost from an elaborate booklet/label applied to the back of the container. Now available nationwide in food, drug and mass merchandisers, the Cortexx line of two shampoos and two conditioners contain a special gelatin that can help prevent hair loss by preventing split ends.
September 30, 1997
Flexibles
Pleasing consumers with unexpected packaging
Around our way, a Coca-Cola vending machine at the Cleveland Zoo recently surprised my wife and me by delivering a 20-oz contour PET bottle after forcefully pulling a dollar bill out of our hands.
September 30, 1997
Labels
FDA guidance for closures opens can of worms (sidebar)
Sour grapes on wine labels?
September 30, 1997
Dairy
McCormick Place becomes food 'store'
The Worldwide Food Expo '97 combines the efforts of U.S. dairy, meat and food processing associations at McCormick Place in Chicago. Attracted also by technical seminars and other meetings, nearly 35ꯠ are expected October 30 to November 2.
September 30, 1997
Flexible packaging
Stand-up pouch stands out on the shelf
Canadian marketer of coffee, nuts and spices jumps ahead of the competition by installing a versatile pouching system for nuts and coffees. Private-label packaging beckons.
September 30, 1997
Closures
FDA guidance for closures opens can of worms
Pharmaceutical packagers will have to ride a much tighter herd on suppliers if draft guidance is issued. Additional extraction studies and food additive petitions may inflate packaging costs.
September 30, 1997
Conveying & accumulation
Filler enables DriWater to eject rejects
Auger filler more accurately fills 1-qt paperboard cartons containing DriWater, a time-release liquid gel for areas where water is scarce. Greater fill accuracy reduces product and packaging material waste, and labor costs.
September 30, 1997
Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)
Components help conveying system find its bearings
Self-lubricating bearings make for smooth sailing of pasta-carrying buckets at Dakota Growers Pasta plant in Carrington, ND.
September 30, 1997
Flexible packaging
Nature's Pleasures launches fresh-cut apple slic es
This processor may not be the first to package apple slices in an extended shelf-life MAP format. But management believes its technology gives it an edge over those who pioneered the concept.
September 30, 1997
Consumer packaged goods
Purchasing people lack pay, sourcing opportunities (sidebar)
Survey crosses department, industry lines
September 30, 1997
Beverage
Purchasing people lack pay, sourcing opportunities
Purchasing agents are compensated the lowest among all respondents to Packaging World's exclusive salary survey. They say opportunities are being missed for sourcing better materials and arranging strategic partnerships with suppliers.
September 30, 1997
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