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Beverage

Bright future for PET?

At a July 3 shareholders' meeting of Schmalbach-Lubecha AG (Ratingen, Germany) in Dsseldorf, CEO Hanno C. Fiedler observed that the improved barrier properties of PET packaging will make PET ever more popular as the material for containers of mineral water and other sensitive food products such as fruit juices and baby food.

August 31, 1997

Closures

Lotion pump

The EuroFlow® is a lotion pump from SeaquistPerfect (Cary, IL). Available in 1.0- or 2.0-cc dosages, the pump is offered with a ribbed- or smooth-wall closure.

July 31, 1997

Cosmetics/Personal care

On-product outsert

Topflight (York, PA) has introduced sealed, multiple-fold, multiple-perforation adhesive information booklets called Infoserts. They're designed to adhere directly on the surface of cosmetics, food, beverage, or over-the-counter medication containers.

July 31, 1997

Flow wrapping

Flow wrapper for heat- or cold-sealable films

The Pack 300 from Klockner Bartelt Medipak (Sarasota, FL) is a new servo-driven system for flow wrapping products in heat- or cold-sealable films. Operating at speeds of 300+ packages/min, depending on product and packaging material, the Pack 300 is suitable for multi-shift, non-stop production.

July 31, 1997

Case erect/seal

Adhesive applicator

The Scotch ATG 700 Adhesive Applicator from 3M Industrial Tape and Specialties Div. (St. Paul, MN) is easier to load and holds up to 60 yds more tape than its predecessor, the 752.

July 31, 1997

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Labeling adhesive

Designed to accommodate a range of label stocks, substrates, processing and end uses, National Starch and Chemical (Bridgewater, NJ) has introduced a new hot melt adhesive.

July 31, 1997

Consumer packaged goods

Pinch-bottom bag

Bancroft Bag (W. Monroe, LA) has introduced the Mini-Pinch pinch-bottom bag. Measuring less than 18" long, this size provides petfood companies with a package that's insect resistant.

July 31, 1997

Additives, coatings & inks

Patently controversial

Big business is losing the fight to make patent applications public. But it's gaining on its goal of creating a better funded, better operated U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

July 31, 1997

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Fruit's best fresh, MAP cup proves

Canadian fruit marketer uses modified atmosphere packaging to get a fresh fruit combo, with an 18-day shelf life, to convenience stores via central distribution channels.

July 31, 1997

Flexibles

Cryogenic cooling of heat-set PET awaits patents

The technology's not commercial yet, and it certainly has its skeptics. Test results show that thermal and barrier properties are enhanced significantly by blowing PET into heated molds and cooling with LN2 delivered by a unique new system.

July 31, 1997

Conveying & accumulation

Coke 'airmails' bottles at 1,000 bpm

More than 6괌 feet of air conveyors at Jundiai, Brazil, carry contour PET Coca-Cola bottles from blow molders to labelers and then on to bottling lines some 220 yards away. U.S. technology keeps filling lines from having to wait for prelabeled bottles.

July 31, 1997

Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Millennium Petrochemicals Inc. (Cincinnati, OH) plans to shut down its HDPE production plant in La Porte, TX, by the end of 1998. The company will add 200 million lb/yr of LDPE and LLDPE capacities by the end of 2001 by debottlenecking existing reactors in Clinton, IA, Port Arthur and La Porte, TX.

July 31, 1997