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Flexible packaging

New coex line broadens food pack offerings

Coextruded blown film is new to Enhance Packaging Technologies. ‘Pancake’ die technology gives maximum flexibility.

April 30, 2002

Cartoning

Johanna Foods touts new look for yogurt and juice

A full-body shrink-sleeve label replaces a paper label on tapered cups of Johanna Foods' reformulated La Yogurt. Meanwhile, 'extended long-life' equipment provides 70-day refrigerated shelf life for juices in 'on-the-go' cartons.

March 31, 2002

Converting equipment

Packaging workflow task force

A promising step toward streamlining and standardizing packaging prepress was the January publication of ANSI CGATS TR 011-2002.

March 31, 2002

Flexibles

Companies

–Aetna Group has located its U.S. div. in a 77ꯠ sq’ facility in Duluth, GA. –MeadWestvaco Corp.

March 31, 2002

Flexible packaging

Avail's upgrades up close

What did Avail Medical get for its $180ꯠ investment—comprising all costs including shipping—in its most recent machine improvements for a vertical form/fill/seal machine? In short, plenty.

March 31, 2002

Flexibles

Conference for closures

A two-day conference on closures for flexible packaging, Flexcor 2002, will be held March 6-7, at the Sofitel Chicago O’Hare Hotel in Rosemont, IL.

January 31, 2002

Converting equipment

Web Plus: Sites

New or enhanced Web sites

January 31, 2002

Converting equipment

Industry watch: Companies

Marconi Data Systems Inc. (Wood Dale, IL) has signed a definitive agreement with Danaher Corp. (Washington, D.C.) where Danaher will purchase Marconi Data Systems for $400 million USD.

January 31, 2002

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Morningstar Foods: Captive blow molding on ESL dairy line

On this extended shelf life bottling line for dairy products, this is one of two side-by-side coextrusion blow molders from Stork Food & Dairy Systems that produce bottles. Freshly blown bottles are then sent to silos via pneumatic tubes.

December 31, 2001

Converting equipment

Krones, Inc.: Contiform Stretch Blow-Molding Machine

CONTIFORM S16 - Plastics Technology Coca Cola, Genshagen (Berlin, Germany) Output: 8ꯠ - 38군 bph Flexible and efficient, the Contiform S two-stage, stretch blow molder incorporates the latest in high-speed process technology.

December 31, 2001

Conveying & accumulation

Krones, Inc.: Blow-fill bloc for non-carbonated water in PET

Krones offers a Blow-Fill BLOC for filling PET bottles with non-carbonated water. PET bottles are produced in the Contiform S20 stretch blow molding machine and immediately filled by the VO-DM-PET filler and then capped, without a rinser or air conveyors.

December 31, 2001

Palletizing/depalletizing

Suppliers quench Poland Spring's thirst for training

From bottle molding to palletizing, training from packaging equipment vendors is vital to mechanics at the Poland Spring, ME, bottling facility.

December 31, 2001