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Converting equipment

Flexible tubes

By using injection molding rather than extrusion and reducing the number of steps in the converting process, Zestron Research (Mt. Eliza, Australia) says it has cut the costs of squeeze tubes by more than 50%.

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Converting equipment

Gas-phase resins

Chevron Chemical (Houston, TX) has published a brochure titled "Bringing You More," which details its new high-performance, high-density gas-phase resins for blow molding.

August 31, 1999

Flexible packaging

WestPack celebrates 50 years of packaging innovation

Featuring five specialty pavilions, including a new one for converters, WestPack 99 honors its history at the Anaheim Convention Center Sept. 28 to 30.

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Converting equipment

Supplier news: International agreements

Valmet Converting Group (Helsinki, Finland) has completed negotiations to acquire the technology of Sitec GmbH (Hamburg, Germany). The Sitec range of slitter/rewinders will be absorbed by Titan Converting Equipment, Ltd.

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Converting equipment

Supplier news: Appointments, promotions

Davis-Standard Corp. (Pawcatuck, CT): Michael Connell, business area mgr., blow-molded packaging.

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Converting equipment

Lemonade launch refreshed by innovative packaging

In launching the first major ReaLemon Brand® extension in 65-years, package designers at Eagle Family Foods brought plenty of creativity to the first shelf-stable lemonade concentrate.

August 31, 1999

Converting equipment

Plastic pleases Mrs. Butterworth's

Mrs. Butterworth's® 24-oz syrup moved from glass to a three-layer polypropylene bottle starting August 2. This change is the first step in a national plan to phase out glass completely in all Mrs.

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Converting equipment

PEN strikes again

Coatings and multilayer structures, not polyethylene naphthalate, have commanded center stage lately when it comes to plastic barrier bottles for beer (see Packaging World, June '99, p.

August 31, 1999

Converting equipment

A first in peelable foil membranes

Fruit Bites, a 140-g can of retorted sliced fruit pieces from Australia's Golden Circle Ltd., won two gold medals in the May 1999 "Can of the Year" competition sponsored by England's The Canmaker magazine.

August 31, 1999

Sustainable Packaging

New coating slakes Finnish dairy's thirst

Helsinki dairy Valio substitutes a plastic barrier coating for aluminum foil in its paperboard cartons for drinking water. The change meets environmental objectives while providing the necessary barrier performance.

July 31, 1999

Conveying & accumulation

Aseptic PET is Henniez's cup of tea

A leader in the bottled water business in Switzerland, Henniez is making a bold move into in-line blowing and aseptic filling of plastic bottles for iced teas.

July 31, 1999

Labels

Mixer bottle shapes up

Cocktail mixer bottles take new shape in pinch-grip PET. Also new are a gold hot-stamped, pressure-sensitive label and HDPE closure.

July 31, 1999