Closures

Heinz 'caps' squeeze ketchup

Complex new cap/liner on plastic bottles offers new consumer features, most prominently by ending the watery discharge caused by product settling.

April 30, 2000

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Filling/capping, dry

Appointments, promotions

Sonoco (Hartsville, SC): Harris E. DeLoach, Jr., COO.

April 30, 2000

Conveying & accumulation

Versatile line for aseptics or CSD

Swiss bottler installs a PET line capable of filling either microbiologically sensitive beverages under aseptic conditions or carbonated soft drinks that don’t require asepsis. In its aseptic mode, the line fully immerses bottles and caps in the sterilant.

April 30, 2000

Labels

Sleeve label dresses exotic Chai teas

Celestial Seasonings’ stunning full-body sleeve label provides marketing advantages for tapered, square bottles of hot-filled Mountain Chai tea lattes.

April 30, 2000

Conveying & accumulation

Packaging makes a run for the border

With more than 600 exhibitors and 25ꯠ attendees, Expo Pack Mexico, to be held June 6 to 9 in the Mexico City Sports Palace, is the premiere business show in Central America.

April 30, 2000

Conveying & accumulation

Red Devil cranks up convenience

Home repair is made easy with caulk and sealants in squeeze tubes. A patented device fitted on the tube’s end allows consumers to roll up the empty end of the tube, thereby ensuring that virtually all of the product can be used. Red Devil uses the tubes for eight SKUs, including kitchen and bath caulk, wallpaper seam repair, tile adhesive and tile grout.

March 31, 2000

Flexible packaging

Bag filler/sealer

The Sak Pak bag filler and sealer from O/K Intl. (Marlborough, MA) fills 10 to 110 lb of free-flowing powders and grains, as well as liquids, into open-mouth bags that are premade of paper, plastic or woven fiber.

March 31, 2000

Converting equipment

Blow molder comes to Pennzoil's 'Rescue'

PVC Container companies create new blow molding technology to provide Pennzoil with high-barrier bottle for a gasoline substitute. Flexible spout and closures complete package on an incredible timetable.

March 31, 2000

Flexible packaging

Dairy coop decides on dual bag

California Dairies Inc. reportedly will be the first commercial user of a dual film bag system. CDI plans to offer the plastic bag as an alternative to multiwall paper bags for milk powders sold to confectioners, bakeries and cheese manufacturers.

February 29, 2000

Conveying & accumulation

Fit for filling 'round the clock

Aberfoyle Springs fills 500-mL PET bottles at a rate of 630/min seven days a week, in two 11-hour shifts each day. ‘We train our people like there’s no tomorrow.’

February 29, 2000

Converting equipment

Chemical maker's new IBC closes the loop

A durable container’s recycling program prompts a chemical manufacturer to invest in new IBCs to transport its chemicals across the country.

February 29, 2000

Filling/capping, dry

All-Fill Inc: Auger filler

The servo-driven B-400SV auger filler from All-Fill (Exton, PA) fills powder, granular and liquid products in the pharmaceutical, cosmetics, food and chemical industries.

February 29, 2000

Filling/capping, dry

Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery, Inc: Auger filler

Spee-Dee’s (Sturtevant, WI) Servo 3500 auger filler is controlled by a commercial PC and operator interface, which means it is not dependent on expensive proprietary components and costs less than competitive products, according to the manufacturer.

January 31, 2000