Conveying & accumulation

Nut bowl offers microwavability and more

Plastic bowl for nuts and snacks is microwavable, reclosable and convenient. Barrier materials extend shelf life, and footed bottom allows stand-up on-shelf display.

October 31, 1998

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Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Honey shows off in clear PET

Burleson overcomes technical and cost hurdles to become one of the first honey marketers to use PET containers. Now in development is a PET jar for foodservice holding 5 lb of honey.

October 31, 1998

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Pennzoil buttons up coder problems

New small-character ink-jet coders provide one-button shutdown and start-up while cutting maintenance time by at least 50% compared to previous coders.

October 31, 1998

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Brio Industries (Richmond, British Columbia, Canada) has acquired a high-speed PET and glass bottling line from Ocean Spray Cranberries for its Vancouver, British Columbia, plant.

October 31, 1998

Conveying & accumulation

Thiele Technologies, Inc A Division of Barry-Wehmiller Companies, Inc: Liquid filler

Quick-clean, modular Top Fill machine from Thiele (Minneapolis, MN) offers the speed of a volumetric with the cleaning and changeover ease of a net-weight filler.

September 30, 1998

Flexible packaging

Innovations in plastics help foods flourish

Pinched-grip PET, an innovative pastry bag, a take-out bag for chicken, foamed CPET, and barrier beer bottles and food containers all win DuPont awards.

September 30, 1998

Conveying & accumulation

Mount Rose weighs gains from vf/f/s equipment

Two custom vertical form/fill/seal machines help frozen pasta co-packer Mount Rose Ravioli handle the output from processing equipment, increase its speeds and save more than $200ꯠ/yr through reduced labor and product giveaway costs.

September 30, 1998

Conveying & accumulation

Bringing a glacier to the consumer

On Vancouver Island, a brand new PET bottling line fed by an in-line stretch blow-molding machine is packaging right from a glacier some of the purest water on the planet.

September 30, 1998

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Packagers struggle with staffing

Manufacturers in virtually every industry-including food, beverage, pharmaceutical and even electronics-report that it's getting harder and harder to find and keep good packaging people.

September 30, 1998

Conveying & accumulation

Packaging power struggle

When operators override control logic and take control of the line, how should the packaging engineering department react?

September 30, 1998

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

How to find the best new hires in packaging

In today's tight labor market, companies are implementing a variety of strategies-some new, some tried and true-to attract the best talent to their packaging functions.

September 30, 1998

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Supplier news: Achievements

CCL Container's Advanced Monobloc Aerosol Div. (Hermitage, PA) has fulfilled requirements to be a certified provider of extruded aluminum cans for Redken Laboratories.

September 30, 1998

Flexible packaging

Innovations in plastics help foods flourish

Pinched-grip PET, an innovative pastry bag, a take-out bag for chicken, foamed CPET, and barrier beer bottles and food containers all win DuPont awards.

September 30, 1998