Coding, Printing & Labeling

Packaging jobs on the line

Responding to Packaging 2000, our three-part series on packaging job skills, readers ascertain what will likely be necessary for packaging professionals in the new millenium.

February 28, 1997

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Flexible packaging

Foods fit fine in flexibles

Half of the 12 winners in this year's FPA awards competition for excellence in flexible packaging are food packages. A broad range of food categories are represented.

February 28, 1997

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Vibratory parts feeder

Chase-Logeman (Greensboro, NC) has developed a patent-pending way to use vacuum to hold feeder bowls and tracks to vibratory base drives, eliminating the use of bolts or other mechanical clamping means.

February 28, 1997

Secondary Packaging

Stretch wrap

Advantage(TM) stretch wrap from BrownCor (Milwaukee, WI) has ready-to-use extended core ends that act as handles for fast and easy pallet wrapping. It's also available with a 3" core for use with dispensers.

February 28, 1997

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Aquaria's new 'bait' catches more customers

New graphics on new bags packed in a new way have dramatically improved the look of aquarium filter packs. The appearance catches on with more retailers, too.

February 28, 1997

Flexibles

EPA tries to color converters 'green'

Pricing and performance of flexible packaging could be affected by EPA's new regulatory programs and by voluntary changes, too.

February 28, 1997

Flexibles

Not just for breakfast anymore

Films created with additive vitamin E offer protection at least equal to that of BHT-impregnated films, according to a Michigan State University study.

February 28, 1997

Converting equipment

Retailers find security in source tagging

National drug retailer Walgreen Co. is one major chain that is experiencing significant cost savings through the use of security labels added to packages. Manufacturers are feeling increased pressure to supply product pre-labeled.

February 28, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Servo drives

Baldor Electric (Ft. Smith, AR) has developed a new series of brushless servo drives with a keypad, eliminating the need to use a laptop computer.

February 28, 1997

Flexible packaging

Medical/surgical packs make a strong FPA showing

Among medical industry packages to win FPA awards this year was a thermoformed pouch that won the Green Globe Award for environmental achievement.

February 28, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Print/apply labeling

A new print/apply labeling system from Avery Dennison, Soabar Products (Philadelphia, PA) prints and applies labels to fragile display packaging and to unusually shaped items.

February 28, 1997

Flexible packaging

Of communion cups and stand-up pouches

These three FPA award winners represent different industries to be sure, but they all have one thing in common: Their use of flexible films to meet packaging challenges.

February 28, 1997

Conveying & accumulation

A well 'thawed-out' solution

J&J Snacks needed to automate pallet wrapping in its freezer warehouse. But only a specially insulated wrapper could function at temperatures as low as

February 28, 1997