Flexible packaging

Smooth operation

A modified liquid filler helps one commercial skincare products company clean up its act.

March 9, 2007

Machinery: Page 695

Flexible packaging

Single-dose HIV pack takes the right PATH

FPA awarded a Special Citation for Social Responsibility for a multilayer foil-laminated pouch that allows HIV-positive mothers in Kenya, Africa to give their newborn babies a dose of Nevirapine oral suspension within 24 hours of birth, when the fast-acting drug is most effective in reducing mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1.

March 9, 2007

Flexibles

Shaped SUPs replace pasta/sauce jars

Buitoni, a unit of Swiss-based Nestlé, and CLP Industries Ltd. (www.clp-packaging.com) have garnered an FPA Gold Award for Packaging Excellence in recognition of the development of shaped, stand-up retort pouches for Buitoni pasta and sauce products.

March 9, 2007

Secondary Packaging

Daisy Brand grows with RFID

The company automates its RFID processes using a print-and-apply applicator to tag all of its pallets with smart labels.

March 8, 2007

Tamper-evident machinery

Flexible filler doubles pack speeds

Dual-head auger filling system with integrated checkweigher easily adapts to different powder density, humidity, and temperature conditions.

March 8, 2007

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Smart shelves...and cabinets

So-called smart packaging has been around for years, but what about “smart shelves”?

March 8, 2007

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Frozen treat package mimics energy drink can

Hershey’s Ice Cream, Harrisburg, PA, has co-branded with Hammond, IN-based Swanel Beverages Inc., the manufacturer of an energy drink called Banzai, to create Banzai Energy Ice. The 4 oz treat is packaged in a squeeze-up tube made of solid bleached sulfate from Solo Cup Co. (www.solocup.com). Hershey fills the tubes using a Flex E Fill Rotary Filler from Solo Cup Co. and heat seals them with a thin foil lid, also from Solo Cup.

March 8, 2007

Tamper-evident machinery

Cognac Ferrand secures Asia-bound bottles

To protect its brand and its consumers, Cognac Ferrand, Charente, France, asked ArjoWiggins Security (www.security.arjowiggins.com) to secure its Landy Cognac bottles. Both companies worked together to develop a label that combines authentication and tamper-evident functions.

March 8, 2007

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Panel-free PET bottle provides smooth labeling for flavored water

O Beverages, Cambridge, MA, has launched a new infused water line in a custom PowerFlex PET bottle from Amcor PET Packaging (www.amcor.com). Bottle distributor Zuckerman Honickman (www.zh-inc.com) brought Amcor’s technology to O Beverages’ attention. The bottle features a panel-free design and sports a smooth label panel, free of ribbing.

March 8, 2007

Labeling

'Natural' claims on RTE food packaging

USDA has a beef with some ready-to-eat deli packages. Companies are being forced to ditch “natural” copy on packaging.

March 8, 2007

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Private label's influence grows in non-grocery categories

Consumer study points to ‘halo’ effect of grocery products and shift in food store shopping preferences—two trends that mean packaging will need even more impact.

March 6, 2007

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Homing the stars: a giant step forward in servo labeling

A Packaging Automation interview with Martin Malthouse Founder and President Associated Packaging Equipment Corporation

March 4, 2007

Secondary Packaging

How to purchase used packaging machinery

Considering purchasing used packaging machinery? Read this paper from Langen to learn what to watch out for.

March 1, 2007