Secondary Packaging

Tetley tea now in a Soft Pack

Tetley GB of Greenford, Middlesex, England, has introduced innovative flexible packaging that replaces paperboard cartons for tea bags in 40- 80-, 160- and 240-count sizes.

June 30, 2000

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Flexibles

Pudding in paperboard

In the U.S., ready-to-eat refrigerated pudding is often sold in multipacked plastic cups with flexible lidding. But in Helsinki, Finland, dairy giant Valio Ltd.

June 30, 2000

Coding, Printing & Labeling

The legend of Jimmi; an ode to cosmetics

Last month in this space, you learned a bit about how some of us view package design, another way of saying, the “cosmetics” of packaging: how great printing or decorating of a container can attract customers.

June 30, 2000

Secondary Packaging

Kringle tray's a sweet success

Racine Danish Kringles is first to use a thermoformed, E-flute corrugated tray for its baked pastries. Tray delivers strength and environmental and marketing advantages.

June 30, 2000

Conveying & accumulation

Beauty in the 'mouse' of the beholder

San Francisco-based reflect.com allows cyber shoppers to select closures and container graphics for custom beauty products sold exclusively on its Web site. The unusual concept requires a packaging and shipping strategy to handle individual orders.

June 30, 2000

Conveying & accumulation

Case taper fills tall order

E-Z Mix replaced a manual operation with a first-of-its-kind taping machine that top- and bottom-seals tall cases. Change to longer tape rolls also saves money.

June 30, 2000

Secondary Packaging

Planters picks a packing line (sidebar)

Controls play a key role

June 30, 2000

Cartoning

Planters picks a packing line

Consumers are clearly fond of single-serve “tubes” of Planters nuts. An automated packaging line helps keep the nationwide pipeline full.

June 30, 2000

Flexible packaging

Super marketing through packaging

Products at the Food Marketing Institute trade show in Chicago illustrate how grocery marketers rely heavily on packaging to add convenience and sales appeal.

June 30, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

International Paper: International Paper: Paper valve bag

The Safe-T-Strip™ bag from International Paper (Purchase, NY) is designed to be opened without tools. The multiwall paper valve bag has a special thumb tab that, when pulled, opens the bag.

May 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Steeplechase Software Inc: PC-based control handbook

The Practical Guide to PC-based control & flow chart programming published by Steeplechase Software (Ann Arbor, MI), addresses concerns in moving from PLC to PC-based control.

May 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Pilz International: Safety interface modules

New PNOZ safety interface modules are now available from Pilz (Farmington Hills, MI) with pluggable terminals. Pluggability simplifies wiring for series applications and decreases downtime when servicing.

May 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Siemens Industry Inc: CE touchpanel

Siemens Energy & Automation (Alpharetta, GA) introduces the Simatic TP170A touch-panel display based on the the Microsoft Windows CE operating system, which offers “instant on” functionality and does not require a hard disk to operate.

May 31, 2000