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Closures

'Euro' styling enhances hex cartons

In March ’01, Hagensborg Food Corp., Kent, WA, introduced Truffles To Go, a 5.4-oz hexagonal carton of all-natural, individually wrapped truffles.

May 31, 2001

Closures

Apple sauce in a bowl

When National Fruit Product Co., Winchester, VA, launched a 16-oz White House Quick & Easy apple sauce in February, it traded in the traditional multiserve apple sauce glass jars for a new barrier bowl thermoformed of polypropylene and ethylene vinyl alcohol.

May 31, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Phoenix Contact Inc: Variable-frequency drive

The IP67-rated, Interbus-compatible variable-frequency drive from Phoenix Contact (Harrisburg, PA) works in applications requiring speed control of 3-phase motors.

May 31, 2001

Closures

US demand for closures will contin

EXCLUSIVE NEWS FROM OUR EUROPEAN PARTNER: Report published by Freedonia Group. Increasing use of plastic packaging will boost need for caps by 3% a year. Click logo for full article.

April 30, 2001

Converting equipment

Dannon fits Frusion with contoured bottle

An easy-to-grip, contoured bottle with a dazzling shrink-sleeve label is pivotal to The Dannon Company's new Frusion fruit 'n' yogurt smoothie. Tarrytown, NY-based Dannon introduced Frusion nationwide in May after successful testing in 7-Eleven convenience stores in New England and southern California.

April 30, 2001

Closures

WD-40 caps convenience

Starting this month, WD-40 Co., San Diego, CA, turns convenience up a notch with a new closure, the NotchCap. It is used on all aerosol cans of WD-40 lubricant, including retail sizes from 2-oz through 11-oz. Additionally, a 14.5-oz version is sold at Costco, while a 16-oz industrial size not for retail sale will also sport the NotchCap.

April 30, 2001

Labels

TE closure

TE threaded closure from HeiTech Closures (Orland Park, IL) can be used for a variety of products, including food (both low and high vacuum), beverages, powdered mixes, and OTC medicines.

April 30, 2001

Coding, Printing & Labeling

PET carafe shakes up NFC juice category

This month, Atlanta-based Coca-Cola’s Minute Maid Co. will launch Simply Orange not-from-concentrate (NFC) premium juice in a distinctive 1.75-L carafe made of polyethylene terephthalate.

April 30, 2001

Flexible packaging

MAP for cooked ground beef

Inspired by bagged salad mixes, Farmland National Beef of Kansas City, MO, has launched three seasoned varieties of fully cooked ground beef in zippered bags with a 30-day refrigerated shelf life.

April 30, 2001

Flexibles

Beverage shines in metallic label

Though the metallized biaxially oriented polypropylene labels chosen by Energy Brands for its new 32-oz Glacéau Fruitwater cost more than paper versions, J.

April 30, 2001

Closures

Allergan's bottle is a real eye opener

Allergan, an Irvine, CA-based global health care company that specializes in eye care and pharmaceutical products, has repackaged its Complete-brand multipurpose solution for soft contact lenses in a dramatically different way.

April 30, 2001

Flexibles

Materials Marketplaces

Novopoint.com (www.novopoint.com) is an e-marketplace for food and beverage manufacturers. It is said to offer, in addition to ingredients, packaging containers and materials, such as PET bottles, caps, closures, and flexible packaging.

April 30, 2001