Flexibles

Sugar zips into stand-up pouches

Zipper resealable flexible packaging has moved into the sugar aisles in stand-up pouches in 1- and 2-lb sizes.

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Milk bottle serves one on-the-go

Land O' Lakes, Arden Hills, MN, presents its single-serve milk in an ergonomically shaped 12-oz bottle.

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Flexibles

New feature for bulk bags

Bemis (Omaha, NE) has introduced O-P-C™ (Open-Pour-Close), an easy-open and recloseable feature for bulk bags of dry pet foods. The patented O-P-C feature is a multi-wall paper label construction combining customized film lamination with proprietary adhesives.

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Controls & Machine Components

Upper Limits Engineering Co.: Bag filler/sealer

Operating on flat bags or stand-up, zipper pouches, the M6000 bagger from Upper Limits (Livermore, CA) uses vacuum cups and grippers to open premade bags and guide them through filling and sealing.

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Closures

Rockwell Automation: Enclosed monitor

Rockwell Automation (Milwaukee, WI) has introduced the Allen-Bradley RAC6188™ operator station enclosure, the first product in a family of integrated operator interface solutions.

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Appointments, promotions

KoSa (Charlotte, NC): George B. Gregory, president, CEO.

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Closures

Domestic acquisitions, agreements

The Geon Co. (Avon Lake, OH) and M.A. Hanna Co. (Cleveland, OH) announced their merger and the name of their new co., PolyOne Corp.

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Relocations, expansions

Tetra Pak (Vernon Hills, IL) announced the opening of its new pilot plant in Denton, TX.

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Flexibles

General Mills 'Exprésses' itself

Two new product/package combinations from retail giant General Mills are just now reaching store shelves.

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Closures

Sourcing globally, clicking locally

The Body Shop pares down on time needed to research containers by tapping into a global, multivendor online stock container catalog.

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Closures

Price Tool nets Levolor $54,000 in corrugated savings

Levolor Canada has already saved $54ꯠ this year by tapping the information and pricing resources of CorrugatedPrices.com. The cost? A $200 subscription fee and a few hours’ time.

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Closures

A clever strategy for plastic beer bottles (sidebar)

Meanwhile, at Miller Brewing

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Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

A clever strategy for plastic beer bottles

Michigan Brewing sees great potential for beer in plastic when the target market is tightly focused. Custom-labeled bottles for a casino, for instance, have found a receptive audience.

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