Conveying & accumulation

El Jawhara bags snacks in burgeoning Egyptian market

Bagging equipment helps El Jawhara develop a strong presence in Egypt's rapidly growing snack food market. The equipment is expected to provide a three- to four-year payback by economically producing high volumes of bagged snacks.

March 31, 1997

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Containers

Supplier news: Achievements

ISO 9002 certification: Toray Plastics (America), Inc. (N. Kingstown, RI) for its Lumirror Div.; Sonoco Industrial Container Division's (Marietta, GA) fiber drum production plant; Atlantis Plastics, Inc.

March 31, 1997

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

J.R. Simplot weighs accuracy's advantages

Revamped lines and switch to bags trigger savings

March 31, 1997

Containers

Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

Marino Technologies (Opa Locka, FL), represented by Stone Container Corp. (Chicago, IL), acquired Walpole, Inc. (Mount Holly, NJ), a manufacturer of bulk bags.

March 31, 1997

Containers

Supplier news: International agreements

Greif Bros. Corp. (Delaware, OH) has agreed to purchase the Merced, CA, and Oakville, Ontario, Canada, steel drum manufacturing facilities of Southcorp Packaging USA, Inc.

March 31, 1997

Additives, coatings & inks

'Velvet touch' containers

LIR-USA (Yaphank, NY) has introduced a line of "velvet touch" bottles, tottles, tubes and jars for skin care applications. The Couturelle line employs a PP-based resin to achieve a textured feel.

February 28, 1997

Containers

Hot stamping for flexible tubes

Dependable Machine (Cedar Grove, NJ) has introduced the M.O.S.S. Automatic Model SC 2 high-speed hot stamping machine for plastic tubes. It can hot stamp on tubes measuring .394" to 2.56" in dia, and up to 7.0912" L, at speeds to 2귔/hr.

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

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

Secondary Packaging

No uniformity in changeover demands

Almost any way you measure packaging line changeover, the answers from Packaging World readers vary widely. The major agreement is that more changes are being demanded-and less time is available for doing them. However, the strategies for hastening change

February 28, 1997

Additives, coatings & inks

AquaPenn's 8-oz PET breaks the size barrier

AquaPenn Spring Water Co. has what it believes is the smallest polyethylene terephthalate bottle for a nonalcoholic beverage in the country. Holding just 8 oz of spring water, the Quick Quench bottle was launched in mid-January, targeted primarily at foodservice institutions.

February 28, 1997

Closures

Tube closure

The patent-pending TE Eye Tip Fez Cap from Teledyne Packaging (Chester, PA) is a new tube closure for use on loose opthalmic ointment tubes. Its larger size and improved shape al-lows easier handling, while its ridged surface makes it easier to grip.

January 31, 1997

Containers

Steel drum

Trilla Steel Drum (Chicago, IL) now manufactures a 55-gal steel drum with a reduced diameter, designed to fit more drums more compactly into ISO containers.

January 31, 1997