Flexible packaging

McCormick spices up packaging

McCormick & Co. debuts two products packaged for convenience, one an inverted new play on its grinder design, and the other roasting rubs in small, wide-mouth PET jars.

May 31, 2006

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Combination products challenge packaging

Manufacturers must consider regulatory matters, materials, machinery, and sterilization methods when packaging these cutting-edge drug-device, drug-biologic, and/or device-biologic products.

May 31, 2006

Flexibles

Sauces debut in retorted, microwaveable stand-up pouches at FMI

Also at FMI, McCormick & Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD, served up a new line of shelf-stable finishing sauces in 5-oz retorted, microwaveable stand-up pouches supplied by Ampac Flexibles-Converted Products (www.ampaconline.com), a unit of Ampac Packaging, LLC.

May 31, 2006

Flexibles

Chicken multipacks take wing at FMI

As seen at the Food Marketing Institute 2006 show, a line of multipacked, individually wrapped chicken breasts from Coleman Natural Foods, Golden, CO, is taking flight nationally starting this month, following test marketing in the northeast.

May 31, 2006

Flexibles

Higher-tech packaging makes competitive sense

There once was a time when colorful graphics provided shelf differentiation. Now packagers are using packaging to appeal to all five human senses to sell their products in the ever-competitive retail environment.

April 30, 2006

Flexible packaging

Filling/capping beverage pouch system

PPi Technologies Global offers its PSG YUE UltraClean filling and capping beverage pouch system. Machine evacuates the pouch using nitrogen, fills the pouch, washes the spout thread, places the spout cap, and tightens the cap to the desired torque.

April 30, 2006

Flexibles

Turkey strips stand out in market debut

When Carolina Turkey Co., Mt. Olive, NC, was planning the launch of its new “Just Perfect” premium brand frozen cooked turkey strips, the company wanted distinctive, consumer-convenient packaging to complement the distinctive product.

April 30, 2006

Flexibles

World cap and closure demand forecast

By 2009, the global demand for caps and closures is expected to reach $25.9 billion, or 1.5 trillion units.

April 30, 2006

Flexible packaging

The future of resealable packaging

Robert Hogan is director of international sales and marketing at Zip-Pak, a global leader in zipper technology for packaging. Bryan Muskat is president of Triangle Package Machinery, a leading supplier of zipper-compatible VFFS packaging machinery. Presented here are their views on the whys and wherefores of incorporating resealable packaging features.

April 30, 2006

Flexibles

How externalization cut one company's downtime 50%

How does externalization work in practice?

March 31, 2006

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Bulldog-Mentality changeover tactics Part II

Eliminate, externalize, and simplify. Break down changeovers into smaller, more manageable tasks, with attention to detail. The results can save both time and money.Key termsElimination: Find and cut out unnecessary tasks.Externalization: Re-examine tasks to be performed either while the line is running or stopped, to reduce downtime.Simplification: Make all processes as easy and foolproof as possible.

March 31, 2006

Flexible packaging

Prescription for 400% Growth: Stay Ahead of the Curve

Anderson Packaging specializes as a pharma product-launch specialist. It monitors market trends, securing the right partnerships and purchasing the right equipment.

March 31, 2006

Flexible packaging

PMMI: Machinery shipments soared in 2004

U.S. packaging machinery shipments reached $5.344 billion in 2004, a 9.3% increase from $4.889 billion in equipment shipped in 2003, according to the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI).

March 31, 2006