Flexible packaging

Additional winners

Following are DuPont award winners previously covered in Packaging World articles.

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Flexible packaging

F/f/s machine

Hassia (Morganville, NJ) has developed the SAS 20/30 for aseptic operation to form, fill, and seal pouches made of flexible materials. Machine is primarily intended for use in the convenience food and dairy product market, and it’s said to be the first multilane machine to package low-acid food products aseptically.

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Flexibles

Powdered chai goes flexible

Portland-based Oregon Chai release a new dry powdered chai tea latte mix in October 2001.

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Jana's cookies fly high!

Although markets have been depressed, Jana’s Classics has automated the packaging of its cookies for airline desserts.

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Improved coding of medical kits

New ink-jet coder prints better while it saves money over previous coder for diagnostic test kits that need to be trackable.

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Flexibles growth to continue despite 'trying' 2001

Flexible packaging technology and new product introductions will fuel sales of flexible packaging materials, which FPA forecasts to reach $21.2 billion this year.

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Flexible packaging

Flexible packaging reigns

Flexible packages predominate in this year’s DuPont Awards competition. Innovation in biodegradable packaging and convenience also shine.

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Flexible packaging

Inline bagging

Web Exclusive: Running PE tube stock, Clamco (Cleveland, OH) says its Magnum Force automatic bagging system saves up to 40% of the material costs compared to machines that fill and seal premade bags from a roll.

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Flexible packaging

Pharmaceutical packaging to grow

Demand for pharmaceutical packaging products in the United States will rise 4.3% annually.

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Flexibles forecast to grow to $21.2 billion

The Flexible Packaging Assn.’s State of the Industry Report 2002 forecasts shipments of flexible packaging.

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B-I-B brings big benefits

A switch from 5-gal plastic pails to bag-in-box packaging has greatly reduced the number of failed packages.

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Secondary Packaging

Web Plus: Sites

New or enhanced Web sites

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2001 PLGA Printing Awards

Packaging World highlights winners of the Packaging and Label Gravure Assoc. 2001 awards for excellence in printing.

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