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Call for PAF presentations

With the third rendition of the Packaging Automation Forum set for May 19 - 20 in Chicago, PAF organizers are seeking speakers who can address the broad area of packaging automation through better use of integrated controls technology.

October 3, 2007

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Smart packaging--gaining traction in the marketplace

The promise of smart packaging has always been impressive. Now, at last, some pretty intriguing commercial applications are starting to surface.

October 3, 2007

Flexible packaging

Water bottles deliver refreshing environmental twist

Amid a wave of anti-bottled water sentiment, light-weighted bottles and bottles made with corn-based PLA flow into the market in the United States and in Europe.

October 3, 2007

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Sniffer hole a home run

For many of the AroMertics products, a small cup or well in the blister is formed with an open channel along the edge. The well contains custom, fragrance-impregnated polymer beads that mimic the specific scent, and the channel permits the scent to be sampled by consumers.

October 3, 2007

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

AroMetrics packs refreshed

A good-looking and good-smelling package redesign for Valvoline car fresheners cuts through the ‘noise’ at retail.

October 3, 2007

Conveying & accumulation

More RFID test centers

This list supplements the RFID Labs and Test Centers directory we initially published in the August issue. For a full listing of the more than 20 labs along with additional details, see www.packworld.com/view-23573.

October 3, 2007

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A productive passion for wine

Tom Cooper is technical director of the Foster’s Group’s Napa Bottling Co. facility in Napa, CA, that packages the company’s Beringer Estates products.

October 3, 2007

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Custom glass bottles for cocktail mixes

In January 2007, Creative Juices, Inc., Beverly, MA, introduced “Mixerz”—a new line of fresh-tasting, all-natural cocktail mixers for home bartenders, packaged in distinctive, sleek, 750-mL glass bottles custom-designed by TricorBraun .

October 3, 2007

Containers

Steel cans shape up in Europe

Whether they’re cans with curves, bowl shapes, or stunning graphics, today’s steel packages are providing consumer appeal, convenience, and functionality.

October 3, 2007

Flexibles

Retort, stick, and stand-up pouch markets to grow

Global retort pouch consumption is forecast to nearly double by 2011 to 19 billion pouches, according to the global study, “Global Markets, Opportunities, and Technologies-2006 to 2011.” The study is available from Allied Development for $4,495.

October 3, 2007

Closures

Thermoformed cups give pâté long shelf life

Increased competition for space in refrigerated cases at grocery stores is shifting product marketers’ focus toward food packaging that can deliver a long, ambient shelf life elsewhere in the store.

October 3, 2007

Flexibles

U.S. food container demand to rise 3.3% annually through 2011

What’s behind the projected growth?

October 3, 2007

Containers

Mascara dons customized, anodized packaging

It was developed in cooperation with the tube supplier Techpack (www.techpack.alcan.com) and high-volume anodized components design and color-matching expert Anomatic Corp. (www.anomatic.com).

October 3, 2007