Materials: Page 586

Containers

Salons to offer 'therapeutic' hair care

Coextruded bottles and tubes give a newly formulated line of hair care products their unique healthcare aura.

April 30, 2005

Flexibles

Sleeve-labeled milk bottle makes a 'Happy Meal' for McDonald's

McDonald’s doubled its milk sales with last summer’s rollout of 8-oz milks in HDPE bottles. The switch from gable-top cartons prompted significant changes at participating dairies.

April 30, 2005

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Robotic workcell boosts output

A new workcell improves injection molder Mar-Lee’s production efficiency and provides benefits for its customers.

April 30, 2005

Containers

Redundancy rules at Old Orchard

Cap coders, case erectors, case packers, and case tapers are redundant to make sure this high-output, hot-fill PET line for fruit juice can produce up to its potential.See video

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Multipacking/shrink bundling/banding

Case-ready meat is hitting its stride

As more meat packaging is centralized, processors are finding ways to keep meat fresh longer. But how best accomplish that?

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Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Innovation award winner (sidebar)

Carded PackagingBlisterguard® Security PackageManufacturer: Colbert Packaging Corp.

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Flexibles

Onions take to thermoforms

For both foodservice and retail channels, Gills Onions is now offering rigid packaging as an alternative to flexible film bags.

April 30, 2005

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Moving an 'industrial' brand into home décor

Chapin achieves double-digit sales increase by restaging lawn and garden sprayers as gender-neutral and calling attention to product benefits that consumers care about.

April 30, 2005

Labels

How color is used (sidebar)

Besides container shape and a shrink label, Chapin International uses color to create a contemporary brand for its namesake line of lawn and garden sprayers.

April 30, 2005

Closures

Eastpack plus five co-located shows

Eastpack, running June 13-15 at New York’s Javits Center, is the biggest event of its kind on the East Coast and is one of five co-located shows that can be accessed with one badge.

April 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Drug import bill could speed RFID adoption

New legislation mandates chain-of-custody requirements for pharmaceutical products that may be imported.

April 30, 2005

Flexibles

Retort pouches convey freshness in mushrooms

Grupo Ayecue, a manufacturer and marketer of mushrooms in Spain, has a reputation in Europe as a pioneering research and development company.

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