Containers

Euro-style solution to vial packaging

Bionostics’ first comprehensive production line adds efficiency and output to its operations and pays for itself in a year.

May 31, 2003

Materials: Page 636

Tamper-evident machinery

Pharmaceutical pros express packaging concerns

Scannable bar codes, package security, counterfeiting, and FDA compliance are the top issues that concern Packaging World readers from the pharmaceutical industry.

May 31, 2003

Flexible packaging

Basics of servos

A primer on servos in modern packaging equipment.

May 31, 2003

Conveying & accumulation

Fieldbus shrinks bundler's controls, assembly time

A new fieldbus for EDL’s in-line shrink bundler reduces control cabinet size by 50% and reduces wiring time by 30%, while increasing flexibility.

May 31, 2003

Flexibles

Coffee roaster sees packaging as a key to growth

F. Gaviña & Sons has plans to bust out of its California backyard and take on the competition nationwide.See in-plant video

May 31, 2003

Labels

New labeling, inspection gear at prize-winning water bottler

A switch to glue-applied roll-fed labeling and automatic fill-level inspection are the latest improvements at Mountain Valley Spring Co.

May 31, 2003

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

FDA to update drug GMPs

Requirements may be eased to help stimulate industry packaging innovation and research.

May 31, 2003

Flexibles

NPE 2003: A passion for packaging

The latest advances in film extrusion, thermoforming, injection molding, and much more will be on display at the National Plastics Exposition June 23-27.

May 31, 2003

Closures

Sporty bottles stay cool

The Monarch Beverage Co., Atlanta, GA, highlighted its All-Sport body quencher beverages in new “Chill-In” PET bottles that rolled out in May 2003 in 24-oz and 32-oz sizes.

May 31, 2003

Containers

Campbell's latest plastic bowl

Campbell Soup Co. continues to develop new varieties of microwavable packages for its always popular soups.

May 31, 2003

Flexibles

Tropicana introduces Golden Carafe

Said to be the first true carafe molded of PET, Tropicana's new 1.75-L container for Pure Premium orange juice began shipping to stores early in May. With a 63-mm, wide-mouth opening, the carafe is blow-molded by Graham Packaging.

May 31, 2003

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Aclar blister foil

Hueck Foils (Wall, NJ) offers its line of blister foils sealing to ACLAR high-barrier films made by Honeywell (Morristown, NJ).

May 31, 2003

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Pilfer-resistant packaging

As an alternative to the PVC blister, Blisterguard from Colbert Packaging (Lake Forest, IL) is made with Valéron® (Houston, TX) Strength Film, a tear-resistant flexible film.

May 31, 2003