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

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Containers

Shaped aseptic cartons

SIG Combibloc’s “combishape” aseptic beverage cartons can be produced in customized shapes for product differentiation. Carton consists of different components from which the final shape is created in the customer’s filling machine.

May 31, 2003

Flexibles

Foil laminate bags and drum liners

Rexam introduces new low-density polyethylene and foil laminate bags and drum liners manufactured in a cGMP-compliant environment for use in packaging bulk drugs and active pharmaceutical ingredients.

April 30, 2003

Containers

Ampersand receives award

Ampersand Label is the winner of the 2002 Most Innovative Component of the Year award from the Tube Council.

April 30, 2003

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Full-color label printer

The QuickLabel Systems Div. of Astro-Med introduces its full-color, digital label, tag, sign, and pouch printer for in-house use.

April 30, 2003

Secondary Packaging

SouthPack roundup

Here's a brief glimpse of new things seen at the 2003 Southpack show that ran April 30 and May 1 in Atlanta’s Georgia World Congress Center.

April 30, 2003

Containers

Bulk humidity absorber

Süd-Chemie Performance Packaging (Belen, NM) introduces Dri-It™ humidity absorber bags to protect self-storage units from the damaging effects of water and condensation.

April 30, 2003

Closures

NACD's Best of Show winner clears clogs

While the late Bernard Seid spent much of his professional life in Cleveland, the award bearing his name is taking up more than temporary residence in the Cincinnati area.

April 30, 2003

Flexibles

Pouch brings spa experience home

Launched in the fourth quarter of 2002, göt 2b spa facial scrub is now making its way to drug stores and mass merchandisers nationwide. Rather than using a plastic bottle, the predictable packaging format for most cosmetics and beauty aids, Advanced Research Laboratories selected a spouted, reclosable, stand-up pouch.

April 30, 2003

Flexibles

Salmon 'catches' retort pouch, too

Chicken of the Sea has found the salmon running its way. For about a year, the San Diego, CA-based company has marketed its pink salmon in a 7.1-oz retorted pouch, much like its tuna products.

April 30, 2003

Closures

Plastic #10 'can' is resealable

Heinz Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, introduced in late ’01 a plastic play on the #10 steel can. The custom six-layer plastic version is coextrusion blow-molded by Graham Packaging (www.grahampackaging.com) using polypropylene and an ethylene vinyl alcohol barrier layer.

April 30, 2003

Protective/transport packaging

Cushioning change gives Earthtones damage control

Earthtones, Inc., Tucson, AZ, a manufacturer of decorative ceramic tiles, had for years lived with a 15% damage rate for its tiles packed in 30-lb corrugated boxes.

April 30, 2003

Additives, coatings & inks

Antimicrobial rubber

Elastoguard® antimicrobial rubber from the Speciality Elastomers Business of Milliken Chemical & Co.

April 30, 2003