Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Understanding packaging security risks

More than 140 attendees at a recent PMMI conference heard from FDA and other officials about minimizing company security risks.

February 28, 2002

Materials: Page 674

Labels

Shrink label decorates single-serve soymilk

In fall 2001, White Wave, Boulder, CO, launched its 11-oz single-serve soymilk Silk® with a 2-mil PVC shrink label from Seal-It (Farmingdale, NY). The graphics, including a splash of soymilk, are gravure-printed in 10 colors.

February 28, 2002

Flexibles

Sargento wins FPA Member's Choice Award

Sargento Cheese, Plymouth, WI, was honored with The FPA Member’s Choice Award for its reclosure feature used for its Chef Style shredded mozzarella cheese pouch.

February 28, 2002

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Recloseable feature 'snaps' onto pretzel pack

At Snaxpo 2002, held February 16 - 19 in Chicago, Packaging World spotted printed prototype flexible film bags for Herr's 22-oz Sourdough Bite Size Hard Pretzels that included the Easy Snap™ closure system.

February 28, 2002

Additives, coatings & inks

White UV ink

XaarJet-71W00 volatile, white-pigmented UV curable ink from Xaar plc (Cambridge, England) was developed in conjunction with Avecia (Manchester, England) specifically for coding and marking applications for use on nonporous substrates.

February 28, 2002

Flexibles

Short-run gravure printing

Gravure Packaging Solutions (Dawsonville, GA) offers short-run, fast turnaround gravure-quality printing for flexible packaging. Offers 11-color gravure printing to food processors, beverage companies, and consumer goods manufacturers.

February 28, 2002

Flexibles

Pouch-making par excellence

When Toronto-based MAC Cosmetics recently reformulated its Pro Lash mascara, management also executed a dramatic package redesign. Out went the carton, which is used almost universally for mascara products, and in came a custom-designed stand-up pouch.

February 28, 2002

Closures

Frito-Lay bottles snacks ?to go?

While flexible packages have dominated grocers’ snack food aisles in recent years, two major snack producers have introduced new products in rigid containers in the past few months.

February 28, 2002

Closures

New product takes on bold look

In January, Dover, DE-based Playtex Products released its first daily facial care moisturizer under its Banana Boat line of sun-protection products.

February 28, 2002

Protective/transport packaging

Crushed kraft cushions case contents

Foam peanuts are on the way out at AtomicBox.Com, a logistics and fulfillment provider that warehouses, picks, packs, and ships products for manufacturers who choose to outsource such tasks.

February 28, 2002

Flexibles

IronKids bags bread winners

Bags for IronKids Bread from Sara Lee Bakery, St. Louis, MO, unveiled a new look in January, sporting photos of five youngsters that replace illustrated characters.

February 28, 2002

Containers

Hot cocoa mixes up a four-pack

Coco Caffe Gourmet Hot Cocoa beverage mixes from Cobblestone Kitchens, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, warmed up to store shelves last fall in a new 6.25-oz composite canister.

February 28, 2002

Closures

Blue Ice mimics design

21st Century Spirits, City of Commerce, CA, felt the best way to link its 50-ml size of Blue Ice potato vodka to its striking 750-ml glass bottle was to duplicate the design. Like its parent glass version launched two months earlier, the 50-ml bottle uses a pressure-sensitive label that yields a no-label-look, and includes icicles molded into the back panel.

February 28, 2002