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Controls & Machine Components

Online inventory checks seem "berry" good

Gourmet food manufacturer Rothschild Berry Farms, Urbana, OH, started ordering glass containers and gold colored metal closures for its line of salsa, mustards, and dips in mid-January via TricorBraun’s preferred customer site at www.tricorbraun.com.

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Closures

Paperless transactions "top off" PE purchases

Rexam Closures, Evansville, IN, started purchasing low-density polyethylene from Eastman’s online polyethylene unit (www.eastman.com) in April ‘99.

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Containers

Combo packets go on display

Portion Pac Inc. (PPI), Mason, OH, introduced in September ’00 shelf display units of its “Squeezers” PB&J packets. Designed graphically and structurally by The Marlin Co.

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Flexibles

Achievements

—Packaging Corp. of America (Lake Forest, IL) has established an e-storefront in the Paperloop.com (San Francisco, CA) marketplace. —Cargill Dow LLC’s (Minneapolis, MN) NatureWorks™ PLA was awarded the Dept.

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Domestic acquisitions, agreements

—Impaxx Labels (Schaumburg, IL) has combined its businesses, including Trine Labelling Systems, Label-Aire Inc., and CMS Machine Systems into a focused group to offer packagers a single source for labeling equipment.

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Flexibles

Relocations, expansions

—Klikok Corp. (Decatur, GA) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, The Woodman Co. (Decatur, GA), have realigned their operations, with all products now represented through the unified sales channel of Kliklok-Woodman.

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Flexibles

Spare Parts Purchasing: Order History as Diagnostic Tool

Sun-Maid analyzes spare parts order history to identify and correct recurring problems.

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Secondary Packaging

Company gets 'smart' with flexibles

A specially designed stand-up pouch helps this manufacturer of cleaning chemicals provide consumers with greater convenience and efficiency.

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Cartoning

Sliced apples stay fresh for 36 days

Reichel Foods has moved from nacho chips and dip to luncheon meat to PBJ ‘Snax’ to carrots to celery, all in thermoformed trays. Now comes sliced apples with a 36-day refrigerated shelf life.

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Flexible packaging

Heinz speeds oval container to market

Heinz Pet Snacks’ new Savory Bites dog snacks, packed in a tall oval container, epitomize the company’s new speed-to-market initiative.

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Flexibles

Heinz speeds oval container to market (sidebar)

Heinz ‘Pounces’ on resealable pouch

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Tamper-evident machinery

Limited 'edition,' unlimited help

Distiller and importer David Sherman Corp. often relies on distributors like Saxco to help create packaging for new products. Premium, hand-packaged bourbon is no exception.

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