Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Hardware products renovate with packaging (sidebar)

Lenticular: Imagery in motion

September 30, 2000

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Flexibles

Hardware products renovate with packaging

Packaging seen at the National Hardware Show ranged from consumer-friendly packaging for data comm products to innovative film cubes for potting soil. The softer side of hardware was seen in a trend toward products packaged for females and light do-it-yourselfers.

September 30, 2000

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

Packs sport Olympic mascots

In the spirit of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, Melbourne, Australia-based Bonlac Foods introduced bags of portion-packed processed cheddar cheese sporting Aussie characters Syd, Millie and Olly playing Olympic sports.

August 31, 2000

Converting equipment

Colgate 2in1 gets hip with a flip

With the debut this month of Colgate-Palmolive Co.’s Colgate® 2in1 Toothpaste and Mouthwash, consumers can obtain the benefits of both products in one portable, stand-up container.

August 31, 2000

Tamper-evident machinery

Hormel is first with salsa in PET

A 64-oz club-store-size container for Chi Chi's brand salsa is made of monolayer PET and can be filled at temperatures near 200°F. Special bottom enables container to withstand internal vacuum.

August 31, 2000

Flexibles

Sugar zips into stand-up pouches

Zipper resealable flexible packaging has moved into the sugar aisles in stand-up pouches in 1- and 2-lb sizes.

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Adhesives/tape

WD-40 promotes 'straw strap'

San Diego-based WD-40 Co. has come up with a way to keep the all-important spray tube on its popular lubricant product from getting lost. The firm’s 8- and 11-oz cans now have a red, yellow or blue stretchable rubber strap around the neck.

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Closures

Milk bottle serves one on-the-go

Land O' Lakes, Arden Hills, MN, presents its single-serve milk in an ergonomically shaped 12-oz bottle.

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Protective/transport packaging

Net Sourcing -- September 2000

This is the second edition of a new supplement designed to help buyers of packaging machinery and materials learn how to begin purchasing packaging from suppliers via the Internet.

August 31, 2000

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Party paks prove berry, berry good

Introduced just in time for Easter this April, Party Paks of fresh strawberries from Beach Street Farms, Watsonville, CA, have been charming strawberry lovers across the country.

August 31, 2000

Flexibles

New feature for bulk bags

Bemis (Omaha, NE) has introduced O-P-C™ (Open-Pour-Close), an easy-open and recloseable feature for bulk bags of dry pet foods. The patented O-P-C feature is a multi-wall paper label construction combining customized film lamination with proprietary adhesives.

August 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Upper Limits Engineering Co.: Bag filler/sealer

Operating on flat bags or stand-up, zipper pouches, the M6000 bagger from Upper Limits (Livermore, CA) uses vacuum cups and grippers to open premade bags and guide them through filling and sealing.

August 31, 2000

Closures

Rockwell Automation: Enclosed monitor

Rockwell Automation (Milwaukee, WI) has introduced the Allen-Bradley RAC6188™ operator station enclosure, the first product in a family of integrated operator interface solutions.

August 31, 2000