Materials: Page 729

Additives, coatings & inks

Aseptically filled soup is a first

France's Liebig breaks new ground with four ready-to-serve vegetable soups aseptically packaged in 1-L plastic bottles.

June 30, 2000

Secondary Packaging

E-commerce seminar analysis

Packagers, material suppliers and other firms addressed ‘Packaging for e-commerce direct-to-consumers’ at a June conference. Here’s an analysis from one of the conference's panel moderators.

June 30, 2000

Labels

Convenient dispenser for cotton swabs

An unusual dispensing package for 160-count cotton swabs has been a huge hit for Cotton Buds, Inc.

June 30, 2000

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Hologram enhances Schick FxDiamond™ shaver

When the Schick/Wilkinson Sword Div. released the Schick FxDiamond™, a shaver with a diamond coating on the blades, it turned to Fisher Design (Cincinnati, OH) to create a package that’s as distinctive and “dazzling” as the product.

June 30, 2000

Sustainability

Keeping up with the competition

Icco Cheese Co. of Orangeburg, NY, makes grated cheese for sale under its Old World brand, and it also packs the Ronzoni and San Georgio brands for New World Pasta of Harrisburg, PA.

June 30, 2000

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Innovative blister package

Appropriate for pharmaceuticals, OTC drugs and nutrition supplements, Dosepak™ contains 3 main design elements: an outer carton, a fold-over inner blister card, and a senior-friendly, yet child-resistant, locking feature.

June 30, 2000

Closures

Relocations, expansions

Sterling Packaging (Pittsburgh, PA) signed an order confirming its plan of reorganization. Plan includes the acquisition of state-of-the-art equipment and SAP software.

June 30, 2000

Labels

Soft drink crystals

Kraft Foods, Glenview, IL, has developed a new powdered soft drink called Health Quenchers. With additional ingredients meant to enhance a healthful lifestyle, Health Quenchers drink crystals hit retail shelves in April in a package designed by Lipson Alport Glass & Associates, (Northbrook, IL).

June 30, 2000

Additives, coatings & inks

Polypropylene shows growth potential

Foodservice and retail applications will help drive growth in thermoformed packaging at an annual rate of 5.6%, with polypropylene leading the way with an estimated annual growth of nearly 20%.

June 30, 2000

Converting equipment

Fruit basket in relief adorns PET bottle

A polyethylene terephthalate bottle with a uniquely sculpted fruit-basket image on its shoulder is now reaching supermarkets in 17 eastern states. The 64-oz, heat-set, hot-fill, grip bottle, supplied by Graham Packaging (York, PA), contains 100% juice products from Apple & Eve.

June 30, 2000

Secondary Packaging

Tetley tea now in a Soft Pack

Tetley GB of Greenford, Middlesex, England, has introduced innovative flexible packaging that replaces paperboard cartons for tea bags in 40- 80-, 160- and 240-count sizes.

June 30, 2000

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Kringle tray's a sweet success (sidebar)

Corrugated thermoforming goes commercial

June 30, 2000