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Closures

Transfer tape

Specialty Tapes, Div. of RSW (Racine, WI), has introduced CA-684, an ultra-high-shear, high-adhesion transfer tape. It consists of a high-performance adhesive on a discardable release liner for use in TE bag closure applications or for mounting substrates to smooth, textured or embossed surfaces.

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Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Squeeze tube filler

ProSys (Middlesex, NJ) has released Models HVF RT112 and HVF RT212 tube filling machines. These fillers can run most tube materials and closure types to speeds of 70 tubes/min.

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Flexibles

Shrink wrap

Transhield shrink wrap from LCM, Inc. (Elkhart, IN) is a nonabrasive, insulating shrink film that can be used on delicate goods or painted products, such as appliances, equipment or vehicles.

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Closures

PP rounds

Ropak's (Fullerton, CA) new EZ Pak(TM) is a 2.5-gal round container made of clear PP. It stacks securely in displays, while a large billboard area measures 11".

September 30, 1995

Cartoning

Chewing up market share

New pack and product size necessitate a $7 million investment in packaging machinery for Warner-Lambert Canada. A 4.4 percentage point gain in market share justifies investment in customized flow wrappers, laser coders and display carton overwrappers.

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Secondary Packaging

Rollers stabilize stretch wrapping

Contoured plastic rollers allow a film carriage to smoothly ascend and descend during stretch wrapping. OEM component helps packagers like Farley Candy wrap loads more efficiently.

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Containers

One-piece tubes

Kranson Industries (St. Louis, MO) has introduced a new series of tubes manufactured with one-piece construction, which can provide benefits in lead times, design, decorating and barrier properties.

September 30, 1995

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Lamination solves a pair of problems

Forming web used for blister packs of reagent chemicals turned yellow with age and provided insufficient moisture barrier. New material addresses both issues.

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Flexible packaging

Soup cups go private label (sidebar)

Better bagging, too

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Flexibles

How big is the food packaging business?

Food packaging is, at least, a $60 billion business in the United States. It makes up the largest chunk of our $102.3 billion packaging market. That's a pretty big number- larger than most other estimates we've seen of the U.S.

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Sustainability

Blazer laser boosts drug line

Production efficiencies, improved accuracies, and reduced labor costs have been realized since laser coding was installed on this prescription drug line.

September 30, 1995

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Hair care line parts with HDPE

Salon customers are impressed since Malibu 2000 switched from screen-printed HDPE bottles to a tinted PET with the increasingly popular no-label look.

September 30, 1995