Flexibles

Free-standing pouch

Continental Glass & Plastic (Chicago, IL) has introduced a flexible pouch that features a uniquely shaped bottom enabling it to be free standing. Provides 20% more decorating area and uses 1/25th of storage space compared to rigid containers, says the company.

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Flexibles

LLDPE-type resin

Quantum (Cincinnati, OH) has formulated a new LLDPE-type tie-layer resin that has good adhesion to EVOH, nylons, ionomers, PE and ethylene copolymers in coextrusion applications.

November 30, 1994

Conveying & accumulation

Pepsi line has future in mind

Fast changeover and overall versatility were foremost in mind when Pepsi designed its high-speed line for hard-to-handle one-piece PET bottles in four different sizes. Machine redundancy, computerization, and modular construction all contribute significantly.

November 30, 1994

Flexibles

Dry soup mix shows its colors and textures

Stand-up pouches have become a staple at Thomas J. Lipton, Englewood, NJ, with different brands of main course accompaniments being offered. Recently, the company introduced a new line: Kettle Creations soup mix in a stand-up pouch.

November 30, 1994

Additives, coatings & inks

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Phillips Plastics Recycling Co.(Bartlesville, OK) entered the second phase of a plant expansion that will double its capacity to produce post-consumer resin from recycled HDPE bottles.

November 30, 1994

Sustainability

Versatile vinyl clearly a winner

Innovation played the key role in this year's Vinyl in Packaging Awards competition. Some winners were decidedly "green" as well.

November 30, 1994

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Survey says "Nutrition Facts" is communicating

Congress mandated it, the food industry fought it, and converters scrambled mightily to incorporate it on the labels and packaging materials they produce for U.S.

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Closures

Beverage Packaging Wars Pay Peace Dividends to Others

No matter what your product, you probably have, or will, profit by some packaging development that first made its debut in the beverage packaging sector.

November 30, 1994

Additives, coatings & inks

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Hoechst Celanese Corp. (Somerville, NJ) announced plans to double its production of packaging resins at five North American chemical plants.

November 30, 1994

Secondary Packaging

Stretch replaces shrink

For insulation manufacturer Litepac, shrink wrapping stacks of polystyrene insulation was a costly process-both in money and in material waste. The Granard, County Longford, Ireland-based company's change to a System 2000 Double Stretch Bander from EDL Packaging Engineers (Green Bay, WI) not only provided savings but ended the potential problem of board distortion caused by heat from shrink wrapping.

November 30, 1994

Closures

Supplier news: Achievements

Stull Closure Tech. (Randolph, NJ) was presented with the "Energy Efficiency Leadership Award" by the Eastern Utilities.

November 30, 1994

Flexibles

CPC takes over bottlemaking for Coastal Unilube

Continental Plastic Containers (Norwalk, CT) recently opened its 16th bottle plant (15th in the U.S.). This one's in West Memphis, AR, and it produces high-density polyethylene containers for Coastal Unilube.

November 30, 1994

Closures

Skyy gets it right

U.S. made (and proud of it) Skyy vodka comes in a striking blue bottle that's starting to make its mark in restaurants, bars, and liquor stores across the country.

November 30, 1994