Closures

Thermally stable PP jar

The September launch of Marks & Spencer’s new British Groceries range, with new branding for more 70 products, includes a coextrusion blown plastic jar solution.

November 27, 2010

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 1056

Containers

Vortex boosts Miller Lite sales

Not only did the Vortex bottle for Miller Lite win a Clear Choice Award from the Glass Packaging Institute. It has also boosted sales.

November 27, 2010

Flexibles

Tear tape for multi-pack boxes

The Heinz Farley’s plant in Kendal, Cumbria, UK, produces dehydrated, boxed meal products for babies and toddlers. The company decided to overwrap multi-packs of its boxed products for retail sale.

November 27, 2010

Containers

Sauce jar for LiDestri Foods wins WorldStar Award

LiDestri Foods, Fairport, NY, is a marketer of food items such as pasta sauces.

November 27, 2010

Labels

Big boost from POD labels

November 27, 2010

Converting equipment

Progress on two fronts

Less than a year after the Food Safety Alliance for Packaging was formed as a division of the IoPP, it’s encouraging to see that there is progress to report where FSAP’s goals are concerned.

November 27, 2010

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Flow-wrapper infeed systems can be rapidly adjusted, disassembled

Bosch Packaging Technology exhibits an example of its new Pack Feeder 4 portfolio of flow-wrapper infeed systems, recommended for packaging bakery and confectionery items. Top and side guides can be rapidly adjusted without tools, while easy disassembling of parts allows for quick and simple cleaning.

November 26, 2010

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Unscrambler keeps pace with pharmaceutical production

Pace Packaging Corp.'s new Pharma-Line 400 bottle unscrambler has been designed to meet the high-speed demands of pharmaceutical packaging lines.

November 26, 2010

Case erect/seal

Adhesive refill system tops off the tank

Nordson's automatic adhesive filling system allows for enhanced operator safety as well as greater consistency in temperature and viscosity for hot-melt glue systems.

November 26, 2010

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

IDC's Thomas Kiel passes away

Industrial Dynamics/filtec has announced that Thomas Kiel, long-time IDC employee, has passed away. Kiel, the company’s worldwide service director
for many years, was an icon in the industry, and a friend to all.

November 24, 2010

Labels

Whipped Lightning strikes six times in colorful shrink-sleeve label

Full-body PVC label shrinks to fit nesting aerosol can for alcohol-infused whipped topping.

November 23, 2010

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Study: Digital package printing to reach $68 billion by 2014

The need for shorter production runs and enhanced speed to market is driving the industry.

November 23, 2010

Sustainable Packaging

First-ever corrugated LCA published

Findings show mills are reducing manufacturing impacts; transportation impacts are negligible; and high recovery rates mean less landfill.

November 22, 2010