Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 1386

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

HP Invents Eco-Friendly Pack

Hewlett-Packard Co., Palo Alto, CA, has debuted a new angle on eco-friendly packaging using RPETG, a recycled polyester copolymer, that replaces polyvinyl chloride.

June 30, 2006

Labels

Microwave Coffee-Brewing Cup

JavaVoo LLC’s Micro-Brew Personal Barista is a single-use, disposable container that pressure-brews a ready-to-drink cup of coffee in the microwave in two minutes.

June 30, 2006

Closures

Jekyll & Hyde glass bottles dazzle on-premise market

Unlike its namesake duo, complementary glass bottles for two-part Jekyll & Hyde distilled beverages has produced nothing but good results in the on-premise outlets that have been test-marketing the product since last December.

June 30, 2006

Flexibles

A Flair For Self-Venting

Vapor-release pouch technology from Flair Packaging Intl. Corp. (www.flairpackaging.com) provides a “hole” new way to achieve microwave convenience.

June 30, 2006

Flexibles

Functional packaging flies at FMI

Unilever’s Wish-Bone Salad Spritzers, JavaVoo’s disposable container that “brews” coffee, a self-venting stand-up food pouch used in Asia, and A-B subsidiary Long Tail Libations’ Jekyll & Hyde glass bottles stand out at the 2006 Food Marketing Institute show in May.

June 30, 2006

Containers

Mexican processor says si to new option

Del Fuerte’s shelf-stable vegetables and sauces make smooth move from cans and jars to revolutionary Tetra Recart retort carton packaging.

June 30, 2006

Labels

Congress sends wake-up call about containers

Starbucks, Dow Chemical are on leading edge of RFID-type seals.

June 30, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

Packaging machine OEM cuts programming time by 30 percent

A beverage carrier assembly machine builder cut engineering time by 30% with Rockwell Automation Integrated Architecture.

June 25, 2006

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Improvements in high-speed parts counting technology

This white paper from Batching Systems explores using optical scanning for counting--what it does, and how it works for a diverse range of products. Includes a customer case study that involves a very challenging high-speed installation.

June 20, 2006

Sustainable Packaging

Yellowness factors in RPET

Technical paper: Recycled PET (RPET) is growing in popularity as a more environmentally friendlier materials choice. Learn about the factors that determine the propensity for yellowness in RPET in this Phoenix Technologies white paper.

June 5, 2006

Converting equipment

Le Nature: Injection-molding of preforms

At this bottler of flavored or enhanced waters, sports drinks, fitness waters, teas, juices, and other New Age beverages, preforms molded in-house on Husky injection molding systems drop into large totes for removal to the blow-molding machines.

May 31, 2006

Converting equipment

Le Nature: Blow molding preforms into PET bottles

At this bottler of flavored or enhanced waters, sports drinks, fitness waters, teas, juices, and other New Age beverages, preforms drop down a chute and into the blow-molding machines from Krones.

May 31, 2006