Coding, Printing & Labeling

Four named to Packaging Hall of Fame (sidebar)

Four career-long packaging professionals will be inducted into the Packaging Hall of Fame during ceremonies to be held in conjunction with Pack Expo International 2004.

September 30, 2004

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 1508

Controls & Machine Components

Programming time slashed by 30%

An integrated, component-based HMI program brought time-saving design features to this OEM.

September 30, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Nanotechnology packs promise

Nanotechnology is expected to deliver improved strength and barrier properties to flexible and rigid packaging materials, although widespread commercial use may be years away.

September 30, 2004

Secondary Packaging

Training tomorrow's technicians

Here’s what three technical colleges are doing to help prepare both incoming students and current workers for the next generation of packaging machinery.

September 30, 2004

Containers

Kellogg invents a new bulk-pack format

Prompted by a growing need to move cereal to where packaging assets are already in place, Kellogg engineers came up with a whole new spin on bulk packaging. See video

September 30, 2004

Labels

Phillips abandons cork for screw cap

Torqued-on pilfer-proof cap from England looks like conventional capsule, but twists open easily.

September 30, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

IoPP gets down to business

New initiatives on many fronts help the IoPP write a dynamic new chapter in continuing packaging education.

September 30, 2004

Containers

Moving aseptically into the future

A leader in the European fruit juice market, Germany’s Eckes-Granini is plunging into the future with the recent installation of an ACF line for .33- and 1-L PET bottles.

September 30, 2004

Closures

Varietals veer toward ROPP

For two years, iconoclastic winery Bonny Doon has been busy switching from cork to aluminum ROPP caps. Now the conversion is nearly complete.

September 30, 2004

Flexibles

Bag nets fish packer big savings

The Plitt Co. switched from plastic trays to premade bags that offer precise permeation control for its fish.

September 30, 2004

Flexible packaging

Ahead of the Pack

Rovema will feature a full line-up of its Total Packaging Systems during Pack Expo 2004, Booth N-4218.

September 30, 2004

Secondary Packaging

Intermittent motion cartoner

MGS Machine Corp.

September 30, 2004

Containers

Kellogg invents a new bulk-pack format

Kellogg Co. of Battle Creek, MI, is reaping packaging material cost savings of about 70% since it implemented the K-one™ bulk packaging system in most of its U.S. cereal plants. See video

September 30, 2004