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Flexibles

New vf/f/s packs poultry

With four new turnkey packaging systems from CMD Corp., Canadian poultry firm Maxi Canada Inc. attained both efficiency and reliability on four of its packaging lines.

February 29, 2004

Flexibles

Aspirin sachet wins competition

A high-barrier laminated sachet for a granular Aspirin Effect product from Bayer Vital, Leverkusen, Germany, was chosen as Foil Pack of the Year by the European Aluminum Foil Assn.

February 29, 2004

Closures

White Rain turns to yellow bottle

Diamond Products Co., Brandon, FL, has turned its high-density polyethylene bottles from silver to soft yellow.

February 29, 2004

Closures

Seedy cup offers spittin' imagery

David Seeds from ConAgra Foods, Edina, MN, has taken off into new markets starting in November 2003 packed in a new Travel Cup format that offers portability and disposability.

February 29, 2004

Flexibles

Ink-jet code for cat snack pack

In the first quarter of 2003, contract packager Toll Packaging of Gibson City, IL, began packaging a dry cat treat in a stand-up foil pouch at its Wendell, NC, plant.

February 29, 2004

Sustainable Packaging

Q&A: Supporting sustainable packaging

John Delfausse is the vice president of package development at Aveda, a division of New York, NY-based Estée Lauder. The cosmetics maker is committed to supporting sustainable packaging (see story, p. 81). Here, Delfausse addresses additional issues related to packaging and the environment.

February 29, 2004

Labels

Award-winning milk design

Compass Design’s package designs for Kemps’ flavored milk recently won a Gold award from the 10th Annual Beverage Packaging Global Design Awards, a worldwide design competition for beverage packaging and branding.

February 29, 2004

Labels

Flavor-infused packaging

Ferolito Vultaggio & Sons, creators of AriZona Iced Tea products, recently added a new water product to its beverage portfolio. The AriZona Infused Water, a line of four lightly sweetened and lightly flavored waters, recently hit store shelves in 20-oz bottles from Constar Intl.

February 29, 2004

Closures

Beauty reigns in HBA packaging

CVS Pharmacy recently called on MLR Design to create a new brand identity and package for its store brand of health and beauty aids. The new product line showcases a stylishly colorful bulls-eye motif that highlights product names and product benefit copy, as well as a cosmetically inspired typography system.

February 29, 2004

Controls & machine components

Web Plus: Sites

New or enhanced Web sites

February 29, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

COOL delay

Implementation of the mandatory country-of-origin labeling program has been delayed for two years. Food retailers and some producer groups won a round when Congress passed an omnibus spending bill in late January that contained the delay as part of the U.S.

February 29, 2004

Labeling

Confusing meat label claims

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service and the Agricultural Marketing Service are working on labeling rules to clear up some of the confusion about label claims on meat products.

February 29, 2004