Labels

Almaden shapes an elegant label

Almaden’s wines packed in glass bottles are displaying a facelift with new p-s labels from Collotype Labels. Concord, CA-based Almaden is beginning to ship bottles with the new teardrop label shape, according to Diana Pawlik, Almaden brand manager.

June 30, 2003

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Closures

Rexall revitalizes packaging

Rexall Sundown, Boca Raton, FL, last December unveiled a series of consumer-friendly packaging improvements for cartoned bottles of its Osteo Bi-Flex caplets for joint health care.

June 30, 2003

Flexibles

Microwave popcorn takes a stand

About a year ago, Solon, OH-based ASAP Food Products introduced what it believes is the first microwave popcorn in a stand-up pouch.

June 30, 2003

Sustainability

MSU, Clemson offer seminars

Michigan State University and Clemson University announce packaging seminars scheduled for this autumn...

June 30, 2003

Sustainable Packaging

CLEMSON HOSTS EXTENSION SEMINARS

Clemson University will host “Packaging Fundamentals,” Nov. 4-6, and “Managing Packaging Development,” Nov. 6-7. The former seminar will cover packaging materials, laws, regulations, testing, and environmental issues.

June 30, 2003

Secondary Packaging

Web Plus: Sites

Airspray N.V.

June 30, 2003

Tamper-evident machinery

Companies

Sidel (above) has opened a new plant in Parma, Italy, dedicated to assembling filling machines.

June 30, 2003

Containers

Achievements

Ampersand Label (Garden Grove, CA) is the winner of the 2002 Most Innovative Component of the Year award from the Tube Council.

June 30, 2003

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Less than all

The Center for Science in the Public Interest charged that Smuckers’ line of Simply 100% Fruit is mislabeled because the amount of the fruit is less than 100%.

June 30, 2003

Sustainable Packaging

Pipeline: Enthusiastic engineers

One of the most exasperating parts of being a packaging reporter is to think about the stories that, for one reason or another, fall through the cracks.

June 30, 2003

Protective/transport packaging

Wagner cushions savings

For years, Wagner Spray Tech Corp., a provider of painting and decorating products, used folded corrugated inserts to protect its professional-grade paint sprayers during shipment.

June 30, 2003

Labeling

Pharmaceutical pros elaborate on packaging concerns

Survey respondents vent views on repackaging, paying more for equipment that’s easy to validate, and changes related to FDA’s 21 CFR, Part II.

June 30, 2003

Flexibles

Pouches stand up to retorting

Fall River wild rice in a microwavable, no-foil “glass barrier” stand-up pouch brings precooked, ready-to-eat convenience to consumers.

June 30, 2003