Containers

Barrier bottle to broaden Apple & Eve markets

Apple & Eve’s new monolayer barrier PET bottle from Graham Packaging offers the juice packer new ways to market its single-serve 10-oz bottles of juice.

July 31, 2003

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Creating a brand personality

When Coca-Cola's Minute Maid Co. decided to launch its Simply Orange orange juice, it turned to MLR Design for graphics and Lipson Allport Glass & Associates for structural design.

July 31, 2003

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Super-sized design

To answer the consumer call for greater convenience at a better value, John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc, maker of Fisher nuts and other snack foods, has expanded from three peanut items in sizes from 16- to 40-oz PET containers to a line of nine flavors packed in various sizes totaling 18 SKUs.

July 31, 2003

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Web Plus: Sites

New or enhanced Web sites

July 31, 2003

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Companies

Pester USA Pac Automation (Allendale, NJ) (above) doubled the size of its U.S. headquarters by adding 18ꯠ sq’.

July 31, 2003

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

People

Nordenia Intl. (Jackson, MO) hired William R. Burke as president and COO of Nordenia North America.

July 31, 2003

Coding, Printing & Labeling

MPCs labeling in NY

The New York State Assembly is considering a measure to require a prominent label for products containing milk protein concentrates (MPCs), including the MPCs’ country of origin.

July 31, 2003

Coding, Printing & Labeling

No dough for COO

A House agriculture subcommittee voted unanimously on June 17 to deny the U.S. Department of Agriculture funding to carry out the COO labeling program contained in last year’s farm bill.

July 31, 2003

Coding, Printing & Labeling

EU and GE crops

In response to a complaint filed by the United States with the World Trade Organization over the European Union’s ban on new genetically engineered foods, reports indicate that the EU will lift the ban but require stricter labeling requirements.

July 31, 2003

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Codex Committee drops COO requirements

The Codex Alimentarius Commission Committee on Labeling decided to drop any further work on COO labeling requirements. Codex is an international agency that sets international food standards for commodities and guidelines for related processes.

July 31, 2003

Flexibles

PipeLine: Retort pouches: Has their time come?

In the last year or two, one of the warmest trends in flexible packaging has been the resurgence of the retort pouch for seafood products and also for pet foods.

July 31, 2003

Labels

Dial ratchets up liquid soap packaging

A multicompany partnership combined to create new lenticular, three-dimensional labels for clear hand soap bottles.

July 31, 2003

Containers

Snyder snacks on efficiency

New vf/f/s machines replace outdated equipment, adding speed while reducing costs for labor, replacement parts, and product giveaway.See in-plant video

July 31, 2003