Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

San Manuel Bottled Water Group: HDPE bottle filling of 2.5-gal bottles

The 2.5-gal bottles are filled by this in-line machine, but the other two HDPE bottles run through a rotary filler.

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Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 1610

Secondary Packaging

San Manuel Bottled Water Group: HDPE bottled water drop packing

This machine drops HDPE bottles into cases near the end of the line.

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Conveying & accumulation

North Side: Weighing and filling of frozen beef patties

Bag filling begins at the Ohlson four-head bulk-and-dribble scale, which has frozen patties conveyed to it directly from a spiral freezer.

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Secondary Packaging

North Side: Case erecting and labeling frozen beef patties

Case erecting of single-wall cases is done on a case erector from Wexxar.

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Secondary Packaging

North Side: Case sealing frozen beef patties

Case taping is done by a Belcor machine with a rated speed of 20 cases/min. North Side runs in the range of 12 cases/min.

June 30, 2002

Flexible packaging

Inline bagging

Web Exclusive: Running PE tube stock, Clamco (Cleveland, OH) says its Magnum Force automatic bagging system saves up to 40% of the material costs compared to machines that fill and seal premade bags from a roll.

June 30, 2002

Secondary Packaging

Carton multipacker

Kisters Kayat (Edgewater, FL) released its CartonMultiPacker, based on a modular all-in-one machine concept. Customers, including soft drink, mineral water, and beer companies, can preglue the necessary carton blanks and feed them directly in the packaging line just in time for the blanks to be loaded with product.

June 30, 2002

Closures

Closure liner literature

A pocket-sized 6-panel folder from Tri-Seal (Blauvelt, NY) provides the latest information on the company’s backings, facings, and seals for cap manufacturers and consumer products companies that package their products in plastic and glass bottles.

June 30, 2002

Converting equipment

Heinz, Hunt's turn ketchup upside-down

Makers of Hunt’s and Heinz ketchup hope consumers will flip for new ketchup offerings that stand on their closures.

June 30, 2002

Flexible packaging

Pharmaceutical packaging to grow

Demand for pharmaceutical packaging products in the United States will rise 4.3% annually.

June 30, 2002

Closures

Everything but the brush!

Sherwin-Williams’ Dutch Boy Dirt Fighter paints are debuting in an extravagant four-piece square plastic container.

June 30, 2002

Closures

Beverages flow boldly into aluminum bottles

The path to product differentiation for two new beverages is a metallic one.

June 30, 2002

Flexibles

IPER's 'natural' trays, lidding

Italian supermarket chain will sell fresh food in thermoformed containers and heat-sealable film lidding.

June 30, 2002