Coding, Printing & Labeling

Decorating, market goals make glass winners

Clear Choice winners for 2000 reinforce the premium image of glass containers. Winners also employ costly decorating, including applied ceramic labeling and heat-transfer labels.

February 28, 2001

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 1665

Tamper-evident machinery

New line helps repackaging pay off (sidebar)

Closure/container combo

February 28, 2001

Conveying & accumulation

New line helps repackaging pay off

Added last August, RxPak’s newest drug repackaging line is notable not only for its level of automation, but also for the senior-friendly, child-resistant closure it applies. See in-plant video

February 28, 2001

Protective/transport packaging

E-tailer cushions itself in a perilous environment (sidebar)

Dunnage options, economics

February 28, 2001

Protective/transport packaging

E-tailer cushions itself in a perilous environment (sidebar)

eToys’ future in doubt

February 28, 2001

Conveying & accumulation

E-tailer cushions itself in a perilous environment

Air-cushion-making machinery, conveyors, case tapers and printers provide operational efficiency at embattled e-tailer e-Toys’ new distribution facility in Ontario, CA.

February 28, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Vestil Manufacturing Co.: Ergonomic products

Vestil Manufacturing (Angola, IN) has published a brochure on its full line of ergonomic products. Includes descriptions and photos of battery powered lifts, foot pump lifts, hydraulic elevating carts, manual carousels, gantry cranes, worker positioners and other equipment aimed at protecting employees from injuries.

January 31, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Tri-Seal, a Tekni-Plex Co.: Cap liners brochure

Tri-Seal (Blauvelt, NY) has released a 4-page brochure that compares the types of bottle cap liners and heat seals now offered by 5 leading suppliers.

January 31, 2001

Flexible packaging

No-strings-attached tea bag

Honest Tea, Bethesda, MD, launched a whole-leaf, natural tea line in fall 2000, sealed in what it calls a first-of-its-kind integral "Tag-and-Bag" supplied by Copack Intl. (Carlstadt, NJ). This nonwoven, filter tea bag and tag replaces the standard string, staple and printed tag. A four-side, sealed kraft overwrap pouch locks in the freshness.

January 31, 2001

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Proposed new biotech food rules

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a 120-day premarket notification for biotech foods in which manufacturers would provide the FDA with information demonstrating that the product is as safe as its conventional counterpart.

January 31, 2001

Additives, coatings & inks

Connector spout for soft drinks

Plano, TX-based Dr Pepper/Seven Up was instrumental in the development of a new connector spout on syrup bags. Designed for soft drink dispensing systems, the spout could make life a lot easier for bottlers and foodservice institutions across the country.

January 31, 2001

Secondary Packaging

Club stores applaud multipack

When club store managers told Del Monte Foods that they wanted canned fruits and vegetables in multipacks more elegant than the ring carrier arrangement they’d been receiving, Del Monte responded.

January 31, 2001

Flexible packaging

Pack gains Annie's approval

Annie’s® Homegrown Inc. in September introduced Microwavable Single Servings Mac & Cheese Meals in a “dual pouch” that holds organically grown macaroni in one pouch and powdered cheese sauce in a second, smaller pouch.

January 31, 2001