Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 1781

Containers

Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

As a result of a management buyout of Courtaulds Packaging Plastic Tubes North America (Woodstock, IL), the co.'s operations will continue as Thatcher Tubes LLC.

March 31, 1999

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Vf/f/s machine 'Advances' frozen chicken intro

Enid, OK-based Advance Food Company is rolling out its new Easy Beginnings line of cooked and seasoned chicken breast filets and slices. Easy Beginnings are filled, distributed and sold frozen in a 24-oz resealable bag similar to the printed mock-up shown.

March 31, 1999

Flexibles

President's award winner

The winner of this year's President's Award in the annual competition sponsored by the Flexible Packaging Assn. goes to Duralam (Appleton, WI) for a line of Jobe's®-brand plant food spikes in stand-up pouches.

March 31, 1999

Labels

Brighter label for baked beans

To differentiate its product in the supermarket aisle, Tri Valley Growers has changed to a brighter, more eye-catching label for its 15.5-oz cans of S&W Baked Beans.

March 31, 1999

Secondary Packaging

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

The newly formed Global Packaging Machinery Co., Inc. (S. Hackensack, NJ) will produce its own line of new food-grade cartoners and infeed systems and will rebuild used machines.

March 31, 1999

Flexibles

Bottle shape reflects product qualities

For its new line of Neutrogena Clean(TM) shampoos and conditioners, Los Angeles-based Neutrogena Corp. chose clean, classic bottles to suggest the concept of "clean" that underlies the new launch.

March 31, 1999

Flexibles

Jays chips in holographic lidding

Jays Foods hopes consumers "can't stop eating" its new tray-packed E-Z Dippin's(TM) single-serve chip and dip snacks. Last month, five varieties of the shelf-stable snacks were rolled out in Chicago supermarkets, convenience stores and other outlets.

March 31, 1999

Sustainable Packaging

Defending Miller's plastic beer bottle

Ever since Miller Brewing announced a major test of plastic beer bottles, the Milwaukee-based brewer has been roundly criticized by environmental groups.

March 31, 1999

Flexibles

Oscar Mayer extends Carving Board line with MAP pack

Fully cooked, refrigerated, ready-to-eat chicken breast strips have been added to the Louis Rich Carving Board line from Oscar Mayer Foods. When asked about packaging materials and suppliers, about all the Madison, WI, firm would say is that modified-atmosphere packaging is used.

March 31, 1999

Labeling

Country-of-origin labeling bills anew

Several new bills have been introduced in Congress to require country-of-origin labeling on products containing imported meat and meat products. The bills would amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act so that packaging not containing a label identifying the country of origin of imported meat and meat products would be considered misbranded.

March 31, 1999

Secondary Packaging

Multipacker makes the grade at Buffalo Rock

The country's largest family-owned Pepsi bottler, Buffalo Rock Bottling Co. of Birmingham, AL, recently installed a new multipacker selected for its high-speed and quick-changeover capabilities.

March 31, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

EC on labeling of GMOs

The European Commission announced it will propose a draft regulation on the labeling of food additives and flavorings produced by genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

March 31, 1999