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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Filling, Capping & Closing
Containers & Closures
Controls & Machine Components
Relocations, expansions
Klöckner Pentaplast of America, Inc. (Gordonsville, VA) has opened a new 54ꯠ sq’ facility in Beaver, WV. The $6 million satellite plant includes a new polyester film extrusion line that will add 16 million lb of film and sheet output.
September 30, 2000
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Sustainability
'Bottle can' springs from two new technologies
Daiwa Can Co. has created a uniquely hybrid package with its aluminum ‘bottle can.’ A lamination of PET film to aluminum replaces conventional coil coatings.
September 30, 2000
Conveying & accumulation
Crown Candy receives royal wrapper
Candy maker purchases new horizontal flow wrapper for wrapping large, coconut bon bons. The PC-controlled machine reduces changeover, increases line speeds and simplifies the packaging process.
September 30, 2000
Conveying & accumulation
Putting a wrap on enhanced productivity
A new shrink wrapping system has doubled packaging speed and cut downtime in half at this Arizona maker of adhesive lettering.
September 30, 2000
Flexibles
Purchasing moves 'slow speed ahead'
Pharmaceutical/medical and beverage markets will drive packaging machinery spending this year, says a PMMI study. U.S. domestic equipment sales are expected to rise 2% to 3% in 2000 to $4.9 billion.
September 30, 2000
Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging
Positively different battery packaging (sidebar)
A tubular Leap
September 30, 2000
Sustainability
Positively different battery packaging
Consumers should get a charge out of the new innovations in battery packaging in which clarity and reclosability top the list of conveniences offered by Rayovac and Leap brand batteries.
September 30, 2000
Flexibles
Hardware products renovate with packaging
Packaging seen at the National Hardware Show ranged from consumer-friendly packaging for data comm products to innovative film cubes for potting soil. The softer side of hardware was seen in a trend toward products packaged for females and light do-it-yourselfers.
September 30, 2000
Tamper-evident machinery
Hormel is first with salsa in PET
A 64-oz club-store-size container for Chi Chi's brand salsa is made of monolayer PET and can be filled at temperatures near 200°F. Special bottom enables container to withstand internal vacuum.
August 31, 2000
Adhesives/tape
WD-40 promotes 'straw strap'
San Diego-based WD-40 Co. has come up with a way to keep the all-important spray tube on its popular lubricant product from getting lost. The firm’s 8- and 11-oz cans now have a red, yellow or blue stretchable rubber strap around the neck.
August 31, 2000
Flexibles
New feature for bulk bags
Bemis (Omaha, NE) has introduced O-P-Câ„¢ (Open-Pour-Close), an easy-open and recloseable feature for bulk bags of dry pet foods. The patented O-P-C feature is a multi-wall paper label construction combining customized film lamination with proprietary adhesives.
August 31, 2000
Filling/capping, dry
Collet system on overcapper
Quick Disconnect Collet System on overcapper from Haumiller (Elgin, IL) is designed to reduce parts changeover time by 90%. No tools needed. Said to be user-friendly, system allows customers to change different size and shape cap tooling easily and quickly.
August 31, 2000
Filling/capping, dry
Capper
Operating at speeds to 400 caps/min, the CM400 capper from Cozzoli (Plainfield, NJ) offers automatic height adjustment to accommodate a range of container sizes.
August 31, 2000
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Moisture Control Technology for Perishable Foods
EasyPak has launched Elevate Freshness, a packaging design featuring formed risers and channels, intended to mitigate moisture-related degradation.
Paper Container with Paper Bottom
PET Bottle
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