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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Filling, Capping & Closing
Containers & Closures
Flexible packaging
Spout pouch takes its stand
REPORTING FROM PACK EXPO: Bell, a European food company, is packaging its new chicken and steak barbecue sauce products in an inverted stand-up pouch with a closure that acts as a base. Huhtamaki Van Leer Packaging Worldwide (Germany) converts the pouch material.
October 31, 2000
Rigid: Page 263
Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)
High-slip film improves operations
It’s been nearly seven years since Fritz-Pak Corp. began using water-soluble film for its bags of powdered concrete retarder. Concrete truck operators toss the bags into the mixer to keep the concrete from setting too fast.
October 31, 2000
Containers
Cash pops out of Aussie cans
The expression “show me the money” has taken a beverage twist Down Under. That’s where United Distillers & Vintners, part of London, England-based Diageo, has stashed real cash inside select cans of Bundaberg’s Rum & Cola.
October 31, 2000
Coding, Printing & Labeling
UK firms are out to shorten time to market
Sainsbury’s will soon implement a sophisticated RFID tag system to better manage its chilled foods distribution, while ICI Paints evaluates digital asset management.
October 31, 2000
Conveying & accumulation
Tums packages sealed with a twist
SmithKline Beecham breaks new ground with an oval-shaped, induction-sealed foil membrane beneath a twist-off cap. Benefits include reduced downtime and less scrap.
October 31, 2000
Conveying & accumulation
Suppliers recognize packagers' training needs
In describing their own programs, suppliers acknowledge shortcomings and reflect the criticisms made by their customers. Time allocated for training remains the most pressing need, they agree.
October 31, 2000
Cartoning
Filler meets tough standards at Stonyfield (sidebar)
Cartoner delivers downstream
October 31, 2000
Cartoning
Filler meets tough standards at Stonyfield
Stonyfield Farm is so confident about the potential sales of its Yo Squeeze organic yogurt for kids that it’s purchased a second vf/f/s machine. Each machine produces 200 tubes/min, with an unusual ‘butt seal.’
October 31, 2000
Closures
Dueling technologies spell success (sidebar)
ASIS, CC lines illustrated
October 31, 2000
Conveying & accumulation
Dueling technologies spell success
At Japan’s Daiwa Can, one aseptic PET line uses in-line mold/blow/fill. Right beside it, another line blows bottles and sterilizes them in a second operation just before filling.
October 31, 2000
Cartoning
Suiza dairy touts 'squishy' bottle
A soft LDPE bottle and ‘sipper protrusion’ make it easy for kids to hold and drink single-serve milks. Suiza’s Country Fresh dairy introduces two distinct brands of milk in the containers.
October 31, 2000
Conveying & accumulation
Coors rolls out the barrel can
Pub barrel cans of Coors Killian’s Red are wrapped in heat-shrink OPP at a rate of 250 cans/min by a cut-and-glue labeling system located downstream from the can shaper.
October 31, 2000
Conveying & accumulation
Quintuplets!
New automated labeling system delivers five labels onto each glass bottle of Labrot & Graham’s premium bourbon whiskey, boosting output, reducing labor costs and improving placement accuracy.
October 31, 2000
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