Converting equipment

A first in peelable foil membranes

Fruit Bites, a 140-g can of retorted sliced fruit pieces from Australia's Golden Circle Ltd., won two gold medals in the May 1999 "Can of the Year" competition sponsored by England's The Canmaker magazine.

August 31, 1999

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Flexible packaging

Steady growth seen for food packaging machinery sales

A market intelligence report reveals a positive outlook for U.S. food packaging equipment through 2003.

July 31, 1999

Contract packaging

Filling on a budget

Economical pressure filler is easy to operate and handles viscous product for start-up contract packager GLH Industries.

July 31, 1999

Conveying & accumulation

Aseptic PET is Henniez's cup of tea

A leader in the bottled water business in Switzerland, Henniez is making a bold move into in-line blowing and aseptic filling of plastic bottles for iced teas.

July 31, 1999

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Web Plus: Suppliers of 'hands-on' equipment take to the Web

T hanks to the low cost of disseminating product information via the Web, it's now easier than ever to obtain information on packaging equipment from smaller suppliers that cater more toward users of low-cost, entry-level or "hands-on" packaging equipment.

July 31, 1999

Containers

Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

Trilla Steel Drum Corp. (Chicago, IL) and Russell-Stanley Corp. (Bridgewater, NJ) have formed a strategic alliance to strengthen both cos. in the Chicago metro market.

July 31, 1999

Containers

Supplier news: International agreements

Greif Bros. Corp. (Delaware, OH) has completed the exchange of its spiral core mfg. assets with Abzac S.A., a privately held co. in France, for a 49% equity interest in Abzac's fibre drum business.

July 31, 1999

Labels

Mixer bottle shapes up

Cocktail mixer bottles take new shape in pinch-grip PET. Also new are a gold hot-stamped, pressure-sensitive label and HDPE closure.

July 31, 1999

Conveying & accumulation

Filling PET aseptically at 200/min

With a prototype system in one plant and generation two in another, this Italian food company likes what it sees in rotary, aseptic filling of teas and sports drinks in PET.

July 31, 1999

Conveying & accumulation

Del Monte adds food to aseptic PET beverage line

A blow/fill system originally installed for aseptic packaging of teas and juice-based beverages now is being used to bottle a specialty tomato sauce.

July 31, 1999

Labels

Beverage company invests in new bottles, labeler

Since its inception in 1992, Tradewinds beverages has seen three different bottle designs, with the most recent hitting store shelves in mid-April.

July 31, 1999

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Weigher/bagger/labelers shine at Golden Gem

While on-line label printing simplifies inventory, new combination scales and automatic baggers have increased productivity and accuracy for this Florida orange grower.

June 30, 1999

Converting equipment

Print market, technology perspectives

Graphical Arts Technical Foundation forcasts print markets, while a book from the Foundation of Flexographic Technical Assn. reflects recent changes in flexogrphic printing

June 30, 1999