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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Filling, Capping & Closing
Containers & Closures
Containers
Spam wears two-pc container well
In July '98, Austin, MN-based Hormel Foods began a transition from three-piece to two-piece aluminum cans for its well-known SPAM® line. Hormel's aluminum can and end supplier, Crown Cork & Seal (Philadelphia, PA), began production on an easy-open (EZO) two-piece drawn-and-ironed can for 12-oz sizes; a 7-oz two-piece can will be in production soon, according to Phillip Minerich, research scientist at Hormel.
September 30, 1998
Rigid: Page 284
Flexible packaging
Innovations in plastics help foods flourish
Pinched-grip PET, an innovative pastry bag, a take-out bag for chicken, foamed CPET, and barrier beer bottles and food containers all win DuPont awards.
September 30, 1998
Filling/capping, liquid & viscous
KISS Packaging Systems a div. of the Frain Group: Volumetric pail filler
KISS Packaging System's (LaPorte, IN) stainless-steel semi-automatic positive- displacement filler accurately fills water-thin to high-viscosity products drip- free, says KISS.
August 31, 1998
Flexible packaging
PMMI expects growth in machine spending
Packaging machinery spending by U.S. manufacturers this year will likely rise by up to 3% more than it did in 1997. Strong investment is expected from personal care and household/industrial chemical markets.
August 31, 1998
Converting equipment
Crisco goes on a diet
Larger bottle sizes of Procter & Gamble's venerable Crisco oils now have the proprietary shape of the rest of the line, and they weigh 25% less than before.
August 31, 1998
Conveying & accumulation
Displaying a concern for retailers' needs
Fremont custom-designs a new type of display-ready, film-wrapped shipper around the needs of supermarket customers. A new case-packing/shrink-wrapping line makes the design a production reality, paid for by materials savings.
August 31, 1998
Conveying & accumulation
Caito says, 'We'll do it ourselves'
This Indianapolis produce wholesaler is breaking into a whole new market segment as it brings its 12-oz Fresh Line fruit bowls to supermarket produce departments in the Midwest.
August 31, 1998
Sustainability
Integrated manufacturing is the island way
Management at this start-up water marketer decides that the only way to assure bottle availability and top quality is to blow its own PET bottles in-line with its brand new filling line.
August 31, 1998
Additives, coatings & inks
Plastics maker tightens up on contamination
Engineering resins are costly, so consistent quality is critical. GE Plastics adds state-of-the-art metal detectors just ahead of resin packaging to eliminate this potential problem.
August 31, 1998
Containers
Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements
Hoover Materials Handling Group, Inc. (Alpharetta, GA) has announced the acquisition of Florida Drum Co. (Pensacola, FL). The company will now be known as Florida Drum Div.
August 31, 1998
Containers
Supplier news: Appointments, promotions
Scholle Corp. (Northlake, IL): Mark A. Jones, market mgr., IBCs.
August 31, 1998
Converting equipment
Pace picks barrier bottle for picante sauce
In July Campbell Soup's Pace Foods, San Antonio, TX, rolled out its picante sauce in a proprietary 20-oz squeezable plastic barrier bottle.
August 31, 1998
Filling/capping, liquid & viscous
Tube filler/closer
Modular King Packaging Systems (Pine Brook, NJ) has introduced the Kugler K30-7 tube filler and closer. Designed with accuracy and repeatability in mind, it bottom-up fills laminate or metal tubes at speeds to 60/min.
July 31, 1998
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