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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Filling, Capping & Closing
Containers & Closures
Conveying & accumulation
Water bottling line completed by farmer
To bottle its spring water in volume, Wisconsin farmer uses creativity to complete an automated bottling line. Homemade feeders and some change parts help keep total costs low.
March 31, 1998
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Flexibles
Recycling on the web
There are now several sites cropping up on the web where packagers and package manufacturers alike can either source or recycle scrap packaging materials.
March 31, 1998
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Digital-on-demand printing opens new markets for converter
Two six-color digital offset presses drive Watson Label Products into the packaging market. Machines specialize in short-run production of flexibles used primarily for prototyping and promotional purposes.
March 31, 1998
Containers
Supplier news: Relocations, expansions
Hoover Materials Handling Group, Inc. (Alpharetta, GA) has opened an IBC sales and distribution office in Melbourne, Australia, called Hoover I.B.C.
March 31, 1998
Filling/capping, dry
Supplier news: Appointments, promotions
Nordson (Amherst, OH): David Mancuso, vp, Powder Systems Group; Ernest J. Fena, general mgr., Liquid Systems Group.
March 31, 1998
Containers
Supplier news: Relocations, expansions
Tubed Products, Inc. (Easthampton, MA) has begun construction on a 92ꯠ sq' manufacturing and office facility in Oxnard, CA.
March 31, 1998
Labels
Package design 'primes' users on paint primers
New label design and matching in-store merchandising cards make it simpler for customers to select the appropriate Sherwin-Williams paint primer. The well-known Cleveland-based paint manufacturer and distributor worked with brand identity and package design firm Interbrand Gerstman+Meyers (New York, NY) to create a distinctive color-coded design.
March 31, 1998
Containers
FDA OKs new food-specific health claim
Package labels for foods containing soluble fiber from psyllium-seed husks may include a claim that consumption of the product can reduce the risks of heart disease when part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol, according to a ruling from the Food and Drug Administration that is effective immediately.
March 31, 1998
Containers
Lotion container
The Oval Modified Eurotube, a high-gloss HDPE container for lotions and cremes, has been developed by W. Braun (Chicago, IL). The container is 115 mL (3.88 oz) with a 22/400 finish.
February 28, 1998
Controls & Machine Components
Valve bag applicator
Model 511 is an automatic valve bag applicator from Stone Container (Chicago, IL) that automates the placement of empty valve bags on the filling tubes of two-, three-, or four-tube valve bag packers.
February 28, 1998
Feeding/inserting/unscrambling
Information sheet
Available from Automated Feeding & Alignment Systems (Batavia, IL) is an information sheet on its asymmetrical package orienter. The flow of a package from a "beginning pattern" to a "final component pattern" is illustrated along with a list of benefits, features and typical uses of the machine, such as batteries and squeeze tubes on hanging cards.
February 28, 1998
Converting equipment
Olin takes air out of pool chemicals display
A new line of interlocking modular square containers was designed to meet retailers' needs. Design features, some patented, make containers consumer-friendly as well.
February 28, 1998
Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)
Bags stretch advantages for packagers and end users
Among FPA's winning packages sold at retail are a flat-bottom flexible bag made on first-of-its-kind vf/f/s machinery, a club-store bag incorporating a transverse zipper for reclosability, and a patented shaker bag that handily dispenses ice melt.
February 28, 1998
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