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Converting equipment
HDPE-based Tropicana bottles project fresh, 'local dairy' image
In the first stage of a national roll-out, coextrusion blow-molded bottles for Tropicana FruitWise smoothies are finding a place in the refrigerated cases of supermarkets in Cleveland and several other markets.
November 30, 1997
Rigid: Page 297
Filling/capping, liquid & viscous
Peristaltic pump filler
ELF Machines (LaPorte, IN) has developed a two-head metered dispensing system suitable for laboratory or pharmaceutical applications. It fills thin and slightly viscous liquids into containers ranging from 0.25 mL to 500 mL.
October 31, 1997
Conveying & accumulation
Shaped 'can' rewrites packaging line rules (sidebar)
Shrink labelers make their North American debut
October 31, 1997
Flexible packaging
'Alternative' packs milk sales
In an effort to recapture market share lost to rival beverages, milk processors are turning to more contemporary containers-with strong sales results.
October 31, 1997
Flexible packaging
Unit-dose packaging for the garden
Consumers crave convenience, so this lawn and garden products manufacturer serves it up: single-dose pouches of home insecticides.
October 31, 1997
Conveying & accumulation
Seagram salutes the end of tweaking
Seagram combines two bottling lines into one medium-speed line for a broad variety of spirits in glass bottles. Quick-change parts for cleaning, filling, capping and conveying equipment reduce downtime and labor costs.
October 31, 1997
Containers
Management pay a worthy goal
Managers in packaging and manufacturing departments are packing away the highest salaries among packaging professionals. Packaging World's exclusive survey shows they're also very satisfied with their jobs.
October 31, 1997
Controls & Machine Components
Metal pails
A full line of metal pails from Leaktite (Leominster, MA) is now available. The pails are fabricated from steel and feature riveted ears for added strength, wire handles that can stand up and sealed lock-seamed construction.
October 31, 1997
Converting equipment
Heat resistance leads to refillable PEN
Having learned valuable lessons from a returnable PEN bottle used by a sister company in Uruguay, Coca-Cola Germany introduces a new container made of homopolymer PEN.
October 31, 1997
Conveying & accumulation
Shaped 'can' rewrites packaging line rules
Several unorthodoxies on the filling line make it possible for this soft, squeezable, straight-walled polypropylene container to resist paneling after hot-filling. Also new is a first-of-its-kind on-line shrink label application in a bottling plant.
October 31, 1997
Filling/capping, liquid & viscous
Britvic banks on being different
This UK beverage marketer was a pioneer in aseptically filled PET bottles. Other ambitious packages include matte-black coated glass for on-premise sales and black PET bottles in four sizes.
October 31, 1997
Converting equipment
Barrier technology impresses judges
The prestigious Diamond Award of the eleventh annual DuPont Awards went to Continental PET Technologies (Florence, KY). CPT was honored for the high-barrier 400-mL (13.524-oz) polyethylene terephthalate single-serve bottle it developed for Atlanta-based Coca-Cola.
October 31, 1997
Containers
Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements
Caraustar Industries, Inc. (Austell, GA) has purchased Baxter Tube Co. (Warrensville Heights, OH), a subsidiary of The Tanzonic Companies.
October 31, 1997
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