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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Filling, Capping & Closing
Containers & Closures
Flexible packaging
Nestlé puts new faces on mix containers
A multi-material oval can in the U.K., a twin-pack of pouches in Switzerland, and a high-density polyethylene oval in the U.S. each deliver kid-oriented retail punch for Nestlé's powdered milk mixes.
March 31, 1997
Rigid: Page 301
Conveying & accumulation
Ultrasonic valve bag sealer
The new Bemis (Minneapolis, MN) ultrasonic valve bag sealer seals bags containing dusty, powdery and free-flowing products at speeds to 5 bags/min.
March 31, 1997
Closures
Fiber drum liner
A new smooth-walled LDPE liner is manufactured specifically for use with 55-gal open-head fiber drums with a 21.5" dia. It's extrusion blown, FDA-approved LDPE with an average wall thickness of 15 mils.
March 31, 1997
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Conflicting standards
A proposed effort to develop an international labeling system for all chemicals and mixtures could result in mandatory relabeling of U.S. food products containing safe levels of pesticide residues or food additives.
March 31, 1997
Containers
Packaging rediscovers the language of touch
New packages from Coca-Cola Co. (Atlanta, GA) and Matrix Essentials, Inc. (Solon, OH) provide dramatic evidence that the importance of a package's tactile quality is making a dramatic U.S.
March 31, 1997
Sustainability
Setting up shop
Merck, Revlon and Clorox developed unique packaging technology for their own use. Now those developments are generating revenue through licensing to other firms.
March 31, 1997
Sustainability
Bottles grow 'greener' with PCR
It took three years of development work, HDPE bottles produced for Clorox household cleaners by Owens-Brockway now incorporate 25% PCR material.
March 31, 1997
Conveying & accumulation
El Jawhara bags snacks in burgeoning Egyptian market
Bagging equipment helps El Jawhara develop a strong presence in Egypt's rapidly growing snack food market. The equipment is expected to provide a three- to four-year payback by economically producing high volumes of bagged snacks.
March 31, 1997
Containers
Supplier news: Achievements
ISO 9002 certification: Toray Plastics (America), Inc. (N. Kingstown, RI) for its Lumirror Div.; Sonoco Industrial Container Division's (Marietta, GA) fiber drum production plant; Atlantis Plastics, Inc.
March 31, 1997
Filling/capping, liquid & viscous
J.R. Simplot weighs accuracy's advantages
Revamped lines and switch to bags trigger savings
March 31, 1997
Containers
Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements
Marino Technologies (Opa Locka, FL), represented by Stone Container Corp. (Chicago, IL), acquired Walpole, Inc. (Mount Holly, NJ), a manufacturer of bulk bags.
March 31, 1997
Containers
Supplier news: International agreements
Greif Bros. Corp. (Delaware, OH) has agreed to purchase the Merced, CA, and Oakville, Ontario, Canada, steel drum manufacturing facilities of Southcorp Packaging USA, Inc.
March 31, 1997
Additives, coatings & inks
'Velvet touch' containers
LIR-USA (Yaphank, NY) has introduced a line of "velvet touch" bottles, tottles, tubes and jars for skin care applications. The Couturelle line employs a PP-based resin to achieve a textured feel.
February 28, 1997
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