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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Filling, Capping & Closing
Containers & Closures
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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Containers
Hot stamping for flexible tubes
Dependable Machine (Cedar Grove, NJ) has introduced the M.O.S.S. Automatic Model SC 2 high-speed hot stamping machine for plastic tubes. It can hot stamp on tubes measuring .394" to 2.56" in dia, and up to 7.0912" L, at speeds to 2귔/hr.
February 28, 1997
Flexible packaging
Medical/surgical packs make a strong FPA showing
Among medical industry packages to win FPA awards this year was a thermoformed pouch that won the Green Globe Award for environmental achievement.
February 28, 1997
Flexible packaging
Of communion cups and stand-up pouches
These three FPA award winners represent different industries to be sure, but they all have one thing in common: Their use of flexible films to meet packaging challenges.
February 28, 1997
Secondary Packaging
No uniformity in changeover demands
Almost any way you measure packaging line changeover, the answers from Packaging World readers vary widely. The major agreement is that more changes are being demanded-and less time is available for doing them. However, the strategies for hastening change
February 28, 1997
Additives, coatings & inks
AquaPenn's 8-oz PET breaks the size barrier
AquaPenn Spring Water Co. has what it believes is the smallest polyethylene terephthalate bottle for a nonalcoholic beverage in the country. Holding just 8 oz of spring water, the Quick Quench bottle was launched in mid-January, targeted primarily at foodservice institutions.
February 28, 1997
Closures
Tube closure
The patent-pending TE Eye Tip Fez Cap from Teledyne Packaging (Chester, PA) is a new tube closure for use on loose opthalmic ointment tubes. Its larger size and improved shape al-lows easier handling, while its ridged surface makes it easier to grip.
January 31, 1997
Additives, coatings & inks
In-line capper
New Resina's (Brooklyn, NY) new in-line capper uses a patent-pending design to improve torque range and enable users to reach speeds of 600 caps/min, depending on bottle size.
January 31, 1997
Containers
Steel drum
Trilla Steel Drum (Chicago, IL) now manufactures a 55-gal steel drum with a reduced diameter, designed to fit more drums more compactly into ISO containers.
January 31, 1997
Containers
Recycling program
Schutz Container Systems, Inc. (North Branch, NJ) announced a program for the return, refurbishment and reuse of IBCs in North America. The Schutz IBC North American Ticket is patterned after a similar IBC program Schutz established in Europe in 1993 called Euroticket.
January 31, 1997
Sustainability
IBC serves up savings for sauce maker
Pepper Source reduces its packaging and distribution costs with a reusable bulk container that saves in both shipping and receiving, says maker of sauces, marinades and glazes.
January 31, 1997
Containers
Bang the drum carefully
Open-headed fiber drums can't pass U.S. Dept. of Transportation drop tests. NAS recommendations could result in an exemption.
January 31, 1997
Conveying & accumulation
United Distillers bulks up on savings
United Distillers saves $400ꯠ in freight and corrugated costs by purchasing bottles in bulk rather than in reshippers, and by shipping outgoing product in a Bliss-style case rather than the reshipper. New depalletizer, case erectors, case taper and inspection systems boost efficiency on 1.75-L spirits line.
January 31, 1997
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