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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Filling, Capping & Closing
Containers & Closures
Flow wrapping
Chewing up market share (sidebar)
Lasers sweeten coding for gum packs
September 30, 1995
Rigid: Page 323
Closures
BenGay gets a whole new look
New York-based Pfizer, Inc. received a commendation from the Arthritis Foundation for its redesigned package for BenGay®. The commendation came largely on the strength of the injection-molded poly-propylene flip-style dispensing closure, which has a peripheral latch sealing system that reduces the amount of force needed by the consumer during opening and closing.
September 30, 1995
Containers
Tabletop foam-in-place
The Pro Packer is a new tabletop, foam-in-place package system from Insta-Foam (Joliet, IL). It can operate with the company's VPM20 or 900ic foam-in-place packaging systems, as well as other brands on the market.
August 31, 1995
Containers
Can end remover
The Wizard® portable dechimers from Wizard Drum Tool (Wau-kesha, WI) remove top and bottom metal chimes from empty drums to allow fiber drum to lay flat for re-cycling at a later time.
August 31, 1995
Filling/capping, dry
Erect/pack/seal system
Durable Packaging (Booth 3365) will introduce its Erect/Pack/Seal System with bag-in-box feature. Suitable for packaging of bulk, powdered and medical products.
August 31, 1995
Secondary Packaging
Cartoning and sizing
Pack and Stack(TM) version 3.0 from Advanced Logistics Systems (Roche Harbor, WA) is software designed to size and palletize single-sized or bulk items.
August 31, 1995
Conveying & accumulation
Bulk bag hoppers
Hapman Conveyors (Kalamazoo, MI) has introduced a new series of bulk bag unloading/conveying hoppers. They are equipped with an adjustable iris valve to control material flow, an access door for opening or closing of bags and a low-level sensor to automatically stop the conveyor.
August 31, 1995
Feeding/inserting/unscrambling
Sheet-fed press proves it's game for Chicago converter
Sheet-fed offset press with in-line aqueous coating helps Moss Printing enhance efficiency, reduce labor costs and pursue additional business. A contract packer of a popular board game carton is among the first Moss customers to benefit.
August 31, 1995
Conveying & accumulation
Shrink wrappers energize vitamin maker
California-based Pharmavite's shrink wrappers with customized infeeds boost speed and reduce changeover time for bundled multipacks of bottled vitamins and food supplements.
August 31, 1995
Sustainability
Roller coaster ride for recycled plastics, paper markets
As the buying habits of Procter & Gamble, Lever Brothers, Clorox and People's Republic of China go, so goes the U.S. market for recycled packaging materials. Recycling capacity and changes in feedstock play major roles, too.
August 31, 1995
Containers
Supplier news: Appointments, promotions
Composite Can and Tube Institute (Alexandria, VA): Robert Pender, Jr., of Star Paper Tube, Inc., president.
August 31, 1995
Converting equipment
Meridian shifts again
Sales are up for Meridian Clear, a noncarbonated, flavored spring water introduced in late 1993. So far up that Atlanta, GA-based Meridian Beverage Co.
August 31, 1995
Closures
Andes Candies does the twist
By October 1, Delavan, WI-based Andes Candies will begin shipping two seasonal "crystal twist packs," one containing a red silk rose and candy wrapped in red foil for Valentine's Day; the other a silk tulip with assorted color wraps for Easter.
August 31, 1995
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