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Water bottles drowning in political rhetoric

San Francisco mayor's order bans using city funds to purchase single-serve plastic water bottles.

June 29, 2007

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2007 AmeriStar competition opens

IoPP welcomes entries for its AmeriStar package competition, which honors the best packages of the year selected from 15 categories.

June 28, 2007

Flexibles

Video: elastomeric packaging

Korrvu® packaging is a dynamic packaging product that uses a strong, highly-resilient low-slip film to surround your products, protecting them from shock and vibration.

June 21, 2007

Reusable/Returnable

France makes a "come back" in the wine market. . .

Yellow Jersey (in a plastic bottle sealed with a screw cap) is being tested in the "experimental packaging haven" of Ontario, Canada, before a global roll out. Jean-Charles Boisset, president of the French winery, boasts about the innovative packaging twists, including a sporty, non-slip rubbery bottle intended to be reused for water or juice—even fitting snugly into a bicycle's water holder.

June 20, 2007

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Plastic bottle unscrambler

See video of this unscrambler specially designed to meet the packaging line requirements in pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industries. Compact design with enclosed loading bin eliminates noise and minimizes space requirements.

June 18, 2007

Containers

'Cardboard can' for soda?

Sagentia is developing a sustainable, bag-lined 'cardboard can' for soda and beer.

June 14, 2007

Flexibles

Recycled films

Klöckner Pentaplast has partnered with Packaging 2.0 LLC to introduce SmartCycle™ 150 PETE films.

June 12, 2007

Controls & Machine Components

Moving to more modular programming

IEC Standard 61131-3 is aimed at bringing standardization—based on modular reusable components—to programming. Will it change how packaging machines are designed?

June 11, 2007

Sustainable Packaging

Sustainability news & events

n San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors voted in March to become the first U.S. city to ban plastic bags from large supermarkets. Under the legislation, large supermarkets and drugstores will not be allowed to offer plastic bags made from petroleum products. Backers said the ban would annually save 450,000 gallons of oil and divert 1,400 tons of debris from area landfills. The new rules would, however, allow recyclable plastic bags. News reports say that Mayor Gavin Newsom is expected to sign the bill into law.

June 11, 2007

Sustainability

New plastics data in the U.S. LCI database

Within a matter of days, important new data sets will be available in the U.S. LCI (Life Cycle Inventory) Database. The data will include all steps from “cradle to resin” for nine common plastic resins (HDPE, LDPE, LLDPE, PP, HIPS, GPPS, PVC, ABS, PET) and two polyurethane polyols. These materials are commonly used in packaging systems as well as in durable products (for example, building products such as insulation).

June 11, 2007

Flexibles

A global perspective on sustainable packaging from kraft foods

The recently redesigned PET-based bottles for Kraft’s Crystal Light and Fruit2O brands (pictured) are 18 percent lighter than the bottles they are replacing. Following the completion of the phased introduction of the new bottles in the U.S., Kraft will reduce its PET usage by 8.7 million pounds per year.

June 11, 2007

Closures

Low-cal sweetener in high-class packaging

Tate & Lyle Canada Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Tate & Lyle PLC, London, England, is marketing “Redpath Half”—a new sweetener with half the calories of sugar—packaged in Linearpak® nonround, wide-mouth, paperboard/foil composite cans from Sonoco (www.sonoco.com).

June 11, 2007

Flexibles

Produce in compostable trays debuts on earth day

Four Seasons Produce Inc., Ephrata, PA, one of the largest independent produce wholesalers in the United States, began using compostable produce trays made of palm fiber from Earthcycle Packaging (www.earthcycle.com) for its entire organic packaging program. The repackaging was officially launched on Earth Day, April 22. Palm fiber trays compost in less than 90 days.

June 11, 2007