Containers

Barrier bottle to broaden Apple & Eve markets

Apple & Eve’s new monolayer barrier PET bottle from Graham Packaging offers the juice packer new ways to market its single-serve 10-oz bottles of juice.

July 31, 2003

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Conveying & accumulation

Back to Vegas for more gear

A Mexican manufacturer of cleaning products and a Utah marketer of bottled water both will return to Pack Expo Las Vegas this October.

July 31, 2003

Sustainable Packaging

Wireless dynamic temperature and impact monitoring in the palm of your hand

Sensor Wireless, Canada, announced today that it will be releasing their newest wireless real time monitoring system, DTS, as an additional feature alongside of their popular Smart Bottle, Smart Can, and Universal PD sensor systems.

June 30, 2003

Containers

Nonslip tier sheets

Curtas Technologie introduces the GRIPmaster line of nonslip tier sheets, which maintains unitized load integrity even when subjected to inclination of up to 35 degrees.

June 30, 2003

Sustainable Packaging

Molded pulp seminar rescheduled

The Mequon, WI-based International Molded Pulp Environmental Packaging Assn. announced that it has rescheduled its 7th International Molded Pulp Seminar to Feb. 14 – 16, 2004, at the Hilton Garden Inn in Orlando, FL.

June 30, 2003

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FOODSERVICE SANITATION STUDY

A December 2002 study by the Foodservice & Packaging Institute among 24 foodservice establishments in Las Vegas determined that no dangerous-to-health organisms were found on 330 tested items.

June 30, 2003

Sustainability

MSU, Clemson offer seminars

Michigan State University and Clemson University announce packaging seminars scheduled for this autumn...

June 30, 2003

Sustainable Packaging

CLEMSON HOSTS EXTENSION SEMINARS

Clemson University will host “Packaging Fundamentals,” Nov. 4-6, and “Managing Packaging Development,” Nov. 6-7. The former seminar will cover packaging materials, laws, regulations, testing, and environmental issues.

June 30, 2003

Sustainable Packaging

Pipeline: Enthusiastic engineers

One of the most exasperating parts of being a packaging reporter is to think about the stories that, for one reason or another, fall through the cracks.

June 30, 2003

Recycling

Finnair flies toward recycling goal

Shifting to a molded pulp tray for foodservice, Finland’s airline expands recycling of inflight packaging, thanks to special process.

June 30, 2003

Converting equipment

Paper--with special converting--shows new versatility

The oldest packaging material is finding new opportunities by combining with other materials like barrier plastics and special inks.

June 30, 2003

Flexibles

Philips automates shaver head packaging

Norelco replacement shaver heads are packaged in Holland in a fold-over blister package on a two-part packaging line that’s almost completely automated.

June 30, 2003

Sustainability

Wild Oats debuts 'corn-tainers'

Natural and organic food retailer Wild Oats Natural Marketplace, Boulder, CO, is reportedly the first North American firm to pack deli foods at retail in containers made of NatureWorks™ PLA from Cargill Dow LLC. PLA is a renewable-resource-based polylactide resin derived from corn.

June 30, 2003