Sustainable Packaging: Page 563

Sustainability

Relocations, expansions

Automated Production Systems (New Freedom, PA) has opened a robotic system testing center at its headquarters.

June 30, 2001

Home

Microsoft upgrades its packaging

Software giant switches from a bleached board/corrugated combo pack to coated unbleached kraft board, saving material and equipment costs.

June 30, 2001

Sustainability

Weirton stretches for film/paper 'cocoon'

This steel producer works closely with a distributor to protect shipments of its 36ꯠ-lb steel coils by stretch wrapping them in vapor corrosion inhibitor film.

June 30, 2001

Cartoning

Sanford counts on oriented bulk filling

Automatic system that replaces manual methods conveys and counts markers for oriented loading into bulk bins. As part of the same integrated system, markers can be cartoned and cased.

June 30, 2001

Secondary Packaging

Desiccant caps are 'dried and true'

An in-cap desiccant protects sensitive test strips from LXN Corp. used by diabetics, and the vial provides a UV light barrier. This cost-effective method is transparent to consumers.

June 30, 2001

Flexibles

Packaging power tops beverages

Atlanta-based In Zone Brands has added Powerpuff Girls “toppers” to its kids-targeted Belly Washers. Toppers are the molded high-density polyethylene push/pull closures with integral figures atop the 12-oz polyvinyl chloride bottles that literally give the products "character."

May 31, 2001

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Second look at packaging yields savings

Revised pack saves time and money for medical device packager Somnus Medical. New tray design cuts costs 57% and allows company to create a dispenser pack.

May 31, 2001

Sustainability

Catering to convenience

From kid-focused foods in all-plastic barrier bowls to a caulk cartridge that reduces solid waste in Japan, the DuPont Awards cover a range of technologies.

May 31, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

OMAC picks up speed (sidebar)

The converting connection

May 31, 2001

Sustainable Packaging

Glue stabilizes Pepsi bottler's pallets

In January, Pepsi-Cola/Dr. Pepper franchise bottler Marion Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. began to lower its costs by employing a new pallet stabilization system from Nordson (Duluth, GA).

May 31, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Great Northern Corp: Roll cradles brochure

Great Northern (Appleton, WI) has issued new literature describing its recycled fiber, double-sided roll cradles. This design is said to eliminate the need to use back-to-back cradles for roll stacking to reduce packaging material usage by an average of 37%.

April 30, 2001

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Redesign spices up seasoning's image

By switching from glass jars, the traditional vehicle for spices, to a 300x200 composite can from Sonoco (Hartsville, SC), Restaurant LuLu in San Francisco was able to project a more upscale image for its spices.

April 30, 2001