Conveying & accumulation

Air cushions salve Omron's shipping wounds

Medical supply distributor switches from loose-fill “peanuts” to an air-cushioned void fill to satisfy customers and cut space requirements.

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Flexibles

Sporty pouch a U.S. first

Wanting to make a splash in the sports drink category, Hydrade Beverage is introducing a 500-mL stand-up pouch with a PET/foil/PET/PE structure.

March 31, 2001

Flexible packaging

Kit Kat Bites the 'Junkyard Dog'

To promote the best use of company equipment, Hershey Foods annually recognizes the team that saves the most money. Two packaging lines for Kit Kat Bites won for 2000.

March 31, 2001

Flexible packaging

Non-food flexible packs devour awards

FPA recognizes a multilayer p-s ‘book’ label for cleaners, a plastic header bag, a resealable stand-up pouch, a high-barrier industrial wrap, formable and peelable webs for a medical package, and a CR reclosable bag for pharmaceuticals.

March 31, 2001

Secondary Packaging

Technical prowess, flexible style

Two improved package materials, one for cup lidding, one for microwave wrapping, secured Technical Innovation awards in the Flexible Packaging Assn. competition. Printing and Environmental Achievement awards also went to new technologies.

March 31, 2001

Secondary Packaging

Diners find film packs ideal for every meal course

From soups and salads to poultry, foods of all types become winners at the market—and in the 2000 Flexible Packaging Assn. competition.

March 31, 2001

Conveying & accumulation

Rayovac charges up battery lines

Two new production lines package AA and AAA batteries, respectively, into peggable, reclosable RPET clamshells. Integrated setups include self-designed battery handling systems.

March 31, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

LINPAC: Product catalog

Linpac Materials Handling (Georgetown, KY) offers a full line product catalog describing Ropak™ brand reusable container systems. The 20-page, full-color catalog highlights 3230, 4048, 4548, Extended Length, Fixed Wall and Hopper Bottom containers with photos, size specifications, dimensions and weight capacities.

February 28, 2001

Flexibles

FPA recognizes flexible achievements

A stand-up pouch for refrigerated soup and a high-barrier material used primarily in industrial applications were named Highest Achievement Award Winners by the Flexible Packaging Assn.

February 28, 2001

Sustainable Packaging

Corrugated pallets

National Packaging Companies’ (Newark, NJ) Enviro-Pallets are comprised of recycled corrugated board and natural paper fiber. They cost less than wodden pallets while providing an environmentally friendly solution to the problems of handling and disposing of wooden pallets.

February 28, 2001

Flexible packaging

No-strings-attached tea bag

Honest Tea, Bethesda, MD, launched a whole-leaf, natural tea line in fall 2000, sealed in what it calls a first-of-its-kind integral "Tag-and-Bag" supplied by Copack Intl. (Carlstadt, NJ). This nonwoven, filter tea bag and tag replaces the standard string, staple and printed tag. A four-side, sealed kraft overwrap pouch locks in the freshness.

January 31, 2001

Secondary Packaging

Club stores applaud multipack

When club store managers told Del Monte Foods that they wanted canned fruits and vegetables in multipacks more elegant than the ring carrier arrangement they’d been receiving, Del Monte responded.

January 31, 2001

Flexible packaging

Pack gains Annie's approval

Annie’s® Homegrown Inc. in September introduced Microwavable Single Servings Mac & Cheese Meals in a “dual pouch” that holds organically grown macaroni in one pouch and powdered cheese sauce in a second, smaller pouch.

January 31, 2001