Packaging Digest back issues from April 2008:
ConAgra's 'healthy choice' for steamer package.(design trends)
Apr 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ConAgra's new Healthy Choice Cafe Steamers entrees are available in convenient, microwavable packaging that includes a vented, plastic steaming tray holding frozen vegetables and meats above a similar plastic tray that holds a sauce. The microwave Steam ...
Avon's intriguing container for skincare.(design trends)
Apr 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Avon's Anew Ultimate Age Repair Elixir, part of its leading anti-aging skin care line that offers breakthrough technology for maintaining skin's youthfulness, is introduced in a glamorous, high-tech pump and bottle combination filled at Avon sites in ...
PETG sleeves 'ready' fiber drink for the market.(design trends)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Health Direct's Ready Fiber, a clear liquid source of soluble, dietary fiber in a beverage, is after the nutritional market in vibrant packaging dressed for success. Two different sizes of Ready Fiber include round 8- and 15-oz bottles that are decorated with full-body sleeve labels from ...
Sustainable smoothies in RPET bottles.(design trends)
Apr 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] U.K. juice brand Innocent adds 100-percent-recycled polyethylene terepthalate (RPET) bottles to its line for fruit smoothies under the Innocent name. Founded in 1999, the company produces smoothies and flavored spring water, which it sells in supermarkets ...
New squeeze bottles, sleeves revamp Elmer's Glue.(design trends: household products)
Apr 01, 2008 ... For some 60 years, Elmer's Glue has truly been an iconic brand that transcends generations and demographics. The sticky white stuff from Elmer's Products, Inc., Columbus, OH, has faced competitors' glues on retail shelves that were throughout the years packaged in the same colors and in ...
Kill it quick with fast-acting, hard-surface disinfectant.(design trends: household products)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Mid-Continent Packaging, Inc., a company with more than 45 years' experience in contract chemical packaging, has been granted a license by PURE Bioscience for blending, packaging and distribution of PURE's patented silver dihydrogen citrate (SDC)-based hard-surface disinfectant ....
Luxe foodservice bottles enter the U.K.(design trends)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A custom-molded bottle in a hefty size is helping to launch what's said to be the U.K. foodservice industry's first-ever premium line of ready-to-use cooking sauces and soups, under the Loyd Grossman brand from Premier Foods. Provided by RPC Containers Corby (www.rpccorby.co.uk), the 2-kg ...
Packagers flock to learn about sustainability.(comment)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Spring has arrived, and everyone in packaging seems to be thinking , "green" these days. It's not so much that it has been a long winter, but the issue of sustainability continues to bud to the point where you could say it is in full bloom. Conferences, webcasts and white papers on the ...
Tablet counters.(Controls & Inspection)
Apr 01, 2008 ... TruCount[R] 100-percent count-accuracy verification system can now be retrofitted I to existing Merrill[R] tablet and capsule counters. TruCount scans, evaluates and counts product before it enters the bottle and ensures 100-percent count accuracy, the co. reports. The system provides a ...
Thermal-transfer coder.(Controls & Inspection)
Apr 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The SmartDate[R] 5 Advance thermal-transfer coder includes a new controller with a full color touchscreen. The thermal-transfer coder comes readily configurable between intermittent and continuous mode and between left- and right-handed operations. A new ...
Case packing.(Controls & Inspection)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Contour Series M-50 multiwrapper has a flexible servo-driven film-wrapping wand and a tunnel that uses patented heat and airflow management technologies to deliver tightly wrapped packages in multiple-lane production. The co. says Axiom and Invex case packers have ...
Safety relays.(Controls & Inspection)
Apr 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Two new modules in the PNOZsigma range of slim-line safety relays include the PNOZ s7.1, which features three normally open safety contacts. It is connected to a base unit safety relay type PNOZ s1, s2, s3, s4, s5, s6 or s6.1. In addition, the s7.1 model ...
Fast control technology.(Controls & Inspection)
Apr 01, 2008 ... The co. introduces a combination of PC-based and industrial Ethernet technologies: The extreme Fast Control (XFC) technology. This technology offers performance improvements by a factor of 10 and enables cycle times of 100 microsec without having to give up central intelligence and the ...
MVTR permeation system.(Controls & Inspection)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Permatran-W[R] Model 1/50 moisture vapor transmission rate analyzer is between 30- and 70-percent less expensive than other units available, the co. says. The system is a single-cell, standalone instrument, designed to test medium-to-low barrier films within the range of ...
XML monitor.(Controls & Inspection)
Apr 01, 2008 ... The EASYLABEL[R] 5.5 Platinum XML monitor can automatically print RFID or bar code labels when a compatible XML file is received. This ...
Promoting paper.(Paper & Paperboard)
Apr 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] For its Starbrite[R] Opaque brand, the co. launches what it calls a simple promofion, "Keep It Simple Starbrite." consisting of an embossed outer sleeve and one page in a brochure stamped with foil. With the promotion, ...
Bag swatchbook.(Paper & Paperboard)
Apr 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Titled "Luxe Papers for Luxury Bags," new swatchbook reportedly offers package designers new textures, unique finishes and green choices. Broadcloth, canvas, Oxford, smooth and pearlized smooth finishes are offered for paper bags said to contain a ...
Blister card.(Paper & Paperboard)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Lite-Pak[TM], a reportedly sustainable structure directed at clubstore applications, debuts within the co's ClubPakTM system using a preset pallet template program to create the right primary packaging size and pallet configuration. Said to use ...
Recyclable labels.(Paper & Paperboard)
Apr 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] What the co. calls the first 100-percent-recyclable cut-sheet printer labels are released. The co. says the labels are made with 100-percent post-consumer-recycled and a certified processed, chlorine-free facestock, a recyclable backing material and ...
Compliance labels.(Paper & Paperboard)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A line of shipping labels developed specifically to comply with the newest regulations affecting lithium batteries is offered by the co., which says the labels use transportation requirements and industry standards. The co. notes that a new packaging line of prototype ...
Bowl bag.(Paper & Paperboard)
Apr 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ServoPac[TM] debuts as a side-opening bag that the co. sees as a cost-effective alternative to the current pillow bag, initially aimed at snackfood packaging ...
Displays.(Paper & Paperboard)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Greenchoice[TM] PDQ displays are introduced, reportedly to reduce material needs and setup times. The counter display consists of only a shipper, a tray and a back billboard that allow up to 20 percent savings in materials via its patent-pending structure. The Power Wing shelf shipper is ...
Compliance package.(Paper & Paperboard)
Apr 01, 2008 ... CIAB--Compliance In A Bottle[TM] is the co's new CR and senior-friendly compliance prompting package. Said to achieve F=1, highest CR level of CPSC's test protocol, the outer package is a rigid shell with pushdown-and-slide opening ...
Dual-valve closure.(Paper & Paperboard)
Apr 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Aimed directly at bottled water applications, the Duo debuts as a closure with two silicone one-way valves that reportedly enable sanitary sharing by allowing the product to flow only in the outward direction with no backwash, no spillage and no ...
Unbreakable icon shines in plastic: PET bottles shatter supply-chain blockades associated with Old Spice's trademark glass bottles, while allowing P&G to keep the brand's look with a more sustainable consumer-friendly and economic option.(Cover story)
Apr 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Trading in its imported glass bottle for a more sustainable and consumer-friendly option, the Old Spice fragrance line now is housed in a three sizes of shatter-resistant polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles: a 3.86-in. container holding 2.5 oz of ...
Chemically compatible bottles: Spectrum Chemicals moves to HDPE bottles, which reduce breakage, are compatible with its chemicals and lower shipping and customer costs by as much as 50 percent.(HDPE bottles)
Apr 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Spectrum Chemicals & Laboratory Products, Gardena, CA, supplies some 15,000 high-purity, fine chemicals to a variety of industries and offers active pharmaceutical ingredients, laboratory supplies and more. Considered one of the largest fine ...
Smart divider maintains speed: Servo motor operation of a new container/divider system lets it transfer all of the bottles on a dual line to one line if the other goes down.(automation & controls)
Apr 01, 2008 ... In material handling operations, lane dividers are a great time saver. Empty bottles headed into a filling operation, for example, can be divided into two packaging lines to feed two fillers, cutting production time virtually in half. The same applies to labeling operations or any other ...
Uncorking custom wine labels: Windsor Vineyards is a California winery that offers wines direct to consumers with a personalized touch, using a digital label printer to generate customized bottle labels.(label printing/applicating)
Apr 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Windsor Vineyards, a private-label winery located in Windsor, CA, is all about customization. In fact, Windsor claims to be America's largest direct-to-consumer winery, offering several red, white, rose sparkling and dessert wines, wine collections and ...
Cosmeceuticals company lifts filling productivity: Hawknad Mfg. uses adjustable--puck filling system to dispense with manual filling regardless of bottle shape or size.(cosmeceutical filling)
Apr 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Hawknad Mfg. Industries, Inc. of Alexandria, VA, has tripled its filling productivity by installing a customized TurboFil (www.turbofil.com) UniPuck[R] adjustable in-line filling system. The automated system uses patent-pending UniPucks to ...
Packaging show & tell: those "in-the-know" promise to show and tell at the 2008 Packaging Summit & Expo.(show preview)(Conference news)
Apr 01, 2008 ... With a fully integrated conference program and more than 160 booths featuring contract-packaging options, materials, containers and packaging solutions, the Packaging Summit Expo and Conference will take place May 13 to 15 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL. It is ...
Juiced-up pouch filling: Faribault Foods has three fillers, each of which runs 250 standup pouches of juice drinks/min.(pouch packaging)
Apr 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This is the second part of the Faribault Foods story. Part one, which ran last month, covered a first-of-its-kind cartoner that packs 10 standup pouches in a unique paperboard wrap-around carton. Advanced Nutritionals Corp. started in 1992 as a ...
Dry-bean country: a new packaging line at L.H. HAYWARD runs 1-, 2- and 4-lb bags of dry beans on two vertical form/fill/seal machines.(vf/f/s packaging)(Company overview)
Apr 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Lucius Hamilton Hayward founded L. H.Hayward & Co. in 1923 in New Orleans and established himself in business as a wholesale supplier of fresh fruits and vegetables. Immediately after World War II, with the advent of the supermarket concept for grocery ...
Bottle carriers quash the 'crunch' at Pepsi: regional bottler Pepsi Oneta, Corpus Christi, TX, navigates through the mist of larger national bottlers with a move to multipack beverage carriers for its 1/2-L six-packs of Everest water.(beverage carriers)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Pepsi Oneta, a regional bottler in Corpus Christi, TX, is happily forging a path in the shadow of larger national bottlers, due to a switch to multipack beverage carriers from Roberts PolyPro (www.robertspolypro. coin) for its 1/2-L six-packs of Everest water. Brant Windham, operations ...
Mobius winners savor adaptation: big brands are prominent in the package design category of the Mobius Design awards, as bottles, software, cans and a burlap bag weigh in.(design awards)
Apr 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Pretty pictures still have a role in package design, but adaptation and flexibility rise to the top like cream does in glass bottles of milk. So it's not surprising that package designers and their marketer clients are purring at the appreciation ...
Three-sided bottles heat up haircare sales: Thermafuse's new custom HDPE haircare bottles have three label panels that carry maximum information about the hair repair line's heat-induced attributes.(bottle design)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Thermafuse Healthier Hair With Heat of Kannapolis, NC, is not only putting the heat on its products, it's putting some heat on its packaging with hot, new bottle shapes created with help from Joni Rae arid Associates (www. joniraeandassociates.com). Available in salons across ...
Marketing claims often not sustainable.(sustainability)
Apr 01, 2008; ... The Federal Trade Commission Trade Commission recently announced that it will host a public workshop about the Green Guides and Packaging on April 30 in Washington, DC. The meeting will examine recent developments associated with environmental packaging claims and consumer perceptions of ...
Protective clamshell is a home run: XO Athletic launches the XO HeartShield, an innovative shield device for young baseball players, packaged in a transparent, reclosable thermoformed PVC clamshell with product inspection and marketing impact in mind.(thermoformed packaging)
Apr 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When XO Athletic Co., Hillside, NJ, (which has more than 20 years in the sports medicine category, supplying the U.S. athletic Cup market since 1986) decided to introduce a protective device for young athletes, it called on Alloyd Brands (www.alloyd.com), ...
Seven rules for writing a project specification.(system integration)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Mark Voigtmann, a lawyer at Baker & Daniels in Indianapolis, concentrates his practice on legal issues affecting automation companies. From his experience with structuring projects and resolving legal disputes, he has formulated seven rules for writing a project specification. They apply ...
Controls upgrade.(new products: equipment)
Apr 01, 2008 ... The co. offers a retrofit controls upgrade for extruders and extruder systems. This system is complete with HMI industrial touch screen and integrated P/C including various user-friendly features such as graphic color images for all temperature zones, pressures, drives, heating current and ...
Remote-control option.(new products: equipment)
Apr 01, 2008 ... An induction-sealing Remote Control and Monitoring (RCM) option is available for customized integration into line control and SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisitions) systems. The flexible control makes it ...
Ink-jet printer.(new products: equipment)
Apr 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The co. introduces the APS thermal ink-jet printer that prints on plastic, foil, tablets and capsules. This is the only HP-based printer system that can print on nonporous surfaces without the need for dryer assist, the co. says. The co. also introduces an ...
Robotic case packer.(new products: equipment)
Apr 01, 2008 ... The co. releases its Model V 30 vertical robotic case packer, which incorporates servo-drive technology to create a high-speed vertical case packing system. The case packer is capable of handling jars, bottles (plastic or glass), tubes, bags and/or cartons. Designed around a Fanuc M-16iC ...
Palletizing robot.(new products: equipment)
Apr 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The intelligent M-410iB palletizing robot is the co.'s latest-generation robot designed for precise, high-speed and heavy-payload case and bag palletizing and depalletizing, layer handling, press tending, machine load/unload and parts transfer. The robot ...
Alcan Packaging Food Americas.(MOVERS & SHAKERS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Alcan Packaging Food Americas names James J. Rooney vp of marketing for its food ...
Ampacet Corp.(MOVERS & SHAKERS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Ampacet Corp. promotes Paul ...
Curtis Packaging.(MOVERS & SHAKERS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Curtis Packaging names Kerry ...
Mettler-Toledo Hi-Speed.(MOVERS & SHAKERS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Mettler-Toledo Hi-Speed appoints Gwendolyn ...
Multisorb.(MOVERS & SHAKERS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Multisorb appoints T. Possumato as ...
Multivac.(MOVERS & SHAKERS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Multivac appoints Kevin Ryan as regional ...
Advance Packaging.(MOVERS & SHAKERS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Advance Packaging hires Jamie Stevens as ...
Maxcess Intl.(MOVERS & SHAKERS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Maxcess Intl. adds significant industry expertise and local support for Fife, MAGPOWR ...
Metabolix, Inc.(MOVERS & SHAKERS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Metabolix, Inc. names ...
Bosch Rexroth's Electric Drives and Controls.(MOVERS & SHAKERS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Bosch Rexroth's Electric Drives and ...
ABB Inc., Automation Products.(MOVERS & SHAKERS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... ABB Inc., Automation Products names Aaron ...
FKI Logistex.(MOVERS & SHAKERS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... FKI Logistex appoints Michael Bell as manager, ...
Flexicell, Inc.(MOVERS & SHAKERS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Flexicell, Inc. names Thomas Halish director of robotic applications and ...
Gerresheimer AG.(MOVERS & SHAKERS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Gerresheimer AG appoints Gerhard ...
Kliklok-Woodman.(MOVERS & SHAKERS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Kliklok-Woodman hires Michael Gilbertson as a regional accounts ...
Klockner Pentaplast Group.(MOVERS & SHAKERS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Klockner Pentaplast Group appoints Jay Cheng as ...
Laga.(MOVERS & SHAKERS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Laga hires Rob Swan as vp and executive ...
Mark Andy, Inc.(MOVERS & SHAKERS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Mark Andy, Inc. promotes Jerry Henson to flexible packaging sales ...
Introducing a new line of Case Sealers.(info showcase)
Apr 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A.B. Sealer, Inc. introduces a new line of CASE SEALERS starting at $2,900. From Semi-Automatic to Fully Automatic Random there will be a sealer to fit any budget. Sealers are available in stainless steel. A.B. Sealer also offers for the first time a ...
Dispensa-Matic--since 1974.(info showcase)
Apr 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] New Bottle-Matic--labels any cylindrical object 3/4" to 8" diameters accurately with speeds up to 950 pieces per hour $1999.00. New U-25--power advance for roll labels 3/8" to 2 1/2" $339.00. Our commitment to quality is supported by our TWO YEAR ...
Total control and traceability.(info showcase)
Apr 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] From pellet to finished product, we have total control and traceability. These systems allow us to deliver unique, cost-effective solutions tailored specifically to our customers' needs. We provide award-winning custom thermoforming solutions for a ...
AirPouch[TM] Express 3 void-fill system.(info showcase)
Apr 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The AirPouch Express 3 is a portable, tabletop void-fill system capable of producing over 50 feet of air pillows per minute. The unit weighs just 35 pounds, and features a small footprint to free-up valuable warehouse space. There is no I need for ...