Beverage

Debating the future of packaging machine control

PC vs PLC -- Six packaging machinery builders debate the pros and cons of controlling packaging machinery with either computers or programmable logic controllers.

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Supplier news: Appointments, promotions

Packaging Education Forum (Herndon, VA): James E. Scott, president.

August 31, 1999

Prepared & Canned Foods

Lemonade launch refreshed by innovative packaging

In launching the first major ReaLemon Brand® extension in 65-years, package designers at Eagle Family Foods brought plenty of creativity to the first shelf-stable lemonade concentrate.

August 31, 1999

Beverage

French juice marketer first to use reclosable cap

French juice marketer Les Vergers D'Alsace is the first to use the new resealable and tamper-evident opening device for aseptic brick packs from Tetra Pak (Vernon Hills, IL) called the SpinCap.

August 31, 1999

Beverage

Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

Crooked River Brewing Co. (Cleveland, OH) has acquired Hudepohl-Schoenling Brewing Co.'s beer div. (Cincinnati, OH).

August 31, 1999

Beverage

Study tracks U.S. cap and closure shipments

U.S. shipments of caps and closures are projected to increase nearly 3% annually through 2003 to 157 billion units, according to a study called "Caps & Closures" by The Freedonia Group (Cleveland, OH).

August 31, 1999

Beverage

PEN strikes again

Coatings and multilayer structures, not polyethylene naphthalate, have commanded center stage lately when it comes to plastic barrier bottles for beer (see Packaging World, June '99, p.

August 31, 1999

Beverage

Coffee bags

Sengewald Verpackungen (Halle, Germany) has introduced two metal-free films for coffee bags. Both incorporate EVOH as an oxygen barrier material. The first is a lamination of oriented PP and a PE/EVOH/PE coextrusion for stand-up bags.

July 31, 1999

Bakery & Snack

U.S. Bottlers Machinery Company: Pusher/filler

U.S Bottlers' (Charlotte, NC) pickle pusher/syruper is a monobloc pusher/filler that first presses fruits/vegetables fully into their containers, then indexes the containers to a vacuum filler that supplies the juice or syrup.

July 31, 1999

Beverage

Filling on a budget

Economical pressure filler is easy to operate and handles viscous product for start-up contract packager GLH Industries.

July 31, 1999

Prepared & Canned Foods

New coating slakes Finnish dairy's thirst

Helsinki dairy Valio substitutes a plastic barrier coating for aluminum foil in its paperboard cartons for drinking water. The change meets environmental objectives while providing the necessary barrier performance.

July 31, 1999

Dairy

FDA radiates antipathy on irradiation labeling

Agency appears reluctant to let food processors use less-frightening labeling declaration for foods that are irradiated. Consumer opposition to any change is very strong.

July 31, 1999

Inspection, Sorting & Weighing

Web Plus: Capsule reviews

A variety of distinctive glass wine bot-tles are featured at www.winebottle.com, the site of Wine Bottle & Packaging (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada).

July 31, 1999