Beverage

Silver cleaner polishes its look

Silver Blue's complete overhaul eliminates leakage and breakage while improving esthetics.

November 30, 1998

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Beverage

FDA says Weider's health claims lack muscle

Agency blocks the first effort to use a new expedited approval process for health claims on package labels. Who will try next?

November 30, 1998

Beverage

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Schneider Packaging (Brewerton, NY) has completed a major expansion of its Brewerton, NY, facility, resulting in a total of 52ꯠ sq' of mfg.

November 30, 1998

Beverage

B&H Labeling Systems: Roll-fed labeler

The Model 2600 roll-fed labeler from B&H (Ceres, CA) labels containers measuring 2" to 5" in dia and 6 oz to 3 L in volume at speeds to 500 cpm.

October 31, 1998

Beverage

T & S Equipment Co.: Drum gripper

T&S Equipment (Angola, IN) introduces the Drum Gripper, attachable to forklifts via a safety chain that's included. Once secured to the forklift, the Gripper's curved arms fit tightly under the drum rib, ready to lift either 30- or 55-gal steel drums weighing up to 1귔 lb.

October 31, 1998

Beverage

Employee retention through TLC (sidebar)

Capitalizing on multiple locations

October 31, 1998

Prepared & Canned Foods

Sam's Club product labels turn private

Long known for presenting national-brand merchandise, Wal-Mart's Sam's Club introduces new private-label Member's Mark line, in everything from soup to jeans.

October 31, 1998

Prepared & Canned Foods

Welch's 'concentrates' on plastic can

Under development for nearly eight years, an all-plastic, easy-open, microwavable canister is now appearing in East Coast freezer cases holding several varieties of frozen juice concentrates for Welch's, Concord, MA.

October 31, 1998

Conveying & Product Handling

Jar line is a royal flush

Universal Foods' Red Star Yeast Div. boosts production five-fold with a new jar line. Nitrogen flushing consistently reduces headspace oxygen below 1%.

October 31, 1998

Conveying & Product Handling

Jar line is a royal flush (sidebar)

Drop packer provides smooth operation

October 31, 1998

Dairy

Packaging World's experts

The following list of packaging professionals, human resources officers, recruiters and industry observers are the people who made possible our special report on The Staffing Struggle.

October 31, 1998

Beverage

Lilly likes PEN for veterinary product

A new treatment for respiratory problems in pigs and chickens is administered in the field, where the breakability of glass packaging is a concern. A homopolymer PEN bottle provides a shatter-resistant answer and delivers all the shelf life needed.

October 31, 1998

Beverage

Small machine is big business for coffee roaster

A compact form/fill/seal machine makes a packaging engineer out of an entrepreneur and launches a whole new business in the process.

October 31, 1998