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Plastics' broken loop

Recycled-content legislation has receded, environmentalists have been quiet and virgin PET is plentiful and cheap. Packagers are divided on whether to continue their commitments to use post-consumer resin in the U.S. market.

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Clearly redefined

When Clearly Canadian was introduced ten years ago, it stood apart from mainstream soft drinks on store shelves. Says Jonathon Cronin, vice president of marketing at Clearly Canadian Beverage Corp.: "When we first launched the brand, the slight blue tint to the glass bottles and the ACL decorating were almost revolutionary." Ten years later, shelves are flooded with eye-catching products, and the pioneering beverage company decided that its core brand needed a boost.

May 31, 1997

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Pepsi tells Detroit shoppers to get a grip

In early May, Pepsi-Cola Co., Somers, NY, began testing its Quick Grip PET bottle in four Detroit area supermarkets. "Ease of handling and pouring, that's what's being tested here," says Pepsi spokesperson Larry Jabbonsky.

May 31, 1997

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Applications news

Delaware-based Greif Bros. will expand its blow-molded industrial plastic container business from 55-gal drums to 275-gal intermediate bulk containers. By the third quarter of this year, it will take delivery on a blow molding machine made by Rikutec in Alternkirchen, Germany.

May 31, 1997

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PET bottle helps Campbell extend V8 brand

Campbell Soup Co. attracted considerable attention in early '96 when it launched a heat-set polyethylene terephthalate bottle for V8 vegetable juice (see PW, Apr.

May 31, 1997

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Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

Spartanburg Stainless Products Inc. (Spartanburg, SC) has signed an agreement to purchase beer and small chemical keg manufacturing equipment from Hoover Materials Handling Group (Alpharetta, GA).

May 31, 1997

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Bottles and fitments

Stlzle-Oberglas (Scotch Plains, NJ) offers a complete line of new dropper-type bottles and dispensing fitments. The cylindrical bottles are made in stock sizes from 5 mL to 100 mL and are supplied with closures and dropper assemblies that fit the containers' standard 18-mm neck finishes.

April 30, 1997

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Glass bottle

The 375-mL Tuscan is a new glass bottle from Caliber Packaging (Cerritos, CA) designed for wine and pourable foods. It has a 28-mm bar top finish and can be packed into 12-pack reshipper cartons, or into bulk layers upon special request.

April 30, 1997

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Capper brochure

The Capamatic® chuck-style cappers are the focus of a brochure from National Instrument (Baltimore, MD). The brochure discusses single- and dual-head chuck-type cappers and rotary cappers.

April 30, 1997

Beverage

Bottles and fitments

Stlzle-Oberglas (Scotch Plains, NJ) offers a complete line of new dropper-type bottles and dispensing fitments. The cylindrical bottles are made in stock sizes from 5 mL to 100 mL and are supplied with closures and dropper assemblies that fit the containers' standard 18-mm neck finishes.

April 30, 1997

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Shock testing instruments

Testing Machines (Amityville, NY) has released a four-page, full-color brochure detailing the Lansmont line of Shock Testing Instruments. Discussed are various features that are said to ensure accurate, repeatable, and reliable test control; and various operational safety features.

April 30, 1997

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HDPE open-head drum

Sonoco's (Hartsville, SC) new 55-gal open-head HDPE drum is designed for overseas shipments of liquid and solid food products, including citrus juices.

April 30, 1997

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Roll-fed labeler

Sasib Food and Beverage North America (Charleston, SC) has developed a high-speed, roll-fed labeling machine capable of handling a variety of flexible or rigid containers at speeds to 1걄/min.

April 30, 1997