Vertical Markets: Page 243

Dairy

EU deregulates package sizes

The European Parliament deregulated package sizes for most pre-packaged products, except for staple beverages and foods. Manufacturers and retailers will be able to sell deregulated products in customized containers rather than in sizes mandated by member states or EU laws.

March 31, 2006

Beverage

Wyeth aims for OEE

Capturing plant metrics is a key priority these days at the Richmond, VA, plant of Madison, NJ-based Wyeth, one of the leading pharmaceutical and healthcare products companies in the world.

March 31, 2006

Beverage

Foster's launches lager in aluminum bottles

In January 2006, the Foster’s Group Limited, beer market leader in Australia, introduced a new packaging option for its Crown Lager brand—12-oz aluminum bottles from CCL Container.

March 31, 2006

Beverage

Companies

Pro Mach has acquired the product line and certain assets of Mahaffy & Harder Engineering Co.

March 31, 2006

Beverage

Drikette Paper

Drikette® Desiccant Paper features millions of adsorbent particlescontained in a semi-rigid cellulose fiber matrix. The desiccant paperenables fast drying and extraordinary versatility in package design.

February 28, 2006

Beverage

Humonitor Humidity Indicator Cards

Humonitor® Humidity Indicator Cards tell at a glance if moisture withinsealed containers or closed spaces is at an acceptable level. Humonitorcards help monitor desiccant activity and are ideal for use with desiccantsin any application where moisture control is critical.

February 28, 2006

Beverage

DriCap Cartridges

DriCap® is a safe, non-toxic and non-dusting sorbent cartridge thatprovides exceptional moisture adsorbing capacity in a small space. With anumber of desiccant types available, versatile DriCap can protect a varietyof packaged products from the effects of moisture including caking, mildew,fermentation, potency loss and decreased shelf life.

February 28, 2006

Beverage

Wyeth aims for OEE

Capturing plant metrics is a key priority these days at the Richmond, VA, plant of Madison, NJ-based Wyeth, one of the leading pharmaceutical and health-care products companies in the world.

February 28, 2006

Pet Food

What Hershey seeks in packaging machinery

Platform stability and software that’s less costly and more user friendly.

February 28, 2006

Beverage

An RFID World of technology

Technology showcased at RFID World ranged from portable RFID readers to sensor-equipped RFID tags the size of credit cards.

February 28, 2006

Beverage

Biotechnology and packaging

From April 9 – 12, the topic of biotechnology will be addressed at Bio 2006 Chicago. Biotech is an especially hot issue within the healthcare packaging segment, as evidenced by a supplier’s recent newsletter.

February 28, 2006

Beverage

Converter details

Unilever was not the only beneficiary of the change from foil to metallized film. Its converter, American Packaging Corp.

February 28, 2006