Dairy

Fat in the fire

Food and Drug Administration considers food labeling and packaging changes to highlight the dangers of obesity.

May 31, 2005

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Beverage

Smart Package: Electromagnetic-powered packages ahead?

New technology permits materials whose power derives not just from solar energy, but from the full spectrum of electromagnetic radiation.

May 31, 2005

Beverage

Old Orchard Brands: Filling/capping for high-output, hot-fill PET line for fruit juice

A 42-nozzle liquid filler from Fogg Filler is integrated with a 14-head rotary capper, also from Fogg.

April 30, 2005

Beverage

Old Orchard Brands: Cooler infeed for high-output, hot-fill PET line for fruit juice

The cooler infeed sends neatly oriented bottles through the cooler. Old Orchard is among the first to adopt the ICwedge cooler infeed, which is made by Industrial Consortium. The switch from round to rectangular bottles-in both 64- and 128-oz sizes-helped push Old Orchard to adopt the new cooler infeed.

April 30, 2005

Beverage

Old Orchard Brands: High-speed labeler for high-output, hot-fill PET line for fruit juice

A short distance from the cooler discharge sits this high-speed, Krones 15-station Canmatic labeler, which applies full-wrap cut labels to the 64-oz bottles.

April 30, 2005

Beverage

Old Orchard Brands: Case taping for high-output, hot-fill PET line for fruit juice

If one of the two Wexxar case tapers goes down or runs out of tape, cases are automatically channeled through the one that\'s running.

April 30, 2005

Beverage

Old Orchard Brands: Stretch wrapping for high-output, hot-fill PET line for fruit juice

Pallet wrapping is done out in the warehouse on an Orion stretch wrapper.

April 30, 2005

Prepared & Canned Foods

Old Orchard Brands: Tray packer for high-output, hot-fill PET line for fruit juice

Near the PET line, Old Orchard runs a frozen juice concentrate line, where this tray packer/wrapper from Brenton Engineering was recently installed.

April 30, 2005

Beverage

Simulate a machine before you build it

A brief detour at the recent interpack show in Dusseldorf, Germany, led me to the Virtual Packaging Engineering Forum, presented by MSC.Software Corp., a global provider of virtual product development (VPD) products including simulation software and services.

April 30, 2005

Beverage

Promises, Promises, What's in it for me?

To many process engineers, packaging equipment can look like something from another planet. Often the controls part of a machine can be rudimentary in their view, and troubleshooting machines from many suppliers can be a headache to figure out.

April 30, 2005

Beverage

Molson offers beer in aluminum bottles

Molson is offering a new brew that combines the taste of a classic lager with essence of guarana, a natural source of caffeine. Available in Canada, Molson Kick comes in a sleek, fast-chilling aluminum bottle from CCL Industries.

April 30, 2005

Beverage

Interphex conference reviews validation

The issue of validation—for virtually any process within a pharmaceutical facility—generated a buzz throughout the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center during Interphex 2005, held in New York April 26-28.

April 30, 2005

Dairy

Sleeve-labeled milk bottle makes a 'Happy Meal' for McDonald's

McDonald’s doubled its milk sales with last summer’s rollout of 8-oz milks in HDPE bottles. The switch from gable-top cartons prompted significant changes at participating dairies.

April 30, 2005