Vertical Markets: Page 270

Beverage

Miller Brewing extends label pact with NorthStar

Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, has extended its contract with NorthStar Print Group, Watertown, WI, under which NorthStar remains Miller’s sole label supplier.

July 31, 2004

Prepared & Canned Foods

McDonald's 'dips' into sliced apple bags

A plastic pouch containing 2.4 oz of ready-to-eat apple slices is part of McDonald’s new New Happy Meal Choices, aimed at providing parents and children with mix-and-match menu options.

July 31, 2004

Beverage

WBF and OMAC are bringing standards to a line near you

A drug maker’s ability to qualify new equipment could be significantly reduced if committee work now being carried out by the World Batch Forum and the OMAC Packaging Workgroup comes to fruition.

June 30, 2004

Beverage

Are you minding the dollar stores?

Packaging machinery OEMs and their customers are bound to be affected by the rapid growth of dollar stores across the country.

June 30, 2004

Beverage

Sentry: first with all OMAC Guidelines

Sentry’s new family of tray, pad, case packing and film overwrapping machines is the first designed in the US around the OMAC Packaging Guidelines

June 30, 2004

Beverage

Keith Spicer Ltd. bags efficient end loader

An automatic end-loading cartoning machine is helping tea and coffee producer Keith Spicer Ltd. pack up to 3.7 million tea bags each day. The Bradman Lake SL904 end loader operates on two shifts, handling the output of two baggers and two flow wrappers.

June 30, 2004

Beverage

Bud Light goes to no-label look

Bud Light 12-oz glass bottles get a fresh look this summer as glue-applied paper labels give way to clear film labels and the no-label look.

June 30, 2004

Beverage

Mount Gay Rum debuts new flavors in sophisticated packaging

Mount Gay Rum has added two new flavors to its flavored rum category: Mount Gay Mango Rum and Mount Gay Vanilla Rum. Each new flavor is packed into stylish bottles with graphics designed by MLR Design.

June 30, 2004

Beverage

Anniversary makeover

Shikatani Lacroix Brandesign developed a new look for the 2003 vintage of the Hillebrand family of wines in conjunction with the winemaker’s 25th anniversary.

June 30, 2004

Beverage

People

Mike Nager was appointed director of the Food and pharmaceutical Division of the Instrument, Systems and Automation Society.

June 30, 2004

Conveying & Product Handling

Water bottled in Kuwait has U.S. flavor

A portable bottling line housed in a 20’x8’x8-1/2’ container is quenching the troops and personnel in Kuwait City, Kuwait.

June 30, 2004

Dairy

Nanotechnology in packaging

An emerging engineering discipline, nanotechnology continues to gain media attention for its potential in the areas of material science, electronics and optoelectronics, and biomedical science.

June 30, 2004