Conveying & Product Handling

Bottle drying system produces for Britvic

A bottling line started up in fall 2006 at Britvic Soft Drinks at Chelmsford, United Kingdom, to handle the company’s Robinsons Fruit Shoot beverages is anchored by a space-efficient block filler for 200- and 300-mL PET bottles.

April 3, 2007

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PFW): Page 401

Beverage

End users, Pmmi members to talk training

uIn mid-March, the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI) announced a Technical Training Community of Practice (COP), an open forum for end users and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to address common challenges in operator training in order to develop best practices and define expectations. The COP will provide input to the PMMI Certified Trainer program.

April 3, 2007

Beverage

A-B re-embraces teardrop bottles

In February and March 2007, Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., St. Louis, MO, rolled out Michelob Lager and Michelob Light in redesigned, easy-grip, teardrop-contoured bottles, based on the original package design launched in 1961.

April 3, 2007

Inspection, Sorting & Weighing

Food Fight

Some in Congress want a new agency for food safety as well as new standards for safeguarding the nation’s food supply.

April 3, 2007

Beverage

Retro Chic--Harnessing the power of the past

Drawing inspiration from brands of yesteryear is now the future

April 2, 2007

Beverage

Technical Paper: Verify Carbon Dioxide Purity at Delivery and Point-of-Use

Technical paper from Thermo Fisher describes accurate, quick method to verify that CO2 in product meets guidelines.

March 29, 2007

Beverage

Frito Lay, Miller Brewing and P&G Gillette speak out

At PMMI’s MarketTrends conference, a user panel communicated requirements and trends in “What Do Customers Want From Packaging Machinery Manufacturers?”

March 27, 2007

Beverage

Bottle drying system produces for Britvic

An airknife system solves a labeling and coding problem for a new bottling line.

March 22, 2007

Beverage

Data acquisition tool helps production at Tropicana

“There’s nothing new about production bottleneck analysis, but this is a much better tool for doing it.” –Tropicana Products.

March 15, 2007

Bakery & Snack

Data acquisition tool to be described at PAF 2007

"There's nothing new about bottleneck analysis, but this is a much better tool for doing it."

March 14, 2007

Beverage

Short-height PET closure

Bericap offers the SuperShorty, a 28-mm closure designed for short-height PET neck finishes, providing weight savings in the PET perform and closure, as well as offering an attractive closure design for single-serves.

March 9, 2007

Bakery & Snack

Label applicator is a perfect fit

Sea Breeze deploys low-volume printing solution.

March 9, 2007

Beverage

Ready-made, portable beer cooler pack

Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI, and Curwood, a Bemis Company, (www.curwood.com) are recipients of an FPA Gold Award for Packaging Excellence in recognition of the Curwood Express Tote™ marketed as the Miller Lite Chill Bag.

March 9, 2007