Pet Food

The packaging supply chain--what's next?

A new collaborative mentality fortified by the latest IT tools is reshaping the packaging supply chain.

March 31, 2002

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PFW): Page 436

Beverage

Coca-Cola endorses new mold-making technology

Soft drink bottler lauds new patented technology for manufacture of plastic molds, both for injection and blow molding.

March 31, 2002

Beverage

Boxed package sings for music anthology

Specialty packaging components nicely suit a Grammy-nominated music collection for Harry Belafonte's "The Long Road to Freedom: An Anthology of Black Music." Released by Budda Records/BMG Heritage last September, the collection is housed in a custom collector's box from Shorewood Packaging (New York, NY).

March 31, 2002

Inspection, Sorting & Weighing

Understanding packaging security risks

More than 140 attendees at a recent PMMI conference heard from FDA and other officials about minimizing company security risks.

February 28, 2002

Beverage

What's affecting buying at major companies?

Representatives of ConAgra, Nestle USA, and Gallo Winery candidly shared thoughts on machinery purchasing at PMMI's meeting in November.

February 28, 2002

Bakery & Snack

Rockwell Automation: Rockwell Automation: Controls improve vf/f/s operations

Bosch Packaging (Bridgman, MI) adds controls and servomotor drives from Rockwell Automation (Milwaukee, WI) to Model SVE 2510 vf/f/s machines. With Allen-Bradley ControlLogix™ networking onboard, the improvement allows users to customize and adjust the continuous-motion machine’s settings quickly and precisely.

February 28, 2002

Beverage

Gallo leads way in packaging equipment buys

E. & J. Gallo Winery will be an active purchaser of packaging equipment, especially in the current down market. So said Modesto, CA-based Gallo’s director of engineering John Kalal to the fall meeting of the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (Arlington, VA).

February 28, 2002

Beverage

Blue Ice mimics design

21st Century Spirits, City of Commerce, CA, felt the best way to link its 50-ml size of Blue Ice potato vodka to its striking 750-ml glass bottle was to duplicate the design. Like its parent glass version launched two months earlier, the 50-ml bottle uses a pressure-sensitive label that yields a no-label-look, and includes icicles molded into the back panel.

February 28, 2002

Beverage

Design: Sophisticated redesign

Last summer, Geyserville, CA-based Peak Wines Intl., a subsidiary of Jim Beam Brands, redesigned packaging for its Canyon Road line. The redesign, carried out by Michael Osborne Design (San Francisco, CA), combines the qualities of approachability and sophistication in a label created to appeal to young, urban, professional wine drinkers.

February 28, 2002

Prepared & Canned Foods

Companies

–Marconi Data Systems (Wood Dale, IL) was acquired by Danaher Corp. (Washington, DC), and the company will do business as Videojet Technologies Inc..

February 28, 2002

Beverage

New juice warning-labeling guidance

FDA recently released draft guidance for small and very small processors of juice who have been treating their juices to achieve the level of pathogen reduction required for exemption from the juice warning-label rule.

February 28, 2002

Beverage

BATF and alcohol packaging

Some experts believe that government regulation may stifle innovative packages or new packaging materials for alcoholic beverages. Unlike most food products, regulations for these products go beyond ensuring food safety.

February 28, 2002

Prepared & Canned Foods

Reclosure features dominate

Four FPA winners in the Packaging Excellence category are zippered pouches. A produce pack, a coffee carafe, and a shrink-sleeve label round out the category.

February 28, 2002