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Beverage

Achievements

Moen Industries recently celebrated its 50th anniversary with an open house and bar-b-que celebration. —Greif Bros. Corp. (Delaware, OH) has struck a global supply agreement with The Dow Chemical Co.

September 30, 2001

Beverage

Promotional graphics

To bolster its Grand Prix Formula One Sweepstakes, Stamford, CT-based Beck’s North America introduced a special, limited-edition 16-oz collector aluminum beer can and multipack racing packaging.

September 30, 2001

Prepared & Canned Foods

'Fresh-roasted' design

Whether it’s coffee or ice cream, Seattle-based Starbucks continuously works to strengthen its brand identity. Facing fierce competition for premium freezer case space, Starbucks turned to Enterprise IG (San Francisco, CA) to create an exciting new look that would stand out from the competition and also provide a more unified brand identity.

September 30, 2001

Beverage

Art nouveau design

For the second year in a row, Andy Powell, an artist represented by Scott Hull Associates (Dayton, OH), has created a dynamic piece of artwork to decorate bottles of 2001 Beringer Nouveau red table wine.

September 30, 2001

Conveying & Product Handling

Three legs are better than one

Glass bottles of Rolling Rock beer run through paired fillers at 1길/min and then fan out to any one of three packaging legs. Eight operators ‘patrol’ the entire line. See in-plant video

September 30, 2001

Conveying & Product Handling

Machinery brings the future to Latrobe

The front end of this glass line for 12-oz Rolling Rock beer is practically an operator-free zone. Laser-guided vehicles replenish packaging materials on demand. See in-plant video

September 30, 2001

Prepared & Canned Foods

PET developments refresh beverage and dairy applications

AriZona Beverages moves into a hot-filled PET longneck bottle, PET helps launch a carbonated dairy drink, PET/nylon/PET resists carbonation loss for Perrier’s new bottle, and an additive extends shelf life for the first PET-bottled milk in the U.K.

September 30, 2001

Beverage

New products, new looks for Korbel brandies

After more than 100 years, Korbel adds two new brandies and redesigns all labels to be more competitive in its category.

September 30, 2001

Dairy

Nestlé tests an award-winning can

Consumers on the go continue to drive packaging development around the world. This time it’s a self-heating can of coffee from Nestlé UK.

August 31, 2001

Beverage

OK International: Case liner

The OK 220 servo case liner from O/K Intl. (Marlborough, MA) can run at speeds to 24 cases/min. Machine makes bags from a roll of polyethylene tubing and places them into a case, drum, or tray.

August 31, 2001

Dairy

Shrink label sales to double

Sales of shrink labels for bottles and other containers will double between 1999 and 2004, according to a new study from Keymark Associates. “Opportunities in Shrink Film Labels for Bottles” says milk, ready-to-drink tea, sports drinks, and beer will show growth of more than 30% annually, 20% for juice, and 15% for water, ready-to-drink coffee, and liquor.

August 31, 2001

Beverage

Oxygen absorber growth

Dollar and unit sales of oxygen absorbers used in packaging is forecast to increase nearly 20% per year through 2005 in North America. So reports “Oxygen Absorbers in Packaging—Hit or Hype?” a new report from BRG Townsend, Inc.

August 31, 2001