Fruits & Vegetables

Decorative tin

U.S. Can has released its only wine-themed decorative tin, “Salud.” Measuring 65?8”x113?16”, the tin is offset printed with images of wine glasses and grapes, in addition to scripted lists of different wine types.

May 31, 2004

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PFW): Page 445

Beverage

Brown-Forman adds 750-mLs in PET

Based on the success of its 1.75-L bottles of spirits in PET bottles, Brown-Forman Corp., Louisville, KY, is now making available its Canadian Mist, Early Times and Southern Comfort products in new 750-mL bottles of PET, made by Amcor PET Packaging. The launch of the new bottles began early this year.

May 31, 2004

Beverage

P&G brews Home Café system

Consumers of Procter & Gamble’s well-known Folgers and Millstone coffees will soon be able to purchase single-cup varieties in tapered bags that stand on their flat bottoms.

May 31, 2004

Bakery & Snack

Nutty beer canister

What could be more natural than beer nuts in a beer can?

May 31, 2004

Beverage

Award-winning package design

Deutsch Design Works recently won Double Gold Medals for packaging design at the 2004 San Francisco World Spirits Competition. The award-winning design for Shakers Rose Vodka, Shakers Rye Vodka, and Shakers Original American Vodka in 200-ml and 700-ml sizes consists of a frosted glass bottle with a penguin icon.

May 31, 2004

Beverage

Calorie and carb claims on spirits

The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau issued guidance on calorie and carbohydrate claims in advertising and labeling of alcoholic beverages. TTB wants to ensure that consumers are not mislead by labeling statements that give only a partial picture of the health effects of consuming alcohol.

May 31, 2004

Beverage

Traceable Solutions for Medical Packaging

The demand for safety and integrity in the area of medical packaging has taken on new and significant implications in the past two or three years. Always an area of concern, medical packaging has addressed issues like child safety, correct dosage, patient traceability, tampering and diversion of pharmaceuticals.

May 31, 2004

Beverage

ARPAC GROUP Introduces New Packaging Equipment for Billboarding Brand

ARPAC GROUP, leading manufacturers of shrink wrapping and pallet stretch wrapping equipment, are pleased to introduce 2 new designs that billboard brand and increase market exposure for manufacturers.

May 31, 2004

Beverage

Architect Gehry designs vodka bottle

Renowned architect Frank Gehry, Gehry Partners, was the designer of a new glass bottle for Wyborova Single Estate vodka, a super-premium brand that’s a division of Pernod Ricard USA, White Plains, NY.

May 31, 2004

Beverage

Pacific Wine Partners: Filling and upstream accumulation

The new 54-valve Italian-made Bertolaso gravity-flow vacuum filler from ColloPack Solutions yields faster speeds--typically 180 bottles/min--and less waste. After they are corked, the tapered bottles travel on the first of Pacific Wine's ÒsmartÓ accumulation tables from Garvey.

April 30, 2004

Beverage

Phanner: Carton blank handling/sealing/conveying for resealable gable-top cartons

Pfanner is an Austrian family business that specializes in packing fruit-juice concentrates and ready-to-drink fruit juices. About 70% of its volume is marketed under its own brand.

April 30, 2004

Beverage

CPG companies: Bridging processing and packaging

“This is a moment where silos are being broken down, where those who make and those who package are talking together. It’s a great first step.”

April 30, 2004

Beverage

Cal Poly: Coffee singles can

This theoretical development from Cal Poly packaging students centers on a welded can containing individual filter packs of instant coffee.

April 30, 2004