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Packaging in the U.K. and beyond (Part 4)

Off to Sainsbury's: --a tour of a U.K. supermarket (Part 4 of a 6-part series)

September 30, 2003

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Packaging in the U.K. and beyond (Part 3)

New developments from U.K. machine builders (Part 3 of a 6-part series)

September 30, 2003

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Packaging in the U.K. and beyond (Part 1)

How the new Total Show came to be (Part 1 of a 6-part series)

September 30, 2003

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Packaging in the U.K. and beyond: global trends

Editor Pat Reynolds, shown here on his U.K. packaging tour, brings us the inside story on the new Total Processing and Packaging show, a peek at Coors' recently purchased U.K. Brewing operations, 21st-century packaging machinery trends, a tour of Sainsbury's supermarket, and more.

September 30, 2003

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Lafarge constructs sturdy shipments

A water-based palletizing adhesive helps stabilize pallet loads of construction materials in transit.

September 30, 2003

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Obstacles to information integration abound

Manual data collection, lack of technical infrastructure, and improper training are just a few of the obstacles readers grapple with in collecting, analyzing, and acting on packaging line data.

September 30, 2003

Prepared & Canned Foods

Worldwide Food Expo is three shows in one

Register for the Worldwide Food Expo and your badge will get you into two co-located shows, as well. More than 30ꯠ attendees and 1겨 exhibitors are expected.

September 30, 2003

Inspection, Sorting & Weighing

The $100,000 question

How would you spend $100ꯠ in your plant? We asked that question in a survey and received a diverse range of responses.

September 30, 2003

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Labeler sings a new tune at Music Mountain

A new labeler at the heart of a new bottling line is helping Music Mountain Water respond to growing demand for its own-brand and private-label bottled water.See in-plant video

September 30, 2003

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Ink-jet printing helps winery grow

Pressure-sensitive labels were getting costly at French winery Les Vins Skalli. On-case ink-jet printing in letters up to 4” tall cuts costs and adds flexibility.

September 30, 2003

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Foiled again

Petropolis Brewery in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is the first to install a Krones Taxomatic can lid labeler. The machine applies foil over the top of can lids to prevent the lids from getting soiled.

September 30, 2003

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PEF elects 'Class of 2003' Packaging Hall of Famers

Members of the Packaging Education Forum (PEF) elected Arnie Orloski Jr. (shown), William E. Archibald, William R. Armstrong, and Richard G. Lee into the Packaging Hall of Fame, Class of 2003.

September 30, 2003

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Three wineries try 'twist-cork' closure

In August, three wineries began shipping quantities of their vintages in new bottles that are closed by the MetaCork from Gardner Technologies.

September 30, 2003