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Pick-and-place for meat snacks

At Unilever's Bifi operation in Ansbach, Germany, a robotic cell with four ABB robots pick and place meat snacks into freshly thermoformed cavities.

April 4, 2007

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SouthPack adopts co-location strategy

Held April 24-26 in Atlanta’s Georgia World Congress Center, Southpack is now part of what’s billed as the South’s largest manufacturing tradeshow.

April 4, 2007

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Autoinjector guards against needlesticks

Medical practitioners and consumers alike have both long complained about medical device packaging that doesn’t adequately protect the user as the package is opened. To enhance user safety, Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA, provides a simpler and secure way to administer medications—the Aranesp prefiilled SureClick™ autoinjector. It is a combination product where the device and drug are delivered as one unit. The autoinjector’s features help to minimize potential needlestick injuries for healthcare providers and patients. The device has been introduced in France.

April 4, 2007

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Shape, ceramics add flair for olive oil

Tridvajedan Market Communication Ltd. in Croatia presents Brachia olive oil, marketed as both a gift and souvenir, in hand-made, white-coated ceramic packaging shaped as an olive fruit. The neck is shaped as an olive branch. A pendant designed as an oil leaf and printed on uncoated mat paper is attached to the bottle’s neck. After the package has been opened using a wooden cap, a metal funnel and cap are used on all subsequent package opening.

April 4, 2007

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Innovative package protects medical devices

An application of KORRVU® suspension and retention packaging provides Spacelabs Healthcare with a protective, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly solution for shipping irregularly shaped and highly sensitive patient monitoring systems around the world. The package is from Sealed Air Corp. (www.sealedair.com).

April 4, 2007

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Visual intensity, child safety are building blocks for Lego container

Lego, collaborating with Pretium Packaging (www.pretiumpkg.com), created a container that exceeds several PET processing limits on the injection stretch blow-molded package for Lego’s Bionicles brand. The resulting benefits include a product with shelf appeal; components with child-safe, non-fracturing PET material; surface texturing and detailed engraving; an unconventional package neck finish; and packaging cost efficiencies.

April 4, 2007

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A 'key' improvement

One of the biggest improvements for Martin’s latest pair of thermal-transfer coders installed in fall 2006 is also among the smallest in size.

April 4, 2007

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Cosmetic gift sets show multiple personalities

Shelves at Sephora, a chain of beauty products stores founded in France, show that exclusivity sells.

April 3, 2007

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Package proclaims bulb brand's value messages

Marketers that demonstrate their brands as earth-friendly and that simplify product selection have an edge on the store shelf today.

April 3, 2007

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The path to innovation at Masterfoods

Mike Payne is director of snack food packaging at Masterfoods USA, a division of Mars Inc., owner of some of the nation’s most well-known confectionery brands. In a recent conversation with Packaging World, he discusses innovation and trends in packaging structures.

April 3, 2007

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Pharmaceutical Packaging Forum launches

Hosted by Healthcare Packaging and Packaging World magazines, the first Pharmaceutical Packaging Forum featured speakers from ...

April 2, 2007

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Consumer packaged goods health and wellness industry on the rise. . .

The U.S. consumer packaged goods health and wellness industry grew 15% in 2006, reaching $91 billion in sales. Nutrition is high on the minds of consumers, as are purity, sustainability and disease prevention. Functional and fortified food and beverage sales grew the most—18% more in 2006 than 2005. Source: Progressive Grocer

March 21, 2007

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Over-processed food to receive health warning in France. . .

Food packaging, along with TV, radio and print advertising, will contain warnings about the unhealthiness of over-processed, sweet, salty, fatty or "fast" food in France. The warnings will advise consumers to eat at least five fruits and vegetables a day, avoid eating too much fat, sugar or salt, and to exercise regularly.Source: www.fitnessgear101.com

March 21, 2007