Food & Drug Packaging

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Articles in Oct, 2005 issue of Food & Drug Packaging

• Institute of Food Technologists
• Metal containers display a can-do attitude: the venerable metal can is enjoying an image makeover, as everything from new shapes, laminates and even microwaveable versions are beginning to hit the marketplace
  by Graham Wiemer
• Slider zipper for quad-seal pouch—a first
• USDA takes heat on wooden pallet rule
  by George Misko
• GlobeRanger
• Closures decrease cross threading
• Drug delivery devices pinpoint human bodies; inhalers, patches and other devices deliver doses to targeted body areas—and improvements will make them more versatile
  by Pan Demetrakakes
• Del Laboratories Inc
• New juice process cuts time and cost
• Tab facilitates easy removal of seal
• Tried and true
  by Lisa McTigue Pierce
• Spears' HBAs look good in black
• Sun Chemical
• Sawtooth features belt-over-roller design
• WhiteWave Foods
• Ocean Spray debuts big and little packs
• Colborne Corp
• P&G enters men's skin care market
• Inspection system employs new technology
• Snap-on cap has inner pull ring
• Is item pricing coming back? Is it 'hooray' or 'oy vay'?
  by Mona Doyle
• Campbell can do aseptic, too; the company's new Aseptic Centre in Toronto gears up for the U.S. launch of Select Gold Label premium soups
  by Lisa McTigue Pierce
• 7-Eleven Inc
• Packaging development isn't a canned process; the need for variety to meet consumer and retailer needs fuels packaging creativity
  by Pan Demetrakakes
• Hueck Foils LLC
• FDA: soap can be organic after all
• Vented caps eliminate most pressure problems
• Dispenser uses fewer moving parts
• Bags form a temperature barrier
• Souper sized: more than just soup in cans, Campbell reveals a packaging strategy that's as expansive as its product lines and manufacturing capabilities
  by Lisa McTigue Pierce
• Avon Products Inc
• Anchor wants out of Snapple contract
• Tetra Laval Group
• Ethernet interface delivers maximum versatility
• Chips Ahoy! gets resealable flap
• Hinge technology allows for custom designs
• Stretch wrapper reads RFID while working
• Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co
• Plastic seen as growth material in toiletry packaging
• FKI Logistex
• Dannon ditches yogurt overcap
• Jelly Belly debuts fortified beans
• New palette unveils colors for 2006-2007
• Counter examines every single pill
• Evaluate packaging and manufacturing options at WestPack 2006: co-located manufacturing shows, special Product Pavilions, conferences and a range of packaging solutions add to WestPack's allure
  by Graham Wiemer
• Diageo
• SATO serves needs with RFID, bar code products: an interview with Bob Lanzendorf, OEM sales and marketing manager for SATO America Inc
• EPCglobal Inc., the not-for-profit organization entrusted with driving the commercial adoption of the Electronic Product Code in global supply chains, has awarded to four testing facilities the first EPCglobal Performance Test Center Accreditation Marks
• Holographic canister holds champagne bottle
• Seals incorporate several technologies
• System provides efficient palletizing
• Conveyors: the missing link to a smooth-running line: new levels of flexibility, easy-to-clean/sanitize designs and better package handling are among the advances in conveyor technology today
  by Lisa McTigue Pierce
• Poore Bros
• China drags feet on RFID standard
• AEA Investors LLC announced in mid-October the completion of the acquisition of substantially all of Pactiv Corp.'s protective and flexible business units for approximately $530 million
• Conveyor design helps prevent worker injuries
• Hot-fill tea moves to smooth-walled PET
• Alien Technology Corp
• Static checkweighng is extra-accurate
• Kuehne + Nagel, Omron Electronics and Avicon have announced the successful implementation of the radio frequency identification compliance infrastructure and business processes for Omron Healthcare in support of Wal-Mart's electronic product code mandat
• The University of Wisconsin-Madison has opened a special lab to study operational issues with radio frequency identification
• The John Henry Packaging Group—a leading provider of label, carton, insert and blister packaging to health care and other industries—and Nutec Systems, exclusive distributor of the Wolke m600 thermal ink jet printer, announced the formation of a
• EPCglobal Inc. also has awarded to seven solution providers the first EPCglobal Certification Marks ensuring their products comply with EPCglobal technical standards
• Texas beer closes in on centennial
• Trigger sprayer is user friendly
• Machine can handle 1 million products per day
• Fallas makes the case for secondary packaging versatility; automated packaging machinery from Fallas Automation Inc. can handle a variety of package and case designs
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Cloud Packaging Solutions LLC announces the acquisition of MultiPack LLC
• RFID tag is also tamper evident
• NicoDerm revamped for more comfort
• Rockwell Automation
• Handheld readers offer versatility
• Smiths Heimann, global manufacturer of multi-function X-ray technology, is re-branding under the corporate identity of Smiths Detection