Food & Drug Packaging

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Articles in Jan, 2005 issue of Food & Drug Packaging

• Take It Back! Conference
• Folding carton shipments continue to rise
• Pfizer's unfolding label guards vital info
• Pet food packaging gets more 'human': innovative materials, easy opening, reclosability and other packaging features are migrating from human to pet food
  by Pan Demetrakakes
• CCL Container
• Alcoa
• One system, two tests
• Film boosts brand recognition
• The Contract Manufacturing and Packaging Association has changed its name
• Ethicon's medical package wins awards
• Daiwa Can Co. announced the formation of DS Containers Inc. in the United States
• Hopper simplifies loading, keeps operators safe
• Air cushions hold a lot of weight: customer feedback leads to clean up in packaging operations
• Del Monte Foods
• Packaging as sales tool is conference topic
• Karo Syrup moves te PET
• Retort zipper offers new possibilities
• Modular ink jet printing system for large-character coding
• Rexroth
• Carton wrapper comes fixed or adjustable
• Printer is fast, versatile
• Coca-Cola Co
• Mint tubes get Target practice
• Torres & Towers LLC sold a 49% equity interest to Crown Zeller
• Sonoco
• Polymer's strength eliminates corkscrew
• Smart system tracks from start to finish
• L'Oreal Group
• What's going on your case: new RFID print-and-apply options for case coding: packagers should weigh carefully before choosing the best RFID print-and-apply solution for their needs
  by William Makely
• HFFS is fast, reliable, rugged
• On my 'security' soapbox again
  by Lisa McTigue Pierce
• Hot-filled PET containers from juice producer Sunnyland Belgium will feature 33-millimeter closures from Amcor White Cap
• New inhaler 3x as fast
• Ring carrier moves into 2x6 pattern
• There's more to ink than meets the eye: inks aren't just for decoration. They're security devices, package protectors and sensory cues
  by Deirdre Sokol
• Scholle Corp
• Cryovac
• Contest locates working 1973 metal detector: a bakery is found to have the oldest operational Goring Kerr metal detector—and wins a new one as a prize
• Hormel Foods
• Snapple Elements switches to metal
• HFFS system can run any material
• COOL survives attack in Congress
• Cellulose self-seating bands
• Lilly counts on vial inspection: a new inspection system checks trays of vials for proper count and product, and helps track deviations
• The market opens wide for easy-open cans: several new styles give consumers more choices for convenient meals on the run
  by Graham Wiemer
• Two lines can meet any need
• The Institute of Packaging Professionals has agreed to actively support the WestPack, SouthPack, and EastPack trade shows of Canon Communications LLC
• Printer/encoder supports all RFID protocols
• Paragon labeling systems
• EPCglobal Inc
• Heineken website gives consumption info
• Shaker top sprinkles nut pieces on salads
• RFID today: where—and when—is the ROI? Our roundtable participants are moving along with their RFID projects, but they'll still wondering when they'll see the payoff
  by Lisa McTigue Pierce
• RFID track-and-trace follows product to shelf: Omron's EPCglobal RFID systems capture and verify label data for quality control and tracking
• Machine runs multi-tier cans
• Colgate-Palmolive Co
• Starbucks to feature recycled-content cups
• Labeling laws continue to change: government agencies are striving to make food, beverage and drug labels safer and more concise. Here's what that means to you
  by Joanna Cosgrove
• CoverGirl uses airless pump
• Problems dry up with desiccant inserts: a drug manufacturer saves $150,000 a year and increases efficiency with desiccant packets for pill bottles
• Coinjection technology leader Kortec Inc. is teaming with Uniloy Milacron
• New process makes cPP competitive with PET
• Building drug compliance benefits all involved
  by Mona Doyle