Food & Drug Packaging

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Articles in July, 2002 issue of Food & Drug Packaging

• Ruiz Food Products, the market leader of frozen Mexican foods, has hired John Signorino as President and Chief Executive Officer
• Streamlined 12-pack embraces bottled water
• PP gives new twist to cough-drop wrap: Joel Inc.'s upgrade to polypropylene film improved both operations and appearance to consumers
• Barry-Wehmiller Companies Inc
• Closures securely seal plastic pails
• Slider provides large multiwall bags with tamper-evidence
• Nozzles deliver precise adhesive placement
• Financial options open up with contract packaging: spending money on outside packaging production often makes sense—as long as both parties make the right choices
  by Pan Demetrakakes
• Ghiradrdelli's packaging strategies lead to a bright future: the premium chocolate maker celebrates its 150th anniversary with new products, upscale packages, expanded distribution and state-of-the-art packaging operations
  by Lisa McTigue Pierce
• Pactiv Corp., a supplier of flexible, rigid and other specialty packaging, has announced an agreement
• Weber Marking Systems
• Pump dispenses cleaning foam
• Bagging system provides vapor/moisture barrier
• Danone Group has built a new filling facility in Aldaia, Spain, for yogurt-based beverages that are sold in Western Europe
• PET wine bottles are lightweight, easy to handle
  by Christopher Barry
• Cartoner makes its case for whole-grain processor: when case-packing developed into a bottleneck for Bob's Red Mill, it found a solution in a novel use of a cartoner
• Mail-Well Inc
• Seals prevent drug counterfeiting
• Adhesives are FDA complaint for food contact
• Packer combines erecting, accumulation and loading
• Buying teams can maximize profitability at PACK EXPO International: keeping your group organized and focused at the show will pay off in smart machinery investments
• Senior-friendly packaging: its all in the mind: designing a package that older consumers can use easily means using your head—and allowing seniors to use theirs
  by Pan Demetrakakes
• Pull-push closure: ideal for beverages
• Display Group of Great Northern Corp
• Flip-top closure fulfills CPSC regs
• Medicine dispenser eases anxiety
• Global mandate to reduce world hunger offers new opportunities for packagers
  by Kenneth Marsh
• Giving UPCs their due
  by Mona Doyle
• 5 steps to better capping: implementing these procedures will help ensure correct cap-to-container connection
  by John Henry
• Amcor Ltd., a supplier of plastic, fiber and metal packaging has reached an agreement
• Paragon Labeling Systems
• Labels monitor temperature sensitive foods
• MIT honors student for biocide packaging
• FDA issues final rule for food contact notification program
  by George Misko
• `Disposable' equipment revolutionizes new capabilities for aseptic filling
  by Robert Luciano
• The Enhance Packaging Technologies division of DuPont Canada has acquired Liqui-Box Corp
• Delkor Systems
• Frozen food container provides tamper evidence
• Label applicator uses modular concept
• ConAgra Foods
• Aluminum bottle gives off `radical-chic' attitude
• Paperboard innovations deliver strength and beauty: from coatings and laminations to recycled content, paperboard cartons incorporate whatever it takes to meet the market's needs
  by Kate Bertrand
• Multi-Color Corp., a supplier of in-mold and other decorative labels, has purchased Quick Pak Inc
• C-R closures satisfy new packaging regulations
• Retrofit allows cut-and-stack OPP
• Two cheers for the CPSC
  by Pan Demetrakakes
• Data watch
• Case closed. Case-ready meat is here to stay: as Wal-Mart leads the way for retailers, the future for case-ready meat is now—even if its growth is slow but steady
  by Christopher Barry
• Personal-care closure is easy to use
• Edward Barr, chairman of Sun Chemical Group and Kodak Polychrome Graphics received the "Power Communications" award
• Plastic caps tap into dairy market
• Shiny ink mimics metallization, foil
• Bayer
• Small pouches hold swab, ointment
• Conveyors provide roadmap to efficiency: your packaging line depends on a smooth highway system of conveyors—while avoiding bumps in the road
  by Christopher Barry
• CMD Corp., a packaging equipment manufacturer
• Child-resistant closures in range of sizes
• Lidding sealant is radiation resistant
• Heinz
• Bottle keeps flavored milk shelf stable for two years
• Elongated orifice helps spread evenly
• Berry Plastics Corp
• Drum capseals add color, tamper evidence
• Gusseted package as stable as folding carton