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Articles in Sept, 2004 issue of Food & Drug Packaging
- A Canadian school district is considering color coding all foods sold on school grounds for nutritional value
- New equipment perks up coffee maker's productivity
- Snack packs have exactly 100 calories
- Roll-fed laberer uses servomotors
- Pax Corp
- Scanner makes bar coding easy
- Microwave pouch reduces cooking time and clean up
- Cellulose self-sealing bands
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Vitamin/supplement packs deliver information, ease of use: label evolution continues to be the front running packaging issue, with creativity in cartons not far behind
by Joanna Cosgrove - A legal claim by Masterfoods that a pet food competitor in England used copycat packaging has been turned back
- Pepsi tags 'smart' foods
- Salad travels in metal bowl, peel lid
- Focus line gives Videojet a presence in laser print: equipment from Videojet Technologies is suited to a wide range of line speeds, substrates and other factors
- TricorBraun, a subsidiary of Kranson Inds
- Manufacturing execution system is adaptable, easy to use
- Wide mouth jars are multi-purpose
- Modular belt carries heavy loads
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Hormel's retort operations: cartons and pouches and bowls, oh my: Hormel adds proprietary equipment and processes to handle its latest retort packages
by Lisa McTigue Pierce -
The good, the bad and the pretty slick
by Lisa McTigue Pierce - Hershey Foods has won the 2003 Retailer Initiative Award from 7-Eleven Inc. for innovative product, packaging and logistical strategies
- Hot-filled PET uses no vacuum panels
- Stretch wrapper is worth its salt: the demanding environment of a salt packaging line posed tough challenges for a new stretch wrapper
- Rovema, a manufacturer of fillers, case packers and other equipment, selected Resolution Technologies
- National Center for Food Safety and Technology
- Speech recognition software helps patients manage medication
- Feeder streamlines production
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Keeping up with convenience needs
by Mona Doyle - The Mexican subsidiary of Hershey Foods has bought Grupo Lorena, one of Mexico's top confectionery companies
- Chiquita to use MAP package
- 'Working Hands' in easy-grip jar
- Label system is simple, automatic
- Bar code printer SATO America Inc. has completed EPCglobal Inc
- System integrates RFID and EPC solutions
- System creates windowed medical packages
- Compak Jr induction sealer
- Single-serve food packages often contain significantly more product than the label indicates, according to a study by the U.S. Agriculture Department
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FDA requires better labeling for food allergens
by George Misko -
Hormel's new packages cook up new profits: shelf-stable, retort packaging energizes established brands such as Spam, Stagg and Dinty Moore
by Lisa McTigue Pierce - Filling nozzle is intelligent, automatic
- O/K International Group
- Chain conveyor allows strict hygiene
- Camera is powerful inspection tool
- Sealer perks up coffee processing: dry products can run at high speeds with new conduction sealer from Packaging Technologies
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Zippers and sliders: an open and shut case for packagers: new zipper materials and designs improve seal integrity and expand use into retort applications, while sliders take on transverse technology
by Deirdre Sokol - NorthStar Print Group has announced an exclusive contract to provide all labels used by Miller Brewing
- Clemson opens center for flexible packaging
- Bud Light switching to clear labels
- Liquid nitrogen strengthens food and beverage packages: an interview with Russell Blanton, president, and Ed Hanlon, VP sales, Vacuum Barrier Corp
- Bemis acquired certain flexible packaging assets
- RFID developer ships Gen 2-ready product
- Temperature gauge is disposable, compact and accurate
- Labeler is high speed
- M&Ms think pink for cancer research
- Defense Dept. schedules RFID
- Pump makes foam with one push
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Palletizing applications pile up for robots: robots, faster and cheaper than ever, can be competitive in many more palletizing applications than before
by Pan Demetrakakes - Ampac Packaging signed a partnership agreement
- Alpha Packaging
- Packaging film is biodegradable, compostable
- Closure/container design is a single-stop resource
- A seminar on radio frequency identification issues, co-sponsored by Cimulus and Lowry Computer Products, will be held from 8 a.m. to noon Thursday, Oct. 7, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Grand Rapids, Mich
- Spouts, zippers boost pouch popularity
- Masterfoods candy glows for Halloween
- 2004 Ad
- The Chinese government approved X-Change Corp.'s AirGATE Technologies subsidiary
- Labeler is durable, sophisticated
- Plastic suitable for high heat applications
- Pouch system is efficient, economic
- Inductees into the Packaging Hall of Fame during the upcoming Pack Expo International
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Pack Expo tackles industry's toughest issues: food safety, RFID and packaging security dominate Pack Expo International's conference calendar
by Deirdre Sokol - Deodorant sprays up with trigger on side
- Modular labeling system is RFID-ready
- World Wide Packaging was recognized
- Intelligent camera has powerful inspection tools
- Stretch wrapper bundles loads automatically
- "Waterless" induction capsealing equipment: for a perfect seal every time
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Options abound when it's time to integrate: from single machines to entire lines, integration projects require many choicesincluding who will help
by Pan Demetrakakes - Nestle USA
- Miller sorry no blacks were in rock promo
- Frozen treats light up kids' lives
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