Packaging Digest - December 1, 2007

Del Monte Food Company's plant in Modesto, CA, started life as a tomato processing facility, before being converted to fruit processing in 1999. It now processes fresh peaches, pears, apricots, grapes and cherries and also produces various combinations of Del Monte's branded finished products such as fruit cocktail, mixed fruit, diced and sliced peaches, Orchard Select, fruit cups, Fruit Chille...

• Columns
• Comment
• Defining the future of packaging operations
• Eye on Safety
• Modifications to machine can introduce unforeseen safety risks into its operation
• Sustainability
• Energy, transport factor into the total cost of packaging
• System Integration
• System integrators and offshore outsourcing

• Departments
• Newsmakers
• Newsmakers

• Design Trends
• Sparkling juice shines in gift-ready, silver packaging
• Restaurant gift-cards dress up for the holidays
• Blueberry flavor comes through on tea labels
• A honey of a bottle for Seinfeld film
• The rabbit multiplies!
• Sparkling juice shines in gift-ready, silver packaging
• The rabbit multiplies!
• Popcorn and pretzels slip intoslim elegance
• Personal Care
• 'Scentsational' jewel of a cap
• Pucci's scarf caps off the inspiration

• Features
• Color tabs easy to open
• Can Design
• Tripping with crafted coffee can
• Cheese-Pack Closure
• Cheese-pack is sure to please with ease
• Contract Packaging
• Converter/copacker embraces sustainability
• Liquor Filling
• New tequila line sizzles at Jim Beam
• Sustainability Survey
• State of "green packaging"
• Thermoformed Cups
• Heinz U.K. launches shelf-stable food cups

• New Products
• Pharma Solutions

• New Products: Equipment
• Stretch sleeves
• Development software
• Variable-data printing
• Can infeed/inverter
• Top-loading cartoner
• Encoder interface
• Vision sensor
• Checkweighing capabilities
• Single-axis actuators
• DC drives
• Fat-analysis x-ray system
• Emergency-stop button
• Filler
• Embedded PC
• Adapter cables
• Bearings
• Discharge gate
• RFID inspection/verification system
• Boxmaker
• Ultraviolet system
• Vertical cartoners
• Operator panels
• RFID reader/writer

• New Products: Materials
• Easy-open end
• Attached-lid container
• RFID chips
• Bottle strips
• Snack-cup label
• Slider zipper for large bags
• Lid dispenser
• Bottles & Closures
• Screw cap for milk carton
• Freezer-to-microwave film
• Stopper

• Packaging Design
• A honey of a bottle for Seinfeld film