Flexible packaging involves PET film, specialty films, metallized film, shrink sleeves, pouch packaging, stand-up pouches, bags, flexible materials and much more.
The game is on the line Jack Mans, Plant Operations Editor, 5/1/2008
GameStop™, the world's largest video game retailer, is a $7 billion company with more than 5,000 stores worldwide. A key feature of its operations is its refurbishment of used games and systems that its stores take as trade-ins when customers buy new systems. The company completely updates these games and systems with new software and components and resells them in its stores. More
Media disc case 05/01/2008
Said to be 100-percent-recyclable, the UniKeep HiDef ™ media disc case for compact multiple disc packaging and storage is made of PP with PP rings that hold up to six discs in interchangeable Safety-sleeve® pages. The cases have a durable design that provides for anoptimum lifespan for both the case and its contents.
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Sleeve labeler 05/01/2008
The Sleever Series Model 8500 labeling system is a single-head shrink-sleeve unit that can easily handle most tamper-evident, middle- and full-body sleeve applications. Specifically designed for high-speed runs of up to 400 products/min, the system can handle industry-standard sleeve materials and a wide range of container shapes and sizes.
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Death Valley chips heat up sales 05/01/2008
Death Valley Chipotle™ Kettle™ brand potato chips are set to hit store shelves this summer for spicy, salty snacking. Selected as Salem, OR-based Kettle Foods' fourth annual People's Choice campaign winner, the Death Valley Chipotle flavor is inspired by the fiery, dry heat of its desert namesake.
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PETG sleeves 'ready' fiber drink for the market 04/01/2008
Health Direct's Ready Fiber, a clear liquid source of soluble, dietary fiber in a beverage, is after the nutritional market in vibrant packaging dressed for success. Two different sizes of Ready Fiber include round 8- and 15-oz bottles that are decorated with full-body sleeve labels from Ameri-Seal (www.
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ConAgra's 'healthy choice' for steamer package 04/01/2008
ConAgra's new Healthy Choice Café Steamers entrées are available in convenient, microwavable packaging that includes a vented, plastic steaming tray holding frozen vegetables and meats above a similar plastic tray that holds a sauce. The microwave Steam Cooker™ package helps to lock in flavors of the restaurant-inspired meals by steaming them.
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Heat-shrinkable sleeve debuts for VO5 03/01/2008
Alberto Culver USA has introduced its VO5 Extreme Style hairspray in a spray bottle with a polyethylene terephthalate glycol (PETG) heat-shrinkable sleeve from Ameri-Seal, Inc. (www.ameri-seal.com). The product is a styling/conditioning spray that is available in retail grocery, drug and chain stores across the country.
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Green sales for green bottles Jorina Fontelera, Converting Magazine - 03/01/2008
It's only fitting that Garnier Fructis haircare products from Maybelline are in bright green bottles, given its campaign to use sustainable packaging. The cosmetics giant teamed up with flex-pack converter Packstar Flexible Packaging (www.packstargroup.com) in Buffalo, NY, to create polylactide-acid-based (PLA) shrink labels for the shampoo and conditioner containers.
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Robotic case packer The co. releases its Model V 30 vertical robotic case packer, which incorporates servo-drive technology to create a high-speed vertical case packing system.