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The best in the plastic packaging

The annual DuPont Awards recognize global packaging innovations, including a polymer-coated steel bowl with peelable lid.
Post Date: 11/07/2005
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Packaging pros applaud promising products of 2005

The Institute of Packaging Professionals announces its 16th annual AmeriStar Awards for innovative packaging.
Post Date: 10/10/2005
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Quadrupling packaging efficiency, lowering cost

Paramount Farms keeps up with soaring almond demand with machinery seen first-hand at Pack Expo.
Post Date: 09/12/2005
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Thinking inside the box, carton and tray

Paperboard packaging provides perks ranging from better microwave cooking to earth-friendliness.
Post Date: 09/12/2005
Author: Kate Bertrand

Worldwide Food Expo preview

The equipment-heavy Worldwide Food Expo, which combines dairy, food, beverage and meat shows every two years, blows into the Windy City Oct. 26-29.
Post Date: 09/12/2005
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The packaging changeover challenge

Processors are leveraging automation to speed up changeovers and remain competitive in the face of new customer demands.
Post Date: 08/09/2005
Author: Kate Bertrand

What happens in Vegas …

… you really need to bring back and share with the whole plant — if it happens at Pack Expo/FPME, Sept. 26-28.
Post Date: 08/09/2005
Author: Gregg Carlstrom

New packages can enliven mature products

Revitalizing the health of your brand or product may be only a package change away — just ask StarKist, Pringles, Corbett Canyon and Birds Eye.
Post Date: 06/28/2005
Author: Kate Bertrand

Product Spotlight: Is a tuna sales turnaround in the bag?

Bumble Bee takes pouched tuna one step higher with Mesquite Grilled Albacore Tuna Steak.
Post Date: 05/31/2005
Author: Hollis Ashman and Jacqueline Beckley, Consumer Understanding Editors

The steel can still can

Market dynamics drive new can features, ranging from ease of opening to microwaveability.
Post Date: 05/09/2005
Author: Kate Bertrand

Packaging naturally

Package structures and graphics are rising to the occasion as organic and all-natural products go mainstream.
Post Date: 05/05/2005
Author: Kate Bertrand, Packaging Editor

Toops Scoops: Power of the purse

Does your packaging connect women to your brand?
Post Date: 05/01/2005
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Product round-up: Packaging materials

Our packaging materials round-up includes an array of solutions for your packaging challenges.
Post Date: 04/12/2005
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Three sets of eyes

X-ray, metal detection and vision technologies keep the quality in your packaging systems.
Post Date: 02/24/2005
Author: Judy Rice, Contributing Editor

Product round-up: Packaging equipment

From gargantuan to svelte, designed for mega-processors or start-up ventures, the packaging equipment and materials described here answer a broad range of customers' needs.
Post Date: 02/08/2005
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Third Annual Readers' Choice Awards

A good supplier is worth its weight in gold; here are 48 of them in 37 categories, chosen by you, the people who know them best.
Post Date: 02/08/2005
Author: Dave Fusaro, Editor in Chief

Susceptors enable a new generation of microwave foods

At the intersection of manufacturing, packaging and formulation, they make thorough cooking and browning possible.
Post Date: 02/08/2005
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Product Spotlight: Same old chili in a new 'can'

Hormel’s Stagg chili keeps the recipe intact but creates excitement with the Tetra Pak Recart package.
Post Date: 01/21/2005
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RFID: Track and (t)race

Are you rushing to meet Wal-Mart’s deadline or waiting for proven payback on RFID?
Post Date: 01/08/2005
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The Pepsi Challenge for packaging projects

At Pepsico Beverages and Foods, the philosophy on procuring packaging equipment revolves around two key concepts: "turnkey" and "replicable."
Post Date: 11/17/2004
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