The carton, case packaging channel includes carton machinery, case packers, inserts, partitions, placers, corrugated material and much more for the beverage, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and the industrial packaging industries.
Sonoco raises prices on tube and core products Web exclusive, edited by David Bellm, 8/12/2008 3:44:00 PM
Sonoco will implement a minimum 5 percent increase on all of its tube and core products shipped in the United States and Canada. More
Flip-top Package Takes the Mini Cake 08/01/2008
An innovative paperboard package is helping Premier Foods take a bite out of a new mini cake market segment, with the launch of Mr Kipling Cake Bites, bite-sized, individually wrapped sponge cakes. Premier Foods chose a flip-top Sono-wrap® package from Sonoco (www.sonoco.com) for the tiny cakes, 15 of which come in each package.
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Top/bottom sealer 07/23/2008
This high-performance, adjustable top-and-bottom sealer uses hot-melt glue to seal cases, providing 7 ft of compression. Controls are housed on a slim pedestal rather than directly attached to the machine. Other features include a stack beacon with customer-preferred colors, electrical and pneumatic lockout capabilities, an alphanumeric character program for PLC input and output and a pressure...
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Multipack carrier 07/01/2008
Targeted at craft brewers as an alternative to paperboard multipack carriers is the BrandPak™ system, consisting of a top-lift handle, a glass-bottle ring carrier and a wraparound stretch band. The components are also cited for 4-, 6-, 8- and 12-can mutipacking. For both package types, the co. offers its codeveloped Ringmaster™ portable low-speed ring-carrier application machines, w...
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Film 07/01/2008
Clarifoil cellulose acetate film for carton windows, print laminations, labels and tapes has been awarded the OK certificate for home compost conformity issued by AIB-Vincotte Intl. Certification, the co. notes. The film follows comprehensive testing, and the co. says the film already holds DIN EN 13432 and ASTM D6400 biodegradability accreditation, distinguishing Clarifoil as a compostable, bi...
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Brewery equips to handle Fat Tire 07/01/2008
Pedaling his way through Europe on an old fat-tire bicycle, Jeff Lebesch had no idea his life was about to change. After sampling the extraordinary Belgian beers along his path, the Fort Collins, CO, electrical engineer quickly returned to his home and began creating a Belgian-style brew in his basement.
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Cultural evolution Linda Casey, Associate Editor - 07/01/2008
The year was 1960, and Chuck Kesey and his wife, Sue, had recently graduated from Oregon State University, where Chuck studied dairy technology and Sue had taken business science classes. With the help of Chuck's father Fred Kesey, who founded and managed the Eugene Farmers Creamery, the couple entered the packaging-and-distribution side of the dairy business by supplying 1-gal glass returnable...
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Food-packaging highrollers Lauren Hartman, Senior Editor - 07/01/2008
From juices to desserts, produce to soup, individually packaged portions were aces at the Food Marketing Institute show this year. Consumers are starting to buy smaller package sizes to control high food bills and their waistlines, and packagers are keeping track. And for the first time after a 26-year run in Chicago, the early May show, along with the United Fresh and Marketechnics expositions...
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X-ray inspection The Eagle QuadView glass-in-glass x-ray-inspection system uses four separate angles to ensure coverage even in the bottom and crown of a rigid container.
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