Food & Beverage Packaging January-February 2012

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17 PMMI Corner: Don’t parrot, practice: Taking a holistic approach to sustainable packaging

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Trends in machine innovation will impact sustainability in 2012 and beyond.

24 Making a case for retail-ready packaging A discussion of the challenges and opportunities in today’s case forming, packing and sealing machinery.

28 Pouches flex marketing muscle Functionality and convenience layered with efficiency benefits make flexible packages one of the strongest segments in food packaging formats.

30 Fast-growing pet foods market unleashes innovative packaging A look at how the human-pet relationship, environmental concerns and health consciousness shape pet food packaging.

32 Consumers react to innovations in sealing technology Consumers express their likes and dislikes in a new study based on focus group insights about seals and closures.

24 30 DE PA RT M E NT S 12 New Packages Bacon sealed in twin pouch pack, vodka sold in hand-blown glass, Earth Wise drinks use ecofriendly carton, Anna’s Thins cookies repackaged, Honest Tea refreshes its labels

16 Packager News U.S. demand for aseptic packaging to exceed $5 billion in 2015, Coca-Cola partners to develop PlantBottle™ from 100% plant-based materials, Packaging remains relevant in online shopping

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36 Supplier Products

8 Editor’s Note

46 Classified Network

10 Calendar

50 DataWatch: Bioplastics

34 Supplier News Sterling Group Partners III, L.P. acquires Liqui-Box Corp., Avery Dennison Label and Packaging Materials launches Inspiration Studio, Huhtamaki acquires business and assets of Ample Industries

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Editor’sNote

ACCENTUATING THE POSITIVE IN SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING essons learned can be profoundly helpful, but they can sometimes hit like a ton of bricks. That was how ConAgra Foods’ Gail Tavill, VP, Sustainable Development, described a particular lesson learned during a recent interview that also hit me the same way. A 20+ year packaging professional, Tavill lives and breathes sustainability across a full spectrum of “green” for the company including for packaging. She is also the new president for the American Institute for Packaging and the Environment. “One of the things that we’re thinking about at AMERIPEN and that others should think about is…how to develop better ways to communicate what companies are doing around sustainable packaging and clear up some of those confusion points,” Tavill said. For one thing, she has a big problem with messaging related to the first of the original three Rs of sustainable packaging: Reduce. “Every time we make a claim that says What we need to talk about we reduced packaging, we imply that packis the value that packaging aging is bad because if it wasn’t, why would you reduce it?” she asks. “It’s sort of how brings to our industry. we’ve settled in as an industry: We’ve accepted the fact that we need to reduce our way into sustainability, but I fundamentally believe that’s the wrong strategy.” That proverbial ton of bricks was above me and on its way down. “Looking back at some of the claims that we have made and how we’ve made them, I probably would restate some of them and do more to accentuate the positive and minimize the negative. You’ll see more of that coming out of AMERIPEN member companies. “What we need to talk about is the value that packaging brings to our industry. I think even packaging engineers undervalue its worth.” Tavill distilled things down to this: What is needed is to have packaging do the best job it can to serve the purpose it was intended for in the first place. “If we do that, packaging will truly be sustainable because it will sustain the rest of the investment and the products and goods that we need,” she added. To hear more from Tavill and other voices in packaging sustainability, you can read our cover feature on page 20. And for insightful voices elsewhere, check our other articles. While we may not have all the answers to your packaging challenges, we solicit the input of packaging experts who have some of them. And then maybe that ton of bricks will feel more like a ton of feathers the next time. Cheer’s to a greener year for everyone! F&BP

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REDESIGNED DAIRY CARTONS rieslandCampina’s Friesche Vlag, the Netherlands’ oldest dairy brand, received a packaging redesign from Anthem (www.anthemww.com). Friesche Vlag reached out to the company for a portfolio-wide redesign of the brand’s logo and packaging. Food and Beverage Packaging further discovered that the objectives behind the redesign were to make the brand more contemporary and create stand-out on shelf with a cohesive and more contemporary look across the whole range to attract a younger audience and remain attractive and relevant to existing consumers. The redesigned TetraBrik Aseptic cartons are from Tetra Pak (www.tetrapak.com). Anthem created a new logo treatment for the packaging with a more organic and dimensional shape and applied a simple, clean design that highlights the Friesche Vlag logo as the primary messaging. Cheap, throw away tape heads are

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ANNA’S THINS GET NEW PACKAGING ith more than 75 years of experience baking Europe’s favorite cookies, Lotus Bakeries announces the release of new packaging for Anna’s Thins, available throughout North American markets. The new packaging was created by design firm Turner Duckworth (www.turnerduckworth.com). Anna’s Thins new look hearkens back to the brand’s heritage. The logo has been refined and restored and with new photography that reinforces the appeal of these unique cookies and their distinctive flavors. The new design revitalizes the brand with authentic and relevant meaning, with an eye toward attracting a broader audience.

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BOTTLED TEA REFRESHES ITS LABELS onest Tea unveils a redesign of its polyethylene terephthalate (PET) line of Honest Tea and Honest Ade. The label refresh was initiated more than three years ago after a series of consumer insights suggested that the brand could be making a bigger visual impact on store shelves. Honest Tea’s internal team worked with international brand design agency Turner Duckworth (www.turnerduckworth.com) to help develop the new label design architecture. The new designs feature a white background that highlights clean, vibrant images of the ingredients. The images g treatment of the fruit by giving it unexpected scale and on the Honest Ade labels include fun treatm beach umbrella. To further increase shelf standout, the context– such as a lemon half serving as a bea maintaining the Garamond font that has become a part of the brand’s logo has evolved too. While maintaini brand’s graphic identity, the word “Honest” is now larger, to create greater brand unity across the recognizable symbol on the line of tea products. line. The iconic “T” shape remains as a recogn

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VODKA BOTTLED IN HAND-BLOWN GLASS anache Imports introduces Alchemia, a new line of craft-infused vodkas bottled in hand-blown glass. The Polish term for Alchemy, Alchemia is named for its transformation of ordinary vodka into rich infusions. Labeled with periodic table element symbols to distinguish each flavor, the cone-shaped obelisk bottles are reminiscent of a 19th century apothecary. The line of vodka comes in three flavors and is available in destination dining and bars and wine and spirits stores throughout major U.S. markets including New York, New Jersey, California, and Florida. The vodka retails for $25-$28.

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‘EARTH WISE’ DRINKS ARRIVE IN ECOFRIENDLY CARTONS ohanna Foods has launched Earth Wise brand juices and juice drinks in combiblocMini 125- and 150-mL carton packs from SIG Combibloc (www.sig.ch). The aseptic carton packs will display the FSC® label of the Forest Stewardship Council (www.fsc.org). The FSC label verifies that the raw paperboard used to make the carton packs was manufactured using only wood fibers that can be proven to originate from responsibly managed forests certified according to FSC guidelines, or from other controlled sources managed in accordance with FSC standards. Joanna Foods has set itself a mission to create products where not only the beverages, but the production process and packaging as well, are intended to have as little impact on the environment as possible. Carton packs are extremely lightweight, have a small carbon footprint, consume very few resources and are fully recyclable.

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EASY-OPEN AND RECLOSE BISCUITS ack-Track Innovation of the Month from Datamonitor Group (www. datamonitor.com) is Kraft Foods’ LU TUC from Italy. It was selected because of the efficient easy-opening and reclosability of the pack. The familiar flow-wrap format has been modified via laser cutting the film in a wavy pattern to produce a very neat opening as the consumer peels back the self-adhesive film label that is positioned over the top. The dispensing aperture extends the full width of the pack. The consumer returns the label to its original position to reclose the pack and both the flow-wrap film and the label withstand repeated use without tearing or loss of quality.

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NEXT-GENERATION PLANTBOTTLE™ TO BE MADE FROM 100% PLANT-BASED MATERIALS he Coca-Cola Co. announced in December multimillion dollar partnership agreements with three leading biotechnology companies--Virent, Gevo and Avantium--to accelerate development of the first commercial solutions for next-generation PlantBottle™ packaging made 100% from plant-based materials. This effort builds on the Company’s ground-breaking roll-out of its first generation PlantBottle package. The first generation PlantBottle packaging is the only fully recyclable PET bottle made with up to 30% plant-based material available today. Since it was introduced in 2009, more than 10 billion PlantBottle packages have been distributed in 20 countries worldwide.

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PACKAGING REMAINS RELEVANT DURING UPSWING IN ONLINE SHOPPING nline sales soared this holiday season. Cyber Monday saw the heaviest online shopping day ever recorded, according to research firm ComScore Inc., with $1.25 billion in online sales – a 22% increase over last year. Online sales were also up 24.3% on Black Friday and 39% on Thanksgiving Day U.S., according to IBM’s Coremetrics data unit. A recent U.S. study by Shikatani Lacroix (www.sld.com) shows that packaging remains an important element during the online purchase process; 65% of respondents

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believe the primary purpose of packaging is to protect the product during shipping and 60% of respondents use packaging to help them identify what they are buying online. While packaging graphics currently serve as a link of recognition between the offline and online world, with 36% of respondents primarily using packaging to identify a product they saw in a store, having a prior offline experience with a brand is becoming less relevant with the continued growth of online sales.

U.S. DEMAND FOR ASEPTIC PACKAGING TO EXCEED $5 BILLION IN 2015 emand for aseptic packaging in the US is projected to expand 8% per year to $5.1 billion in 2015, well above the overall packaging average. Growth will be driven by drug sterility requirements and ambient distribution and storage advantages for food and beverages. The shelf stability of aseptic packaging will fuel rapid growth in dairy-based beverages and other dairy products as it enables these perish-

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able products to move through the supply chain unrefrigerated. Advances will be moderated by the high capital investment of aseptic processing equipment and the reluctance of food and beverage firms to shift away from hot-fill and retort processing. These and other trends are presented in Aseptic Packaging, a new study from The Freedonia Group, Inc. (www. freedoniagroup.com).


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DON’T PARROT, PRACTICE: TAKING A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING Trends in machine innovation will impact sustainability in 2012 and beyond ith every year that passes, manufacturers face increased pressure to demonstrate sustainable practices on a global scale. Increasing demand from consumers, retailers, brand owners and industry regulators has shifted the focus on sustainability from materials and the “final package” to considering the impact of total systems on waste and energy reduction across the supply chain. PMMI’s report “PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2011: Upbeat and Setting Records,” indicates an increased role for machinery in sustainability considerations. Exhibitors and their customers focused largely on energy savings, waste minimization and solving handling problems related to adoption of source reduced materials/containers. Common themes included “streamlining operations,” “minimizing operational costs,” “total cost of ownership,” “reducing downtime, changeover time and labor,” “lowering utility usage (water, compressed air and electricity),” and “increasing throughput”. All of these descriptors point to a sustainable footprint in the manufacturing environment and ultimately, the need for innovative machinery technology.

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Challenges

Taking a total systems approach to sustainability is not without challenge. Manufacturers are charged with finding new machinery solutions or retrofitting existing machinery to accommodate new, thinner materials, while maintaining efficiency and minimizing downtime. Meanwhile, brand owners must ensure the aesthetics and performance of their new, sustainable package design are not compromised or distorted in any way during the manufacturing process to keep consumer loyalty intact. Undoubtedly, as sustainable materials and technology continue to develop, so must packaging machinery to meet the needs of these new packages.

Spotlight on Innovation

Fortunately, there are many new machinery solutions on the market that address the concerns of both manufacturers and brand owners in implementing sustainable package design. A major trend cited in PMMI’s PACK EXPO 2011 post-show report is the rising number of machines that are engineered for ease of use, incorporating technologies such as Human Machine Interface (HMI) panels. These panels can enhance efficiency by minimizing operations downtime. For example, ABB Robotics (www. abb.com/robotics) displayed a four-axis IRB460 palletizing robot at PACK EXPO 2011 featuring Palletizing PowerPac software, which simplifies programming, particularly for personnel with limited experience with robots. After the software simulates the task the robot should perform, the routine is downloaded to the controller, enhancing efficiency and ultimately, sustainability. These machines are also engineered to be lighter and less bulky, so they fit better at the end of the packaging line. Reducing size and weight shortens travel distances, increases speed and reduces power consumption. Developments in vacuum technology can also contribute to sustainability during the manufacturing process. Pneumatics demonstrations, using less air were prevalent at PACK EXPO 2011. Energy efficient pumps allow manufacturers to reduce energy use in the plant and maximize efficiency. As the spotlight on sustainability continues, manufacturers and brand owners will undoubtedly continue to evaluate machinery technology across the supply chain to provide products with a sustainable footprint and to maximize efficiency of the production operation. Learn more about PMMI and the PACK EXPO trade shows at PMMI.org and Packexpo.com. F&BP

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Sustainability is the right thing to do, but it will also be ϐiscally rewarding for companies that can ϐigure it out. —Pat Conroy, Deloitte LLP

Thought Leader insights and industry developments and examples show where sustainable packaging is headed in 2012.

consumers said they are willing to buy a green product if the quality is the same as a non-green alternative. “As consumers expand their knowledge on issues pertaining to sustainability, there is the growing sense of responsibility when it comes to their purchases and the impact these purchases have on the environment,” Muratoglu points out. Denise Lefebvre, PepsiCo’s VP, global beverage packaging, puts sustainability at the top of the company’s packaging checklist. “Sustainability is critical: Consum-

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he packaging landscape has been “greened” th the past years by consumer packaged goods co companies (CPGCs) making sustainability im improvements, initiative by initiative and pa packaged product by packaged product. Th These changes have been made for a number of reas sons including meeting internal goals, meetreasons ing extern nal eexpectations and/or cutting costs. external “Com mpan place a high degree of focus and effort “Companies susstain on sustainability,” offers Pat Conroy, vice chairman and U.S U.S. Consumer Products leader at consultan ncy Deloitte D tancy LLP (www.deloitte.com). “Everybody is for sustainability, but the question is body how to make it commercially neutral so comhow paanie don’t have to risk the cost premium. panies Manyy co companies view sustainability as a means to be more efficient and less wasteful, which translates to lower ccosts osts and better margins. Sustainability is the right thingg to do, but it will also be fiscally rewarding for o companies compaanies es that can figure it out. My advice: Couple sustainability efforts with emerging consumer preferences so you d don’t miss the target and waste effort.” Consumer purchasing decisions increasingly have a green compon component, according to Suley Muratoglu, a VP, marketing & product management for Tetra Pak, Inc. (www.tetrapak (www.tetrapak.com). He cites 2010 “Greendex” research from National Geographic and GlobeScan indicating that 40% of individ individuals across 17 countries reported avoiding excessively pa packaged goods “all” or “most of the time.” A An d recent d And data from Tetra Pak’s “Environmental Research 2011” survey shows that 88% of consumers in 1 0 countries eexpressed a preference for products in re10 ccyclable yclable pack packaging. In the United States, some 70% of

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• REDUCE • REUSE • RECYCLE I have discovered that there are more, in fact twice as many. During a fall interview, H.J. Heinz Co.’s Michael Okoroafor, VP, Global Packaging Innovation and Execution, told me of a 4th R that Heinz follows related to sustainability: Renew, as in PlantBottle™ technology and other renewable materials Heinz uses for ketchup and other products. “Depending on which product we’re delivering, we leverage some or all of [the Rs],” he said. In a December interview, ConAgra Foods’ Gail Tavill, VP, Sustainable Development, told me of a 5th R: Remove. Isn’t that just an extreme form of Reduce? “No, remove is a whole different strategy,” she said. “We’ve had situations where we removed overwraps or bits of packaging that were unnecessary.” That covered things for about a month, until I had an early 2012 chitchat with bioplastics expert Jeff Timm of Timm Consulting (www.linkedin.com/in/jefftimm). As we talked about bioplastics and sustainability and the 5 Rs I had identified, Timm offered a 6th: Replace, which of course means substituting one material or structure for another. Replace requires different strategies and tactics versus the other five. If you have any comments or know of any more, please email me at [email protected].


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AN UPDATE ON THE PACKAGE RECOVERY LABELING SYSTEM ccording to senior manager Anne Bedarf, GreenBlue’s Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) will be piloting the Packaging Recovery Labeling System (PRLS) in 2012. The PRLS is intended to reduce the confusion of recycling-related labels and icons on many packages using a clear and harmonized label format. The PTLS improves the reliability, completeness, and transparency of recyclability claims through a nationally relevant recycling data set for all packaging materials and forms. Currently five SPC members including ConAgra Foods and Costco have committed to piloting the label on select

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SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING PREDICTIONS FOR 2012 e asked Robert L. Lilienfeld, of Use-less-stuff.com, to dust off his “green crystal ball” and offer his sustainable packaging prognostication for the year: ENERGY RECOVERY – With Waste Management moving from building landfills to mining them, energy recovery (i.e, “waste to energy”) from food scraps, paper and plastic will finally start being broadly accepted. BIOPOLYMERS – Growing awareness that compostability and biodegradability are largely technical labels, rather than actual recycling options, will put a damper on biopolymer growth (for more on biopolymers, see DataWatch p. 00). EXTENDED PACKAGE/PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY – With increased acceptance of energy recovery as a recycling option, EPR pressures should begin to decline. This is very much in line with the history of the German Green Dot program. WASTE REDUCTION – As the material-neutral AMERIPEN organization orga or g nization ramps up its efforts, it will do what the ga material-focused trade associations can’t: promote m ma teriral-focused tra te tthe th he fa ffact ct that ssustainable packaging— rregardless re ega g rdless of whether it is paper, plastic, glass ggl lass or metal—reduces waste. VALUE VVA ALUE CHAIN PERSPECTIVE –ITW’s Sustainable Packaging Group is a S ustai ppioneer ionee in the quest to deliver large sscale, sc cale, value chain-wide material and eenergy en nergy savings. Look for other industry lleaders, le eaders, like Sealed Air, to follow. It just makes good business sense. m akes goo

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packaging, with more to be announced in early 2012. During the pilot period, information will be collected on consumer response and behavior. “The main challenge for those companies interested in piloting the label has been timing,” Bedarf informs Food & Beverage Packaging. “Adding a label during a scheduled refresh is ideal, but that timeframe has not always meshed with that of the pilot. Over 2012, we will analyze results from the pilot as well as develop the business model for expanded implementation of the PRLS that we envision to occur in 2013.” She says the response so far has been overwhelmingly positive. For further information, contact Anne Bedarf through the www.how2recycle.info website.

ers understand d d it and d want it,” she h says. “It is incorporated into everything that we do from a design perspective and is a target criterion in our stage-gate processes for how we advance projects forward. We also focus our research efforts in technology platforms that can take us to a breakthrough level on sustainability. What technologies can we identify that are going to make our business across PepsiCo significantly different globally in sustainability and carbon footprint reduction?” Other CPGC’s are doing likewise. In mid-December, Coca-Cola Co. unveiled multi-million dollar partnership agreements with three major biotechnology companies to accelerate the development of the first commercial solutions for next-generation PlantBottle™ packaging made 100% from plant-based materials. This effort builds on the company’s ground-breaking introduction and roll-out of its first generation PlantBottle™, the first ever recyclable PET beverage bottle made partially from plants. Since it was introduced in 2009, the Coca-Cola Co. has distributed more than 10 billion PlantBottle packages in 20 countries worldwide. The PlantBottle uses at least two of the six key paths—the 6 Rs—that packagers follow in their pursuit of green (see sidebar p. 21). For packaging managers like Hormel Foods’ Chad Donnicht, research & development packaging scientist, packaging sustainability efforts focus on one particular R: Reduce via source reduction. The company’s seven-member packaging group has an individual goal of cutting packaging by 500,000 pounds yearly and a collective goal of cutting four million pounds yearly. The program, which has been in place for several years, includes targets of all sizes. “There is quite a bit of savings out there in those small things that many don’t pay much attention to including sealing tape, slip sheets, and pallets,” he says. “It all



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GREENING REACHES BEYOND SECONDARY PACKAGING ormel Foods completed a recent source reduction at subsidiary Don Miguel, Dallas, TX, that demonstrates how deeply companies are drilling down to pare packaging materials from the supply chain even beyond primary and secondary packaging. According to Chad Donnicht, Hormel Foods’ research & development packaging scientist, this project involved a switch to solid fiber-board slip sheets from the previous corrugate slip sheets that were used between layers on pallet loads of product. “They did quite a bit of testing to qualify fiberboard slip sheets that would be at parity for the same attributes as the corrugate slip sheets,” explains Donnicht, who served as a corporate-level sounding board for the work done by the Don Miguel staff. Kicked off in early 2011, the project was competed last summer. Donnicht says that change saves about 280,000 pounds of fiber yearly.

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adds up.” A prime example is a recent project by Hormel subsidiary Don Miguel (see sidebar, left). Deloitte’s Conroy is seeing sustainability spill over from the containers and packages side into operations. He cites PepsiCo Frito-Lay as exemplary, particularly the 180,000-square foot, completely green facility in Casa Grande outside Phoenix. The revamped facility operates primarily on renewable energy sources and recycled water, while producing nearly zero landfill waste. Other CPGCs including General Mills, Nestlé Purina, Mars and Hormel Foods have built or revamped plants that have earned U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED certification as sustainable facilities. With these and other projects, sustainability is brought to the packaging production floor where machinery vendors, too, have addressed sustainability through machine design and components including humanmachine interfaces that track machinery energy usage. Reductions in air and, especially, water requirements are also addressed. For example, in 2010 after 18 months’ development, Ossid (www.ossid.com) powered by Pro Mach (www.promachinc.com) introduced a low-cost water recirculation system add-on that cools overwrappers with as little as one gallon of water per day, saving in excess of 375,000 gallons of water yearly. Allpax Products (www.allpax.com), powered by Pro Mach, now offers a waste-steam recovery system for retorts that is designed to lower energy costs, reduce consumption of water, and improve the overall sustainability of the facility.

AMERIPEN WRITES A NEW CHAPTER IN SUSTAINABILITY he American Institute for Packaging and the Environment (www.ameripen.org) is a “North American organization to advocate for the packaging value chain with a ‘material neutral’ perspective.” Formed in early 2011, the 24 member companies include Amcor, Kellogg Co., OwensIllinois, Procter & Gamble, Waste Management and others. AMERIPEN’s new president, Gail Tavill (shown), ConAgra Foods’ VP, Sustainable Development, offers these comments about AMERIPEN’s role and its goals through three Technical Advisory Groups. TAGs comprise academic, government, nongovernmental and broad-based trade association leaders that assess industry issues in a data-driven, scientific way: 1. To truly define and communicate the value of packaging in terms of what role does this industry play in our economy and society and food safety and food accessibility. “There’s a whole work stream going on around that. We’re working with the Census Bureau, the Department of Commerce on collecting better data around our industry.”

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BAGGED CEREAL MILKS GREEN BEYOND BEING BOX-LESS ally’s brand cereal, the first Malt-O-Meal brand available in Canada and now moving into the U.S. in early 2012, starts off being green by its box-less, resealable bagged format. But the sustainability doesn’t stop there: Malt-O-Meal also purchases wind energy credits to offset

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100% of the electricity used in the products’ manufacturing. And in partnership with TerraCycle® Canada (www.terracycle.ca), an international upcycling company that takes packaging materials that can’t be recycled and repurposes that material into new, high quality goods, consumers can collect empty cereal bags and send them to TerraCycle for upcycling.

In another example, System Plast (www.systemplast.com) supplies conveyors that require no external lubricants and eliminate the need for water and soap lubrication. The vendor reports that it is possible using a dry lubricant system to save up to 80% of water usage when compared to wet lubrication. Machinery hardware and software

Automation expert John Kowal, market development manager for B&R Industrial Automation (www. br-automation.com) says the OMAC Packaging Workgroup seeks volunteers for PackAbility, which will be the group’s sustainability initiative. The goal is for OMAC PackAbility to formulate practical metrics based on ISO 50001, he notes. Released in June 2011, the ISO International Standard ISO 50001 on energy management systems was an eagerly awaited event that could have a positive impact on 60% of the world’s energy use. Notably, the Package

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five years ahead,” he says. “The ongoing challenge Machinery Manufacturers Institute (www.PMMI. packagers will face year-over-year is to understand the org) is on the ISO 50001 committee. way we live today and translate those learnings to how “Every improvement we make to productivity we will live 20 years from now.” has an impact on the other aspects,” says Kowal. Considering the 6 Rs of sustainability, there may “A safer machine has more uptime, therefore has be a 7th that provides an overarching one as packbetter Overall Equipment Effectiveness. Better agers transition into a future that is turning an OEE means it is running at steady state and is more ever-deeper shade of green: Rethink. F&BP energy efficient and has lower total system carbon footprint. That uptime translates to more quality product produced and less scrap, which is also more sustainable. And cost is optimized. “This is important to corporate sustainability initiatives because even though there’s more to be gained from optimizing packages and materials, companies have ambitious goals for reducing energy, water, compressed air, plus zero landfill—and if packaging machinery can contribute a few percentIt’s simple. If your seal doesn’t hold, ages here and there, it adds up.” you don’t deliver. If you don’t deliver, Benchmarking is as crucial on the you don’t get paid. machinery side as on the materials Shurtape’s Premium Carton Sealing side. Barry Lynch, global industry tapes combined with our durable, manager, consumer packaged goods, drop-in stainless steel tape heads GE Intelligent Platforms (www.ge-ip. ensure your product is protected com), has conducted “treasure hunts” until it’s delivered. for efficiency savings at production A secure seal for your bottom line. facilities. He sees automated data acquisition as the ideal way to capture Visit Shurtape.com/HoldontoProfits for a free trial. production metrics. “Packaging is one of those areas where you can see immediate benefits in sustainability,” he says. “What we’re trying to do is get manufacturers to treat utility costs as a Bill of Materials so that’s part of the cost of making—and packaging— a product that you can put a dollar value against. That’s why benchmarking is so important, to understand what it costs to make these products and what is the impact if something is changed such as a carton? Manufacturers want to know how much it cost to manufacture that product, literally at the end of the day.” Not only should savvy packagers try to gain a picture of their day-today sustainability on the production side, they also need to look far ahead on the materials and containers side, www.shurtape.com | according to Tetra Pak’s Muratoglu. “It’s not enough to plan and design

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MAKING A CASE FOR RETAIL-READY PACKAGING A discussion on the challenges and opportunities in today’s case forming, packing and sealing machinery. / by ELISABETH CUNEO, Associate Editor CONTRIBUTORS: Bryan Sinicrope, VP Sales and Marketing, A-B-C Packaging Machine Corp. (www.abcpackaging.com) Jackie Deitz, Marketing Coordinator, Delkor Systems (www.delkorsystems.com) Chris Calabrese, Sales Manager, Fallas Automation (www.fallasautomation.com)

FBP: What challenges do retailready packs (RRP) present to case packers and how are today’s systems accommodating those needs?

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Calabrese: The biggest challenge now is that most companies don’t know what configuration they will need for the marketing group. Fallas Automation provides two different vertical style case packers for retail-ready packaging machines that provide a different pack pattern. The requirements of the machines nowadays dictate that they must pack the RRP as well as regular lay-flat-style conventional shippers. One machine is better suited for packing the RRP with the facing of the bags along the length of the case, while the other machine is better suited for packing the straight stack of one row and the facing is on the width of the case. There are dimensional and speed limitations on both. Choosing the correct machine is very dependent on the final decided pack pattern.

tection to the product during shipping and handling. RRP require a secondary packaging style that involves minimal adjustments to the package when transferring product from pallet to shelf. To meet retailer’s retailready needs, case packers are creating trays, cases/cartons with tear strips, and preprint shrink packaging for presenting multi-pack product on shelves. Delkor Systems, offers a variety of shelf-ready packaging solutions ranging from shrink wrapped bundles to trays displaying large beverage bottles with

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‘Green’ packaging calls for gentler handling ith the increase of “green” packages comes the challenge of handling new types of packages, which can sometimes be delicate. Fragile containers often used with sustainable packages sometimes need gentler handling, and in response to that need, Standard-Knapp (www.standard-knapp.com) has introduced its 939S Versatron with a new lowering head module that’s gentler than drop packing. The 939S Versatron Soft Catch Servo Case Packer minimizes the amount of material needed for container partitions, and major national retail chains have achieved savings as high as 10% in the cost of a case. The lowering head module can pick up bottles and other containers and carry them to the packing area, where they can be packed in the case without dropping. The machine places the container all the way to the bottom of the case, at 30 cycles per minute, the fastest rate among lowering head machines. The 939S Versatron has technology that enables packers to handle the thinner, lightweight, and more fragile glass containers being used in the move towards greener, more sustainable packaging.

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Sinicrope: A-B-C’s modular case and tray packers provide the flexibility to erect, pack and seal a variety of case and tray styles and onto pads for shrinkwrapped packaging, which gives manufacturers a standard solution that is generally most cost-effective. That said, RRP can present challenges as the case and tray designs may be more complex, and if there is a lid system, it is usually formed separately. We would recommend that manufacturers consult with their packaging machinery suppliers during the design phase, as machinery builders can often help with solutions that allow them to purchase an “off the shelf” machine modified to meet their needs.


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FBP: How has the sustainability (‘green’) movement affected case forming/packing/sealing? Calabrese: We have made our equipment accommodate the weaker (recycled content) shipping cases. As far as the equipment goes, we are always striving to use more energy-efficient motors drives, etc. We also maintain a green initiative within our factory. Deitz: The “green” movement has pushed packagers to explore methods of making packaging more sustainable. Sustainability means minimizing negative impacts the packaging materials or processes may have on the environment while sufficiently protecting products during shipping and handling. Many companies work towards sustainability by reducing the materials used in secondary packaging, which decreases the waste footprint on the environment. Our Spot-Pak® Packaging System is an example of this method. Product is temporarily bonded to a flat corrugate pad and shrinkwrapped instead of being packed into a traditional corrugate case. This package provides the protection of an RSC case, but reduces material waste by up to 75%. Sinicrope: Sustainability is top of mind for most manufacturers, and we are helping our customers to reduce their carbon footprint with machines that have high efficiency motors and seal with renewable soy-based “cool” adhesives allowing them to reduce their energy and material consumption. We offer solutions that can reduce corrugated consumption and palletizing alternatives to shrink wrap. Plastic shrink wrap packaging for display trays and pallet protection has come under fire because it is petroleum-based and in many areas it cannot be recycled. F&BP


Consumers Want to Know:

IS YOUR PACKAGING ECO-FRIENDLY? ON-PACK ENVIRONMENTAL MESSAGING AGING ADDS VALU V VALUEE

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UÊ Rated “outstanding” for “likely ely to mation” by purchase based on this information” target consumers UÊ Rated “above average” for “likely likely to purchase a new brand” by consumers onsumers UÊ Rated “outstanding” for “positive sitive impact on brand opinion” by y consumers

CONSUMERS ARE DEMANDING MORE from packaging than a cost-effective and convenient way to keep products fresh. A significant and growing number of consumers consider the environmental impact of the packaging in their product selection process. Our cartons have these eco-friendly attributes: more than 70% of the Evergreen Packaging carton is made from paper, derived from a renewable resource: trees. Cartons are recyclable for an increasing number of households. So consumers can enjoy the benefits of fresh products—and feel good about their purchase decision. To find out more about the benefits of our cartons, visit evergreenpackaging.com/sustainability.

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POUCHES FLEX MARKETING MUSCLE Functionality and convenience layered with efficiency benefits make flexible packages one of the strongest segments in food packaging. / by RICK LINGLE, Editor in Chief

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he flexible packaging market is so successful that many of the pouches literally stand up on their own, seemingly ready for a proverbial bow. Pouches are in demand to the tune of 4.6% market growth yearly and projected to reach $8 billion in 2015, according to market research firm The Freedonia Group, Inc., (www.freedoniagroup.com) in a new study entitled Converted Flexible Packaging. Growth will be driven by: • The continued conversions to stand-up pouches and healthy gains for flat pouches in a number of markets, along with a smaller environmental footprint due to lighter weight and reduced material use, which also holds down shipping costs; and • The aging of rigid packaging equipment will create openings for replacements by pouch packaging equipment over the coming decade. Converted flexible packaging demand in food applications is projected to climb 4.0% per year to $12.9 billion in 2015. The fastest gains are anticipated in beverage, meat and related products, and s n a c k food applications.

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To flesh out the numbers, we sought input from several well-placed managers throughout this segment of the market about trends and developments in bags and pouches. Dan Bornemann, marketing manager, Bemis Flexible Packaging, Milprint Div. (www.bemis.com), continues to see growth in bags and pouches as more value-added features becoming the norm. “Consumers expect their products to be user friendly and expect the same with the packaging that holds and protects the products,” he says. “Ease-of-use such as opening and reclose features are becoming very common. Bags and pouches with dual compartments, boil-in bags, microwaveable pouches, and reclose features from zippers to spouts are examples of functionality and convenience. Another trend is retorted, shelf stable products, which are growing in demand. North America is lagging behind Europe and Asia regions in this category, but there is growth in both the human food and pet food markets.” Product differentiation and point-of-purchase visibility remain a huge factor in the market, particularly for the repackaging of traditional commodity based or mature product categories, observes Dennis Calamusa, president, AlliedFlex Technologies (www.alliedflex. com). “Sustainability is also a continued driving factor, not only for environmental concerns, but also for the huge cost reduction due to the dramatic difference in logistics between rigid and flexible packaging.” That fact gives flexibles an edge that itself is sustainable. “Improved logistics, as well as the huge potential cost saving, will continue to drive the flexible market for decades to come,” opines Calamusa. That factor comes top of mind to Sal Pellingra, Ampac’s (www.ampaconline.com) director of innovation, who believes the high product:packaging efficiency of pouched formats will continue to drive growth.


“More traditional rigid packaging formats take up both space and weight,” Pellingra explains. “Even empty, rigids take up as much room as a filled package and are significantly heavier and thicker than flexible formats so they weigh significantly more. The increased space and weight impact the environment and cost. Moving from rigid to flexible can show an immediate impact on a reduction of packaging materials to a brand and its impact on the environment. “In addition, pouches offer a more contemporary format that draws in younger consumers with unique graphics, shapes and styles. The ability to apply 360-degree graphics that stand out from other traditional formats grabs attention and increases sales. “Lastly, flexible packaging compacts to take up less space, offering an advantage to the consumer even at the end of life as trash. Because of the significant reduction in packaging moving to flexibles, studies have shown that less packaging by weight enters the waste stream even when recycling is taken into consideration.” What’s hot, what’s new?

Calamusa expects technologies to evolve as long as strong market growth continues, though he sees it as more evolutionary than revolutionary. “Most companies will not implement a replacement of their total production with flexible packaging, but supplement it with innovative flexible packaging valueadded line extensions,” he says. He expects that spouted pouches will continue to penetrate traditional markets including baby food, condiments, beverages and others using both premade and form-fill-seal technologies, depending upon volume and core competency of the packager. Nordenia U.S.A. (www.nordeniausa.com) marketing coordinator Kevin W. Dorris commends the benefits of premade versus form-fill-seal pouches. “The main advantage is that converters are the experts in making preformed bags and the filling companies are the experts at their products they are putting into the bags,” he claims. “In [most] cases, you can also get more features by using a premade bag rather than a FFS line such as easy-carry handles, reclosure and easy opening. The quality and appearance of premade bags are typically better as well.” One of the company’s latest innovations is the Nor®SpoutBag, which features a spouted pack with a handle. The fitment is integrated into the center of the pouch top to allow for a larger opening compared

to conventional stand-up packs. It is available in sizes from ½ to 1 ½ gallon for products including food oils, sauce and ketchup. The Milprint Division of Bemis recently applied for a patent for technology to provide Self-Venting Microwavable Stand-up Pouches for retorted products. The premade, stand-up pouches are converted with directed venting technology in the sides or the top of the pouch. It offers a controlled and directed release of the steam and pressure during microwaving. Additional functionality is available through “Cool Zones” on the pouch sides for safe handling coming out of the microwave and IntegraStart™ linear tear, an easy open feature for controlled and consistent opening across the top of the pouch. Bornemann notes that this technology is so new that the company does not have any applications in the marketplace. “We are working with three large food companies on launches of new products in retort standup pouches at this time,” he adds. Those launches are expected in 2012. Breakthroughs extend to the machines producing the popular preformed pouches, such as from Totani America Inc. (www.totaniamerica.com). Totani’s Mike Greely, senior VP and sales manager, says the machines offer high-speed/highefficiency features and data control systems. Greely notes that spouted alcohol pouches are especially popular in various formats including a conventional stand-up pouch or top- and bottom- gusseted pouch. Ampac’s new facility in Hanover Park, IL, purchased a Totani BH-60DG-F (SG-6) Box Pouch making machine, the third pouch format Ampac has added recently. The new machine provides Ampac with the first machine globally that has two-up Box Pouch capability and boasts technology that saves approximately 12% of the film required. Another recent Ampac breakthrough is the No. 2 Pouch™, a stand-up pouch made primarily of highdensity polyethylene to allow it to be marked with the desirable #2 recycle symbol and potentially be collected and recycled with grocery bags. “Recyclable packaging also is a much cleaner message to the brands and consumers rather than the confusion around compostable, degradable and renewable,” says Pellingra. Ampac has three commercial applications already and several more on the way. Armed with marketing muscle and effective utility, flexibles represent a packaging format with strong “legs” going forward. F&BP


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‹‹ Retailing for as low as 99 cents, Heinz’s new standup ketchup pouch begins shipping in March as part of the company’s low-price entry point strategy. It will be available in national retail and dollar store channels.


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by ELISABETH CUNEO, Associate Editor

FAST-GROWING PET FOODS MARKET UNLEASHES INNOVATIVE PACKAGING A look at how the human-pet relationship, environmental concerns and health consciousness shape pet food packaging.

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lobal Industry Analysts, Inc. (www.strategyr.com) predicted that the global pet food market will reach $95.7 billion by 2017. GIA also noted that the pet food industry is considered one of the fastest-growing food industry segments. Why? The most important factor is consumer attitude driving the market. Due to lifestyle changes and an increase in single-person families, more than ever pets are considered members of the family. This shift in attitude is driving new and better products and more innovative and sustainable packaging. We are certainly in a time of heightened awareness of ingredients, allergies, nutrition and weight control. And not just for our food, but for our pet’s food too. Owners are searching for packaging that clearly lets them see what’s inside and what nutritional needs are being met. Blackwood Pet Food received a packaging redesign by Ideas that Kick (www.ideasthatkick.com) that helped consumers see just that. Kick was tasked with creating packaging that would help dog owners find the right food for the specific needs of their pet. “We leveraged insights into the primary pet caregiver in the home, the ‘dog Mom,’” says Scott Behmer, account director at Kick. “She wants to be more informed about what she’s feeding her dog,

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so our designs place key nutritional information on the front of the bag in an easy-to-understand format.” In response to growing consumer desire for nutritional cat food, CROWN Food Europe – Cans and Closures (www.crowncork.com), a business unit of Crown Holdings, launched premium, single-serve 3-ounce portion cat food packaging. “Consumers are paying greater attention to the overall health and wellness of their families, and that mindset has extended to their cats,” says Hella Gourven, Marketing Manager, CROWN Food Packaging North America. “This desire for cat food with higher nutritional value has led many brands to launch premium products, including lines that are natural or organic or focus on special diet needs. Since consumers are often paying more for these products, it’s critical that the packaging delivers value on multiple levels. Along with protecting the quality and taste, it should also respond to consumer demands for convenience and environmentally friendly packaging.” Crown’s aluminum container protects the nutritional value of the food and extends the shelf life. In addition, the small container is ideal for single-serving sizes; helping consumers control the portions they feed to their cats and minimize waste. The metal can is 100% recyclable and is produced with more than 50% recycled material. As always, ecofriendly packaging is a consumer pref-


A BIRD’S EYE VIEW: Insights from a pet food packaging vendor

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om Bellmore, marketing manager and Steve Dennis, product development manager from Bemis Flexible Packaging (www.bemis.com) disclose trends in the pet food market.

FBP: What is a top concern in pet food packaging and what solutions are there? Bemis: The pet food market is highly competitive. High quality printing and service are a given in this segment, while innovation, cost savings, and value-added functionality, are keys to long-term success. Value-added functionality to the package can manifest itself in many ways. It can be through the use of innovative materials, various reclose options, development of films with specific tear properties, laser scoring, package design, etc. As the super-premium segment in the pet food market continues to grow, these value-added features become more of a consideration. FBP: Have you noticed an increase in healthier ingredients in pet food? If so, what does that mean for the packaging of these products?

erence and pet food packaging is no exception. Benchmark pet food products turned to HOOD Packaging (www. hoodpkg.com) and its EB 1 pet food bag to carry its quality dog food. The EB1 bag is a process-printed plastic package that looks like a laminated bag, and boasts similar grease barrier and strength properties, but isn’t. According to Richard Pileski, sales manager of Hood Packaging’s Burlington, Ontario plant, the package is not only fully recyclable, but it also eliminates the lamination step as well as the need to extrude a second film. “As a result, when compared to a similar laminated bag, EB 1 uses significantly less energy to produce and substantially cuts green house gas emissions,” he says. The EB 1 bag was designed to meet customer demands. “Our customers were telling us that they wanted to have

Bemis: The reduction of preservatives translates into a greater expectation of the packaging. Packaging does more than convey a message and transport product, it works to maintain product freshness until consumed. Where a non-barrier package was acceptable may no longer be the case once preservative-type components are removed or reduced. Packaging picks up where preservatives leave off. FBP: Is there any more (or less) interest in “green” packaging in pet foods versus other food packaging markets? Bemis: Interest is always there and continues to be a topic of discussion. The replacement of petroleum-based components with those derived from renewable resources without adding an excessive amount of cost from either the packaging itself or losses in fill/pack efficiencies are of the most interest. “Green” is here to stay and we as a supplier need to be sensitive to those needs and desires.

a bag that had the performance properties of a laminated structure, the recyclability of a PE bag, and outstanding shelf appeal,” Pileski adds. Eagle Flexible Packaging, Inc. (www.eagleflexible.com) also provides eco-friendly pet food packaging with its NVIRO Flexible Packaging. Steve’s Real Food uses the application for its natural, raw pet food. The packaging is comprised of renewable and compostable materials and is printed and laminated with less than 5% volatile organic compound (VOC) waterbased inks and adhesives. In addition, the bag will compost in 10-40 days in a municipal composting environment. In this segment, manufacturers must perform to meet changing consumer needs as it relates to the environment, the love of their pet and all that that encompasses. As a mother of two adorable boxers, I know of the importance of pet food and its packaging and I’m excited to see where these trends lead us. F&BP W W W . F O O DA N D B E V E R A G E PA C K A G I N G . C O M

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‹‹ Single-serving size aluminum container addresses desire for premium cat foods including organic and special diet formulations.

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CONSUMERS REACT TO INNOVATIONS IN SEALING TECHNOLOGY Consumers express their likes and dislikes in a new study based on focus group insights about seals and closures. / by ANJU HOLAY, NSM Research Inc. reat strides have been made in sealing technology, enabling consumers to more easily access products—and allowing manufacturers to more creatively market their products. One of the most significant innovations in sealing technology has been the conversion from metal can end to metal ring pull. Other improvements in foil and paper sealing also exist. In this article we will discuss consumer perception of recent sealing innovations as well as a new sealing technology, BAP (Bonded Aluminum Laminate to Plastic), which is now available through Aptar (www.aptar.com). The material presented here is largely gathered through consumer research recently conducted by NSM Research Inc. (www.nsmresearch. com) in the U.S. & UK. The “in-market” innovation clearly providing meaningful value for consumers and differentiating packaging for packagers is the conversion from metal can end to metal ring pull. Both consumers in the U.S. and the UK shared a willingness to pay extra cents or pence for “something which is so much easier to use (than the traditional can end), and does not require a can/ tin opener.” Some consumers even limited their brand choice to products offered in a metal ring-pull format. However, even with the largely positive comments, consumers repeatedly expressed frustration with the metal ring pull solution. Summarizing in consumers’ words, the main issues with metal ring pulls are the following: “The momentum necessary to get the last part totally off is excessive – sometimes resulting in serious cuts… my daughter had to get stitches! The ring breaks off and then there’s no contingency plan… If you pull too hard, especially towards the end, liquid flies out and product is everywhere!” Verbatims and video attest to these issues and especially to the many times consumers - or their children - have cut themselves while using the metal ring pull.

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Other sealing formats have also caught consumers’ attention. In the UK, Duerr’s jams introduced the Orbit™ closure from Crown Closures Europe (www. crowncork.com). When presented with jam jars sporting this new closure, consumers initially expressed reservations at being able to easily open the jar. They were pleasantly surprised at the ease of opening and the reduced torque necessary to remove the closure. Innovations in foil, such as the Emerald Nuts canister, have also garnered favorable consumer reviews. Diamond’s rigid plastic container provides a reclosable, pourable alternative to nuts in bags, and gets consumer points for its easy-open foil. However, not all lining solutions were viewed so positively. Consumers commented that foil liners on several products presented during the research were too hard to open, with a hard-to-find removal tab and liners that needed to be removed in strips. Innovations such as scoop-in-lid, featured on products such as infant formula, are appreciated


for their hygiene and convenience features; however, the foil liners on these products were seen as laborious to remove, requiring multiple strips of foil to be painstakingly peeled away…a significant negative characteristic, especially in a category containing time-pressed parents of young children. Safe, process-friendly technology

While sealing innovations elicited both positive and negative reactions, a new sealing solution addresses almost all of the problems previously identified: BAP, which offers excellent seal integrity, built-in tamper evidence, and is polyvinyl chloride (PVC)-, bisphenolA(BPA)- and melamine-free. The technology can be used across food processes including cold fill, dry fill and retort applications. The all-in-one foil to closure solution also allows easy and safe access to the pull ring and an extremely easy pull-ring removal. Aptar, a worldwide provider of dispensing closure solutions, has combined its closure know-how with an exclusive North American license for BAP® technology from Bapco Closures (www.bapcoclosures.com) to develop the Sim-Pull Partial Lid closure solution. Sim-Pull demonstrates the BAP technology’s ability

to reduce resin requirements for both the closure and container. Aptar worked closely with Graham Packaging (www.grahampackaging.com) to develop a complete package solution. Consumer reaction to Sim-Pull elicited very positive consumer comments: “The lid is brilliant … kid-friendly/no cuts… easy flow … no mess…the ring pull and foil comes off in one piece!” The easy ring-pull access and removability was deemed especially important for children and seniors, removing the not-yet-solved complaint of cutting oneself on metal ring pulls, as well as reducing the force required to remove the liner. Consumers found the lid technology to be aesthetically pleasing, with easy and obvious access to the ring pull. The partial lid provides on-the-go convenience, with one-handed opening, pouring, and a secure “audible click” closing. Hygiene and portability were rated higher than currently available options. F&BP Anju Holay is Managing Principal of NSM Research Inc. (www.nsmresearch.com). NSM conducts consumer focus groups, online discussion boards, surveys, sensory testing and quantitative consumer product testing. She can be reached at 847-912-6398 or [email protected].


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TRICORBRAUN WINS AWARDS IN THE INTERNATIONAL WORLDSTAR PACKAGING COMPETITION ricorBraun (www.tricorbraun.com) won two international awards in the WorldStar packaging competition. WorldStar awards are presented only for packages that have already won in a national competition. One award is for Mae’s Health and Wellness Superberries, a Westin Foods division. A custom-designed bottle was created that reduced packaging cost and positioned the product as a health-oriented, antioxidant fruit drink. The reduced cost was achieved by decreasing the bottle’s weight 13%, to 36 grams from 41 grams. The lighter weight decreased distribution costs. The filling expense was trimmed by replacing traditional labels with decoration

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B R I E FS Houston-based private equity investment firm, The Sterling Group, announced Dec. 30 that its affiliated investment fund, Sterling Group Partners III, L.P., has completed the acquisition of the Liqui-Box Corp. from DuPont. It is the fourth business Sterling has acquired from DuPont.

The Optima Group, specialists in innovative manufacturing, filling and packaging machines, will roll out a new image worldwide. “We want to present ourselves with the single brand Optima in the future”, explains company president Hans Bühler. “We are one company, have one spirit, and speak one language.” The most obvious change is the new company logo that focuses on the essentials: It is easily legible and succinct. Pro Mach, Inc. announces the appointment of Mark Ruberg as director of corporate business collaboration. Ruberg is a 27-year veteran in developing collaborative teams to create sales growth and expand business opportunities in manufacturing. He will work with Pro

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screened directly to the bottle—a strategy that eliminated the need to discard bottles whose labels had become stained by the aroniaberry (chokeberry) juice. Now, bottles that have been splashed by the purple juice can be wiped and sold. The new TricorBraun design features an embossed logo that enhances brand visibility, and the top of the bottle is rounded, resembling the shape of an aroniaberry. Its slender profile presents an elegant appearance and its practical shape allows the consumer to “one- hand” both the bottle and its new 38 mil, polypropylene flip top closure. The container employs a 38-400 neck finish.

Mach’s senior leadership team to increase global growth, particularly expansion in Latin America. He will also lead efforts to develop collaborative sales teams and strategy related to corporate accounts. Huhtamaki has acquired the business and assets of Ample Industries, Inc., a privately held manufacturer of folding paperboard cartons for the foodservice industry. Ample Industries, Inc. employs approximately 230 people in its Franklin, OH, plant and adds to Huhtamaki North America a new product technology, a talented workforce and additional manufacturing presence in the Midwest. Avery Dennison Label and Packaging Materials has launched the Inspiration Studio, an online tool designed to help packaging designers, as well as brand owners and brand managers explore ways to get more from their packaging and decoration strategies with pressure-sensitive labels. A component of Avery Dennison’s www. EnhanceYourBrand.com website, the Inspiration Studio features content about trends, innovation and sustainability.


XPEDX ANNOUNCES NEW MANAGEMENT reg Comatas has been named vice president, sourcing – packaging, xpedx, www. xpedx.com, and will be responsible for all aspects of purchasing within xpedx’s packaging segment. He will also become a member of xpedx’s procurement lead team. Mark Butryn has been named vice president, sales – packaging, xpedx, and will become a member of the xpedx sales lead team. In his new leadership role, Butryn will be responsible for the packaging sales channels, national business customers, national corrugated initiatives and national service and packaging equipment strategy. He will also lead xpedx’s packaging sales organization, accelerating growth to achieve profitable marketplace opportunities.

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mployees of RMT Robotics are donating their time to mentoring teams of local Ontario elementary, secondary and high school students in preparation for the annual FIRST® Lego® League (F.L.L.) and FIRST® Robotics Competitions (FRC). For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) is dedicated to inspiring young people to be leaders in science and technology through hands-on, team-based robotics challenges. Teams are supported by local mentors who provide engineering experience and technical expertise to students throughout the creation and competition stages of FIRST robotics challenges. In addition to teaching students job skills in the fields of design, programming, web development, finance, marketing and project management, mentors to FIRST teams serve as positive role models who inspire values of teamwork, self-starting and time management.

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AUTOMATED UPSTACKER USES EXCLUSIVE TECHNOLOGY Shuttleworth’s (www.shuttleworth.com) Automated Upstacker is designed to stack products vertically in preparation for case packing, shrink or stretch wrapping and cartoning applications. Using Shuttleworth’s Slip-Torque technology, products are stacked with virtually no product damage.

IMPROVED HEPA UNITS INCREASE CAPABILITIES Fogg Filler (www.foggfiller.com) has made some improvements to its HEPA units, including increased fan output and easy system maintenance. The durable stainless steel construction, internal lighting and variable speed drives on the blowers remain constant. The design has evolved from two motors down to one. The output has increased by 33% to ensure proper air exchange no matter what the conditions are.

MINI STANDUP POUCH MACHINERY PROGRAM ALLIEDFLEX® (www.StandupPouch. com) introduces its FLX mini “first step” stand-up pouch fill seal system. The system is a low – moderate speed model ideally suited as a pilot plant or entry-level production solution. The economical system provides a step to transition to a new packaging format. The FLX mini incorporates a sanitary stainless steel frame construction, Allen-Bradley control system and NEMA 4 Electrics - UL labeled.

MACHINE VISION SENSOR OFFERS MORE OPTIONS Cognex Corp.’s (www.cognex.com) new position tools, colored lighting and filters and a new sensor model, Checker® 4G7X, expand the practical applications of its Checker 4G line of machine vision sensors. The Checker now offers a new patternbased position tool that supports 360-degree rotation to verify object location regardless of its position on the production line. With Checker 4G7X, production managers can simultaneously check for the presence, size and position of features on a single part.

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PROTECTION SYSTEM WITH CLOSE-FITTING CAP SECURELY HOLDS PRODUCTS IN PLACE

EFFICIENT HFFS MACHINE SERIES The Maksimal Series™ from Aagard (www.aagard.com) is redefining how the industry thinks about horizontal formfill-seal machinery. The series has the capabilities to run thinner films, the film is transported at a lower, continuous rate while laying flat during sealing; run faster, continuous motion forming, filling, and sealing adds significant speed gains compared to the intermittent machines currently available on the market; reconfigurable in the field and offers more filling time with funnels that travel with the pouches to provide more time to get products into the pouch than on single point fill machines.

Sonoco (www.sonoco.com) has developed a new protection system for bottles and cans during shipment. The FirmaCap™ pallet cap fits tightly over loaded pallets and securely holds products in place during shipping and warehousing. Designed to work with all 44 x 56 inches pallets used for shipping bottles and cans, patent-pending FirmaCap pallet caps provide an alternative to the heavier wood boards currently used in the industry.

INNOVATIVE STEAM TUNNEL FOR HEAT-SHRINK APPLICATIONS The innovative new ThermoJet heat-shrink tunnel from Axon (www.axoncorp.com) powered by Pro Mach (www. promachinc.com) features a large heat zone where two steam manifolds and multi-position mandrels direct steam for optimum shrinkage of a label, sleeve, or tamper band. For greater flexibility, ThermoJet comes equipped with a cantilevered stand that facilitates moving the tunnel between packaging lines. ThermoJet accommodates containers 1 to 7.75 inches in diameter. Maximum container height is 12 inches. ThermoJet steam tunnels are 60 inches long, 30 inches wide and are fabricated from #304 stainless steel.

CONVEYORIZED BAND SEALING SYSTEM IS PORTABLE New from All Packaging Machinery (www.allpackagingmachinery.com) is the portable model TCBSDM-3/8 tabletop conveyorized band sealing system with synchronized lower support conveyor. The system is designed especially for stand-up pouches with variable speeds up to 35 feet per minute. Quality hermetic seals of 3/8-inch wide are achieved through the use of special heavy-duty wear-resistant laminated Teflon bands. No compressed air required. W W W . F O O DA N D B E V E R A G E PA C K A G I N G . C O M

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Delkor Systems, Inc. designs and manufactures end-of-line automated packaging systems that provide robust, innovative solutions for carton forming and closing, secondary packaging, top load case packing, tray packing, and robotic palletizing. Delkor automated solutions, coupled with our innovative package material designs and formats, dramatically lower material costs and boost output and productivity, helping customers achieve growth, sustainability, and profitability goals. To meet the hottest packaging trend in the food processing industry today, Delkor has in the past year alone designed eight new packaging machines expressly to meet the ever-changing requirements of mass merchandisers concerning how products come to market. One example of these new machines is Delkor’s Retail Ready Tray Former that erects Shelf Ready trays in one cohesive tray-making sequence. This previously required several different packaging machines to achieve. Now, all steps in the process are accomplished by one machine within a single, space saving footprint. Operating at production rates up to 40 trays per minute, Delkor’s Retail Ready Tray Former produces precisely formed display trays that are properly aligned and oriented for automated product loading. Trays are ejected from the Former with die-cut openings facing upwards, ready for downstream product loading. Also, the Retail Ready Tray Former offers several design features which contribute to higher efficiency and throughput, including a high-capacity tray blank magazine for longer run times, and precision tool-less changeovers in five minutes or less. The “Delkor Difference” can be defined as a responsive, problem solving approach by which we exceed our customer’s expectations for uptime reliability, safety, and operating efficiencies. Delkor delivers reliable machinery, complementary packaging materials, ongoing technical support, and timely parts availability over the full operating life of our equipment. Delkor Systems, Inc. is a PMMI member company, based in Minneapolis, MN, which has an international focus that encompasses packaged goods manufacturers principally located within the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, Australia, and New Zealand.

For more information about Delkor Systems and its products, contact Paul Kritzeck, Marketing Manager, at [email protected] or phone (763)-746-1833.

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Power Transmission SoluƟons CATEGORY: Conveyor- Conveying components PRODUCT: System Plast New GeneraƟon™ Chains and Belts and Nolu-S wear Strips Due to the heightened awareness of conserving natural resources many beverage companies are idenƟfying corporate objecƟves that include the conƟnuous reducƟon of both water and energy usage. Historically tradiƟonal soap and water soap lubricaƟon operaƟons use 4 to 7 Ɵmes more water in producƟon than they produce in product. Today plants have three opƟons for managing their conveyor systems: (1) water and soap lubricaƟon, (2) dry lubricaƟon products and (3) running dry. Through direct customer interacƟons System Plast was made aware of the producƟon and maintenance issues that arise when running without soap and water lubricaƟon. System Plast was able to draw from their experience and capabiliƟes of being a conveyor components supplier to develop a complete soluƟon. System Plast created two unique products to address the market’s concern. NEW GENERATION (NG)™ chains and belts and Nolu™-S guide rail guides and wear strips. NG material chain and belts increased the possibiliƟes to run dry where similar acetal based products resulted in wear and fricƟon problems. NG plasƟc chains and belts were also successfully tested in applicaƟons where previously only stainless steel chains were possible. Due to its lower coeĸcient of fricƟon NG material chains and belts provided an operaƟng advantage other materials did not supply. In addiƟon to the NG chain material, a new wear strip and guide rail material called Nolu™ S was also developed.

Nolu-S is a UHMW based product with a proprietary solid lubricant. This combinaƟon of materials created a composiƟon that reduced the coeĸcient of fricƟon without sacriĮcing wear life. When used in conjuncƟon with NG chain/belts, this unique formulaƟon allows the end user opportuniƟes to evaluate how they uƟlize lubricaƟon. In many cases a reducƟon or eliminaƟon of lubricaƟon has been possible. While not every applicaƟon can run dry, the System Plast NG and Nolu-S product lines greatly increase the ability to run producƟon lines dry. A large number of plants have now successfully moved from wet to non lubricaƟon operaƟons. Power Transmission SoluƟons, with its System Plast brand conƟnues to seek innovaƟve soluƟons in product design and material design to support the global requirement for sustainability and cost savings in food and beverage producƟon. Power Transmission Soluitons, a business of Emerson Industrial AutomaƟon, is a global technology provider that helps improve producƟvity, eĸciency and quality gains for customers across a spectrum of industries. Our products brands include, Browning, Jaure, Kop-Flex, McGill, Morse, Rollway, Sealmaster, System Plast. To learn more on how we can help to improve conveyor eĸciency, reducƟon in noise, improvements with safety issues, as well as sustainable cost savings, view our soluƟons secƟon at www.emerson-ept.com

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TOTANI AMERICA POUCH AND BAG MAKING MACHINE COMPANY is wholly owned by TOTANI CORPORATION of Kyoto, Japan. The parent company was founded in 1952. The company provides both customized and standard pouch machines and plastic bag machines with full parts, service and technical support. The company demonstrates, sells and services Totani Equipment within the Åexible packaging industry to converters in North and South America. Totani’s extensive base of installed machines is serviced out of the Totani America Technical Support and Service facility in Green Bay, WI “Box Pouch” is the trademark name Totani has given to the Åat bottom pouches made on Totani machines. Totani is a recognized world leader in ”Pre-Made” pouch and bag making machine manufacturing for the Flexilble Packaging Industry.

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USA Capping machine manufacturer Resina® has lead the way in the packaging industry since 1935, and recently added some very beneficial options to their already world renowned cappers. With our long history of innovation and a desire to improve our already top-quality products, we have made our inline machines available with magnetic clutches to promote entirely adjustable cap torque settings straight from your touch-screen. This is an excellent addition to the wide variety of setting and presets already in use, because now virtually everything on the machine can be controlled by the touch of a button. Call Resina® today for more information at (951) 296-6585!

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