pushpull closures for water and soft drinks  following its move in to the sports cap market last autumn, viscose closures of crawley uk is now supplying its 28mm corvaglia pushpull closures to a variety of water and soft drinks companies throughout the uk and eire. produced in switzerland, the sports cap is based on the corvaglia design sports cap widely used since 1998 in central and southern america. although a traditional sports cap in design, the closure is claimed to benefit from corvaglias reputation as a designer and producer of injection moulds. blue cellophane securely wraps yeast  innovia films has developed a new blue cellophane film for wrapping fresh yeast to help bakers avoid product contamination. the new film cellophane lmsci is designed to be used to wrap large blocks of yeast. the colour has been developed so that should a scrap of film inadvertently get mixed in to the final product it can be easily identified and removed.innovia films market manager, clare mckeown, explained using coloured film in this type of application offers additional security benefits and helps companies to maintain strict qa controls. because fresh yeast is a live product, giving off co2 and h2o during stocking and distribution it needs packaging with a precisely tailored permeability to both gases and moisture vapour.japanese chocolate mixs resealable bags  morinaga, a leading japanese confectionery manufacturer, has launched its milk cocoa brand of powdered chocolate mix in new blockbottom bags with zippak presstoclose zippers.zippak worked with tokyo automatic machinery works, which developed the twexz vffs machine for faster and more accurate packaging of resealable blockbottom bags, said zippak.by adopting that technology instead of premade bags, morinaga expects to enjoy longterm packaging material cost savings of up to 20 per cent. presstoclose zipper for premium ice cubes  blue keld, a british provider of bottled natural mineral water and spring water ice cubes, has introduced one of the first resealable ice packages in the uk. blue keld spring water premium ice cubes are made from quality spring water and are packaged in onekilogram and twokilogram bags. a variant of the twokilogram product has been released in a resealable bag featuring a presstoclose zippak zipper.widely available at uk retail outlets such as waitrose and sainsburys, the product has exceeded sales expectations by over 30 per cent in its first months on the market.we realised there was a real market for premium ice, explained graham cheesbrough, managing director at blue keld.childresistant tearopen pack from amcor  amcor flexibles, a premier supplier of flexible packaging in the health care industry, has introduced a new childresistant, seniorfriendly tear opening feature for pharmaceutical packaging that does not require a tear notch to open. unlike traditional tearopen packs, this childresistant tear opening feature employs a print registered tear initiation point. the printed tear indicator, accompanied by text instructions, may be used as a standalone tearopen feature, or combined with a foldfirst or squeezefirst operation to meet specific cr and enduse requirements. the pack tears easily, but only at the area designated  
