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DA N N O N
DANNON PLANT
UPGRADES ITS
CULTURE
The largest yogurt production and
packaging facility in North America is seeing
the fruit of years of investment in people,
business processes and equipment.
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PA N D E M E T R A K A K E S, E x e c u t i v e E d i t o r
PHOTOS BY
VITO PALMISANO
The decision to do
away with overcaps
actually made sealing
slightly easier.
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Spiralveyor
Results emerging
Standard Features
Low Maintenance
Spirals are designed for simple
maintenance without tools.
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PlantOperations DANNON
Thermoformed cups
use in-mold labels, cut
from rollstock, which
confers more flexibility
than pre-labeled
containers.
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PlantOperations DANNON
foil seals have a coat of lacquer around their edge.
Heat sealing attaches the seals to the cup and tub
rims. When Dannon was using overcaps, the heating
had to fall within a window: Too much heat would
cause the containers rim to expand too much and
make it hard to get the overcap on; too little heat
meant the rims expansion was inadequate, leaving
the overcap loose and liable to fall off.
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