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April 2008
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What’s happening in high-barrier PET?

04/08

Content Type Image PET bottles are a major segment in the U.S. packaging market and are being used for a whole host of products.

Package ‘steams’ into frozen vegetable pack

03/08

Content Type Image  Microwaving frozen vegetables can be messy and inconvenient for consumers. That no longer needs to be so.

Wet wipe maker pioneers ‘Eco-Choice’ sustainability platform

03/08

Content Type Image  Contract manufacturer/packager Guy & O’Neill, Inc. rolls out an ambitious plan that incorporates sustainability into wet wipe manufacturing, materials, and packaging.

Salmon makes shelf run in black can

03/08

Content Type Image  A black-pigmented can brings distinction to salmon sold through Costco.

Artegraft switches to copolyester for vascular graft tubes

01/08

Content Type Image  Company transitions from cylindrical glass culture tubes for its collagen vascular grafts to a copolyester-based tube with a flat side, helping to prevent breakage and save money.

Cooperation proves critical in tube manufacturing

01/08

Content Type Image  In this Q&A, Mel O’Leary, Jr., president and CEO of Meredith-Springfield Associates, describes how copolyester resin and supplier cooperation helped make the Artegraft tube.

Comments on Changes in Dec. 2007 Chemistry Recommendations

01/09/08

Content Type Image  Below are the insights and comments of Kristina E. Paquette, PhD on FDA’s December 2007 revisions to its Chemistry Recommendations guidance document. Dr. Paquette had served as a chemist in FDA’s Office of Food Additive safety until mid-2007, and was personally involved in developing some of the revisions.

Analyzing bioplastic packaging’s future

12/07

Content Type Image  Bioplastics: The very name suggests sustainability, but that shouldn’t exempt the materials from an objective, probing analysis.

Spa chemical bottles make splash in market

11/07

Content Type Image  Custom PET bottles replace stock HDPE bottles for Haviland spa chemicals.

Cooking up a recipe for innovation? Serve it up in manageable steps

11/07

Content Type Image  Start by defining innovation within your company culture. Then organize it, approach it strategically, and source it properly. If you fail, resolve to try again.

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