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April 2008
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A breakthrough in shelf-life evaluation and quality assurance

12/10/07    Sponsored Grey Star

Content Type Image  New white paper from Mocon demonstrates it is now possible for the first time to determine actual shelf-life for oxygen sensitive products at time of production.

Internet seminar series on package testing/measurement

12/10/07    Sponsored Grey Star

Content Type Image  Download 2008 seminar schedule from MOCON on leak detection, cGMP permeation testing methods, measuring transmission rates of inert gases, basics of barriers, and much more. Past seminars can be downloaded.

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Packaging R&D inside the NFL

04/29/08

Content Type Image  The National Food Laboratory also tackles packaging research and development for CPG companies, suppliers, and entrepreneurs.

Top 10 sources of OEE losses

04/24/08

Content Type Image  These are the first areas to consider to improve your operation's Overall Equipment Effectiveness.

Sustainability and distribution package testing

04/24/08

Content Type Image  New distribution packaging might be green, but that doesn’t mean it can do the job.

Pinball packing wizards

04/08

Content Type Image Package design center’s unique capabilities played a key role in helping Stern Pinball come up with a way to get their popular games to global markets damage-free.

Steps to sustainability begin with packaging optimization

01/08

Content Type Image  Environmental, social, and economic concerns keep sustainability at the forefront of business operations.

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.

PLA: A converter’s viewpoint

01/08

Content Type Image  Chris Burger, coffee product manager of Fres-Co System USA, offers his take on using polylactic acid (PLA), a sustainable material derived from corn, in film structures for coffee bags.

Action plan, food protection plan now lead the pack

01/08

Content Type Image  It was only a couple of months ago that an obscure provision about reporting dangerous food products, embedded in a big law that mostly dealt with toughening drug regulation, was the biggest change in food safety law in quite some time (see www.packworld.com/view-24168).

Concentrated, bottled plant food cultivates convenience

01/08

Content Type Image  At its facility in Fort Madison, IA, The Scotts Company is producing sleeved 4-packs and 2-packs of 16-oz plastic bottles of Miracle-Gro LiquaFeed All Purpose Plant Food.

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.

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Höfliger servo capsule filler    Sponsored Grey Star

Content Type Image  Unique compared to its competition, Harro Höfliger's Modu C capsule filler allows plug-and-play installation of ELAU servo-driven dosing units on wheels for various powders, liquids and solids in a matter of minutes.

Douglas Invex™ high performance for low volume case packing    Sponsored Grey Star

Content Type Image  An interview with Joe Faust, Electrical Engineering Manager, Douglas Machine, on the company’s entry into the low volume case/tray packing market.

University of Florida: UF's RFID test portal

Content Type Image The University of Florida's new Research Center for Food Distribution and Retailing now includes five radio-frequency identification portals.

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