DuPont Packaging Awards unveil 'green' winners

  21st DuPont Packaging Awards, this year for  sustainable achievements, are announced May 28.

Virtual event for DuPont Awards winners

  Registration now open for online event to be held May 28th.

Consumers say freshness more important than cost

  The food and beverage industry believes U.S. consumers are more price-sensitive than they actually are.

UW-Stout to host annual Jamboree

  The University of Wisconsin-Stout will host the 2005 IoPP Student Chapter Jamboree entitled, “The Magic of Packaging,” from April 7-9.

DuPont Awards call for Entries

  DuPont, in cooperation with Campden and Chorleywood Food Research Association in Gloucestershire, England, and the National Food ProcessorsAssociation in Washington, D.C., announces its call for entries for the 17th DuPont Awards for Innovation in Packaging.

HP Digital Package Printing Conference and Exhibition

 The HP Digital Package Printing Conference and Exhibition is a two-day symposium and exhibit sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Specialty Printing Systems.

Packaging technology on display, Part Two

  Once again the DuPont Awards competition attracted the best and the brightest where advancements in plastic packaging technology are concerned.

Rotary blister sealer

  The SRS Series semi automatic rotary type heat sealers from Serpone Packaging Systems are designed for medium- to higher-volume production requirements.

Previously covered Du Pont award winners

 Following is a list of past articles by Packaging World staff members regarding some of this years DuPont Award winning packages.

Packaging associations to showcase award-winning packaging at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

  As of Nov. 25, six different packaging associations have agreed to showcase their award-winning packages within the PACK EXPO Las Vegas Containers & Materials Pavilion.

DuPont Awards

 Following is a list of articles previously written by Packaging World editors on this year’s DuPont award winners.

PEF announces 2002 Hall of Fame inductees

  The Packaging Education Forum (PEF) will induct five career packaging professionals into the Packaging Hall of Fame during its annual Packaging Leadership Awards ceremonies on Nov. 5th.

Flexible packaging reigns

  Flexible packages predominate in this year’s DuPont Awards competition. Innovation in biodegradable packaging and convenience also shine.

Additional winners

  Following are DuPont award winners previously covered in Packaging World articles. To read the complete stories, go to www.packworld.com/go/w031.

P&G, Wal-Mart on CorrExpo program

  When merchandising executives from top retailers speak, packaging people tend to listen.

DuPont celebrates 200 years; reorganizes businesses

  As the company readies for its 200th anniversary July 20, DuPont Co. announced a reorganization of its business units.

DuPont to sell Clysar® to Bemis

  DuPont agreed to sell its Clysar® shrink film business to the Bemis Co., Inc.

DuPont Canada to buy Liqui-Box for $333 million

  On March 26, chemicals firm DuPont Canada Inc., Mississauga, Ont., said it had agreed to pay $333 million to acquire packaging systems company Liqui-Box Corp. to boost its presence in liquid packaging.

DuPont and EarthShell form strategic alliance

  On April 11, EarthShell Corp. (Santa Barbara, CA) and DuPont (Wilmington, DE) announced that they have formed a strategic alliance to accelerate commercialization of environmentally friendly packaging.

Kraft Foods scholarships honor PEF leadership

  Northfield, IL-based Kraft Foods North America, a corporate member of the Packaging Education Forum (Arlington, VA), is establishing a pair of $2귔 scholarships in the names of the PEF’s most recent chairmen – James E. Scott, director of packaging engineering and design, Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, NY, and Thomas E. Hogue, director of packaging strategy, DuPont Co. (Wilmington, DE).