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April 2008
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What kind of packaging would we give up for Mother Earth?

04/08

Content Type Image According to a Nielsen Global Food Packaging Survey, nearly one in two global consumers would give up all forms of packaging designed for convenience purposes if it would benefit the environment, including packaging designed for easy stacking/storing at home (49%); packaging that can be used for cooking, or doubles as a resealable container (48%); and packaging designed for easy transport (47%)

Bundle wraps answer today’s promotional challenges

04/08

Content Type Image If stacking strength is essential, consider cartons. But when thick-film packs with carrying strength and message flexibility are key, bundle wraps are an emerging option.

On the move

03/08

Content Type Image Hugh Calloway has joined Macatawa Holdings, LLC—Praxis Packaging, Grand Rapids, MI, as senior account manager and packaging engineer.

Wonder Tablitz blitzes NACD awards

03/04/08

Content Type Image  Spray bottle with integral cavity wins year's top honor from the National Association of Container Distributors.

Carpet cleaner tablet packaging helps clean up environment

03/08

Content Type Image  The packaging concept for Capture Drop’n Go Deep Cleaning Carpet Tablets, jointly developed by Milliken Chemical, a div. of Milliken & Co., Spartanburg, SC, and North State Flexibles, LLC, has earned an FPA Gold Award in the Environmental and Sustainability Achievement category.

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.

Sealing in savings

03/08

Content Type Image Workers at B&G Foods say they’re happily stuck on their new package sealing system. Reductions in maintenance, downtime, and adhesive costs are impressive.

Industry watch

03/08

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Drug pedigree requirements come and go, and likely will come again

03/08

Content Type Image Those waiting for California to implement e-pedigree requirements for drugs as a means of thwarting counterfeiters: Hold your horses.

Web plus

03/08

Content Type Image  Hitachi America, Ltd., Industrial Systems Division, supplier of sophisticated electrical and electronic industrial equipment and components for application in pharmaceutical plants, food and beverage processing, steel making, mass transit systems, chemical plants, and other manufacturing facilities, has launched a B2B, Web-based portal for the industrial components and equipment business.

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Video: Paint by the numbers: New line cuts costs, speeds filling

Content Type Image  Brought in-house to save the costs of copacking, a new, fully automated packaging line for Ace Paint fills paint-sample containers at 50/min with minimal operator intervention.

On Demand Webcast: Advanced Hot-Melt Adhesives

Content Type Image  Join Packaging World for this free, one-hour educational Webcast on AFFINITY™ GA polyolefin plastomers. Learn how this technology has enabled one of the most important developments in packaging in the last 30 years.

Stretch Hood Packaging

Content Type Image  Lachenmeier has its Stretch Hood machine type Power Flex in operation at Pack Expo 2006.

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