Alcan Packaging - a business unit of Rio Tinto - recently launched the Alcan Packaging Sustainability Toolkit to provide all employees with a better understanding of the businesses' philosophy and global approach to implementing its vision for sustainability.

 

Diane Frisch, currently Alcan’s vice president of Human Resources and Communications, Food Americas, has been named vice president of Human Resources and Communications, Food Americas, and vice president of Human Resources, Global Pharmaceutical Packaging.

Alcan has announced the appointment of Ilene Gordon as senior vp of Alcan Inc. and president and CEO of Alcan Packaging.

MRI Flexible Packaging hired Jim Mallon as vice president of sales and marketing.

Packaging professionals from Estée Lauder/Aveda, Hewlett-Packard, and Bacardi Bottling describe how their companies view packaging that is environmentally sustainable.

Having signed a definitive three-way merger agreement in September, algroup (Zrich, Switzerland), Pechiney (Paris, France) and Alcan (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) recently announced the proposed organization and management team of the combined group, temporarily referred to as A.P.A.

Like it or not--in fact, intentionally or not--virtually all U.S. businesses are already participating in the global marketplace, and the choice is not "whether" but "how well." So said Dana Mead, president of Pactiv, in remarks to The Aluminum Association's annual meeting last fall.

Lawson Mardon Packaging Services Ltd. (Zurich, Switzerland) has announced it will expand its Salterbeck, Workington, U.K., operations by 32ꯠ sq'.

Alusuisse-Lonza Holding Ltd. (Zurich, Switzerland) has announced the sale of Lawson Mardon Picopac Ltd. (Birmingham, U.K.) to Capital Industries PLC (Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, U.K.).

Lawson Mardon Packaging USA Inc. (Northbrook, IL) moved its headquarters to 707 Skokie Blvd., Ste. 350, Northbrook, IL 60062; phone: 847/498-7600, fax: 847/498-7630.

Lawson Mardon Packaging Inc. (Boulogne, France) will sell its Lawson Mardon Reliance operation to a newly formed company, Reliance Products Ltd. Partnership (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada).

Lawson Mardon Packaging (Bristol, UK): Armin Weinhold, COO , Healthcare/Cosmetics Business Sector.

Lawson Mardon Flexible and Lawson Mardon Smith Brothers with be merged into a new company called Lawson Mardon Packaging-Flexibles (Bristol, England).

Lawson Mardon Packaging (Clifton Down, Bristol, UK): Ian Gunn, UK managing dir., food flexibles.

Beckett Technologies Corp. (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada) will purchase equipment, technology, and patents for Alcan's Micro-Match® technology.