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Cartoning

Packaging marketplaces take center stage

This year will be recorded as the year of the Internet "packaging auction gold rush." Auction--and classifieds--Web sites are popping up faster than you can say "network protocol" in the great race to establish Internet-based marketplaces for selling packaging equipment and materials.

September 30, 1999

Flexibles

Barrier films are on a roll (sidebar)

Two-pronged attack in case -- ready meats

September 30, 1999

Flow wrapping

Packagers take a lease on new business

Packagers that lease equipment cite preservation of working capital and tax benefits as advantages over buying.

September 30, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

House: Delay OHSA's ergonomics standard Supplement labels

In written testimony to FDA on structure/function claims for dietary supplements, Grocery Manufacturers of America (GMA) says that while consumer safety is obviously FDA's top priority, real risks are few and far between.

September 30, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

1999 inductees into the PEF Hall of Fame

Newly elected to the Packaging Education Forum's Packaging Hall of Fame are three inductees selected from 20 candidates submitted earlier this year.

September 30, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

House: Delay OHSA's ergonomics standard Biotech food labeling

Consumers Union, a leading consumer advocacy organization, is the latest to weigh in on behalf of special labeling of biotech foods. In what is shaping up as a national and international controversy, the organization called on the government to require labeling of any domestic or foreign food product containing genetically modified ingredients.

September 30, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

House: Delay OHSA's ergonomics standard Single food agency

Representatives of both the National Food Processors Assn. (NFPA) and GMA told a Senate subcommittee that a coordinated approach is preferable to a single food safety agency.

September 30, 1999

Additives, coatings & inks

Mixing container

Lameplast (Novi di Modena, Italy) has introduced a plastic container (resin type is not identified) that allows the user to mix a powder with a liquid and drink from the bottle.

August 31, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Universal Labeling Systems, Inc: Flat-product labeling

A new labeling system combining the SL2000 Stepper Drive from Universal Labeling Systems (St. Petersburg, FL) and Sure Feed's (St. Petersburg, FL) product handling system is designed for high-speed, flat-product labeling.

August 31, 1999

Converting equipment

Gas-phase resins

Chevron Chemical (Houston, TX) has published a brochure titled "Bringing You More," which details its new high-performance, high-density gas-phase resins for blow molding.

August 31, 1999

Conveying & accumulation

Molded pulp answers the call

Molded pulp inserts protect telephone products from the receiving dock to assembly and through distribution. They replace EPS cushions and the need for ESD bags.

August 31, 1999

Sustainability

Putting a labeler to the test

Test kit maker Artel uses a new labeler to speed production and meet FDA standards.

August 31, 1999