Stephen Barlas

Flexible packaging
Packagers 'heated' over gas
Senate energy tax incentives would help on natural gas prices, but not immediately. So packagers will have to cope with high prices.
July 31, 2004
Secondary Packaging
Flood of fake packaging
Congress takes up bills aimed at fighting counterfeiters of packaging that is imported and used in the United States.
June 30, 2004
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Coding, Printing & Labeling
RFID tags becoming easier to read
On the other hand, return on investment for packagers will remain invisible for near term. Now Wal-Mart softens stance on deadlines.
May 31, 2004
Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging
Bar-code barriers
Pharmaceutical companies will wrestle with packaging design and production challenges over the next two years.
May 31, 2004
American Pharmaceutical Partners packages its hospital-injectable drugs in vials as small as 2 mL, so it had to substantially re
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Label limbo
Uncertainty over country-of-origin labeling regulations leaves food packagers wondering what’s next.
April 30, 2004
Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging
Bar-code barriers
Pharmaceutical companies will wrestle with packaging design and production challenges over the next two years.
February 29, 2004
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Containers
Calorie catharsis
FDA’s attack on obesity promises food label copy changes while substantive packaging purges may be possible, too.
February 29, 2004
ConAgra's Healthy Choice packages' green background paved the way for Nabisco's success with SnackWells, now a product of Kraft
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Terrorism concerns infiltrate packaging
New homeland security program sends packagers scurrying for protective and tracking technologies.
January 31, 2004
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Tamper-evident machinery
Packaging pirates avast
FDA is strongly encouraging drug manufacturers to confront counterfeiters, and to bring new technology to the agency’s attention.
December 31, 2003
Bayer Biologicals has added shrink bands to its bottles of Gamunex that are random-printed with the Bayer logo.
Labeling
FDA not standing PAT
Food & Drug Administration hopes new cGMP initiative will open door to use of new drug packaging technology.
November 30, 2003
Vision sensors like the Model 4100 (above) and Model 1010 (on facing page) can perform a variety of inspection tasks, including
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Teams compete with their packaging machinery at PACK EXPO International after a semester and a half of building.
PACK EXPO
How The PACK Challenge Builds Tomorrow’s Packaging Workforce
The PACK Challenge offers high school students hands-on experience in packaging, fostering industry interest and providing CPGs with opportunities to support future talent.
Each can of Nialis non-alcoholic beer depicts silhouetted hikers or explorers bearing flags—a symbolic nod to Summit’s entry into the NA segment.
Package Design
Package Design Plants a Flag for Non-Alcoholic Craft Beer
The blister pack has achieved an HTP-Cyclos recyclability rating of 87% within the rigid HDPE stream and 73% within the mixed flexible polyolefin stream.
Recycling
Amcor, Mondelez Norden, and Borealis Design Packaging for Recyclability
Paper’s widespread recyclability enables CPGs to incorporate post-consumer materials and reduce use of virgin resources.
Recycling
CPGs Embrace Paper’s Circular Properties, but Shelf Life and Barrier Hurdles Remain
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