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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Beverage
Food
Other Packaged Goods
Beverage
Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements
Mead Corp. (Dayton, OH) will acquire a Rumford, ME, coated paper mill from Boise Cascade for approximately $650 million.
November 30, 1996
Spirits/liquors: Page 108
Feeding/inserting/unscrambling
Bag inserter
Bemis Packaging Machinery (Minneapolis, MN) has introduced the Series 1580 Large Drum Poly Bag Inserter. It's designed to select a gusseted PE bag from a roll, insert it into a fiber or steel drum, and cuff it over the top of the drum.
October 31, 1996
Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging
In Europe, packaging take-backs are hot
Environmental regulation of packaging has become a hot item outside the U.S. this year. More than 20 countries worldwide now have some form of "producer responsibility" law on the books or in the works.
October 31, 1996
Conveying & accumulation
Packagers still seeking help on electronic components
Understanding electronics is critical to maintenance engineers, but it's also important to packaging engineers and more important than ever to machine operators, say our readers in PW's exclusive survey. Logic and software programming are also studied.
October 31, 1996
Sustainability
R&D managers urged to see the global picture
Packaging research and development managers will need to expand their view beyond the four walls of the corporate fortress. That means paying closer attention to the economics of R&D decisions, and understanding the company's international role.
October 31, 1996
Sustainable Packaging
Shrinking U.S. glass container industry will likely raise prices next year
Paper. Metal. Plastic. Glass. In roughly that order, those are the materials from which packages have been made in the United States for the last half of the 20th century.
October 31, 1996
Sustainable Packaging
3M honors paper packaging innovations
"Last year, for the first time, consumers spent more money on food at foodservice outlets than at retail grocery stores, a trend that presents significant future opportunities for the packaging community." These comments from Robert Esse of Esse Technologies, (Monticello, MN) were made at 3M's (St.
October 31, 1996
Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)
Pack Expo Plus: Seminars, conferences and allied shows
High-tech packaging solutions, new resin technologies, healthcare packaging, and better sealing technologies are just a few of the areas covered in conferences and seminars during Pack Expo week.
September 30, 1996
Conveying & accumulation
Components assume new importance in packaging
Conveyors, coding and marking machines, and motors and drives are the components best-known to packagers who have production and engineering responsibilities.
September 30, 1996
Conveying & accumulation
Big changes in tools for mechanics of the future
The most popular handtool for future packaging mechanics may well be a laptop computer, our experts say. Electronic controls have already arrived in many machines, and are expected to dominate by the turn of the century.
September 30, 1996
Flexibles
Machines to fuel the future (sidebars)
Pack Expo 96 at a glance Pack Expo 96 will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., from Sunday, Nov. 17 through Wednesday Nov. 20. On Thursday, Nov.
September 30, 1996
Spirits/liquors
Supplier news: Achievements
European Union's CE Mark certification: Ryan Instruments (Redmond, WA) for its Ryon PRO, MX, UTI, RL100 and Universal K temperature recorders; Electro Cam Corp.
September 30, 1996
Beverage
Supplier news: Appointments, promotions
ReedSpectrum (Holden, MA): George Meury, dir. of mktg; Laurie J. Warner, mktg. mgr.
September 30, 1996
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