Flexibles

Boxed Ray Charles set recreates nostalgia

You will have Ray Charles on your mind with a new collector’s edition music set titled “Ray Charles Pure Genius” from Rhino Records, Los Angeles, CA.

March 31, 2006

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Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

People

William Henderson, Automation and Motion Div., Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc., was elected to the executive board of the Open Modular Architecture Controls (OMAC) Packaging Workgroup.

March 31, 2006

Filling/capping, dry

Club store fills bulk bags on demand

PriceSmart club stores in Latin America offer on-demand, in-store bulk packaging of dry and liquid commodities.

February 28, 2006

Flexibles

Silver Award Winners

PACKAGING EXCELLENCE SILVER AWARDSKiMs Polly Peanuts, 350g/Amcor FlexiblesDuPont Cool2go Wrap/DuPont Packaging and Industrial PolymersCryovac Saddle Pack Multi-Unit Vacuum Package for Fresh Chicken/Cryovac Food Packaging, Sealed Air Corp.

February 28, 2006

Flexibles

FPA Silver Award Winners, continued

This is a continuation of the photos of the FPA Silver Award Winners...

February 28, 2006

Coding, Printing & Labeling

FDA 'lean' claim

FDA is, ahem, ‘leaning’ toward new lean claim for foods that could be used on packages of frozen snack foods.

February 28, 2006

Sustainability

California's Prop. 65 may become losing Proposition

Congress may vote to kill all state food label warning laws, endangering especially those in California.

February 28, 2006

Consumer packaged goods

Thermal control protection panel

The Thermal Control Panel from TCP Reliable comprises blow molded bottles with tabs that allow them to be interconnected in a variety of ways. Inside the bottles are special formulations of chemicals whose phase-change temperatures are at the optimum storage temperature of the temperature-sensitive product stored within the formed shape.

February 28, 2006

Protective/transport packaging

'Book-smart' system doubles productivity

Book seller cuts labor requirements, shipping costs, and lost-in-mail rates with new shipper packaging system.

February 28, 2006

Flexibles

FPA Silver Award Winners, continued

This is a continuation of the FPA Silver Award winners...

February 28, 2006

Consumer packaged goods

Thermal control protection panel

The Thermal Control Panel from TCP Reliable comprises blow molded bottles with tabs that allow them to be interconnected in a variety of ways. Inside the bottles are special formulations of chemicals whose phase-change temperatures are at the optimum storage temperature of the temperature-sensitive product stored within the formed shape.

February 28, 2006

Consumer packaged goods

Making new 'antiques'

One of the great things about getting old is, as the old joke says, you’re still on the sunshine side of the grass.

February 28, 2006

Sustainable Packaging

Foams market faces rising costs and environmental regulations

If your company uses polymer foams in the packaging process, you might want to consider the challenges facing foam suppliers, as described in a recent Frost & Sullivan study on European markets for polymer foams.

February 28, 2006