Controls & Machine Components

'Standardize!' say survey respondents

An exclusive Packworld.com survey on packaging line data acquisition capabilities brings a cry for standardization wherever OEMs can manage.

May 31, 2004

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Labels

Anticounterfeiting: the urgency grows

Prescription drugs come first, but efforts could encompass OTC, too.

May 31, 2004

Secondary Packaging

HealthPack shines in Florida

Medical device packaging issues are addressed before a record crowd at HealthPack 2004.

May 31, 2004

Flexibles

Pouch provides a perfect solution

Ecolab’s custom 2-L stand-up pouch provides source reduction and “safety seals” the concentrated, institutional liquid cleaners.

May 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Packaging machinery demand to rise

According to the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute’s seventh-annual Purchasing Plans Study, consumer and industrial goods companies will increase packaging expenditures this year to $5.479 billion, a 4% rise compared to 2003.

May 31, 2004

Containers

Powerful magnet

New Xtreme Rare Earth Tube Magnet from Eriez Magnetics is for use in tubes, grates, and liquid traps. Said to surpass previous models and competitive units with its greater holding force, higher gauss rating, and improved separation efficiency.

May 31, 2004

Secondary Packaging

ARPAC GROUP Introduces New Packaging Equipment for Billboarding Brand

ARPAC GROUP, leading manufacturers of shrink wrapping and pallet stretch wrapping equipment, are pleased to introduce 2 new designs that billboard brand and increase market exposure for manufacturers.

May 31, 2004

Sustainability

CPGs focus on graphics

Where packaging is concerned, consumers often judge a book by its cover. Therefore, glossy coatings and stunning graphics can greatly influence a shopper’s purchasing decision.

April 30, 2004

Flexibles

Nestlé dons shrink labels in Canada

Shrink labels are helping Nestlé dress up its high-density polyethylene containers of Coffee-Mate non-dairy creamers, and Nesquik, Rolo, and CoffeeCrisp ready-to-drink milk beverages recently introduced in Canada.

April 30, 2004

Closures

Pet product closure

Precious Cat, a Colorado-based pet care company, chose a closure from Weatherchem to top its 20-oz container for cat litter additive called Cat Attract™.

April 30, 2004

Flexibles

New copolymers

Versify* Plastomers and Elastomers, a new range of specialty propylene-ethylene copolymers from Dow Chemical, are designed to improve optics, sealing and hot tack performance, elasticity, flexibility and softness.

April 30, 2004

Additives, coatings & inks

PET bottle resin companies seek relief

An organization called the U.S. PET Resin Producers Coalition in late March filed petitions with the United States Department of Commerce and International Trade Commission requesting an investigation of unfair trade practices by PET resin producers in India, Indonesia, Thailand, and Taiwan.

April 30, 2004

Flexibles

And the Grammy goes to...

In a ceremony recognizing technical achievement, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences awarded the 2003 Grammy for Best Recording Package to Ani DiFranco’s “Evolve” (Righteous Babe Records) and the Best Boxed or special Limited Edition Package to Miles Davis’ “The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions” (Sony Music Entertainment).

April 30, 2004