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Recycling

Swiss beverages go on the 'bloc'

An aseptic bloc filling system helps Pomdor AG

June 30, 2004

Detergents/cleaners

Ink-jet inks

Diagraph offers ITW Inks, formulated for use in Marsh ink-jet printers. Diagraph has published the “ITW Inks Reference Guide for Marsh Printers,” an easy-to-understand tool that helps customers identify the ITW Ink part number for the Marsh equivalent.

June 30, 2004

Detergents/cleaners

Pigmented PET puts squeeze on convenience

An easy-to-use cleaner that takes the strain out of removing oil stains on concrete or masonry now boasts easy-to-use packaging. Edgewater Industries’ Pour-N-Restore was relaunched this spring in new squeeze bottles.

May 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

The dirt on lawn and garden packaging

Charles Ratterree is art director as well as flexible packaging materials buyer for privately held Fafard Inc., a lawn and garden products company with headquarters in Agawam, MA.

May 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Companies

Robert Bosch Verpakkingsmachinenes B.V.

May 31, 2004

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

RFID and packaging security: not 'if,' but 'when'

The potential to track and trace helps establish a package's 'pedigree' and uncover tampering.

May 31, 2004

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

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