Consumer packaged goods

Phoenix Contact Inc: Ethernet connectors

Phoenix Contact’s Variosub RJ-45/IP67 connector withstands adverse conditions associated with use directly on machinery and in industrial installations to protect the RJ-45 contact insert.

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Flexibles

Stabilized films

New England Extrusion trademarked Rayflex®, a family of white films engineered to withstand prolonged periods of exposure to the sun. Applications include agricultural/chemical packages, lawn and garden bags and pouches, and any other packaged product that might be subject to extended exposure to UV light.

August 31, 2003

Detergents/cleaners

Recycled paperboard packages awarded

The 100% Recycled Paperboard Alliance announced that the Paperboard Packaging Council has awarded 13 consumer goods packages that use 100% recycled paperboard in PPC’s 60th Annual National Paperboard Packaging Competition (see packworld.com/go/c085).

August 31, 2003

Consumer packaged goods

Clear codes on chemicals

General Chemical Canada has greatly improved the way it imprints lot numbers on 50- and 100-lb high-density polyethylene bags of calcium chloride it produces by installing new ink-jet coding equipment from Matthews Intl.

August 31, 2003

Closures

Twist & Pour for quarts, too

For 2003, Sherwin-Williams has begun to move several of its paint brands into new square quart high-density polyethylene containers that are similar to the gallon Twist & Pour jugs introduced last year.

August 31, 2003

Sustainable Packaging

Pipeline: Boon or bane for recycling?

We recently read about some communities that are shifting the way they or their contracted companies handle curbside recyclables. Skokie, IL, has joined a number of other communities in the Chicago area—and I’m sure elsewhere—that are no longer requiring consumers to separate materials they put out for recycling.

August 31, 2003

Bakery/Snack

Security measures (sidebar)

Countering drug counterfeiters: A new initiative

August 31, 2003

Flexibles

Thirst for convenience' helps drive flexibles

FPA projects 2003 shipments to grow at a 4.2% rate to $20.8 billion, despite a ‘turbulent, outlandish, and unpredictable’ 2002.

August 31, 2003

Cartoning

Converting data into dollars

Our survey reveals that collecting, sharing, and converting packaging line data into knowledge is tricky for many. But for those who’ve mastered it, the benefits are compelling.

August 31, 2003

Sustainability

Cradle-to-cradle catches on

Leading consumer products companies and materials suppliers intend to form an industry working group to tackle cradle-to-cradle package design.

August 31, 2003

Sustainable Packaging

Cradle-to-cradle catches on (sidebar)

Who attended

August 31, 2003

Sustainability

Cradle-to-cradle catches on (sidebar)

Seven reasons to start a cradle-to-cradle packaging workgroup

August 31, 2003

Flexibles

Wrapping of vials catches on at Nephron

Concerns over mis-dosing and product integrity have led a Florida drug maker from bulk-packed vials to individually wrapped vials for certain customers.

August 31, 2003