Flexibles

IOPP 2002 AmeriStar Awards

Packaging World highlights the Best of Show winner, the 3M Integrity winner, and the 35 AmeriStar winners of The Institute of Packaging Professionals (Naperville, IL) 2002 AmeriStar Awards.

September 30, 2002

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Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Fresh start for blister packs

Meanwhile, S.C. Johnson introduced air freshener Glade Press’n Fresh in a new blister package that hit retail shelves nationwide in March.

September 30, 2002

Flexibles

Yogurt lids drive environmental campaign

Tom and Ray Magliozzi, the popular purveyors of automotive wisdom and whimsy on National Public Radio’s “Car Talk” show, have teamed up with Stonyfield Farm, Londonderry, NH, in an environmental campaign that uses Stonyfield’s yogurt lids to spread its message.

September 30, 2002

Controls & Machine Components

People

TricorBraun (St. Louis, MO) hired Mark Polivka as the vp of supply chain management.

September 30, 2002

Containers

Mass flow = efficiency squared

Unilever cleans up on faster changeovers and washout for monobloc mass-flow fillers on tool-less changeover lines. Network yields big savings.

September 30, 2002

Flexibles

Stand-up pouch earns Merrick's merit

Merrick Petfoods introduces dog food in a resealable stand-up pouch that’s marketed primarily in Europe.

September 30, 2002

Flexibles

Hall of Fame welcomes five in 2002

Among the gala events associated with Pack Expo International 2002 is the induction of this year’s new members in the Packaging Hall of Fame.

September 30, 2002

Household/Automotive

A Technical success

New system upgrades placement of paper labels on plastic bottles at Technical Chemical.

September 30, 2002

Additives, coatings & inks

A revealing look at X-ray technology

Further information from our October Question-and-Answer format interview with Wayne Knigge.

September 30, 2002

Secondary Packaging

Automation closes Pandora's box

Pandora Manufacturing, a contract packager of liquids from Pandora, OH, has increased the consistency of corrugated shipping cartons by 30% with the installation of four A.B. Sealer case erectors.

September 30, 2002

Consumer packaged goods

P&G captures high-tech assistance

A new video troubleshooting tool gives packaging line operators at Procter & Gamble the power to solve problems faster.

September 30, 2002

Additives, coatings & inks

New K-Resin logo

Chevron Phillips Chemical Co., Houston, TX, has introduced a new logo for its K-Resin® styrene-butadiene copolymer (SBC) in celebration of the product’s 30th anniversary.

August 31, 2002

Closures

Package design--the cutting edge

Experimental Packaging is a volume full of packages and designs that push the envelope of creativity, often way beyond the practical.

August 31, 2002