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.

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Flexible packaging

Companies

Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP (Houston, TX) relocated its worldwide headquarters from downtown Houston to 10001 Six Pines Drive, The Woodlands, TX.

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Consumer packaged goods

Stretch wrappers are a true labor-saving value

Twin stretch wrappers at True Value’s Northwest distribution center replace the laborious task of manual wrapping.

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Flexible packaging

Flexible packaging reigns

Flexible packages predominate in this year’s DuPont Awards competition. Innovation in biodegradable packaging and convenience also shine.

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Beverage

Networks progress amid obstacles (sidebar)

Packagers intrigued by equipment monitoring

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Closures

Copolyester shines

France’s Montblanc introduced its first fragrance with packaging made from Eastman Chemical Co.’s (Kingsport, TN) Eastar® copolyester.

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Detergents/cleaners

Squeaky-clean new graphics

OxiClean Multi-Purpose Stain Remover has moved from infomercial fame to mainstream retail distribution channels.

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

'Unpasteurized' policy

Every now and then, my cynical gene becomes recessive, and I become upset by an occurrence that, normally, I would simply shake my head at and overlook.

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Flexibles

Tube packs tap timely trend

Flexible tube packs match consumers’ requirements for on-the-go-anywhere eating for a new wave of portable foods.

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Flexibles

Flexibles growth to continue despite 'trying' 2001

Flexible packaging technology and new product introductions will fuel sales of flexible packaging materials, which FPA forecasts to reach $21.2 billion this year.

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Containers

2001 Tube Council Awards

Packaging World highlights winners of the Tube Council’s 2001 Tube of the Year awards.

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Flexible packaging

Flexible packaging reigns

Flexible packages predominate in this year’s DuPont Awards competition. Innovation in biodegradable packaging and convenience also shine.

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Protective/transport packaging

HP reduces packaging

A redesign at Hewlett-Packard cuts packaging components in half.

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