Consumer packaged goods: Page 178

Converting equipment

Supplier news: Appointments, promotions

National Starch and Chemical Co. (Bridgewater, NJ): John. C. Dutney, vp, Packaging and Converting Adhesives Div.

August 31, 1999

Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: Appointments, promotions

UCB Chemicals Corp. (Smyrna, GA): K. Brett Johnson, market mgr., graphic arts.

August 31, 1999

Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

The expansion of Equistar Chemicals' (Houston, TX) Matagorda, TX, HDPE facility is on schedule and should be complete by October.

August 31, 1999

Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: International agreements

Alsuisse Lonza Group Ltd. (Zrich, Switzerland) will propose to its shareholders to demerge its chemical and energy activities and to integrate the remaining aluminum and packaging businesses into a three-way merger with Alcan (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) and Pechiney (Paris, France).

August 31, 1999

Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, MI) has signed a definitive agreement to buy Union Carbide Corp. (Danbury, CT) for $11.6 billion.

August 31, 1999

Labels

Bailey's celebrates St. Patrick's Day

Marketers at United Distillers and Vintners (UDV) of Stamford, CT, wanted a way to liven up bottles of Bailey's Irish Cream Liqueur for St. Patrick's Day.

August 31, 1999

Contract packaging

Filling on a budget

Economical pressure filler is easy to operate and handles viscous product for start-up contract packager GLH Industries.

July 31, 1999

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Web Plus: Suppliers of 'hands-on' equipment take to the Web

T hanks to the low cost of disseminating product information via the Web, it's now easier than ever to obtain information on packaging equipment from smaller suppliers that cater more toward users of low-cost, entry-level or "hands-on" packaging equipment.

July 31, 1999

Secondary Packaging

Nothing's fishy about trout tags

Time/temperature monitoring tags placed in refrigerated shipments of smoked fish let Top of the Mountain Trout's restaurant customers know how long the trout will remain fresh.

July 31, 1999

Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: Appointments, promotions

National Starch & Chemical Co. (Bridgewater, NJ): William H. Powell, CEO; Wayne Harkins, plant mgr.

July 31, 1999

Closures

Package design goes for the gold

In this year's annual Clio Awards a history-making computer game and a new beer take home two of many prizes.

July 31, 1999

Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: International agreements

Montell Polyolefins Co. NV (Hoofddorp, the Netherlands), Showa Denko K.K. (Tokyo, Japan), Nippon Petrochemicals Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) and Taiwan Polypropylene Co.

July 31, 1999