Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Capsule reviews

Here are a few brief reviews of packaging-related Web sites. Lasertechnics (Albuquerque, NM), located at www.lasertechnics.com, has a site that makes a basic, though well-written, pitch for laser coding.

May 31, 1999

Consumer packaged goods: Page 181

Closures

Trays for audio/visual media 'serve and protect'

For trays that hold cassettes, CDs and video tapes, Vinylweld shifts to new PVC sheet that holds tolerances and protects the media.

May 31, 1999

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

PLS speeds changeover, boosts reliability for Lever

A programmable limit switch speeds changeover and extends capabilities of new hot melt applicator and rebuilt filler.

May 31, 1999

Filling/capping, dry

All-Fill Inc: Auger filler

All-Fill's (Exton, PA) Cerebus III Model B-400 auger filling machine dispenses powders, liquids or any dry product in amounts from 500 mg to 100 lb.

May 31, 1999

Containers

Anchors aweigh

U.S. pushes for total rewrite of international maritime packaging rules for hazardous materials.

May 31, 1999

Sustainable Packaging

Redesigned handbook glamorizes fiberboard boxes

Y2K is one of the hottest topics as we approach the new millennium. But the years 2002 and 2003 are significant to fiberboard packaging because those years mark the 100th Anniversary of the development of solid fiber boxes, and corrugated's first approval as a valid shipping material, respectively.

May 31, 1999

Protective/transport packaging

Tinted bottles shield milk from UV light

When it comes to milk jugs, "Yellow is better," according to Smith Dairy Products, maker of the opaque yellow "Super Jug" of milk. The extrusion-blown, high-density polyethylene jug blocks out ultraviolet light emanating from fluorescent lighting in the supermarket dairy case or from the sun itself, according to the company.

May 31, 1999

Flexibles

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Mobil Chemical Co. Films Div. (Macedon, NY) has consolidated its headquarters and R&D operations into one facility at 729 Pittsford-Palmyra Rd., Macedon, NY 14502; phone: 315/966-1000, fax: 315/966-5033.

April 30, 1999

Flexibles

Clarification

In the March issue of Packaging World, a p. 36 story about a paint pouch marketed by Testor Corp. identified the flexible film structure incorrectly.

April 30, 1999

Containers

New tube attracts Asian market

A sleek new tube carries on the Elizabeth Arden tradition of understated elegance. The 4.2-oz tube of Visible Whitening Foaming Cleanser is made solely for the Asian market--Japan, Korea and the Asia-Pacific regions.

April 30, 1999

Detergents/cleaners

Two chambers are better than one

A compelling dual-chamber design for Unilever Home & Personal Care's new Dove Nutrium body wash makes for more than just an eye-catching bottle. According to the company, separating the body wash (white chamber) from the moisturizer (pink chamber) maximizes the benefits of the two formulas.

April 30, 1999

Flexibles

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Equistar Chemicals, LP (Houston, TX) recently installed a seven-layer blown film line at its Cincinnati, OH, technology center.

April 30, 1999

Flexibles

Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

Pierce & Stevens Corp., a subsidiary of Sovereign Specialty Chemicals, Inc. (Chicago, IL) has agreed to purchase the flexible packaging coatings business from Valspar Corp.

April 30, 1999