Consumer packaged goods: Page 182

Detergents/cleaners

Supplier news: Achievements

David A. Tolley, president of Graphic Packaging Corp.'s (Golden, CO) specialty folding carton div., has been named chairman of the Packaging Committee for the Soap & Detergent Assn.

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Converting equipment

More than just a pretty package

A line of high-density polyethylene bottles combines form and function to clinch NACD's Best of Show award. Other winners also fit the theme of beauty and functionality.

April 30, 1999

Dairy

Package designs shine among Mobius winners

The 28th-annual Mobius Awards were handed out late last year. The package design category highlighted some of the year's most exciting and successful packages.

April 30, 1999

Containers

Fomo tracks many happy returns

A tracking system better controls Fomo Products' fleet of returnable containers holding foam insulation chemicals. That helps the company save up to $60ꯠ/yr.

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Sustainability

More than just a pretty package (sidebar)

Additional winners include:

April 30, 1999

Containers

Bottle serves up a choice of scents

A unique "bottle-in-bottle" design and extensive outer packaging make this perfume a unique choice in an industry where the senses can be easily overloaded.

April 30, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Baldor Electric Company: Baldor Electric Company: Washdown motor

The Paint Free DC is a permanent magnet SCR drive motor new to Baldor's (Fort Smith, AR) Washdown Duty line of motors and controls. Includes stainless-steel construction, sealed ball bearings and moisture-resistant 200 magnet wire.

April 30, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Sodium nitrite labeling

The Grocery Manufacturers of America is urging California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) not to list sodium nitrite as a "developmental toxicant" under the state's Proposition 65 chemical warning label law.

March 31, 1999

Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

Ampacet Corp. (New York, NY) has signed a letter of intent to purchase the concentrates and compounds business of Equistar Chemicals L.P. (Houston, TX).

March 31, 1999

Consumer packaged goods

People, not technology, will drive global business

Like it or not--in fact, intentionally or not--virtually all U.S. businesses are already participating in the global marketplace, and the choice is not "whether" but "how well." So said Dana Mead, president of Pactiv, in remarks to The Aluminum Association's annual meeting last fall.

March 31, 1999

Sustainability

Packaging for a global marketplace

As today's marketplace becomes increasingly global, how does that affect the way products are packaged? The strategies adopted by these firms provide some useful clues.

March 31, 1999

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

SmithKline speeds package development

Packaging plays a key role in SmithKline Beecham's efforts to launch new drugs globally versus market-by-market. Material standardization may also help reduce time-to-market by nearly half.

March 31, 1999