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Flexibles

Film label stock

MACtac (Stow, OH) has introduced Impulse, a new bright white film label stock for all types of containers from fully squeezable to rigid. The 3-mil conformable polyolefin is available in two finishes: non-topcoated matte and topcoated satin gloss.

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Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Teamwork pays off for everyone

Wise and its film suppliers work together to develop a new metallized oriented polypropylene film that can handle the demands of potato chip packaging.

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Converting equipment

Honey shows off in clear PET (sidebar)

Europe knows about honey in PET

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Containers

Sam's Club product labels turn private

Long known for presenting national-brand merchandise, Wal-Mart's Sam's Club introduces new private-label Member's Mark line, in everything from soup to jeans.

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Converting equipment

Welch's 'concentrates' on plastic can

Under development for nearly eight years, an all-plastic, easy-open, microwavable canister is now appearing in East Coast freezer cases holding several varieties of frozen juice concentrates for Welch's, Concord, MA.

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Controls & Machine Components

Towelette container

A compact towelette container from Continental Glass & Plastic (Chicago, IL) is now available. The blow-molded, HDPE container with injection-molded cap is suitable for jewelry cleaners, insect repellents and skin cleansers.

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Tamper-evident machinery

Lilly likes PEN for veterinary product

A new treatment for respiratory problems in pigs and chickens is administered in the field, where the breakability of glass packaging is a concern. A homopolymer PEN bottle provides a shatter-resistant answer and delivers all the shelf life needed.

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Bakery/Snack

Retaining part-time help (sidebar)

Government forecasts 'cloudy' for packaging labor

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Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: Achievements

Sharon Lobel, president and CEO of Seal-It, Inc., is one of 12 subjects of a forthcoming book called A League of Their Own, which profiles outstanding women entrepreneurs who have received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award.

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

A winning combination

A unique label construction for an on-pack game piece provides both security and low cost for the shaver division of BIC Corp.

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Flexible packaging

Packaging keeps evolving...from able, to active, to anticipating

Are you evolved?

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Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Pennzoil buttons up coder problems

New small-character ink-jet coders provide one-button shutdown and start-up while cutting maintenance time by at least 50% compared to previous coders.

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