Conveying & accumulation

Packing process grows on Teixeira Farms

California produce grower lengthens lettuce shelf life and saves material costs by switching from waxed cases to a bag-in-box configuration.

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Regulations guide

A Guide to European Cosmetic Regulations provides 75 pages to assist U.S. companies in understanding and complying with European Union regulations. The soft-cover book is a joint publishing project of Independent Cosmetic Manufacturers and Distributors (Palatine, IL) and the American Beauty Assn.

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Closures

Federal 'medicine' for drug errors may be hard to swallow

FDA to ease stability tests for drug packs

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Conveying & accumulation

P-s label press mixes it up

Amway has been using the narrow-web press since March '97 to print p-s labels for bottles of laundry products, kitchen cleaners and car care products.

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Closures

Tubes of the year!

This year's winners of the Tube Council Awards carried a strong health and beauty theme, as well as a focus on innovation.

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Detergents/cleaners

Amway presses narrow-web flexo for cosmetics quality

UV flexo press produces high-quality folding cartons for Amway cosmetics. The new 10-station narrow-web press eliminates outside printing costs and slashes lead time from 12 weeks to two.

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

Burnett cooks with foamed PP/EVOH tray

California marketer of precooked beef and pork takes the home meal replacement concept to a new level thanks to its foamed PP tray with EVOH barrier.

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Cosmetics are big winners in packaging competition

The 35th annual NACD awards competition attracted more than its share of entries in the cosmetics category, including the Bernard M. Seid Best of Show winner.

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Closures

Cosmetics are big winners in packaging competition (sidebar)

Additional NACD award winners: Household Chemicals

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Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: Appointments, promotions

Eastman Chemical (Kingsport, TN): Thomas J. Stevens, business unit director, container plastic business, North America; Murray R. Deal, business unit manager, container plastic business, Europe, Middle East and Africa.

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Supplier news: International agreements

Montell Polyolefins Co. (Brussels, Belgium) and Sinopec Maoming Petrochemical Co. (Guangdong Province, China) will explore establishing a joint venture to produce PP for sale in China.

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Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

Ashland Chemical Co. (Dublin, OH) has acquired H&N Chemical Co. (Totowa, NJ), a mfr. of adhesives for p-s labels.

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Closures

Closure says quality

Chemical resistance, clarity and high gloss-these are the characteristics that Pacific Chemical Co. of Seoul, South Korea, wanted in the injection-molded closures that adorn its IOPE line of upscale skin care products.

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