Flexibles

Recycling on the web

There are now several sites cropping up on the web where packagers and package manufacturers alike can either source or recycle scrap packaging materials.

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Converting equipment

Is Bud ready for plastics?

Wondering what the world's biggest brewer thinks about plastic bottles for beer? Anheuser-Busch tipped its hand, ever so slightly, at a recent technical conference.

March 31, 1998

Flexibles

Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

Ashland Chemical Co. (Dublin, OH) has acquired the flexible packaging adhesives business of Century Intl. Adhesives and Coatings Corp. (Columbus, OH).

March 31, 1998

Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: Appointments, promotions

National Starch & Chemical Co., Adhesives Div. (Bridgewater, NJ): Kenneth Werner, technical service mgr., p-s adhesives.

March 31, 1998

Additives, coatings & inks

Supplier news: International agreements

Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, MI) and LG Chemical Ltd. (Korea) have signed a memorandum of understanding to form a joint venture to produce, market, and sell Calibre(TM) polycarbonate resins in the Asia Pacific region, excluding Japan.

March 31, 1998

Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: Achievements

ISO 9001 certification: Greif Bros. Corp. (Delaware, OH) for its corrugated manufacturing facility in Louisville, KY; Multisorb Technologies, Inc.

March 31, 1998

Flexibles

FPA announces top winner

In this year's annual awards competition sponsored by the Flexible Packaging Assn. (see PW, March '98, pp. 34, 42 and 58), the Green Globe award for environmental achievement and the President's award for top package overall both went to GardenTech Singles by Gulfstream Home and Garden of Lexington, KY.

March 31, 1998

Labels

Package design 'primes' users on paint primers

New label design and matching in-store merchandising cards make it simpler for customers to select the appropriate Sherwin-Williams paint primer. The well-known Cleveland-based paint manufacturer and distributor worked with brand identity and package design firm Interbrand Gerstman+Meyers (New York, NY) to create a distinctive color-coded design.

March 31, 1998

Flexible packaging

Heinz Pet Products stands up to the competition

Five new hf/f/s machines allow Heinz to switch from pillow packs to stand-up, resealable zipper pouches for its Pup-Peroni and Jerky Treats dog snacks.

February 28, 1998

Converting equipment

Olin takes air out of pool chemicals display

A new line of interlocking modular square containers was designed to meet retailers' needs. Design features, some patented, make containers consumer-friendly as well.

February 28, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

AET Films: Product manual

A 132-page manual from AET Films (New Castle, DE) describes the company's OPP film products. The book is divided into ten sections covering four film types: transparent, metallized, white opaque and label.

February 28, 1998

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

Bags stretch advantages for packagers and end users

Among FPA's winning packages sold at retail are a flat-bottom flexible bag made on first-of-its-kind vf/f/s machinery, a club-store bag incorporating a transverse zipper for reclosability, and a patented shaker bag that handily dispenses ice melt.

February 28, 1998

Labels

A wide-mouth first in PET

Shatter-resistant and lighter than glass, narrow-neck polyethylene terephthalate bottles for hot-filled beverages have enjoyed steady growth lately. But only now is a wide-mouth PET jar for hot-filled food being commercialized as Tree Top Inc.

February 28, 1998