Sustainable Packaging

Should paperboard buyers turn white with fright?

EPA "cluster" rule forces bleached pulp mills to spend millions to clean up air and water emissions. Quality, cost, even availability may become a question mark.

January 31, 1998

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Cosmetics/Personal care

Measuring guide

A free glue line measuring guide is available from National Starch and Chemical (Edison, NJ). The pocket-size guide enables corrugated box makers to ensure that their glue lines are precise from 0.040" to 0.110", in 0.010" increments.

January 31, 1998

Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

HPG Intl., Inc. (Somerset, NJ) has acquired Kalex Chemical Products, Inc. (Brooklyn, NY).

January 31, 1998

Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Equistar Chemicals, LP (Houston, TX) is expanding its Matagorda, TX, HDPE facility by 480 million lb.

January 31, 1998

Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: Achievements

Research & Development Associates for Military Food and Packaging Systems, Inc. (San Antonio, TX) awarded its Isker Award to an industry-government team comprising Lauri Pruskin-Kline of Natick, Ayal Shahar of Cadillac Products and Dr.

January 31, 1998

Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: Appointments, promotions

National Starch and Chemical Co. (Bridgewater, NJ): Ingrid Brase, mktg. mgr., Pressure Sensitive Adhesives.

January 31, 1998

Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: Appointments, promotions

Chevron Chemical Co. (Houston, TX): George Avdey, general sales mgr., PE business; Jim Boots, business mgr., HDPE.

January 31, 1998

Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Eastman Chemical Espana S.A. (Cadiz, Spain) is building a CDHM manufacturing plant, with a 27ꯠ metric ton capacity, next to its Estapak polymers plant.

January 31, 1998

Beverage

'Message on the bottle'

"The perfume bottles which grace a dressing table and the beverage bottles which languish in the cupboard speak volumes about their owners," writes Mary Lewis of London-based design consultancy Lewis Moberly.

December 31, 1997

Consumer packaged goods

Zebra Technologies: Selection via software

The ability to select bar-code labels and supplies from Zebra Technologies (Vernon Hills, IL) is now possible through Windows(TM)-based software. The Electronic Selector Guide provides a list of user requirements and criteria, including durability, resistance to heat and cold, exposure to corrosive chemicals, and surface composition.

December 31, 1997

Closures

Capabilities brochure

Rexam Closures' (Evansville, IN) new brochure focuses on the company's complete line of custom and proprietary closures for the healthcare, chemical, automotive, and food and beverage industries.

December 31, 1997

Containers

Flexible IBC

A flexible intermediate bulk container from Bulk-Pack (W. Monroe, LA) is for packagers of food and chemical products. The CubePak Baffle container is manufactured with a baffle inside each of the four corners to maintain its square shape and allow complete filling from corner to corner, top to bottom, maximizing the utilization of space.

December 31, 1997

Beverage

Packages 'understand' people, says Hine

The relationships people have with packages are more complex than they realize. They're both intimate and emotional, says author and noted design critic Thomas Hine in the foreword of his book The Total Package: The Secret History and Hidden Meanings of Boxes, Bottles, Cans, and Other Persuasive Containers (Back Bay Books).

December 31, 1997