Closures

Matrix finds 'suede' takes special handling (sidebar)

Additional winners include:

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Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

In the eye of the beholder

Good looks and marketing muscle characterize this year's cosmetics and personal care winners in NACD's annual packaging competition.

April 30, 1997

Consumer packaged goods

More EC export regs

North American exporters to the European Community (EC), who already must contend with some 20 different packaging laws, may face yet another EC mandate, currently under consideration by the European Commission, according to Recycling Laws Intl.

April 30, 1997

Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: Appointments, promotions

National Starch and Chemical Co. (Bridgewater, NJ): Leonard J. Berlik, exec. vp, adhesives.

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Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Millennium Chemicals Inc.'s (Iselin, NJ) three main operating units have changed their names to link with the Millennium name. Quantum Chemical is now Millennium Petrochemicals Inc.

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Additives, coatings & inks

Setting up shop (sidebar)

Invisible bar codes

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Conflicting standards

A proposed effort to develop an international labeling system for all chemicals and mixtures could result in mandatory relabeling of U.S. food products containing safe levels of pesticide residues or food additives.

March 31, 1997

Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Exxon Chemical Co. (Houston, TX) will increase its LLDPE capacity by 245ꯠ tons/yr at its Mont Belvieu, TX, plastics plant by mid-1998.

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Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Quantum Chemical Corp. (Cincinnati, OH) began commercial production of Petrothene® LLDPE at its plant in La Porte, TX.

March 31, 1997

Sustainability

Setting up shop

Merck, Revlon and Clorox developed unique packaging technology for their own use. Now those developments are generating revenue through licensing to other firms.

March 31, 1997

Protective/transport packaging

Distribution packaging by the numbers

Using real-world shock and vibration data to design your pack can speed development, prevent damage and economize on materials. Collecting such data isn't easy, but now new ideas for sharing the burden-with the help of the Internet-are taking root in the

March 31, 1997

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

Machine technology that slashes changeover

In this second report from our survey of changeover trends, readers describe how new equipment technology like control programming and tool-free adjustments helps them attack downtime.

March 31, 1997

Sustainable Packaging

Life-cycle analysis gains political cachet

The President's Council on Sustainable Development (PCSD), having received a new lease on life, will be pushing ahead with its efforts to proselytize on behalf of "Extended Product Responsibility (EPR)," a concept that has numerous implications for users of packaging.

March 31, 1997