Consumer packaged goods: Page 210

Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: International agreements

ARCO Chemical Co. (Newtown Square, PA) sold its plastics business to NOVA Chemicals (Calgary, Alberta, Canada).

November 30, 1996

Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: International agreements

Dow Chemical (Midland, MI) acquired a controlling interest in Brazilian polystyrene producer Estireno do Nordeste (Sao Paulo, Brazil).

November 30, 1996

Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: International agreements

Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, TN) opened an office in Guangzhou, China, its third in that country.

November 30, 1996

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Kraft's clamshell says 'Manchego'

Kraft Foods de Mexico's new Manchego-style cheese slices are merchandised in a clear hinged clamshell that's thermoformed from a custom resin. Value-added package results in brisk sales.

November 30, 1996

Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Dow Chemical (Midland, MI) is building a $12 million fabricated products business & research center in Midland, MI, scheduled for completion in the fall of 1997.

November 30, 1996

Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

Huntsman Corp. (Salt Lake City, UT) acquired Amoco Chemical Corp.'s (Chicago, IL) polystyrene business.

November 30, 1996

Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Quantum Chemical (Cincinnati, OH) is now a subsidiary of newly formed Millennium Chemicals (Iselin, NJ), a holding company spun off of Hanson North America (Woodbridge, NJ).

November 30, 1996

Consumer packaged goods

Drawer-like CD pack

Alternatives for compact disc packaging come and go, yet the jewelbox has remained the popular choice among recording companies. With the development of a new CD package called Laserfile® and some help from a publishing company called College Media Journal (CMJ), that could soon change.

November 30, 1996

Flexibles

PP film tape

BrownCor (Milwaukee, WI) has introduced PCS Advantage® PP film tape, which is backed with a natural rubber adhesive for strong sealing properties.

October 31, 1996

Sustainability

Cellular CPET

Shell Chemical (Houston, TX) has announced an advance in cellular CPET. Petlite(TM) II is a new resin that can be thermoformed into containers made to withstand the high-temperature baking conditions of CPET, with the potential for source reduction and cost savings.

October 31, 1996

Flexibles

Tubing and bags

Kennedy Nylon Films (Tamaqua, PA) has introduced Kenylon heat-stabilized polyamide lay-flat tubing and bottom-sealed bags for autoclave sterilization and clean room packaging.

October 31, 1996

Conveying & accumulation

Packagers still seeking help on electronic components

Understanding electronics is critical to maintenance engineers, but it's also important to packaging engineers and more important than ever to machine operators, say our readers in PW's exclusive survey. Logic and software programming are also studied.

October 31, 1996