Sustainable Packaging

Marketing to Brand China

“Made in China” appears on virtually everything we buy these days, from underwear to vacuum cleaners to heavy-duty machinery.

May 31, 2005

Other Packaged Goods: Page 183

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Tylenol questioned about Meltaway packs

The Maryland Poison Center has warned that the packaging and label copy of a new form of Children’s Tylenol could confuse parents and even medical professionals to accidentally offer a double dose that could cause liver damage.

May 31, 2005

Petfood/Pet Care

Coding tracks pet food bag quality

Global packaging supplier Huhtamaki supplies preformed pet food bags comprising an oriented polypropylene inner layer/natural kraft/bleached kraft outer layer for Nestlé Purina dog and cat foods.

May 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Ross Labs speaker provides an RFID update

In his HealthPack 2005 presentation, Mike Wallace of Abbott Laboratories’ Ross Laboratories Division noted that Ross’s Isomil infant formula ranks as the fourth most frequently stolen product from its top customer, Wal-Mart.

May 31, 2005

Consumer packaged goods

New CD and DVD packs in Europe

Imation Europe, a leading supplier of removable data storage media, will use the new DBS Discbox Slider paperboard packs from Stora Enso. According to a market study, the majority of consumers prefer the new packs to other optical disc cases because of the pack size, the practical configuration of two discs in one case, and the environmental benefits.

May 31, 2005

Secondary Packaging

Companies

R.A. Jones & Co. Inc.

May 31, 2005

Bakery/Snack

PharmaFab's line delivers 'fab' results

Integrator helps contract manufacturer PharmaFab quickly start up a new liquid pharmaceutical filling line. The results: faster speeds, less product giveaway, and quicker changeovers.

May 31, 2005

Petfood/Pet Care

Optimizing paperboard's value equation

Research shows that the best packages engage consumers as both shoppers and product users while helping retailers build their bottom line.

May 31, 2005

Consumer packaged goods

NJM/CLI appoints new regional sales manager

NJM/CLI has appointed Thomas Kessler as regional sales manager.

May 31, 2005

Conveying & accumulation

Versatile, high-definition inkjet coder from ATInfo wins for Faribault Foods

AUTOPRINT® system adds flexibility needed in growing contract packaging operation, eliminates clean-up ritual

May 31, 2005

Flexibles

ISO Poly Films hires plant manager

ISO Poly Films, Inc. hired Brett Eager as the new plant manager.

April 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Consumer privacy and RFID

Representatives from P&G, EPCglobal, and electronics group EPIC assembled for a lively panel discussion on the knotty issue of privacy concerns for RFID.

April 30, 2005

Conveying & accumulation

Sidebar

• A Kaps-All AU-3 unscrambler that places high-density polyethylene bottles onto a conveyor. Glass bottles are loaded on a feed table that are fed into a [b]McBrady[n] Model #200 Orbit bottle cleaner that uses air to do the job before placing bottles back onto the conveyor.

April 30, 2005