Contract Packaging

10 Questions to Ask When Purchasing Machinery

You can protect your company from getting ‘taken’ by learning about the dealer’s history and key relationships.

March 31, 2005

Other Packaged Goods: Page 186

Conveying & accumulation

Wal-Mart strikes again

Machinery OEMs who supply the equipment now automating the packaging lines that funnel product to Wal-Mart shelves take note: It’s unlikely your job is going to get any easier any time soon.

March 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Ross Labs' speaker extols RFID's benefits

Mike Wallace of Abbott Laboratories’ Ross Laboratories Division provides an updated look at RFID at HealthPack 2005, held in San Antonio in late March.

March 31, 2005

Household/Automotive

Kliklok-Woodman Intl. hires new director of operations

Kliklok-Woodman has hired Nigel Salter as director of operations of the company’s Bristol, United Kingdom, facility.

March 31, 2005

Secondary Packaging

Marden Edwards' new servo end-fold wrapper

75 cpm wrapper offers enhanced graphics, gentle film handling, from Marden Edwards at Interpack 2005

March 31, 2005

Closures

Whitener pens niche with cosmetics

Out-of-the-carton thinking for BriteSmile Inc., Walnut Creek, CA, has pushed the retail version of its product into a premium niche at cosmetics counters.

March 31, 2005

Consumer packaged goods

Oxygen absorbers for pharmaceutical packaging

Süd-Chemie offers its new PharmaKeep, a new line of oxygen absorbing canisters and packets designed to protect pharmaceutical and diagnostic products from the harmful effects of oxygen.

March 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Splenda ads not splendid

The Center for Science in the Public Interest is calling on the makers of Splenda to change the labeling and advertising of the increasingly popular artificial sweetener.

March 31, 2005

Sustainability

Consumer survey identifies package challenges

Packaging for liquid soap and for ready-to-eat, precut fruits were identified by consumers as the most consumer-friendly in a new survey and report from Mona Doyle/The Consumer Network.

March 31, 2005

Flexibles

Clarification

On page 47 of Packaging World’s March coverage of the Flexible Packaging Association’s awards competition, the wrong image appeared with the description of the Autopak® Sterilization Pouch.

March 31, 2005

Sustainable Packaging

Cosmetics may have to show warnings

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is now taking a hard look at whether common cosmetics and personal care products that contain untested chemicals need to display a warning label to consumers.

March 31, 2005

Flexibles

Schick looks sharp for tray lidstock improvement

Sealing temperatures that range too high or dwell time that grows too long are tough on packaging materials.

March 31, 2005

Conveying & accumulation

Companies

Pearson Packaging Systems recently launched a rebranding campaign to reflect its commitment to continuous improvement, innovation, and customer service.

March 31, 2005