Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Innovation Lab Web site launched

Eastman Chemical Co. has launched the Eastman Innovation Lab Web site (www.eastmaninnovationlab.com), an interactive, community-based resource for designers and brand owners.

June 30, 2004

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Cosmetics/Personal care

Sleeve press and EB combine for savings

New 67”-wide 10-station flexo press with electron-beam coating and curing earns Exopack lots of private-label lawn and garden packaging business with Fafard.

June 30, 2004

Closures

Dual bottle dials in a custom tan

Fiji Blend debuts tanning lotion innovation through a nifty two-in-one bottle and a lenticular carton.

June 30, 2004

Cosmetics/Personal care

Dual bottle dials in a custom tan (Sidebar)

Lenticular magic

June 30, 2004

Cosmetics/Personal care

Choosing quality over cost for cosmetics packaging

Excellence in package engineering, technologically advanced design, and most of all, quality, is a more important consideration than cost when choosing a supplier for health and beauty packaging.

June 30, 2004

Flexibles

Nanotechnology in packaging

An emerging engineering discipline, nanotechnology continues to gain media attention for its potential in the areas of material science, electronics and optoelectronics, and biomedical science.

June 30, 2004

Consumer packaged goods

How to replace an icon

At mid-June conference on packaging design, package engineer Jim MacDonald of Sherwin-Williams described what it was like to design the Twist ’n Pour, a plastic package that is an alternative to the 110-year-old steel paint can. He also delivered a short list of things to do when such a daunting project is tackled.

June 30, 2004

Conveying & accumulation

UF juiced for R&D

The University of Florida’s packaging department kicks off with a full slate of applied research projects including these for food and RFID.

June 30, 2004

Flexibles

Perishable DVDs need oxygen-scavenging film

A DVD that lasts 48 hrs after opening relies on an oxygen-scavenging film to preserve its packaged ‘freshness’.

June 30, 2004

Sustainability

Packagers focus on graphics

At the May e/5 UV&EB Technology Expo and Conference, P&G, Mars/Masterfoods, and Bacardi were among several consumer packaged goods companies embracing glossy packages with coatings cured via ultraviolet or electron-beam technology.

June 30, 2004

Flexibles

Renewable resources ride a wave of momentum

Tulane University calls its athletic teams the Green Wave, but there’s a green wave that’s building momentum in the packaging community: the increasing use of sustainable packaging made from renewable resources.

June 30, 2004

Recycling

Swiss beverages go on the 'bloc'

An aseptic bloc filling system helps Pomdor AG

June 30, 2004

Detergents/cleaners

Ink-jet inks

Diagraph offers ITW Inks, formulated for use in Marsh ink-jet printers. Diagraph has published the “ITW Inks Reference Guide for Marsh Printers,” an easy-to-understand tool that helps customers identify the ITW Ink part number for the Marsh equivalent.

June 30, 2004