Household/Automotive

A Technical success

New system upgrades placement of paper labels on plastic bottles at Technical Chemical.

September 30, 2002

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Temporary relief for OTC convenience packs

FDA postpones May deadline for putting Drug Facts label on convenience-size OTC packages.

September 30, 2002

Additives, coatings & inks

A revealing look at X-ray technology

Further information from our October Question-and-Answer format interview with Wayne Knigge.

September 30, 2002

Secondary Packaging

Automation closes Pandora's box

Pandora Manufacturing, a contract packager of liquids from Pandora, OH, has increased the consistency of corrugated shipping cartons by 30% with the installation of four A.B. Sealer case erectors.

September 30, 2002

Consumer packaged goods

P&G captures high-tech assistance

A new video troubleshooting tool gives packaging line operators at Procter & Gamble the power to solve problems faster.

September 30, 2002

Additives, coatings & inks

New K-Resin logo

Chevron Phillips Chemical Co., Houston, TX, has introduced a new logo for its K-Resin® styrene-butadiene copolymer (SBC) in celebration of the product’s 30th anniversary.

August 31, 2002

Closures

New package puts child safety in the zone

A multilayer tube and “push and turn” closure is helping CCA Industries of East Rutherford, NJ, meet Consumer Product Safety Commission guidelines for products containing lidocaine and dibucaine.

August 31, 2002

Closures

Package design--the cutting edge

Experimental Packaging is a volume full of packages and designs that push the envelope of creativity, often way beyond the practical.

August 31, 2002

Containers

Graphics help new brand break into bath and body

The new “sub-brand” Ohm by Olay from Procter and Gamble, a line of botanical bath and body products, launched this summer. The packaging, with graphics designed by Libby Perszyk Kathman (Cincinnati, OH), ranges from spray bottles to lotion tubes and cartons.

August 31, 2002

Flexible packaging

Companies

Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP (Houston, TX) relocated its worldwide headquarters from downtown Houston to 10001 Six Pines Drive, The Woodlands, TX.

August 31, 2002

Consumer packaged goods

Stretch wrappers are a true labor-saving value

Twin stretch wrappers at True Value’s Northwest distribution center replace the laborious task of manual wrapping.

August 31, 2002

Flexible packaging

Flexible packaging reigns

Flexible packages predominate in this year’s DuPont Awards competition. Innovation in biodegradable packaging and convenience also shine.

August 31, 2002

Beverage

Networks progress amid obstacles (sidebar)

Packagers intrigued by equipment monitoring

August 31, 2002