Coding, Printing & Labeling

U.S. companies say Eco-labels have hollow echo

U.S. Trade Representative presses European Union to endorse labels with descriptive language. Threats of trade retaliation ups the ante.

April 30, 1996

Other Packaged Goods: Page 318

Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: International agreements

Exxon Chemical Co. (Houston, TX) is pursuing and establishing licensing relationships with Asian companies for its polymer technologies.

April 30, 1996

Sustainability

All-paper blister pack a reality in U.S.

Sally Hansen nail fortifier from Del Laboratories is one of the first U.S. mass-market applications for an all-paperboard blister pack.

April 30, 1996

Cosmetics/Personal care

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Kolmar Laboratories (Port Jervis, NY) has completed an expansion program to upgrade its facilities with the latest technology to mix, manufacture and fill a wide range of color cosmetics and personal care products.

April 30, 1996

Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

James River Corp. (Richmond, VA) intends to sell its CZ Inks Div. (St. Louis, MO) to Sun Chemical Corp. (Fort Lee, NJ).

April 30, 1996

Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: International agreements

Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, TN) is building a new plant located northeast of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

April 30, 1996

Sustainable Packaging

Sleeve/bottle combo facilitates recycling

Multi-material packages aren't usually thought of as being recyclable. However, a new type of dual-material sleeve pack, developed in Europe, was designed with recycling precisely in mind.

April 30, 1996

Additives, coatings & inks

PEN homopolymer okay for food contact

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a long-awaited regulation permitting the use of polyethylene naphthalate homopolymer for food packaging.

April 30, 1996

Consumer packaged goods

Snoopy for President!

Winners of the 1995 National Paperboard Packaging Competition, sponsored by the Washington, DC-based Paperboard Packaging Council, were announced March 25 (see page 42 for feature coverage of one of the winners).

April 30, 1996

Conveying & accumulation

Logic makes paint flow freely

Valspar Corp. used advance logic technology to "smarten up" its new 1-gal paint canning line in Statesville, NC. The line is able to automatically react to trouble spots by slowing or stopping parts of the line or rerouting product flow around hot spots.

March 31, 1996

Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Exxon Chemical Co. (Houston, TX) plans to increase LDPE/HDPE capacity by 130 million lbs/year at the Mont Belvieu, TX, plastics plant.

March 31, 1996

Flexibles

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Mobil Chemical Co.'s Films Div. (Pittsford, NY) plans to increase its annual worldwide OPP production by one-third to 575 million lbs by year-end, 1998.

March 31, 1996

Containers

Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

Akzo-Nobel Chemicals, Inc. (Chicago, IL) and the Trilla Steel Drum Corp. (Chicago, IL) have announced a new steel drum recycling service.

March 31, 1996