Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

BIC says 'opaa' to shaver packaging (sidebar)

Two-pack, too

May 31, 2000

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Conveying & accumulation

BIC says 'opaa' to shaver packaging (sidebar)

Automated lines, mostly

May 31, 2000

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

BIC says 'opaa' to shaver packaging

Developed and molded in the U.S., new blister packs for premium disposable shavers are filled in Greece, then shipped back to the U.S. for marketing.

May 31, 2000

Containers

Plastics to increase domination of cosmetics packaging

A new research report on the global packaging of cosmetics and toiletries sees strong worldwide growth for the category–and an even larger share for plastic containers.

May 31, 2000

Coding, Printing & Labeling

HBA highlights beauty in the Big Apple

HBA Global Expo, June 20 to 22 at New York’s Jacob Javits Convention Center, will inform and educate more than 12ꯠ cosmetics and personal care professionals with exhibits and conferences covering timely topics.

May 31, 2000

Flexible packaging

Amboy breaks new ground in smaller aseptic pouches (sidebar)

Low-acid pre-eminence

May 31, 2000

Flexible packaging

Amboy breaks new ground in smaller aseptic pouches

F/f/s machine enlarges Amboy Specialty Foods’ reach to pouches as small as 3 oz. Products represent the most viscous application of the supplier’s technology in the world.

May 31, 2000

Flexibles

What's new at NPE 2000

Packaging World Interactive previews some of the new packaging-related machinery and components used to produce both rigid and flexible plastic packaging materials that will be on display June 19 to 23 at the National Plastics Exposition.

May 10, 2000

Converting equipment

A measure of success

Hydro Agri North America gains a foothold in the holding-tank treatment market, thanks to a redesigned package that includes built-in product measurement.

April 30, 2000

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Labeled barrel can a natural fit for Killian's

Killian’s® Pub Barrel™ from Coors/Unibev, Golden, CO, brings label graphics to domestic beer cans.

April 30, 2000

Closures

Heinz 'caps' squeeze ketchup

Complex new cap/liner on plastic bottles offers new consumer features, most prominently by ending the watery discharge caused by product settling.

April 30, 2000

Sustainable Packaging

Production ahead for corn-derived polymer

Cargill Dow breaks ground on its first world-scale NatureWorks PLA polyactide plant.

April 30, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Bostik Inc: Bostik Inc: Coating resin

Bostik (Middleton, MA) has introduced Vitel® 2250, a high-molecular weight, linear saturated copolyester resin that can be used as a primer, barrier coating, overlacquer or heat-seal modifier.

April 30, 2000