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Containers

New tube attracts Asian market

A sleek new tube carries on the Elizabeth Arden tradition of understated elegance. The 4.2-oz tube of Visible Whitening Foaming Cleanser is made solely for the Asian market--Japan, Korea and the Asia-Pacific regions.

April 30, 1999

Detergents/cleaners

Two chambers are better than one

A compelling dual-chamber design for Unilever Home & Personal Care's new Dove Nutrium body wash makes for more than just an eye-catching bottle. According to the company, separating the body wash (white chamber) from the moisturizer (pink chamber) maximizes the benefits of the two formulas.

April 30, 1999

Beverage

Supplement labels

Dietary supplement labels now must contain more complete information, including a clear identity statement, a complete list of ingredients and a new "Supplement Facts" information panel.

April 30, 1999

Flexibles

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Equistar Chemicals, LP (Houston, TX) recently installed a seven-layer blown film line at its Cincinnati, OH, technology center.

April 30, 1999

Closures

Hormel's pack makes bacon ready-to-eat

For the first time, fully precooked bacon strips are now available virtually anywhere in the supermarket. A new thermoformed MAP flexible package allows Hormel Foods, Austin, MN, to pack oxygen-sensitive cooked bacon slices without refrigeration for up to four months.

April 30, 1999

Flexibles

Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

Pierce & Stevens Corp., a subsidiary of Sovereign Specialty Chemicals, Inc. (Chicago, IL) has agreed to purchase the flexible packaging coatings business from Valspar Corp.

April 30, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Beef labeling

Congress continues to ponder requiring country-of-origin labels on some imported foods, including beef and lamb. Package labels would indicate the origin of the meat source and the percentages of both domestic and imported meat when they are blended, as in ground beef.

April 30, 1999

Flexible packaging

Standing up to the competition

By early this summer, Elmhurst, IL-based Keebler expects to complete its nationwide rollout of Cheez-It® baked snack mixes in three varieties.

April 30, 1999

Containers

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

CP Louisiana, Inc. (New Orleans, LA), General Steel Drum Corp. (Charlotte, NC), Nesco Container Corp. (Fenton, MO), North Coast Container Corp.

April 30, 1999

Dairy

Kellogg, IP team up in school

A new school milk program from Kellogg Co. and International Paper (Memphis, TN) features 8-oz milk cartons displaying popular Kellogg characters on the side panels.

April 30, 1999

Cartoning

Glaxo 'Wellcomes' quick-change software

As Glaxo Wellcome's Zebulon, NC, facility packs a wider variety of pharmaceuticals, quick-changeover equipment becomes top priority. Software developed in-house helps the plant reduce changeover times on its solid-dose packaging lines.

April 30, 1999

Detergents/cleaners

Supplier news: Achievements

David A. Tolley, president of Graphic Packaging Corp.'s (Golden, CO) specialty folding carton div., has been named chairman of the Packaging Committee for the Soap & Detergent Assn.

April 30, 1999