Sustainability

Injection-molding resin

Recently commercialized by Chevron Chemical (Houston, TX), HiD9004 is an HDPE injection-molding resin designed primarily for producing 5- to 7-gal pails and their lids.

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

PVC containers

Plastic Bottle Corp. (Libertyville, IL) has added Faceted Oval PVC containers to its line of cosmetics/personal care containers. Available in two sizes, the 2-oz bottle has a 20/415 neck finish or a 20-mm finish built to accommodate a linerless, threaded valve seal closure by Packaging Design Group.

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Closures

Cosmetics are big winners in packaging competition (sidebar)

Additional NACD award winners: Industrial & Automotive category

April 30, 1998

Conveying & accumulation

Conveyors bridge the gap for Hiram Walker

Conveyors carry cases of glass-bottled spirits over a bridge for palletization and stretch wrapping. That saves this Canadian distiller more than $500ꯠ per year.

April 30, 1998

Conveying & accumulation

Packing process grows on Teixeira Farms

California produce grower lengthens lettuce shelf life and saves material costs by switching from waxed cases to a bag-in-box configuration.

April 30, 1998

Consumer packaged goods

Regulations guide

A Guide to European Cosmetic Regulations provides 75 pages to assist U.S. companies in understanding and complying with European Union regulations. The soft-cover book is a joint publishing project of Independent Cosmetic Manufacturers and Distributors (Palatine, IL) and the American Beauty Assn.

April 30, 1998

Closures

Federal 'medicine' for drug errors may be hard to swallow

FDA to ease stability tests for drug packs

April 30, 1998

Beverage

Graphics juice up Ocean Spray's drink cartons

Sales of Ocean Spray's 1-L juice drinks are up 30% in the U.K. due to a graphics redesign that creates a look of 'elegant simplicity' on the shelf.

April 30, 1998

Conveying & accumulation

P-s label press mixes it up

Amway has been using the narrow-web press since March '97 to print p-s labels for bottles of laundry products, kitchen cleaners and car care products.

April 30, 1998

Closures

Tubes of the year!

This year's winners of the Tube Council Awards carried a strong health and beauty theme, as well as a focus on innovation.

April 30, 1998

Closures

Cosmetics are big winners in packaging competition (sidebar)

Additional NACD award winners: Pet & Vet Products

April 30, 1998

Detergents/cleaners

Amway presses narrow-web flexo for cosmetics quality

UV flexo press produces high-quality folding cartons for Amway cosmetics. The new 10-station narrow-web press eliminates outside printing costs and slashes lead time from 12 weeks to two.

April 30, 1998

Converting equipment

Cosmetics are big winners in packaging competition (sidebar)

Additional NACD award winners: Novelties category

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