Protective/transport packaging

HP picks PE foam for 'green' packs

At Hewlett-Packard's Boise, ID, disk and tape drive manufacturing plant, management sought an alternative to polyurethane foam packaging, which is taxed by European governments because it is so rarely recycled.

November 30, 1997

Industries: Page 826

Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Exxon Chemical Co. (Houston, TX) plans to increase annual HDPE capacity at its Paxon Polymers plant in Baton Rouge, LA, from 1.6 billion lb to 2 billion lb by 2001.

November 30, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

All-Fill Inc: Piston fillers

The Series 505 heavy-duty single-nozzle piston fillers from All-Fill (Creamery, PA) are designed to fill liquids, creams, pastes, gels and other viscous products containing particulate matter up to 4/5" in dia.

October 31, 1997

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Film for bakery, confectionery

Mobil Bicor® LTSC film is a two-side coated, one-side sealable OPP film for bakery and confectionery applications available from Mobil's Films Div.

October 31, 1997

Closures

Child-resistant closure

Rexam Closures (Evansville, IN) has introduced the 22-mm CR-Jigger(TM), a child-resistant closure for automotive additive applications. Available in prototype form, the 22 CR-Jigger adapts easily to a child-resistant neck finish and comes in a variety of colors.

October 31, 1997

Consumer packaged goods

Book explains bar-code technologies

Baffled by bar codes?

October 31, 1997

Flexible packaging

Consumers want better packaging

Friends and family who know I have "something to do with" packaging are always asking me to pass on their packaging complaints, observations and requests.

October 31, 1997

Additives, coatings & inks

Antiblock concentrate

Available from Millennium Petrochemicals (Cincinnati, OH) is an antiblock concentrate formulated for use in extruding LDPE and LLDPE at temperatures from 325° to 550°F.

October 31, 1997

Flexible packaging

'Alternative' packs milk sales

In an effort to recapture market share lost to rival beverages, milk processors are turning to more contemporary containers-with strong sales results.

October 31, 1997

Flexible packaging

Unit-dose packaging for the garden

Consumers crave convenience, so this lawn and garden products manufacturer serves it up: single-dose pouches of home insecticides.

October 31, 1997

Sustainability

USDA/FDA wrap new demands around meat, poultry packaging

No longer will food companies accept self-certification from vendors. In fact, some new packaging has already been pulled from the market.

October 31, 1997

Conveying & accumulation

Seagram salutes the end of tweaking

Seagram combines two bottling lines into one medium-speed line for a broad variety of spirits in glass bottles. Quick-change parts for cleaning, filling, capping and conveying equipment reduce downtime and labor costs.

October 31, 1997

Containers

Management pay a worthy goal

Managers in packaging and manufacturing departments are packing away the highest salaries among packaging professionals. Packaging World's exclusive survey shows they're also very satisfied with their jobs.

October 31, 1997