Flexibles

Kellogg Company: Bulk packaging of cereal: Placement of slip sheet

Consisting of a corrugated bottom sheet, a pre-made flexible-film bag, and stretch film, the K-one system, marketed by Lantech, replaces a corrugated bulk box and flexible film liner.

September 30, 2004

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Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Little consensus over child resistance testing for unit dose packaging

Leading drug manufacturers as well as packaging suppliers are locking horns over changes to child-resistant packaging test standards. Wide differences of opinion have emerged as the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) considers a change to its test requirements for child-resistant unit-dose (U-D) packaging that was proposed by the Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council (HCPC).

September 30, 2004

Flexible packaging

Companies

Rovema Packaging Machines appointed Resolutions Technologies Corp. as its Western Canada agent.

August 31, 2004

Contract Packaging

CMPA SELECTS NEW MANAGEMENT COMPANY

The Contract Manufacturing & Packaging Assn. (CMPA) selected Landon, Farrey & Associates (LF&A) as its new management company. LF&A will work with CMPA to: 1.

July 31, 2004

Contract Packaging

Packaging Services Expo 2005 issues call for papers

Packaging Services Expo 2005 — co-sponsored by IoPP and Packaging World magazine, and scheduled for May 10-12, 2005, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont (Chicago), Illinois — will be a focused marketplace, with a targeted attendance of decision-makers.

July 31, 2004

Contract Packaging

CMPA selects new management company

The Contract Manufacturing & Packaging Assn. (CMPA) selected Landon, Farrey & Associates (LF&A) as its new management company.

June 30, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Packaging Services Expo gains CMPA approval

UPDATE: The Packaging Services Expo recently accepted support by The Contract Manufacturing Packaging Association, a national, not-for-profit trade association for companies that offer contract manufacturing, packaging, and related business services.

June 30, 2004

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Bar-code barriers

Pharmaceutical companies will wrestle with packaging design and production challenges over the next two years.

May 31, 2004

Sustainability

Packaging security: in-store measures remain essential

Responding to retailer needs, clamshell blisters answer theft threats. Yet some packagers look for less costly alternatives.

May 31, 2004

Secondary Packaging

Phanner: Carton blank handling/sealing/conveying for resealable gable-top cartons

Pfanner is an Austrian family business that specializes in packing fruit-juice concentrates and ready-to-drink fruit juices. About 70% of its volume is marketed under its own brand.

April 30, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Packaging Services Expo 2005 announced

WEB EXCUSIVE: Tarsus Group plc has announced the launch of Packaging Services Expo (PSE) - an event for contract and packaging solutions.

April 30, 2004

Flexibles

Retort pouches: Hottest packaging market?

A new study and a conference presentation concur: Retort packs are thriving and poised for growth.

April 30, 2004

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Outsourcing, the 'dirty' word of '04?

Just imagine how explosive the political debate over outsourcing would be if U.S. manufacturers didn’t enjoy easy access to such a well-developed and technically proficient network of domestic contract packaging companies?

March 31, 2004