Contract Packaging

DMI contributes to award-winning sample kit

The Sudden Sun Therapy Kit, a sample package containing a three-step self-tanning system for the face and body, has been selected as a winner in the 2006 package Printing Excellence Awards.

December 19, 2006

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DePaul Industries ramps up production for Harry & David

Oregon's growing and diverse food processing and packaged goods industries have helped to create a 600% growth in revenue since 2004 at DePaul Industries' Food and Consumer Goods Packaging Service.

December 19, 2006

Contract Packaging

Sonoco inks services contract with Lego Group

Sonoco (www.sonoco.com) has signed a five-year agreement with the Lego Group, Billund, Denmark, to supply packaging services for educational products to the family-owned manufacturer of children's play materials.

December 19, 2006

Contract Packaging

Supplements switching to PLA bottles

Highland Laboratories (www.highlandvitamins.com) , a Mt. Angel, OR, private-label and contract manufacturer of nutrition supplements, has begun to replace its more than 200 opaque and amber PET bottles used for dietary supplements with similar containers made of polylactic acid (PLA) from NatureWorks LLC (www.natureworksllc.com). PLA is a bioplastic derived from corn.

December 19, 2006

Contract Packaging

Packaging Summit Expo and Conference coming to the U.S.

For the first time in more than a decade, the World Packaging Organisation (WPO) will hold its World Packaging Conference in the United States.

December 18, 2006

Contract Packaging

Bravo's bullish on shelf-stable dairy products

Roy Warren is CEO of Bravo! Foods Intl., a brand development and marketing company out of North Palm Beach, FL, that promotes and distributes flavored milk drinks and other beverages. Here he explains why he's a big believer in shelf-stable, aseptically filled, milk-based beverages in plastic bottles.

December 18, 2006

Contract Packaging

Club Stores: Show us the value

Display pallets and promotional packaging—two specialties of co-packers—are gaining steam as merchandising tactics. A third tactic, sustainability, is just getting legs.

December 12, 2006

Flexible packaging

CP is first to launch CR/SF packaging system

Healthcare contract packager TestPak unveils its child-resistant, senior-friendly line at an October open house.

November 27, 2006

Contract Packaging

Is aerogel ready for a bigger role packaging?

The time may be right for aerogel , also known as "frozen smoke" and around since the 1930s, to play a greater role in shipping containers.

November 15, 2006

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Web Plus

New or Enhanced websites

November 5, 2006

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Industry Watch

Companies:Pro Mach, Inc. has acquired Allpax Products, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of sterilization, material handling and automated controls systems for food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries.  The acquisition will add retort and sterilization capabilities to Pro Mach's diverse portfolio of packaging equipment solutions.

October 20, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

Analyzing OEM trends

European builders of packaging machinery are often more successful than their counterparts in North America when it comes to pushing through with the controls architecture they prefer instead of allowing their end-user customers to specify which controls components will go on a piece of packaging equipment.

October 10, 2006

Contract Packaging

The need for speed

Packages that answer today's speed-to-market demands are possible when marketing and operations work together. A new study offers advice on building a successful team. How to order“Quick-Changeover Packaging: Dynamics and Surging Growth Opportunities” can be ordered at www.packworld.com/qc. The report is available as a printed document.

October 6, 2006