Coding, Printing & Labeling

Packaging Summit: three events under one roof

The contract packaging-focused Packaging Services Expo is joined by Packaging Containers & Materials Expo and the Packaging Summit Conference May 16-18 in Rosemont, IL.

March 31, 2006

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Sustainability

Machine builders and buyers talk turkey at Ipack-Ima

A first-of-its-kind forum, held in conjunction with Italy’s packaging show, was aimed at improving relationships between builders and buyers of packaging machinery.

March 31, 2006

Coding, Printing & Labeling

The Packaging Summit Conference 2006

Where packaging’s leaders come together™

March 31, 2006

Sustainable Packaging

GMA opposes Hawaiian bottle bill extension

In a letter to the Energy and Environmental Protection Committee of the Hawaiian House of Representatives, GMA expressed its opposition to a bill that amends the definition of deposit beverage container to include two liter bottles.

March 31, 2006

Sustainable Packaging

Bottled water under fire

Environmentalists are taking aim at the $9 billion bottled water industry, which has enjoyed nearly double-digit growth for the past 10 years. The Earth Policy Institute, a Washington, DC-based environmental group, published a research study critical of bottled water for producing unnecessary garbage and using vast quantities of energy in bottle production and packaging and transport of the product.

March 31, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

Schneider Electric ELAU Packaging Solutions: Optimized servomotor

Elau’s new SH Series servomotors use PacDrive™ automation and salient pole winding technology, making them compact, cost-effective, and smooth-running.

March 31, 2006

Sustainability

Sustainability feedback from Newman's Own

A recent Webcast included disclosure about Newman's Own organics line packaged in clear containers made of polylactic acid (PLA).

February 28, 2006

Sustainable Packaging

Beginning the journey to sustainable packaging

When it comes to sustainable packaging, a small step in the right direction is better than no step at all. Be sure to include all supply chain stakeholders, too.

February 28, 2006

Sustainability

California's Prop. 65 may become losing Proposition

Congress may vote to kill all state food label warning laws, endangering especially those in California.

February 28, 2006

Sustainable Packaging

Foams market faces rising costs and environmental regulations

If your company uses polymer foams in the packaging process, you might want to consider the challenges facing foam suppliers, as described in a recent Frost & Sullivan study on European markets for polymer foams.

February 28, 2006

Sustainability

Packaging machinery OEMs and buyers of packaging machinery talk turkey at Ipack-Ima

Presented in conjunction with Ipack-Ima, the Italian packaging show just held February 14-18 in Milan, was a half-day event called Global Packaging Managers & Equipment Suppliers Forum.

January 31, 2006

Sustainable Packaging

Building better bonds between makers and buyers of packaging machinery

People I talked to at Ipack-Ima 2006, held February 14-18 in an architectural wonderland called Fiera Milano on the outskirts of Milan, were cautiously hoping that the show may be a sign that economic recovery is on the way.

January 31, 2006

Sustainable Packaging

Envisioning a new environmental package design

Since innovative thinking on ways to balance packaging and the environment is always in short supply, I was curious to see if Paper or Plastic: Searching for Solutions to an Overpackaged World by Daniel Imhoff would contribute something new to the dialog.

January 31, 2006