Flexibles

Credit-card-sized refillable water 'bottle'

This theoretical development from a UK design contest is a compact, on-the-go alternative to bottled water that’s also environmentally friendly.

August 31, 2004

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Secondary Packaging

A real 'grab bag'

September brings a change in color to Door County, and with it comes this grab bag of Pipeline topics.

August 31, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Baldor Electric Company: Super-E

Baldor Electric Company offers Super-E® NEMA Premium™ efficiency motors from 1 through 1500 HP in low and medium voltages. TEFC, ODP, WPI and WPII enclosures are available with choice of environmental protection such as severe duty, IEEE 841, explosion proof, and washdown duty.

August 31, 2004

Flexibles

Renewable resources ride a wave of momentum

Tulane University calls its athletic teams the Green Wave, but there’s a green wave that’s building momentum in the packaging community: the increasing use of sustainable packaging made from renewable resources.

August 31, 2004

Sustainability

Pack Expo visits lead to purchases

Representatives from both a Heinz division and a well known California winery both found the servo-based equipment they needed at Pack Expo International 2002.

August 31, 2004

Sustainable Packaging

Achievements

Orion Energy Systems Inc. awarded Sheboygan Paper Box Co. its Environmental Stewardship Award.

July 31, 2004

Sustainable Packaging

Hyde Park recommended for ISO 14001 certification

Hyde Park Electronics LLC has been recommended for ISO 14001 certification following an audit by Underwriters Laboratories.

June 30, 2004

Flexibles

NatureWorks wins food-contact approval in Japan

NatureWorks™ PLA, a plastic resin made from corn, has won approval for use in food-contact applications from the Japanese Hygienic Olefin & Styrene Plastics Assn., that country’s equivalent to the Food & Drug Administration in the United States.

June 30, 2004

Sustainable Packaging

Achievements

Uhlmann Pac-Systeme, Laupheim, Germany, has named Elau its Supplier of the Year for 2003.

June 30, 2004

Sustainability

Packagers focus on graphics

At the May e/5 UV&EB Technology Expo and Conference, P&G, Mars/Masterfoods, and Bacardi were among several consumer packaged goods companies embracing glossy packages with coatings cured via ultraviolet or electron-beam technology.

June 30, 2004

Flexibles

Renewable resources ride a wave of momentum

Tulane University calls its athletic teams the Green Wave, but there’s a green wave that’s building momentum in the packaging community: the increasing use of sustainable packaging made from renewable resources.

June 30, 2004

Sustainable Packaging

Proposed California recyling bill hit

A group of consumer product companies has formed the California Packaging Alliance to oppose a bill in the state Senate that would alter the Rigid Plastic Packaging Container (RPPC) calculation.

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