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Contract Packaging

Small-character ink-jet printer tackles co-pack challenge

Illinois Growth Enterprises Inc., a contract packager in Rockford, IL, is a nonprofit organization that provides vocational training to people with disabilities and tailors programs to meet individual worker needs.

November 18, 2010

Contract Packaging

Drake wins Children's Art Project contract

The Drake Company, Houston, TX, has been awarded a three-year contract by the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Children’s Art Project (CAP) to produce its greeting card and gift displays, which will house products inspired by the hospital’s pediatric cancer patients network.

November 18, 2010

Contract Packaging

Jacobson to run fifth in-DC co-packing facility for PepsiCo

Consumer packaged goods companies increasingly are positioning their contract packagers inside their distribution centers.

November 18, 2010

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Assessing the ramifications of front-of-pack label

Front-of-pack nutrition labeling is a hot button in the push to improve dietary habits in the U.S. The Food and Drug Administration is expected to issue labeling guidelines soon as part of the Obama Administration’s fight against obesity, which has reached epidemic proportions in this country.

November 18, 2010

Contract Packaging

Contract packaging consolidation: UAS acquires APN Labs

UAS Laboratories expands its offerings by providing a complete range of probiotics and other specialty nutritional supplements.

November 17, 2010

Sustainability

OCME shrink-wrap packer reduces costs and environmental impact

Using film as thin as 30 microns, low energy consumption shrink tunnel and 17 high efficiency B&R servo motors, OCME's sustainable shrink-wrap packer doesn't miss a beat on throughput, changeover, ease of use and maintainability, either.

November 16, 2010

Contract Packaging

Understand your outsourcing options

With so many outsourcing options available, understanding them clearly is critical to leveraging them to further your organizational objectives.

November 13, 2010

Sustainability

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November 13, 2010

Sustainable Packaging

Innovation is key in P&G's ambitious new sustainability vision

The Procter & Gamble Company has accelerated its commitment to sustainability by unveiling a long-term environmental sustainability vision.

November 13, 2010

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Mitsubishi Polyester Film develops liner recycling program

Mitsubishi Polyester Film, Inc. has developed a technical breakthrough to establish a post-industrial closed loop process for the sustainable recovery of waste polyester liner film.

November 8, 2010

Sustainable Packaging

Sustainability solutions showcased at Pack Expo

Machines and materials with sustainability benefits were presented at Pack Expo 2010, following a keynote by the innovator of UPCYCLING packaging, Tom Szaky, President and Founder of TerraCycle.

November 6, 2010

Sustainability

Unilever display shrinks footprint using Sonoco's design software

A redesigned floorstand wing unit for Vaseline Sheer Infusion body lotion reduces paperboard use by 50% without any loss in branding appeal in stores.

November 3, 2010