Flexible packaging

Around The Industry

Sonoco opens innovation center near P&G in Cincinnati Major consumer products manufacturers say they would be served more efficiently if their outsourcing partners located either adjacent to the product manufacturer’s facilities or in transportation hubs.

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Contract Packaging

Supply Chain Convergence

Contract packaging is merging with contract logistics—a benefit to product manufacturers as they tighten their supply chains. But co-packers who fail to adapt will fall behind.

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Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Dimensions Of Turnkey Service: The'General Contractor'

Assemblies Unlimited positions itself as the ‘point’ for entrepreneurial marketers, using a national network of suppliers to deliver services from design to logistics.

July 31, 2006

Contract Packaging

Success stories from around the contract packaging industry...

Althea eliminates waste in filling operations Althea Technologies is a San Diego-based pharmaceutical contract manufacturer and filler specializing in manufacturing, filling, and finishing of pharmaceutical products for clinical trials and initial start-up manufacturing.

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Contract Packaging

Quantifying the 'WOW'

Greetings to all members and associates, fresh from attending the Contract Packaging Association Annual Meeting and the Packaging Summit. I continue to be encouraged by several industry leaders, as well as customers, on the anticipated growth of the contract packaging industry.

July 31, 2006

Contract Packaging

Declare war on waste

Consumers today want products just the way they want them, when they want them. Marketers, who are in the business of persuading consumers to select their product, are depending on the package more than ever to help close the sale as the reach of traditional advertising methods erodes.

July 31, 2006

Contract Packaging

Contract Packaging Association membership--doing business 'smart'

Membership is a great way to gain exposure in the industry while opening the door to an array of valuable customers.

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Flexibles

Environmental stewardship

Scotts uses packaging to instruct on applying fertilizer responsibly.

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Sustainability

What's not to like about robotics?

Labor savings, high throughput, repeatability, and flexibility are driving adoption of robots. ‘Creating value’ is a key consideration, too.

July 31, 2006

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Laser coders efficiently hit their targets

A trio of laser coders give contract packager Reed-Lane Inc. the flexibility it needs to print on multiple substrates for its pharmaceutical customers.

July 31, 2006

Sustainability

Polymer advances 'resin-ate' with packaging

Consumer- and technology-driven packaging trends come together at the National Plastics Exposition.

July 31, 2006

Sustainability

2010: A packaging odyssey

Pharmaceutical maker Apotex works in concert with systems integrator to assure its packaging operations will meet customer demands at least through the year 2010.

July 31, 2006

Sustainable Packaging

Biohub And Sustainable Packaging

With a seven-year timeframe and a €98 million budget, BioHub is a program introduced in late April by French President Jacques Chirac that aims to limit the use of fossil fuels and reduce greenhouse gas production.

July 31, 2006