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Flexibles

People

Bimal Kalvani was named president of Alcoa Flexible Packaging.

April 30, 2005

Sustainable Packaging

Possible warnings for cosmetics

The Food and Drug Administration may require cosmetics and personal care products to include a warning label stating “The safety of this product has not been determined”—if it finds the products contain ingredients whose safety has not been proven or determined.

April 30, 2005

Flexibles

The power of paperboard

For the 62nd time the Paperboard Packaging Council presents its awards to an assortment of paperboard packs that catch consumers’ eyes.

April 30, 2005

Contract Packaging

10 questions to ask when purchasing used machinery

Here’s how you can protect your company from getting ‘taken’ by learning about the dealer’s history and key relationships.

April 30, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

Hershey's view from interpack

A highlight of interpack 2005 in Dusseldorf, Germany, was a presentation by Susan Sinclair, VP of operations engineering at The Hershey Company.

April 30, 2005

Sustainability

interpack insights

The buzz at the über-sized interpack packaging show in Germany included integration, function-block technology, Rx ‘pens,’ simplicity, esthetics, and concern for machinery ‘made in China.’

April 30, 2005

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Bulldog-Mentality Changeover Tactics

Look beyond the more obvious mechanical-side opportunities. Efficiencies lurk in operational procedures, especially when the relationship with a customer is strong.

March 31, 2005

Contract packaging

Bulldog-Mentality Changeover Tactics (sidebar)

The Importance of Relationships

March 31, 2005

Converting equipment

Packaging 'Payback'

Sonoco creates economies of scale that accelerate speed-to-market and reduce obsolescence in helping manufacturers meet the emphasis on outsourced packaging that works at retail.

March 31, 2005

Contract Packaging

Packaging 'Payback' (sidebar)

Harnessing the power of postponement

March 31, 2005

Contract Packaging

10 Questions to Ask When Purchasing Machinery

You can protect your company from getting ‘taken’ by learning about the dealer’s history and key relationships.

March 31, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

10 Questions to Ask When Purchasing Machinery (sidebar)

What to consider when redeploying or selling idle machinery

March 31, 2005