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Flexible packaging

High-volume retailers set the pace for packaging

Consumer packaged goods companies follow high-volume retailers’ packaging lead as they seek to align with retailer strategies, brand positioning.

January 11, 2008

Sustainable Packaging

LCI, LCA, and sustainable packaging

Many criteria can be used to assess the environmental sustainability of packaging. Examples include selecting packaging options that are lighter in weight, reusable, made from renewable materials, or contain recycled content.

January 11, 2008

Flexibles

PLA: A converter's viewpoint

Chris Burger, coffee product manager of Fres-Co System USA, offers his take on using polylactic acid (PLA), a sustainable material derived from corn, in film structures for coffee bags.

January 10, 2008

Sustainable Packaging

Clemson breaks ground for packaging

Clemson University broke ground recently for a new 28,000-sq-ft building to house components of the packaging science and graphic communications departments.

January 10, 2008

Sustainability

The evolution of natural as a lifestyle choice

It’s all about stewardship, life, and energy, and it’s playing out in the beauty and health and wellness categories.

January 9, 2008

Protective/transport packaging

Packaging that's ship-shape for shipment

The proper approach to packaging will optimize the benefits of containerization for ocean shipment.

January 7, 2008

Contract Packaging

Inline labeling machine

See video of the NEW Label-Aire Inline Series 9000 labeling system offers you a wealt h of choices to make labeling easier and faster.

December 31, 2007

Contract Packaging

Raising ROI with Reconfigurable Conveyors

Learn from Dynamic Conveyor how five companies have benefited from using long-lasting modular conveyors that are easily reconfigurable when plans and layouts change including one company that realized $72,000 annually in labor savings.

December 9, 2007

Contract Packaging

Membership Directory

For in-depth searches on individual members’ capabilities, visit www.contractpackaging.org.

December 9, 2007

Contract Packaging

Ready to harness the energy of change?

I recently had a conversation with an old packaging pro who is a “thinker.” One advantage of being in the packaging business 35 or more years is having lived through the industry’s evolution. Another is being more willing than earlier in my career to listen and to try to drill down and understand what others are saying.

December 9, 2007

Contract Packaging

CPA selects slate of officers and directors

With the Contract Packaging Association’s new fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, the following individuals have been nominated and elected or appointed to their current positions.

December 9, 2007

Contract Packaging

Merger and acquisition activity

Over the last few years, merger and acquisition activity has been strong in medical device contract manufacturing.

December 9, 2007