Contract Packaging

'Winning ways'--that's the ticket

As I write this letter while clicking back and forth between college football, NFL games, and the baseball playoffs, I can't help but think about the word “winners.” It's a dynamic word with lots of positive meaning.

December 19, 2006

Business Drivers/Specialty: Page 514

Contract Packaging

Catching up with fickle consumers

It is a time of change for the contract packaging industry.

December 19, 2006

Contract Packaging

All signs are pointing to a fruitful 2007

CPA and neutral research firm move forward with ‘State of the Contract Packaging Industry Report' By Christopher Barry, communications manager, Contract Packaging Association

December 19, 2006

Contract Packaging

Surefil appoints managers

Surefil LLC (www.surefil.com), a contract manufacturer of personal care and medical products, has appointed four new managers to its staff.

December 19, 2006

Contract Packaging

Sleeve labels boost new Disney line

Five popular Disney characters come to life in a new line of Sun Pals tanning lotions and sprays from No-Ad Suncare, thanks to the efforts of Ameri-Seal (www.ameri-seal.com), a Chatsworth, CA, contract packager.

December 19, 2006

Contract Packaging

Anderson expanding contract pharma operations

Anderson Packaging (www.andersonpackaging.com) has purchased 12 acres of land adjacent to its existing U.S. headquarters facility in Rockford, IL, and plans to build a 200,000-sq-ft manufacturing plant.

December 19, 2006

Contract Packaging

TestPak introduces Stora Enso's smart packaging

Healthcare contract packager TestPak (www.testpak.com), Whippany, NJ, has installed equipment that enables it to produce Stora Enso Packaging Boards' Pharma SHR child-resistant and senior-friendly packaging.

December 19, 2006

Contract Packaging

AIB awards Toll Packaging a Superior rating

Toll Packaging Group (www.tollpack.com), Gibson City, IL, has received Superior status for the third consecutive year from the American Institute of Baking (AIB).

December 19, 2006

Contract Packaging

DMI contributes to award-winning sample kit

The Sudden Sun Therapy Kit, a sample package containing a three-step self-tanning system for the face and body, has been selected as a winner in the 2006 package Printing Excellence Awards.

December 19, 2006

Contract Packaging

DePaul Industries ramps up production for Harry & David

Oregon's growing and diverse food processing and packaged goods industries have helped to create a 600% growth in revenue since 2004 at DePaul Industries' Food and Consumer Goods Packaging Service.

December 19, 2006

Contract Packaging

Sonoco inks services contract with Lego Group

Sonoco (www.sonoco.com) has signed a five-year agreement with the Lego Group, Billund, Denmark, to supply packaging services for educational products to the family-owned manufacturer of children's play materials.

December 19, 2006

Contract Packaging

Supplements switching to PLA bottles

Highland Laboratories (www.highlandvitamins.com) , a Mt. Angel, OR, private-label and contract manufacturer of nutrition supplements, has begun to replace its more than 200 opaque and amber PET bottles used for dietary supplements with similar containers made of polylactic acid (PLA) from NatureWorks LLC (www.natureworksllc.com). PLA is a bioplastic derived from corn.

December 19, 2006

Flexible packaging

What's new in food & bev?

Convenience is king in food and beverage packaging—now and for the foreseeable future. But other trends bubbling to the surface bear watching.

December 18, 2006