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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging
In Europe, packaging take-backs are hot
Environmental regulation of packaging has become a hot item outside the U.S. this year. More than 20 countries worldwide now have some form of "producer responsibility" law on the books or in the works.
October 31, 1996
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Coding, Printing & Labeling
Slaying the technology beast
Packaging engineers must grapple with increasingly complex packaging technologies while simultaneously mastering the science of line efficiency to squeeze out costs in an ultra-competitive future.
October 31, 1996
Conveying & accumulation
A new twist on blisters
It's called a platform blister and it saves Peterson Mfg. Co. up to 10ยข per package over its former clamshell pack. A 16-position automatic heat sealer pays for itself in a year.
October 31, 1996
Cartoning
'In-sourcing' revitalizes Gumtech
By thermoforming, filling and sealing blister packs of nutraceutical gums in-house, Gumtech can package products as needed, replacing the two- or three-week advance notice necessary for a contract packager. Payback in 18 months justifies the equipment purchase.
October 31, 1996
Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials
Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements
Tuscarora, Inc. (New Brighton, PA) acquired thermoformer FormPac Corp. (Sandusky, OH).
October 31, 1996
Feeding/inserting/unscrambling
Food retailers like OPS tub for in-store applications
Wilkinson extrudes and thermoforms a two-piece tub with a snap-fit seal that keeps food fresh. Resin consistency and the right copolymer modifier help a lot.
October 31, 1996
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Hershey kisses NLEA headaches goodbye
Graphic designer at Hershey Chocolate uses software nutrition kit to simplify compliance with NLEA regulations.
October 31, 1996
Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials
Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements
Berkley Packaging Industries (La Mirada, CA) has formed Berkley Medical Industries (San Marcos, CA) by acquiring thermoformer Schneider Plastics, Inc.
October 31, 1996
Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials
PET soda bottle recycling rate drops
Figures from the American Plastics Council show that 41% of polyethylene terephthalate soda bottles were reycled in 1995. That ends four successive years in which the percentage increased, says the Container Recycling Institute (Washington, DC), a proponent of refillables and deposit laws.
October 31, 1996
Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging
Design draws a bead on strong sales
The emergence of thousands of "reenacters," those participatory history buffs who restage old battles in full period dress, has created a growing need for the kind of black gun powder used in the days of the musket and powder horn.
October 31, 1996
Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)
Pack Expo Plus: Seminars, conferences and allied shows
High-tech packaging solutions, new resin technologies, healthcare packaging, and better sealing technologies are just a few of the areas covered in conferences and seminars during Pack Expo week.
September 30, 1996
Flexibles
Clamshell cuts costs for computer boards
Anti-static PETG clamshell costs less than previous bag and foam combination. Packaging steps are reduced from three to one.
September 30, 1996
Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials
Packaging 2000
What will packaging responsibilities be like in the new millenium? What new areas of skills and knowledge will be in demand then? Those are the questions Packaging World editors posed to packaging educators and industry experts to learn what tools packagers will need to cope in the years ahead.
September 30, 1996
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