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Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

International agreements

Hassia USA (Morganville, NJ) has joined forces with Erca-Formseal (Les Vlis, France) and A+F (Kirchlengern, Germany) to offer thermoformer flexibility and end-of-line packaging to their customers.

August 31, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Packaging trails the networked future (sidebar)

Methodology

August 31, 2001

Flexibles

Promotional package not just for promotions

Foss selects information-packed new header bag for its breakthrough anti-microbial kitchen wipe to quickly communicate product benefits in the store.

August 31, 2001

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Blister displays ink cartridges

Simi Valley, CA-based Hitachi Koki Imaging Solutions (HiKIS) repackaged its Dataproducts Inkjet product line from conventional paperboard cartons to carded blister packs that clearly show the cartridges inside. Additionally, color coding on the blister card differentiates the various brands.

July 31, 2001

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Club store packaging

PPi (Union Gap, WA) has released its new Club Store Packaging. The 20-mil recycled PVC thermoforms are ideal for larger and bulk-style products. PPi will supply the thermoformed blisters, clamshells and trays, printed blister cards, insert cards, and skin-pack board.

July 31, 2001

Flexibles

Mac software unboxed

The Microsoft Corp., Redmond, WA, leverages the Mac difference in award-winning software packaging that’s a dramatic departure from traditional paperboard cartons used for software. Replacing prior boxed versions, Office 2001 for Macintosh was introduced in October of 2000 in a plastic "clamshell."

July 31, 2001

Protective/transport packaging

Cost savings drive changes

Inside the box thinking is yielding savings for Western Digital Corp., Lake Forest, CA, which changed its protective packaging in Nov. ’00 for a six-item line of hard drives sold in the United States.

June 30, 2001

Cartoning

Sanford counts on oriented bulk filling (sidebar)

Integrated cartoning and casing

June 30, 2001

Cartoning

Sanford counts on oriented bulk filling

Automatic system that replaces manual methods conveys and counts markers for oriented loading into bulk bins. As part of the same integrated system, markers can be cartoned and cased.

June 30, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Film fits like a glove (sidebar)

Local service, validation yield dividends

May 31, 2001

Flexibles

Film fits like a glove

Custom drive on a thermoform/seal machine enables Allegiance Healthcare’s Rayong, Thailand, plant to switch from paper lidstock to thin-gauge plastic film for packs of disposable surgeon’s gloves. Costs are cut by hundreds of thousands of dollars annually.

May 31, 2001

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Second look at packaging yields savings

Revised pack saves time and money for medical device packager Somnus Medical. New tray design cuts costs 57% and allows company to create a dispenser pack.

May 31, 2001