Flexibles

Reclosable package

Formost Packaging Machines, Inc. (Woodinville, WA) offers a new reclosable package created on Fuji-Formost horizontal and vertical wrappers.

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Copolyester shines

France’s Montblanc introduced its first fragrance with packaging made from Eastman Chemical Co.’s (Kingsport, TN) Eastar® copolyester.

July 31, 2002

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Web Plus: Sites

New or enhanced Web sites

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Achievements

–Cargill Dow LLC (Minnetonka, MN) is the 2002 recipient of the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge, Alternative Reaction Conditions Award, and was honored in a ceremony held at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC.

July 31, 2002

Flexibles

Transforming the Egyptian dairy market

IGI aims to grow a market for packaged, branded milk in a country where 85% of the milk that’s bought isn’t even pasteurized let alone packaged. Aseptic packs are key.

July 31, 2002

Contract packaging

Tube Council winner

Tandem Oral Care earned Most Innovative Tube award for its unusual dental floss and flouride product in the 2001 Tube of the Year Awards conducted by The Tube Council (Montclair, NJ).

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Flexible packaging

Flexible packaging reigns

Flexible packages predominate in this year’s DuPont Awards competition. Innovation in biodegradable packaging and convenience also shine.

July 31, 2002

Closures

Closure liner literature

A pocket-sized 6-panel folder from Tri-Seal (Blauvelt, NY) provides the latest information on the company’s backings, facings, and seals for cap manufacturers and consumer products companies that package their products in plastic and glass bottles.

June 30, 2002

Converting equipment

Heinz, Hunt's turn ketchup upside-down

Makers of Hunt’s and Heinz ketchup hope consumers will flip for new ketchup offerings that stand on their closures.

June 30, 2002

Flexible packaging

Pharmaceutical packaging to grow

Demand for pharmaceutical packaging products in the United States will rise 4.3% annually.

June 30, 2002

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Everything but the brush!

Sherwin-Williams’ Dutch Boy Dirt Fighter paints are debuting in an extravagant four-piece square plastic container.

June 30, 2002

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Beverages flow boldly into aluminum bottles

The path to product differentiation for two new beverages is a metallic one.

June 30, 2002

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Redesign quenches 'Dry' package

Made-over Canada Dry ginger ales, mixers, and sparkling wines hit consumer shelves.

June 30, 2002