Converting equipment

Cooperation proves critical in tube manufacturing

In this Q&A, Mel O’Leary, Jr., president and CEO of Meredith-Springfield Associates, describes how copolyester resin and supplier cooperation helped make the Artegraft tube.

January 10, 2008

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Labels

Hormel changes chili can tops

Hormel Foods Corp., Austin, MN, has adopted 300-diameter, gold-colored, Quick Top® full-panel EZO steel easy-opening can ends with red pull-tabs for its 15-oz, 300 x 407, two-piece, drawn and ironed steel can chili packaging.

January 10, 2008

Flexible packaging

2007 Pack Expo selects winner

Fold-over blister for Shure Music Phone Adapter from Shure Inc. received the highest number of votes in the 2007 Pack Expo Selects competition sponsored by the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute.

January 10, 2008

Flexibles

Comments on Changes in Dec. 2007 Chemistry Recommendations

Below are the insights and comments of Kristina E. Paquette, PhD on FDA’s December 2007 revisions to its Chemistry Recommendations guidance document. Dr. Paquette had served as a chemist in FDA’s Office of Food Additive safety until mid-2007, and was personally involved in developing some of the revisions.

January 9, 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

Flexibles

Selecting the right bag film to meet your packaging requirements

Packagers in multiple industries enjoy the convenience and practicality of poly bags for a very diverse mix of products and applications. In this White Paper from Automated Packaging Systems, find out which bags offer the competitive advantage.

January 8, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

RPC RFID field trial

RFID shows encouraging use with reusable plastic containers as field trial for produce begins.

January 8, 2008

Flexibles

The wrap-up: Wacky warning label winners

'Danger: Avoid Death' wins top prize in 11th annual Wacky Warning Label Contest.

January 7, 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

Closures

Personal care packaging

Berry Plastics Personal Care Packaging includes a variety of shaped packages and components including plastic bottles, tubes, tubs, caps and closures.

January 6, 2008

Closures

'Zenergized' tube suits retailers

Cartoned tubes make effervescent energy tablets portable for grocery consumers.

December 18, 2007

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Bringing MES to medical device packaging

Stirling Medical Innovations is implementing a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) that Stirling project leader Colin Boyd calls "the way of the future."

December 14, 2007

Labels

New tea totes top-notch labels

Ten-color gravure print gives PVC shrink labels impact.

December 10, 2007