Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Thermoformed containers

Berry Plastics offers its new polypropylene Thermoformed Container line. Ideal for deli applications, reusable containers showcase the product as well as offer cubic efficiency in the refrigerator or pantry.

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Food companies itching for answers

FDA is slow to address question of allergen labeling in packaging.

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Flexibles

Three Events, One-Stop 'Shopping'

On the heels of a successful Packaging Services Expo 2005, next year’s version will run side-by-side with two new events—Packaging Containers & Materials Expo and the Packaging Summit Conference.

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Cartoning

Complexity simplified

Wilpak sustains double-digit growth by operating ‘upstream’ and ‘downstream’ of traditional contract packaging roles to integrate the supply chain.

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Sustainability

Product manufacturers speak out: Here's what we want

Have a purpose when placing the initial call. Meet our quality standards. Create innovative ideas that go beyond basic co-packing services and are mindful of the budget. Be flexible—especially on the tail end of operations and into distribution.

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Secondary Packaging

Around the Industry

Aaron Thomas Company Inc. has opened an 87ꯠ-sq-ft manufacturing, packaging, and warehousing facility in Bolingbrook, IL, southwest of Chicago.

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Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

The John Henry Packaging Group and Nutec Systems enter strategic marketing partnership

The John Henry Packaging Group, a provider of label, carton, insert, and blister packaging, and Nutec Systems, an ink-jet printer distributor specializing in Hewlett Packard thermal ink-jet technology, have formed a strategic marketing partnership that will allow them to offer high-quality, secure, digital online printing technology to help companies protect their products from tampering and their distribution systems from diversion.

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Controls & Machine Components

Danfoss Drives: Variable frequency drives

Danfoss has introduced a new, high-power platform for VLT® 5000 Series variable-frequency drives, extending the product range and providing increased flexibility, cost-effectiveness, and reliability.

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Additives, coatings & inks

Tube product line

Greiner Bio-One offers a new versatile tube product line in a variety of resins and sizes. The polystyrene and polycarbonate offer ideal clarity for optical measurements, while polyethylene and polypropylene display superior thermal and chemical resistance with minimal binding characteristics.

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Containers

Laminated tube for cosmetics

IntraPac offers a new size of plastic laminated tubes for health, beauty, and personal care applications. Tube is 2” in diameter and can be decorated in a variety of techniques: 4-color process printing, spot color printing, and hot-stamp foil.

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Closures

Bore seal cap

United Caps (formerly PROCAP) introduces its 28mm bore seal cap for standard BPF and PCO neck finishes. Closure is designed for use with carbonated soft drinks, still and sparkling water, and isotonic sports drinks.

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Flexibles

Beer bottles get glow-in-dark label glam

Global brewer SABMiller plc is using glow-in-the-dark, pressure-sensitive clear film labels from Spear for a special promotion of Miller Genuine Draft (MGD) beers.

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Closures

Commemorative design revs up motor oil packaging

When motor sports vehicle manufacturer Polaris Industries, Inc., Medina, MN, and its motor oil manufacturer and packager Lubrication Technologies, Inc.

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