Flexibles

Tarsus announces two new packaging events

Tarsus Group plc, in cooperation with Landon, Farrey & Associates, has launched two new packaging events: The Packaging Summit Conference, and Packaging Containers & Materials Expo.

May 31, 2005

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Flexibles

Antiblock additive masterbatch

EASTPACK : At the EastPack show in New York this week, Ampacet is showing its Product 102286 high-clarity slip antiblock, a product that helps eliminate the loss of clarity that often accompanies anitblock use.

May 31, 2005

Closures

Extended text label

Chaucer Press has introduced an extended-text, resealable product label. Whether produced for cut-label or p-s applications, the label provides for the lot and expiration date or other pertinent information to remain visible on the product container in the event that the top label is removed.

May 31, 2005

Closures

Tube and NACD winners announced

Recently announced were the winners in this year’s Tubes of the Year competition, sponsored by The Tube Council, and in the Package of the Year Awards competition, sponsored by the National Association of Container Distributors.

May 31, 2005

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Tylenol questioned about Meltaway packs

The Maryland Poison Center has warned that the packaging and label copy of a new form of Children’s Tylenol could confuse parents and even medical professionals to accidentally offer a double dose that could cause liver damage.

May 31, 2005

Closures

P&G gets a handle on fabric softener packs

Last summer, when Procter & Gamble began to sell its premium Downy Simple Pleasures liquid fabric softener to club stores, it made a decision to market twin packs of its 52-oz retail bottles rather than create a larger container size.

May 31, 2005

Adhesives/tape

Oven box displays cool 'smarts'

One of the coolest “smart packaging” efforts comes from appliance marketer Euro-Pro, Plattsburgh, NY, for its convection toaster oven packed in a corrugated box whose technology hits several smart packaging hot buttons.

May 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Ross Labs speaker provides an RFID update

In his HealthPack 2005 presentation, Mike Wallace of Abbott Laboratories’ Ross Laboratories Division noted that Ross’s Isomil infant formula ranks as the fourth most frequently stolen product from its top customer, Wal-Mart.

May 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

What does the price of gasoline have to do with healthcare packaging?

Gas prices continue to climb. Airlines and trucking companies are the hardest hit.

May 31, 2005

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Mechatronics looms large

Jerry Butler, production manager at food manufacturer ARC-diversified of Cookeville, TN, says a new skill set is required to deal effectively with today’s packaging machinery.

May 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

IBM's RFID RPCs

RFID-enabled reusable plastic containers (RPCs) will be used to shore up the 1귔-mile supply chain between IBM’s Integrated Supply Chain (ISC) operations in Montpellier, France, and Dublin, Ireland.

May 31, 2005

Secondary Packaging

Companies

R.A. Jones & Co. Inc.

May 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

California coalition targets packaging labeling

The California Packaging Alliance is opposing a bill introduced in the California State Assembly that would require a blanket, statewide label on packaging to distinguish between what is “recyclable,” “compostable,” and “trash.”

May 31, 2005