Secondary Packaging

Web Plus: Sites

FKI Logistex White Systemswww.whitesystems.comBuilt to streamline site navigation and information access, the redesigned Web site includes new Products & Services, Customer Service, Case Studies, and Video Library sections.

March 31, 2004

Materials: Page 612

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Companies

DT Packaging Systems, comprising the Lakso, Merrill, Kalish, Swiftpack, and King brands of packaging machinery, will now be called Nova Packaging Systems.

March 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Preventing counterfeit drugs

The Food and Drug Administration’s Counterfeit Drug Task Force released a report describing a framework designed to prevent counterfeit drugs for the pharmaceutical supply chain.

March 31, 2004

Closures

A holiday twist

Nestlé Canada offered Smarties Holiday Twist canisters with three moveable rings that allowed kids to move the colorful label graphics into multiple combinations.

March 31, 2004

Flexibles

Irish coffee channels freshness

Bewley’s Ltd. in Ireland is the first to preserve freshness with a cost-saving method that eliminates degassing valves and boosts bagging speeds 10%.

March 31, 2004

Flexibles

Espoma grows new bag line

New side-gusseted, flat-bottom plastic bags at plant food maker Espoma necessitate a new robotic palletizer, stretch-wrap bundler, and bag sealer.See video

March 31, 2004

Closures

EastPack returns to New York

EastPack is one of five co-located shows ready to run June 15-17 at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.

March 31, 2004

Converting equipment

Packaging with universal appeal

Packaging designers around the world are beginning to incorporate the principles of universal design into their mix. Ease of handling by any and all is the key driver.

March 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

RFID adoption to surge in 2004

A new "pulse survey" says that the global packaging industry expects that consumer, retailer, and manufacturer benefits from radio-frequency identification will accrue over the next three years.

March 31, 2004

Protective/transport packaging

Cal-Poly to host Poly Pack 2004

San Luis Obispo, CA-based California Polytechnic State University will hold its 17th annual Poly Pack symposium May 5-7 at the school.

March 31, 2004

Flexibles

Shrink-hood film for pallets

ExxonMobil Chemical’s Nexxstar resin is designed for coextruded stretch-hood films for pallets. It’s said to offer cost benefits, good toughness, and great clarity for end-of-line packaging applications.

March 31, 2004

Closures

Grolsch handles new 12-pack for bottles

Driven by U.S. market growth, Dutch brewer Grolsch will be introducing a new 12-pack wraparound carton for its bottles, beginning in April.

March 31, 2004

Closures

Wrap rage: Packages that hurt

First there was road rage, now there’s "wrap rage," a growing discontent with packaging that’s frustrating or even hurts, according to designer Peter Clarke in a recent interview on CBS.

March 31, 2004