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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Feeding/inserting/unscrambling
Milestones
eWinWin(www.ewinwin.com), an enabler of group buying, achieved its first transaction in the packaging field. In the eWinWin group-buying model, the more buyers that sign up to buy from a given supplier in a specific transaction, the lower the price based on a discount schedule worked out in advance by the seller.
August 31, 2000
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Closures
Sourcing globally, clicking locally
The Body Shop pares down on time needed to research containers by tapping into a global, multivendor online stock container catalog.
August 31, 2000
Closures
Price Tool nets Levolor $54,000 in corrugated savings
Levolor Canada has already saved $54ꯠ this year by tapping the information and pricing resources of CorrugatedPrices.com. The cost? A $200 subscription fee and a few hours’ time.
August 31, 2000
Protective/transport packaging
Sourcing in a whole 'NEW WAY'
Bearing manufacturer saves weeks by sourcing its tabletop protective packaging dispenser kit online.
August 31, 2000
Additives, coatings & inks
Used machinery: Offline help drives online purchase
Building a good relationship plays a major role in buying equipment regardless if it is transacted offline or over the Internet. When lubricant manufacturer American Specialty Lubricants decided to invest in a used capper for its Knoxville, TN, facility, it found this to be true.
August 31, 2000
Converting equipment
Materials Purchasing: Grocer buys into online shopping
Grocery retailer H.E. Butt Co. procures packaging materials through the INC2inc Internet marketplace. Now it’s persuading its vendors to climb aboard.
August 31, 2000
Conveying & accumulation
Notable web sites
Materials MarketplacesB2BPKG.com (www.b2bpkg.com) is a packaging materials marketplace that allows users to constuct a private catalog of vendors for online procurement.
August 31, 2000
Closures
A clever strategy for plastic beer bottles (sidebar)
Meanwhile, at Miller Brewing
August 31, 2000
Filling/capping, liquid & viscous
A clever strategy for plastic beer bottles
Michigan Brewing sees great potential for beer in plastic when the target market is tightly focused. Custom-labeled bottles for a casino, for instance, have found a receptive audience.
August 31, 2000
Coding, Printing & Labeling
'No-label' look reflects purity of product
Global Balance Co. switches from a glass jar to an HDPE tube for consumer benefits, vastly improving product sales.
August 31, 2000
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Battle brewing over child-resistant caps
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is considering mandating child-resistant closures for cosmetics, cleaning solvents and auto products, among others.
August 31, 2000
Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging
Blister pack is clearly 'key' to adapter visibility
New thermoformed clear vinyl package improves shelf presence, while it lowers costs for Keyspan adapters.
August 31, 2000
Cartoning
Food marketers focus on schools
New packaging equipment is helping two California food processors grow their school foodservice businesses.
August 31, 2000
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