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Flexibles
Packaging suppliers in headlights of MACT truck (sidebar)
OSHA complicates EPA compliance
July 31, 1998

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Additives, coatings & inks
Kraft Foods 'hedges' for cost consistency (sidebar)
No effect on converters
July 31, 1998
Flexibles
Packaging suppliers in headlights of MACT truck
Packaging and printing operations may be significantly affected by EPA emissions limits on coatings and adhesives. Increased costs to control emissions could lead to higher prices.
July 31, 1998
Flexible packaging
Tiger thermoforms paper/plastic structure for cheese
Swiss company is believed first to use cellulose in a thermoform/fill/seal package for shelf-stable packs of cheese. The 20-g packs of cheese were introduced in the U.S. in June.
July 31, 1998
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Supplier news: Appointments, promotions
Checkpoint Systems, Inc. (Thorofare, NJ): Thomas B. Upshur, senior dir., radio frequency identification (RFID) marketing and product management.
July 31, 1998
Converting equipment
Best of Brand Design honored
Sponsored by the newly renamed Brand Design Assn., the 1998 Gold Awards competition honored outstanding package design from around the world.
July 31, 1998
Conveying & accumulation
Lakeport likes can filling flexibility
This Ontario brewer designed a can filling line that accepts sizes from 8 to 32 oz. Secondary packaging can be corrugated trays, paperboard or plastic ring carriers.
July 31, 1998
Flexible packaging
Looking for a packaging edge? Explore technology's promises
If you're looking for an edge--and who isn't?--there's a wealth of emerging technology available today that can help: (1) improve the quality of your product; (2) heighten your packaging line productivity; (3) reduce your packaging costs; and (4) improve your product sales/profitability.
July 31, 1998
Flow wrapping
Flexo savings are in the bag
Bake-Line Products lowers print and package development costs while shortening lead times by switching from gravure-printed pre-made bags to flexo-printed rollstock.
July 31, 1998
Cartoning
Adhesives help Chelsea Milling stick to quality
Two hot melts and one cold-glue adhesive are instrumental in allowing this Michigan miller to package more than a million cartons every day. Bundling and tray packing have been upgraded, too, and ink-jet printing of corrugated shippers is a big improvement.
July 31, 1998
Flexibles
New England Extrusion 'blows' into WI
In March, Turners Falls, MA, film maker New England Extrusion opened a 34ꯠ sq' plant in Milton, WI. The plant includes two new extrusion/blown film manufacturing lines from Reifenho/oouser (Lawrence, MA).
July 31, 1998
Closures
Can Oberto turn dried meats to salty snacks?
Oberto Sausage Co. is counting on new package graphics to get consumers thinking "salty snack" instead of "dried meat" when they encounter Oberto's dried jerky in the store.
July 31, 1998
Sustainability
Biodegradable composite material wins prestigious award
Biodegradable foodservice packaging is coming to a restaurant near you. Or at least it's starting to look that way, as EarthShell Corp. (Santa Barbara, CA), in conjunction with manufacturing partner Sweetheart Cup Co., nears completion of a commercial plant for the manufacture of its biodegradable composite material.
July 31, 1998
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