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Additives, coatings & inks

Supplier news: International agreements

Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, MI) will build a PC resin plant at its site in Stade, Germany.

October 31, 1996

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

PET soda bottle recycling rate drops

Figures from the American Plastics Council show that 41% of polyethylene terephthalate soda bottles were reycled in 1995. That ends four successive years in which the percentage increased, says the Container Recycling Institute (Washington, DC), a proponent of refillables and deposit laws.

October 31, 1996

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Design draws a bead on strong sales

The emergence of thousands of "reenacters," those participatory history buffs who restage old battles in full period dress, has created a growing need for the kind of black gun powder used in the days of the musket and powder horn.

October 31, 1996

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

Pack Expo Plus: Seminars, conferences and allied shows

High-tech packaging solutions, new resin technologies, healthcare packaging, and better sealing technologies are just a few of the areas covered in conferences and seminars during Pack Expo week.

September 30, 1996

Coding, Printing & Labeling

ISO 14000: environmental standards or trade barrier?

Some U.S. companies worry that new IS0 14000 standards are another European effort to stymie imports of U.S.-made products. Will this be a replay of ISO 9000?

September 30, 1996

Flexibles

ISO 14000: environmental standards or trade barrier? (sidebar)

British bottlemaker leads the way

September 30, 1996

Converting equipment

Tropicana tries shelf-stable OJ in PET

Hot-filled orange juice in 1-gal heat-set PET bottles have been selling at a brisk pace at club stores nationwide since Tropicana launched them about a year ago.

September 30, 1996

Flexibles

Clamshell cuts costs for computer boards

Anti-static PETG clamshell costs less than previous bag and foam combination. Packaging steps are reduced from three to one.

September 30, 1996

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Packaging 2000

What will packaging responsibilities be like in the new millenium? What new areas of skills and knowledge will be in demand then? Those are the questions Packaging World editors posed to packaging educators and industry experts to learn what tools packagers will need to cope in the years ahead.

September 30, 1996

Conveying & accumulation

Chesebrough 'raves' about new bundler

Dual-lane shrink bundler for six-packs of Rave hairspray allows plant to run line at 200+ bpm, and higher speeds are being considered. New handling features cut downtime.

September 30, 1996

Closures

Survey gauges attitudes on partnerships

Though there is some disagreement about what it takes to develop and sustain partnerships between two companies, in the packaging arena partnering has become an important tool in gaining a competitive advantage.

September 30, 1996

Additives, coatings & inks

Mandates and markets: recycling's 'catch 22?'

Serious concern over the state of markets for recycled plastics was strongly voiced at Take it Back!, a seminar on packaging and the environment sponsored in May by Kranson Industries (St.

September 30, 1996