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New, or enhanced Web sites

Applied Extrusion Technologies, Inc.

August 31, 2004

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 1513

Flexibles

Web site reflects years of data collection

EVAL Americas (www.evalca.com), a subsidiary of Kuraray Co. of Osaka, Japan, manufactures and markets ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer resins with gas barrier properties and resistance to solvents, chemicals, and hydrocarbons.

August 31, 2004

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People

Roman M. Eckols was named president and CEO of B&H Labeling Systems.

August 31, 2004

Flexible packaging

Companies

Rovema Packaging Machines appointed Resolutions Technologies Corp. as its Western Canada agent.

August 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Playing catch-up

NFPA asked FDA for a 60-day extension, to September 3, 2004, for the comment period on rule making regarding nutrition content claims in food labeling.

August 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Trans fat labeling...continued

The Grocery Manufacturers of America and the National Food Processors Assn. offered their comments to the Food and Drug Administration on how trans fat information should be included on food labels.

August 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Survey: What's the value of RFID/EPC?

In April 2004, Accenture launched a survey of manufacturing executives across a range of companies—with the bulk coming from consumer packaged goods and pharmaceutical companies—to determine how prevalent radio-frequency identification/electronic product code compliance mandates are today.

August 31, 2004

Flexibles

Scotts designs line for independent nurseries

New Miracle-Gro Nursery Select plant care line is sold only to independent nurseries and is designed to appeal to female shoppers.

August 31, 2004

Flexibles

Payback brings Nephron fast relief

Nephron production breathes easier with labor-saving wrapping and cartoning lines for its respiratory inhalants that yield a one-year payback.See video

August 31, 2004

Flexibles

Film test results (sidebar)

Nephron has for months conducted pouch film material assessments to qualify or requalify packaging materials and its material vendors. Specifically, it’s testing pouch material used to package the low-density polyethylene vials containing the product solutions.

August 31, 2004

Labels

Packaging delivers for pharmaceutical and medical firms

A ‘talking’ prescription pill bottle, GlaxoSmithKline’s contract-packaged medication for AIDS, and a medical device-drug hybrid that contains, mixes, and injects medicine in one unit are among five innovative packaging solutions.

August 31, 2004

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Cartoned convenience (sidebar)

The Convenience Pack for GlaxoSmithKline’s Trizivir medication for treatment of HIV/AIDS is contract packaged by Sharp Corp. The carton is a 16-pt SBS printed offset in three colors plus varnish.

August 31, 2004

Cartoning

Solvay participates in pharma vendor alliance (sidebar)

Solvay Pharmaceuticals is believed to be the first pharmaceutical firm to test a packaging concept as part of a new global strategic alliance between Stora Enso and Robert Bosch.

August 31, 2004