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Sustainable Packaging

CLEMSON HOSTS EXTENSION SEMINARS

Clemson University will host “Packaging Fundamentals,” Nov. 4-6, and “Managing Packaging Development,” Nov. 6-7. The former seminar will cover packaging materials, laws, regulations, testing, and environmental issues.

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Secondary Packaging

Web Plus: Sites

Airspray N.V.

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Tamper-evident machinery

Companies

Sidel (above) has opened a new plant in Parma, Italy, dedicated to assembling filling machines.

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Containers

Achievements

Ampersand Label (Garden Grove, CA) is the winner of the 2002 Most Innovative Component of the Year award from the Tube Council.

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Less than all

The Center for Science in the Public Interest charged that Smuckers’ line of Simply 100% Fruit is mislabeled because the amount of the fruit is less than 100%.

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Sustainable Packaging

Pipeline: Enthusiastic engineers

One of the most exasperating parts of being a packaging reporter is to think about the stories that, for one reason or another, fall through the cracks.

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Protective/transport packaging

Wagner cushions savings

For years, Wagner Spray Tech Corp., a provider of painting and decorating products, used folded corrugated inserts to protect its professional-grade paint sprayers during shipment.

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Labeling

Pharmaceutical pros elaborate on packaging concerns

Survey respondents vent views on repackaging, paying more for equipment that’s easy to validate, and changes related to FDA’s 21 CFR, Part II.

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Flexibles

Pouches stand up to retorting

Fall River wild rice in a microwavable, no-foil “glass barrier” stand-up pouch brings precooked, ready-to-eat convenience to consumers.

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Flexibles

Pouches stand up to retorting (sidebar)

Graphic statements

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Secondary Packaging

This end up

A start-up company in Toledo had just ordered an automatic multi-packer for its alcoholic gelatins. Then it had to change its pack.

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Converting equipment

Paper--with special converting--shows new versatility

The oldest packaging material is finding new opportunities by combining with other materials like barrier plastics and special inks.

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