Flexible packaging

New exhibitors give Pack Expo a fresh look (sidebar)

Eastman Kodak named Packaging Leader of the Year

September 30, 2002

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 1586

Flexibles

Hall of Fame welcomes five in 2002

Among the gala events associated with Pack Expo International 2002 is the induction of this year’s new members in the Packaging Hall of Fame.

September 30, 2002

Flexible packaging

Conference at Pack Expo features 50-plus speakers

Produced by the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute, the Conference at Pack Expo runs from Monday, November 4 through Wednesday, November 6. Here’s the line-up. For session abstracts, go to http://pei2002.packexpo.com.

September 30, 2002

Flexible packaging

Technology to take us forward

What are today’s leading thinkers and practitioners in the packaging field saying about packaging technology of the future?

September 30, 2002

Flexibles

Onions cry for resealable bag

Gills Onions is test marketing a resealable bag for four varieties of 10-oz sliced or diced onions. The Oxnard, CA-based company hopes the package will appeal to consumers brought to tears at the prospect of cutting the pungent vegetable.

September 30, 2002

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

The packaging marketplace: A global view (sidebar)

Rothwell on machinery sales

September 30, 2002

Sustainability

The packaging marketplace: A global view

The Global Packaging Market, a major study by Ernst & Young, was published recently by England’s Packaging News magazine. Here, Ernst & Young’s Tim Rothwell presents an overview of the study.

September 30, 2002

Contract Packaging

How the recession affected packaging (sidebar)

Who participated in survey

September 30, 2002

Controls & Machine Components

Networks still optional

A recent survey of machine builders confirms that networks are still in the works for most customers.

September 30, 2002

Flexible packaging

Machine builders speak out on servos (sidebar)

Are servos worth it?

September 30, 2002

Controls & Machine Components

Machine builders speak out on servos

Most machine builders are using servo motion control technology, but few are designing their machines from the ground up around the technology.

September 30, 2002

Containers

Guidelines for small parcel packaging

Special Transport Packaging Committee of IoPP publishes guidelines to help small parcel shippers reduce damage.

September 30, 2002

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Temporary relief for OTC convenience packs

FDA postpones May deadline for putting Drug Facts label on convenience-size OTC packages.

September 30, 2002