Containers

Composite tube

Chesapeake Corp. (Richmond, VA) introduced a multi-substrate composite tube that enables packaged goods companies to showcase products ranging from premium spirits to confectionery.

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Flexible packaging

Eastman Kodak named leader of the year

Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, NY, was selected as the Packaging Leader of the Year, 2002 - 2003, by the Packaging Education Forum.

August 31, 2002

Flexibles

ConAgra debuts aseptic pudding packs

ConAgra Foods, Irvine, CA, claims it’s the first-ever shelf-stable pudding in a single-serve tube pack. Another convenient, tube-packed fun food directed toward kids has been introduced (see packworld.com/go/c049): Hunt’s Snack Pack Squeez ‘n Go Portable Pudding.

August 31, 2002

Protective/transport packaging

'Flex' handle gives High Falls packs a lift

High Falls Brewing Co., Rochester, NY, has improved the carrying handle for its multipacks of glass-bottled beer brands such as Genesee and J.W.

August 31, 2002

Closures

New package puts child safety in the zone

A multilayer tube and “push and turn” closure is helping CCA Industries of East Rutherford, NJ, meet Consumer Product Safety Commission guidelines for products containing lidocaine and dibucaine.

August 31, 2002

Flexibles

Portability drives Nabisco/Kraft's 'Go-Paks!'

Nabisco Go-Paks!

August 31, 2002

Flexibles

Milk package research

The total world market for packaged liquid milk was 120 billion liters in 2001. That’s according to a report titled World Milk Markets-Processing, Packaging and Market Developments by Warrick Research (Cranbrook, Kent, England).

August 31, 2002

Controls & Machine Components

Q&A: Using servos properly

Dave Lutz, senior packaging engineering specialist for General Mills, says machine builders should apply servos properly or shouldn’t bother applying them at all.

August 31, 2002

Closures

Package design--the cutting edge

Experimental Packaging is a volume full of packages and designs that push the envelope of creativity, often way beyond the practical.

August 31, 2002

Containers

Graphics help new brand break into bath and body

The new “sub-brand” Ohm by Olay from Procter and Gamble, a line of botanical bath and body products, launched this summer. The packaging, with graphics designed by Libby Perszyk Kathman (Cincinnati, OH), ranges from spray bottles to lotion tubes and cartons.

August 31, 2002

Additives, coatings & inks

Web Plus: Sites

New or enhanced Web sites

August 31, 2002

Conveying & accumulation

Web Plus: Researching equipment online is not just window shopping

Surfing the Internet is more than a pastime for Another Day Ltd. manager David Lickhalter. It’s an efficient way to research equipment that the San Diego-based pet-supply company needs to package its liquid products.

August 31, 2002

Flexible packaging

Companies

Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP (Houston, TX) relocated its worldwide headquarters from downtown Houston to 10001 Six Pines Drive, The Woodlands, TX.

August 31, 2002