Flexibles

Beverage shines in metallic label

Though the metallized biaxially oriented polypropylene labels chosen by Energy Brands for its new 32-oz Glacéau Fruitwater cost more than paper versions, J.

April 30, 2001

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Closures

Allergan's bottle is a real eye opener

Allergan, an Irvine, CA-based global health care company that specializes in eye care and pharmaceutical products, has repackaged its Complete-brand multipurpose solution for soft contact lenses in a dramatically different way.

April 30, 2001

Coding, Printing & Labeling

E-commerce-enabled Suppliers

Banner Engineering Corp.

April 30, 2001

Flexibles

Materials Marketplaces

Novopoint.com (www.novopoint.com) is an e-marketplace for food and beverage manufacturers. It is said to offer, in addition to ingredients, packaging containers and materials, such as PET bottles, caps, closures, and flexible packaging.

April 30, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Online inventory checks seem "berry" good

Gourmet food manufacturer Rothschild Berry Farms, Urbana, OH, started ordering glass containers and gold colored metal closures for its line of salsa, mustards, and dips in mid-January via TricorBraun’s preferred customer site at www.tricorbraun.com.

April 30, 2001

Closures

Paperless transactions "top off" PE purchases

Rexam Closures, Evansville, IN, started purchasing low-density polyethylene from Eastman’s online polyethylene unit (www.eastman.com) in April ‘99.

April 30, 2001

Containers

Combo packets go on display

Portion Pac Inc. (PPI), Mason, OH, introduced in September ’00 shelf display units of its “Squeezers” PB&J packets. Designed graphically and structurally by The Marlin Co.

April 30, 2001

Converting equipment

Appointments, promotions

—Hammer Lithograph (Rochester, NY): Hart Swisher, dir., innovation and technology; Andy Beach, mgr., technical services.

April 30, 2001

Flexibles

Achievements

—Packaging Corp. of America (Lake Forest, IL) has established an e-storefront in the Paperloop.com (San Francisco, CA) marketplace. —Cargill Dow LLC’s (Minneapolis, MN) NatureWorks™ PLA was awarded the Dept.

April 30, 2001

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Domestic acquisitions, agreements

—Impaxx Labels (Schaumburg, IL) has combined its businesses, including Trine Labelling Systems, Label-Aire Inc., and CMS Machine Systems into a focused group to offer packagers a single source for labeling equipment.

April 30, 2001

Flexibles

Relocations, expansions

—Klikok Corp. (Decatur, GA) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, The Woodman Co. (Decatur, GA), have realigned their operations, with all products now represented through the unified sales channel of Kliklok-Woodman.

April 30, 2001

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Business wins a round on ergonomics

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s comprehensive ergonomics regulations, which would have taken effect in October, were overturned by Congress in a first-time use of the Congressional Review Act of 1996.

April 30, 2001

Coding, Printing & Labeling

The dog story, as promised

A couple of months ago, I mentioned in this space that I planned to write a heart-warming dog story. However, at the last minute, I had to substitute another topic.

April 30, 2001