Contract Packaging

Bumble Bee on contract packagers and plastic containers

Packaging development manager Brian Stepowany of Bumble Bee Foods talks about the importance of relationship building with contract packagers and the challenges of plastic can development.

April 3, 2012

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 957

Sustainability

Planters, Sonoco partner for sustainability

Glass-to-plastic switch reduces weight of packaging and the number of trucks to distribute product.

April 3, 2012

Controls & Machine Components

Clippard Instrument Laboratory, Inc: Pilot-operated check valves

Featuring high flow, low pressure and ease of connection, Clippard’s JPC Series check valves use the company’s poppet design and provides a variety of port configurations.

April 3, 2012

Sustainable Packaging

FDA rejects petition to ban BPA from food and beverage packaging

Article from CBS News reports on FDA’s official statement regarding the use of BPA, in response to a petition filed in 2008.

April 2, 2012

Labels

Roll-sleeve film...Shaping brand identity

Read our white paper to see how you can get full-body impact with roll-fed labeling technology.

March 31, 2012

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Markem-Imaje promotes 'SustainAbility'

Downloadable brochure details company initiative.

March 31, 2012

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Domino Amjet named one of 'Best and Brightest Companies to Work For'

Company cites a "Do more" approach across employee and customer base to foster 'positive interactions at all levels.'

March 31, 2012

Coding, Printing & Labeling

9 tips for buying coding/marking systems for primary packaging

The following practices are recommended to those specifying coding and marking equipment for primary packaging:

March 31, 2012

Sustainable Packaging

Dune Lankard to speak on sustainable seafood supply chain at SPS 2012

Dune Lankard, founder of the Eyak Preservation Council, will speak at Sustainable Packaging Symposium 2012, April 3 to 5, in Houston. The former commercial fisherman turned community activist and entrepreneur will discuss his experiences building a sustainable seafood supply chain.

March 30, 2012

Plastics/resins

FDA to respond to petition to ban BPA

While the agency weighs evidence that both supports and opposes the controversial chemical, consumers may make the ultimate decision.

March 30, 2012

Coding, Printing & Labeling

FDA amends packaging/labeling provisions on cGMP regs for drugs

Final ruling goes into effect March 20, 2013; aims to prevent label mix-ups, protect consumers, and eliminate regulatory burden.

March 29, 2012

Containers

1-gal plastic jars for foodservice olives

Aceitunas del Guadalquivir of Seville, Spain, is the first to commercialize an innovative six-layer coextrusion blow molded jar for olives that is notable for its size and for its ability to withstand high-temperature filling processes (hot fill, pasteurization, or sterilisation to 122◦C in retort).

March 28, 2012

Contract Packaging

Personal best: How to thrive in a global contract packaging economy

Q&A with Michael Hastings, president and CEO of Sterling Contract Packaging Inc.

March 28, 2012