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Achievements

Arlington Press Pharmaceutical Packaging (Schaumburg, IL), a wholly owned business unit of Impaxx, Inc., has been certified by AstraZeneca to deliver products to its Westborough, MA, facility without incoming inspections.

—Kraft Foods North America, a corporate member of the Packaging Education Forum (Arlington, VA), is establishing a pair of $2귔 scholarships in the names of James E. Scott, dir. of package engineering and design and Eastman Kodak Co., and Thomas E. Hougue, dir. of packaging strategy at DuPont Co.

—The Assn. for Dressings and Sauces has given its second annual Package of the Year award to Stonyfield Farm, Londonderry, NH, for its single-serve portable tube yogurt.

—A new analytical balance from Mettler Toledo (Columbus, OH) helped the company win a R&D 100 Award from R&D Magazine.

—Krones (Franklin, WI) is celebrating its 50th anniversary.

—Impaxx, Inc. (Schaumburg, IL) was awarded Certification Supplier Designation by Bausch & Lomb.

—Exopack, LLC (Spartanburg, SC) has earned the American Institute of Baking’s Certification of Achievement for outstanding food safety and hygiene practices.

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