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Sustainable Packaging
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Containers
Packaging rediscovers the language of touch
New packages from Coca-Cola Co. (Atlanta, GA) and Matrix Essentials, Inc. (Solon, OH) provide dramatic evidence that the importance of a package's tactile quality is making a dramatic U.S.
March 31, 1997
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Sustainability
Setting up shop
Merck, Revlon and Clorox developed unique packaging technology for their own use. Now those developments are generating revenue through licensing to other firms.
March 31, 1997
Conveying & accumulation
El Jawhara bags snacks in burgeoning Egyptian market
Bagging equipment helps El Jawhara develop a strong presence in Egypt's rapidly growing snack food market. The equipment is expected to provide a three- to four-year payback by economically producing high volumes of bagged snacks.
March 31, 1997
Containers
Supplier news: Achievements
ISO 9002 certification: Toray Plastics (America), Inc. (N. Kingstown, RI) for its Lumirror Div.; Sonoco Industrial Container Division's (Marietta, GA) fiber drum production plant; Atlantis Plastics, Inc.
March 31, 1997
Filling/capping, liquid & viscous
J.R. Simplot weighs accuracy's advantages
Revamped lines and switch to bags trigger savings
March 31, 1997
Containers
Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements
Marino Technologies (Opa Locka, FL), represented by Stone Container Corp. (Chicago, IL), acquired Walpole, Inc. (Mount Holly, NJ), a manufacturer of bulk bags.
March 31, 1997
Containers
Supplier news: International agreements
Greif Bros. Corp. (Delaware, OH) has agreed to purchase the Merced, CA, and Oakville, Ontario, Canada, steel drum manufacturing facilities of Southcorp Packaging USA, Inc.
March 31, 1997
Additives, coatings & inks
'Velvet touch' containers
LIR-USA (Yaphank, NY) has introduced a line of "velvet touch" bottles, tottles, tubes and jars for skin care applications. The Couturelle line employs a PP-based resin to achieve a textured feel.
February 28, 1997
Containers
Hot stamping for flexible tubes
Dependable Machine (Cedar Grove, NJ) has introduced the M.O.S.S. Automatic Model SC 2 high-speed hot stamping machine for plastic tubes. It can hot stamp on tubes measuring .394" to 2.56" in dia, and up to 7.0912" L, at speeds to 2귔/hr.
February 28, 1997
Flexible packaging
Medical/surgical packs make a strong FPA showing
Among medical industry packages to win FPA awards this year was a thermoformed pouch that won the Green Globe Award for environmental achievement.
February 28, 1997
Flexible packaging
Of communion cups and stand-up pouches
These three FPA award winners represent different industries to be sure, but they all have one thing in common: Their use of flexible films to meet packaging challenges.
February 28, 1997
Secondary Packaging
No uniformity in changeover demands
Almost any way you measure packaging line changeover, the answers from Packaging World readers vary widely. The major agreement is that more changes are being demanded-and less time is available for doing them. However, the strategies for hastening change
February 28, 1997
Additives, coatings & inks
AquaPenn's 8-oz PET breaks the size barrier
AquaPenn Spring Water Co. has what it believes is the smallest polyethylene terephthalate bottle for a nonalcoholic beverage in the country. Holding just 8 oz of spring water, the Quick Quench bottle was launched in mid-January, targeted primarily at foodservice institutions.
February 28, 1997
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