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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Recycling
Bio-based
Reusable/Returnable
Recycling
California bills under fire
The Grocery Manufacturers of America sent out an urgent appeal to its California members to urge their state legislators to vote against two pending bills in the State Senate.
August 31, 1999
Recycling: Page 402
Additives, coatings & inks
Survey results
PCI (PET Packaging, Resin & Recycling) Ltd.'s (Derby, England) annual survey of post-consumer PET bottle collection volumes is included in the company's March 1999 PET Recycling Consulting Service bi-monthly business report.
July 31, 1999
Sustainable Packaging
New coating slakes Finnish dairy's thirst
Helsinki dairy Valio substitutes a plastic barrier coating for aluminum foil in its paperboard cartons for drinking water. The change meets environmental objectives while providing the necessary barrier performance.
July 31, 1999
Conveying & accumulation
Shrink-wrapped protection for white goods
When a British manufacturer of freezers and refrigerators entered a more upscale segment of the market, shrink film was the packaging material of choice.
June 30, 1999
Tamper-evident machinery
Swinging design 'shakes' up cocktail market
June 30, 1999
Converting equipment
French brewer pioneers new barrier technology
Among the highlights of interpack 99, May 6-12 in Dsseldorf, Germany, was the ACTIS high-barrier bottle coating developed by Sidel (Norcross, GA).
May 31, 1999
Converting equipment
Ocean Spray firmly grasps handled PET
Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., broke new ground in mid-April by introducing a 1-gal, clear, heat-set polyethylene terephthalate bottle that incorporates a preformed polypropylene side handle.
May 31, 1999
Flexibles
Unconventional packaging fuels a product launch
A nonround canister and a 12-count 'purse pack' are the package formats chosen by Mead Johnson to launch a new kind of calcium supplement called Viactiv.
May 31, 1999
Conveying & accumulation
Filling in a Jiffy
Chelsea Milling's new dual-lane auger filling system produces 20 boxes/min more than the filler it replaced while cutting in half the amount of giveaway of Jiffy baking mix.
May 31, 1999
Sustainable Packaging
Redesigned handbook glamorizes fiberboard boxes
Y2K is one of the hottest topics as we approach the new millennium. But the years 2002 and 2003 are significant to fiberboard packaging because those years mark the 100th Anniversary of the development of solid fiber boxes, and corrugated's first approval as a valid shipping material, respectively.
May 31, 1999
Sustainability
Beta testing will determine U.S. plastic beer bottle spec(s)
Some time after a computer software code is written, but before it is commercially launched, it undergoes a period of beta testing. During this period, select users try the program out, spot bugs in it, figure out function shortcuts, criticize the program's performance and let the developer know what they like and don't like about the software.
April 30, 1999
Home
Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements
Caraustar Industries, Inc. (Austell, GA) has entered into a definitive agreement with International Paper Co. (Memphis, TN) to acquire its recycled boxboard mill located in Sprague, CT.
March 31, 1999
Sustainable Packaging
Defending Miller's plastic beer bottle
Ever since Miller Brewing announced a major test of plastic beer bottles, the Milwaukee-based brewer has been roundly criticized by environmental groups.
March 31, 1999
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