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Controls & Machine Components

Recycled pallets

Pal Plus recycled pallets from C.C. Clark (Starksville, MS) are made of 100% recycled and recyclable HDPE. They can be assembled easily using a patented snap-fit design.

September 30, 1996

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Pack Expo Plus: Seminars, conferences and allied shows

High-tech packaging solutions, new resin technologies, healthcare packaging, and better sealing technologies are just a few of the areas covered in conferences and seminars during Pack Expo week.

September 30, 1996

Coding, Printing & Labeling

ISO 14000: environmental standards or trade barrier?

Some U.S. companies worry that new IS0 14000 standards are another European effort to stymie imports of U.S.-made products. Will this be a replay of ISO 9000?

September 30, 1996

Flexibles

ISO 14000: environmental standards or trade barrier? (sidebar)

British bottlemaker leads the way

September 30, 1996

Flexibles

Clamshell cuts costs for computer boards

Anti-static PETG clamshell costs less than previous bag and foam combination. Packaging steps are reduced from three to one.

September 30, 1996

Additives, coatings & inks

Mandates and markets: recycling's 'catch 22?'

Serious concern over the state of markets for recycled plastics was strongly voiced at Take it Back!, a seminar on packaging and the environment sponsored in May by Kranson Industries (St.

September 30, 1996

Recycling

Food exempt from California law

Three years of legislative battles paid off for food and cosmetics manufacturers on September 4 when the California legislature passed a bill exempting food, beverage and cosmetics products from the State's 1991 Rigid Plastic Packaging Container Law.

September 30, 1996

Home

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

MacMillan Bloedel Packaging Inc. (Montgomery, AL) opened a mill in Henderson, KY, for the production of 100% recycled linerboard.

August 31, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

PET catalogs

W. Braun Co. (Chicago, IL) has released a brochure that includes diagrams and information on the size, material, and finish of its recyclable PET, EPET and Eastman PETG® containers for the cosmetics and personal care industry.

August 31, 1996

Additives, coatings & inks

Recycled HDPE pellets

Recycle (S. Plainfield, NJ) has developed a system which can turn HDPE chips accumulated from destroyed drums into clean, high-quality recycled resin pellets.

August 31, 1996

Sustainable Packaging

Gut check on recycling

Since the appearance of a cover story in the magazine section of the New York Times, June 30, "Recycling Is Garbage," virtually all industry people have been doing some re-evaluating of the subject.

August 31, 1996

Sustainable Packaging

IP revs up recycled linerboard machine

International Paper enters the recycled linerboard manufacturing market with what it touts as "the world's largest recycled linerboard machine." The machine produces up to 1겨 tons/day at IP's Mansfield, LA, mill. Box makers respond positively.

August 31, 1996