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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Recycling
Bio-based
Reusable/Returnable
Flexibles
Intellectual packaging
Los Alamitos, CA-based produce manufacturer Frieda's is taking a new approach to marketing for its latest line of products. Grouped as foods that are indigenous to the Americas and traditionally prepared by Native Americans, Lost Crops of the Americas(TM) features exotic products such as red and blue cornmeal, fresh aloe vera, black quinoa and rattlesnake beans.
July 31, 1995
Recycling: Page 431
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Supplier news: Relocations, expansions
Free-Flow Packaging Corp. (Redwood City, CA) announced that its City of Commerce facility will now accept used EPS for recycling.
June 30, 1995
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Bye bye to Florida's ADF
The grocery industry plans to say a not-so-fond farewell to Florida's 2¢ per container Advance Disposal Fee (ADF) come October 1. The Florida Legislature failed to act on a bill that would have extended the ADF for nearly two more years, paving the way for its expiration under existing law.
June 30, 1995
Sustainability
Steel eyes the aluminum beverage can market
This year speculation around the world says that steel may regain an appreciable part of the beverage can market it lost to aluminum-thanks to steel's favorable costs. European trend may presage a similar shift in the U.S. in the next few years.
June 30, 1995
Flexibles
Naphthalate-based bottles beckon
High-performance bottles made of PEN homopolymer or naphthalate-based copolyesters are beginning to find their way out of technical conferences and onto store shelves around the globe.
June 30, 1995
Sustainable Packaging
Forum seeks to answer, 'Is recycling enough?'
Or to put it another way, is there a limit to how much waste can be recycled?
June 30, 1995
Flexibles
Steel producers target canned foods
Feeling profitable and optimistic, steel producers work to expand demand in containers by new promotional education campaign aimed at consumers.
June 30, 1995
Sustainability
Amsoil labels quart line a success
As sales of its synthetic oil soared, Amsoil found prelabeled bottles too costly to buy and store. A labeler that applies labels in-line to the HDPE bottles saves $50ꯠ a year, frees space for finished goods and virtually eliminates skewed labels.
June 30, 1995
Protective/transport packaging
Air bubble cushioning
Astro-Cell® PE air bubble cushioning products from Astro-Valcour (Glen Falls, NY) contain a minimum 15% of post-consumer recycled plastics by weight, says the company.
June 30, 1995
Sustainability
Cartridge pack wins award by shrinking
Redesigned package for Hewlett-Packard's DeskJet ink-jet print cartridge has only one fewer component than its predecessor, but it's trimmed 35% of the weight.
June 30, 1995
Coding, Printing & Labeling
FTC considers changes to environmental guidelines
Packagers differ about whether to make label guidelines more specific or not. Changes in the SPI resin code language are still uncertain.
June 30, 1995
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Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements
Smurfit Recycling Co. (St. Louis, MO) acquired the assets of the recycling div. of Grossman Industries, Inc. (Columbus, OH).
May 31, 1995
Conveying & accumulation
New pack lets Wigwam slip into future
Revamping outdated graphics wasn't enough for sock maker Wigwam Mills. New pack and labeling improve consumer appeal while output and flexibility meet retailers' changing needs.
May 31, 1995
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