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HealthPack 2013 Louisville preview

Annual conference to help medical device packaging professionals includes two conference days and a UPS Worldhub tour.

January 8, 2013

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Sustainability

Patient adherence goals drive Walmart's new compliance pack launch

Walmart and Sam’s 4,600 pharmacies add new sustainable calendar-style packs for select scripts in an effort to improve patient adherence to drug regimens.

January 4, 2013

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New ISO global packaging standards answer the call for global harmonization

In May 2012, the International Standards Organization (ISO) approved new global standards on packaging and the environment, which were set to be published by the end of 2012.

January 4, 2013

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New returnable package saves Herman Miller $46,000/yr

Environmentally committed office furniture company develops reusable, returnable system for chair component that results in significant savings in materials and labor.

January 4, 2013

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Top 13 articles from the past year

What better way to keep your hand on the pulse of the fast-paced packaging space than by reviewing our list of the articles that readers found most popular in 2012?

January 4, 2013

Recycling

The power of packaging unfolds at Paris show

Running November 19-22 in Paris, France, Emballage drew 1,300 exhibitors and more than 85,000 attendees. A number of packaging innovations were on display.

January 3, 2013

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Go getum Cisco!

I want to commend and encourage Cisco, the network equipment maker, for taking on the patent trolls! Instead of mounting a straight forward defense or just rolling over, Cisco is calling these folks out for racketeering and extortion.

December 31, 2012

Sustainable Packaging

AMERIPEN shares 100 cities survey data

The data gathered on best practices in residential recycling in the top 100 largest cities by household will be used by AMERIEPN to pursue projects to increase material recovery rates.

December 20, 2012

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Pregis promotes Sepanik to national product manager

Pregis Corp. has announced the promotion of Robert Sepanik to national product manager, a newly-created core business development role.

December 19, 2012

Sustainable Packaging

AMERIPEN to share 100 largest U.S. cities recycling data

A free webinar on Dec. 19 will highlight some of the preliminary results of AMERIPEN’s survey of recovery activities in the 100 largest U.S. cities.

December 17, 2012

Sustainability

Carton Council achieves 40% access to carton recycling in the U.S.

The ‘Faces of 40’ demonstrate the growing and diverse group of stakeholders helping to bring carton recycling to more communities, adding 26.9 million households since 2009.

December 17, 2012

Sustainable Packaging

Chocolate wrapped in compostable film

Alce Nero, an Italian consortium of organic producers and farmers, has chosen compostable material to wrap its range of Fair Trade chocolate.

December 15, 2012

Flexibles

Packaging critical for AeroShot Energy launch

Portability, dispensing, and graphics help market air-based energy product, as discussed in this exclusive Q&A.

December 14, 2012