Sustainable Packaging: Page 599

Additives, coatings & inks

Nissel strongly defends sheet extrusion

The companies that calender plastic resin into sheet for packaging applications managed to "pull the wool" over the usually perceptive eyes of PW editors, according to Frank Nissel.

July 31, 1997

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Supplier news:

Jefferson Smurfit Corp.'s (St. Louis, MO) Industrial Packaging Div. opened a new partition plant in Covington, GA. The company's Smurfit Recycling Div.

June 30, 1997

Flexible packaging

Stand-up pouch stands tall on the shelf

A first-of-its-kind rotary hf/f/s machine helps Indiana candy and snack maker Golden Stream introduce 30 products in stand-up pouches. Retailers like the ways pouches can be merchandised; consumers like the resealable zipper that's applied in-line.

June 30, 1997

Sustainability

Recycled content: Is the loop broken?

Part two of our exclusive look at recycled-content plastic packaging reports how some packagers justify using recycled resin, even in down markets. Plus, evidence that the "closing the loop" issue won't go away soon.

June 30, 1997

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Dietary supplements Kellogg wants claim Where's the fat?

ACalifornia State Dept. of Conservation study of that state's beverage container recycling law recommends changes that would simplify the way the bottle deposits fund recycling, potentially reducing paperwork for packagers.

June 30, 1997

Sustainability

Plastic packaging efficiency up 50% in 20 years, says Rathje

"Plastic packaging is the workhorse of source reduction." A tagline from the American Plastics Council?

June 30, 1997

Coding, Printing & Labeling

The 'slimy' side of FQPA

EPA and FDA are mucking up the approval process for slimicides and additives-at least temporarily. In addition, label changes for germicides are also at issue.

June 30, 1997

Converting equipment

Coke tests PET/PEN bottle down under

Coca-Cola South Pacific Pty. Ltd. of Sydney, Australia-an operating unit of Atlanta-based The Coca-Cola Co.-is now testing a 350-mL (11.83 oz) plastic bottle made of a polyethylene terephthalate/polyethylene naphthalate (PET/PEN) blend.

June 30, 1997

Labels

Shaking things up at Snapple

"A package that meets the targeted consumer's needs" is how Snapple marketing manager Sylvia Oriatti describes the new Snapple Squeeze line of juice drinks in 20-oz bottles made of polyethylene terephthalate.

June 30, 1997

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Supplier news: International agreements

Reko B.V. (Geleen, The Netherlands) purchased an MSS VYDAR(TM) automated PVC flake removal system for installation in its PET recycling facility in Geleen, from MSS Intl., Inc.

May 31, 1997

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Packaging foam

In response to recently established federal restrictions on the flammable content of foams, Sentinel Products (Hyannis, MA) has developed GH(TM)NE PE foam.

May 31, 1997

Flexibles

Electronics packaging

A translucent sheet of Eastman's PETG copolyester with a specially developed black electro-conductive coating is available from Lustro Plastics (Evanston, IL).

May 31, 1997