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Controls & Machine Components

Molded cradle structure

The High Lip Rollguard II(TM) Model L-RF-10-SL is a molded roll cradle from Great Northern Corp. (Appleton, WI) that's designed to protect rollstock during handling, storage and shipping.

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Home

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Alliance of Foam Packaging Recyclers (Washington, DC) is now headquartered at 1801 K Street, NW, Ste. 600K, Washington, DC 20006, phone 202/974-5254; fax 202/296-7354.

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Flexibles

Stretch film recycling

Trex (Winchester, VA) will buy excess PE film and remove it for recycling. Recyclable materials include stretch film, pallet wrap and plastic grocery bags.

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Containers

HDPE open-head drum

Sonoco's (Hartsville, SC) new 55-gal open-head HDPE drum is designed for overseas shipments of liquid and solid food products, including citrus juices.

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Sustainable Packaging

Photoelectric sensors

The QM42 Series of 10- to 30-v DC photoelectric sensors from Banner Eng. (Minneapolis, MN) is designed to withstand severe environmental conditions and impact.

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Controls & Machine Components

Paperboard pads, partitions

QSmooth(TM) die-cut pads and partitions from Jefferson Smurfit (St. Louis, MO) are made from 100% recyclable paperboard. Designed for customers requiring dust-free and scuff-resistant protective packing.

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Flexibles

Stretch film recycling

Trex (Winchester, VA) will buy excess PE film and remove it for recycling. Recyclable materials include stretch film, pallet wrap and plastic grocery bags.

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Sustainable Packaging

The king of cups (sidebar)

Trademarked cups

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Sustainability

Chairman of the printed board

Connelly Containers has what it believes is the largest flexo/folder/gluer/stitcher in the world. Four-color process printing can be done directly on triple-wall corrugated board.

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Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Matrix finds 'suede' takes special handling

The use of a new copolymer for its 'soft feel' requires special care in container handling to preserve its appearance for men's haircare line. That risk wins a Best of Show in the National Assn. of Container Distributors competition.

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Sustainability

Return of the 'domino theory'

Even small increases in upstream investments to manage new ozone and VOC rules could aggregate into weighty packaging cost increases.

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Flexibles

Retention pack cuts costs for HP

At Hewlett-Packard's Roseville, CA, parts distribution facility, a relatively new form of protective packaging has slashed packaging material costs by half, warehouse space requirements by two-thirds and packaging assembly time by 75%.

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