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Contract Packaging

Kitting, logistics help TomTom navigate challenging seas

Kitting and streamlined logistics services are helping TomTom USA, a Concord, MA, marketer of vehicle GPS navigation units, to chart a new course toward supply chain efficiency while also saving the company more than half over previous transportation costs.

August 5, 2009

Sustainability

Packer/manufacturer blends quality into every service

Testing and analysis are hallmarks of the approach at APCO Packaging. ‘The decision is theirs to make,’ the company president says of his customers. ‘But the process is ours.’

August 5, 2009

Flexibles

Postponement strategy and pack centers: Are they right for you?

August 5, 2009

Labels

Stepping up for the 'little guys'

Small manufacturers are driving a lot of innovation in beverage aisles. They’re leaning on co-packers to provide the ‘value-addeds’ that make their brands financially viable.

August 5, 2009

Contract packaging

Companies

August 4, 2009

Contract Packaging

Alliance opens plant in Iowa

August 4, 2009

Contract Packaging

Anderson notes expansion

Anderson Packaging (www.andersonpackaging.com), a Rockford, IL-based pharmaceutical contract packager, has completed the expansion of its refrigerated storage facility.

August 4, 2009

Contract Packaging

Unicep Packaging inks contract with GSK

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has awarded Unicep Packaging (www.unicep.com), Sandpoint, ID, a contract packager for gels, liquids, and creams, a three-year contract to provide turnkey packaging services for a line of personal-care products.

August 4, 2009

Flexibles

Measuring value? Go beyond the 'box score'

As you put each expense under the microscope, do some extra critical thinking and understand the total value you’re getting in return for your check.

August 4, 2009

Controls & Machine Components

Machine modularity means faster delivery, lower cost, and greater flexibility for integrated lines

Whether the need is to automate product handling to feed a single machine, or to automate a complete primary and secondary packaging line, Bosh delivers an optimum solution with its Module++ concept.

August 4, 2009

Contract Packaging

CP Webcast on semiautomated repacking

Contract Packaging and Packaging World magazines present a Webcast on September 9th on customized contract packaging services.

August 3, 2009

Contract Packaging

Expanding into package design? Workshops to examine trends

For contract packagers who are branching into package-design services, success requires two things: an understanding of how packaging can influence purchase decisions and the savvy to create packages that are on-trend with today’s marketplace.

August 3, 2009