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Co-packer changes name, expands audience

OIH Inc., Columbus, OH, has changed its name to Possitivity (www.possitivity.com), and said it will offer its contract-packaging services to the private sector for the first time.

December 9, 2007

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Oxy-Dry earns Superior rating from AIB

Oxy-Dry Blends, Addison, IL, has received a Superior rating from the American Institute of Baking for the 10th consecutive year.

December 9, 2007

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Hayzlett a top B2B marketer

BtoB magazine has named Jeffrey Hayzlett one of its best marketers of 2007.

December 9, 2007

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Teen skin-care products pack inspiration

With product filling done by Englewood Lab LLC, Teen Everyday Skincare System (TESS) was created for teen and pre-teen girls. Entrepreneurial moms and their teenage daughters developed the line, with input from teen girls in focus groups around the country.

December 9, 2007

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New online shopping cart makes purchasing packaging a snap

Display Pack unveils its new online shopping cart, allowing customers to browse and select from many variations of the company’s Display Boxes™, and to request free product samples.

December 7, 2007

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A shot of design for healthcare brands

Terms like “metered dosage” and “clinical trial” are staples of healthcare products. But for savvy marketers competing in the evolving over-the-counter (OTC) pharmaceutical industry, concepts such as “sensory branding” and “transformative experience” are becoming essential additions to the list.This month, Shelf Impact! examines two OTC packages that embody these concepts through sensory perception, a marketing tactic rarely seen in healthcare packaging.

December 7, 2007

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For package designers: online package image gallery

Global Package Gallery contains more than 4,000 high-resolution package images from 37 countries, arranged by product category. Editor’s note: Global Package Gallery is a new Web site by Packaging World, but rather than us tell you about it, we asked a real designer to review it. Here’s what Kevin Saladyga had to say.

December 7, 2007

Automation & Digital Transformation

Red Lion: Data station support

Red Lion Controls has announced DeviceNet network support for the Data Station Plus and Modular Controller product series.

December 7, 2007

Automation & Digital Transformation

Panel PC systems

&R’s Panel PC and Automation Panel work together to form the powerful Panel PC system, which provides an optimal automation environment when space is limited.

December 7, 2007

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Ecolab Inc: Stainless steel sensors

Leuze electronic has introduced the durable 53 and 55 (shown) Series Stainless Steel Sensors, specifically designed for strict hygienic applications such as the pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and food industries.

December 7, 2007

Automation & Digital Transformation

Festo Corporation: Compact vision system

As an aid to diagnostics and commissioning and for the monitoring of fast-motion systems, Festo offers the intelligent Compact Vision System SBOC-M/SBOI-M.

December 7, 2007

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Mechatronics skills gap to be addressed?

Purdue aims to launch a packaging machinery-focused mechatronics engineering technology program at its Hammond, IN, campus.

December 7, 2007

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Custom builds made easier

Buying configurable components instead of machining them in-house saved time and money as this custom machine builder tackled a complex system.

December 7, 2007