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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

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More tips for getting started

John Bernardo of Sustainable Innovations offers additional pointers to packaging teams looking to start the new year with a stronger emphasis on sustainability and design.

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Brand owners warming to authentication solutions

Whether they market styling irons, HBA products, or high-end wines, brand owners see packaging as a key line of defense against counterfeiting and diversion.

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Healthy prognosis for healthcare packaging

Pharmaceutical firms seek packaging line improvements to cut costs, biologics present packaging challenges, and medical device growth is driven by aging baby boomers.

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New book makes sense of sustainable packaging

Field Guide to Sustainable Packaging, published by Packaging World, is an 80-page handbook that motivates and informs organizations about how to reduce the environmental impact of their packaging.

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Cosmetics safety storm brewing, or hadn't you heard?

Lately, what you put onto your body has been of great interest to other people. In this case, we’re talking about cosmetics.

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Hands-on packaging education

Kevin Lipsky, an instructor from Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College (WITC), New Richmond, WI, provides an educational view of packaging. A graduate of WITC in 1979, Lipsky joined the faculty in 1986 after working in industry.

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Scribing laser coders

Domino Printing Sciences has announced the U.S. introduction of its new DSL plus range of scribing laser printers, which deliver permanent and precise, high-quality codes in demanding production environments.

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Smart lane divider

Kinsley’s new servo-controlled timing screw smart lane divider, the Smart Divider System (SDS), merges the flexibility of mechanical laners with the container-handling properties of timing screw dividers.

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Pharmaceutical printer

HP’s Specialty Printing Systems division offers the new HP Pharma Black CB935 ink-jet print cartridge, which uses FDA-GRAS ingredients for pharmaceutical applications and brings the efficiency of noncontact, variable-data printing to pharmaceutical and tablet imprinting processes.

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Redesigned packaging for kitchen aids is a cut above the rest

Earning its reputation by bringing to the table innovative food- and wine-related devices with a “favorable” price-to-quality ratio, Delft, Netherlands-based Vacu Vin set out last year to ensure that its packaging reflected the quality of its products.

December 7, 2007

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Wal-Mart 'concentrates' on water-reduced, packaging material-reduced detergent marketing

International retail giant Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. has announced plans to sell only concentrated liquid laundry detergents in all of its U.S.-based Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores by May 2008.

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Dispensing convenience

Empacados, a leading marketer of foods sold in the Mexican market, recently converted two of its major spice lines.

December 7, 2007