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Controls package optimizes machine performance

A combination of three-axis servo motion control and an integrated controller enhances speed by reducing cycle times on this flexible f/f/s machine.

June 11, 2007

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Microsite helps reduce total packaging cost, improve sustainability

Georgia-Pacific launches its Packaging Systems Optimization (PSO™) microsite with PSO Calculator, a web-based tool that estimates potential sustainability improvements.

June 11, 2007

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Land O'Lakes puts regional spin on national brand

If you market a national brand, does a one-size-fits-all approach still work for your product? You may want to take a closer look, because more frequently, the answer to that question is “no.” Increasingly, consumers of national brands are subdividing into “communities” of users who may all enjoy those products, but talk about and communicate with those brands differently, depending on a slew of variables. Savvy marketers understand these different communities of consumers who purchase their brands and communicate with them based on local preferences.

June 11, 2007

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Microwave foods market warms up

The North American microwaveable packaging market will reach nearly 19 billion packages by 2011, growing at a rate of 11.6% per year. That’s according to Microwaveable Packaging, a newly released study from Allied Development Corp. (www.allied-dev.com).

June 11, 2007

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U of I names pack expo scholarship winners

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) named Christina Weeks, Yi Wang, Felicia de Santos, Bin Zhou, and Patricio R. Lozano as student recipients of its 2007 Pack Expo Scholarship funds.

June 11, 2007

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Something as simple as child-proof packaging

...lacking in South Africa for parafinn leads to 80,000 child poisonings a year.

May 31, 2007

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India Pharmaceutical Industry Future

Address at 23rd national conference of the Indian Pharmacy Graduates Association talks about excellent growth of the pharmaceutical market - on par with fast growing IT market - including growth of primary and secondary packaging.

May 31, 2007

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Pharmaceutical RFID tag safely sterilized

...seems like news to us, company claims to make the only read/write RFID tag that is gamma radiation resistant.

May 31, 2007

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Packaging Europe unviels new Web site

...packagingeurope.com which carries more than 200 news items from around the globe each day - archived in a searchable database easily accessed from the homepage.

May 31, 2007

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Global ice cream market report

Study says after years of stagnation, and in some cases decline, "the global ice cream sector is finally experiencing a long-awaited innovation revolution."

May 31, 2007

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Victoria's Secret's toothpaste.

In a continuing trend for cosmetic surgeons and beauty consultants to launch their own lines of products, Victoria's Secret debuts a new toothpaste by Dr. Debra Glassman, a Manhattan cosmetic dentist whose patients include celebrities such as Jesica Simpson, Randy Jackson, and Usher. "MoxieTM, a New York-based package design firm, created the bright pink package to highlight the product's cosmetic appeal."

May 31, 2007

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Study from Germany explains why brain identifies with brand

...and makes it easier for shopper to buy.

May 31, 2007

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Maine says "no" to Santa Butt beer

Maine's Bureau of Liquor Enforcement has censored labels for Santa's Butt Winter Porter and two other beers that a local distributor wants to sell in Maine.

May 31, 2007