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Platen sealer

Aline Medical Packaging Machinery offers its new heavy-duty platen sealer called Big Red for contoured shapes, including seal, and or seal and cut.

November 30, 2003

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New system for printing case blanks

The CPS-1000 high-resolution ink-jet case printing system allows users to print on two sides of small and medium-sized corrugated cases in a single pass.

November 30, 2003

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IPACK-IMA adds plastics for 2006

The trend towards co-locating expositions took on an international flavor when Dr. Guido Corbella, managing director of Ipack-Ima, Milan, Italy, announced new plans for the 2006 Ipack-Ima exposition. Ipack-Ima (www.ipackima.it) is represented in the United States by Events Intl. USA.

November 30, 2003

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PMMI forecasts three years of growth

Improving gross domestic product numbers, rising capacity utilization, and export growth are listed as the primary reasons for packaging machinery sales growth during the next three years by the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute.

November 30, 2003

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People

Harold Bevis (above) was named president and CEO of Pliant Corp. (Schaumburg, IL).

November 30, 2003

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Packaging and bioterrorism rules

Packaging and other food-contact materials are excluded from the revised bioterrorism regulations issued by FDA.

November 30, 2003

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Pipeline: DTE new marketing stream for drugs?

In past months, I’ve disclosed what I felt was wasteful spending by big pharma companies that inflate the cost of their medications, especially for U.S.

November 30, 2003

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Nordenia opens new Malaysian headquarters

Nordenia Asia’s new Pacific headquarters is located in Kuala Lumpur.

October 31, 2003

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Intelligent and Smart Packaging set for January

IDTechEx and Pira Intl. bring the Intelligent and Smart Packaging USA conference to Las Vegas, NV, Jan. 27-28 2004.

October 31, 2003

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SCA to acquire Alloyd

SCA has reached an agreement to acquire Alloyd Co.

October 31, 2003

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Grip for single gallon bottles

Roberts PolyPro offers its Single EasyLift Beverage Carrier to give consumers an easy means of handling large gallon-sized bottles.

October 31, 2003

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Pliant names new president and CEO

Harold Bevis has been named president and CEO of Pliant Corp..

October 31, 2003

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In Memoriam

Robert Abplanalp, 81, died Aug. 30 in Bronxville, NY. He designed the first workable aerosol valve that could be mass-produced inexpensively, and was founder, CEO and chairman of Precision Valve, Yonkers, NY.

October 31, 2003