Packaging Technology: Page 562

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Can IoPP strengthen its chapters? (sidebar)

Enlarging IoPP’s bookstore

April 30, 2002

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Expo Pack Mexico 2002

More than 700 companies will exhibit at Expo Pack Mexico 2002, to be held June 25 to 28 at Expo Santa Fe in Mexico City. Organized and produced by Oprex (Mexico City, Mexico) and the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (Arlington, VA), Expo Pack is co-located with Procesa, the food and beverage processing machinery and equipment show.

April 30, 2002

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Sweetheart Cup and EarthShell sign manufacturing and licensing agreement

On May 17, single-use food service disposables makers Sweetheart Cup Co., Inc. and EarthShell Corp. signed a letter of intent naming Sweetheart the primary North American supplier of EarthShell Packaging®.

April 30, 2002

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Cautious optimism about machinery sales

Spending for packaging machinery in the United States is expected to increase this year, but only by a modest 1.5 to 2.5%.

April 30, 2002

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How to get more women interested in packaging

Valerie Lovelace, training manager for Perrier Group of America’s Poland Spring, Poland Spring, ME, talks about what she believes it takes to get more women involved in the business of packaging.

April 30, 2002

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CPSC issues clarification

The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a clarification of its new rule requiring child-resistant packaging for OTC-switched drugs.

April 30, 2002

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Can IoPP strengthen its chapters? (sidebar)

Member certification: Strengthening and promoting

April 30, 2002

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Cabinet maker takes proactive marking approach

Kitchen Kompact invests in printing and labeling equipment to mark shipping cases with a bar code and product identification.

April 30, 2002

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New starwheel avoids filler rebuild at Ocean Spray

New one-gallon jug challenged a filling line at Henderson, NV. New discharge starwheel eliminated need for filler modification.

April 30, 2002

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Paper and board sector strugg

EXCLUSIVE NEWS FROM OUR EUROPEAN PARTNER: Poor trading conditions in the UK have finally taken their toll on paper and board manufacturers, says the Paper Federation. Click logo for full article.

March 31, 2002

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United stand against insects

EXCLUSIVE NEWS FROM OUR EUROPEAN PARTNER: The European Union, USA, China and 87 other countries have agreed new global guidelines on how to rid wood packaging material of wood-eating insects. Click logo for full article.

March 31, 2002

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Security packaging

AGI/Klearfold (New York, NY) offers Durafold™ Security Packaging, a new theft-resistant packaging option that helps consumer-product companies reduce pilferage in retail environments.

March 31, 2002