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Tougher warnings for cholesterol?

Public Citizen’s Health Research Group, a consumer advocacy organization, asked FDA to highlight the health hazard warning on statins, the most popular cholesterol-lowering drugs in the United States used by 12 million people.

October 31, 2001

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Paperboard substrate

Forte™, a new packaging substrate from Westvaco (Stamford, CT) is a 36-pt solid fiber board that provides compression strength equal to or greater than F, G, or N mini-flute board.

October 31, 2001

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Flexible package

U-Pack™ from Bischof + Klein GmbH (Lengerich, Germany) is a premade, side-gusseted package with a flat, square bottom that provides stand-up characteristics and graphics appeal.

October 31, 2001

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P&G unwraps bioplastic for commercialization

Cincinnati,OH-based Procter & Gamble has licensed PHBH (poly 3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate), a biodegradable polymer, to plastics manufacturer Kaneka Corp., Osaka, Japan.

October 31, 2001

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Culligan brightens cartons and saves

Culligan Intl. Co., Northbrook, IL, is one of the first end users of a new laminated 36-pt solid fiber board substrate used for folding cartons for retail water filters. Forte™ from Westvaco’s Packaging Resources Group (Stamford, CT) comprises 6-pt SBS–which provides a high-quality printing surface–laminated to 30-pt Kraftpak®, an uncoated SUS.

October 31, 2001

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Packaging education

Clemson University (Clemson, SC) announced that it will run its Winter Intensive Packaging Program in collaboration with San José State University (San José, CA).

October 31, 2001

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PMMI's 'train the trainer' program gets boost from test

The long-awaited ‘train the trainer’ program of the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute got a big boost from a pilot session in late August.

October 31, 2001

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PMMI's 'train the trainer' program gets the boost from test (sidebar)

Machine training sessions scheduled

October 31, 2001

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Conferences combine

September 11 events caused the Gravure Assn. of America to postpone its Fall Technical Conference.

September 30, 2001

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NPA competition call for entries

Submission entries in the National Paperbox Association’s 52nd Annual Packaging Competition will be accepted through December 1, 2001. The competition will recognize excellence and creativity in rigid box and folding carton packaging.

September 30, 2001

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Packaging mandates workshop rescheduled

Raymond Communications has set Nov. 30 as the new date for “Global Packaging Mandates: How to Design for the Environment and Save Money,” at the Hampton Inn Tropicana, Las Vegas.

September 30, 2001

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Attendance increases at Pack Expo Las Vegas

Despite the terrorist attacks of September 11, the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute reports that Pack Expo Las Vegas 2001’s total attendance of 25곆 topped 1999’s figures by more than 2ꯠ people.

September 30, 2001