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Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Pratt Industries (Conyers, GA) has opened a new state-of-the-art corrugating facility in Valparaiso, IN.

November 30, 1999

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Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Marden Edwards, Inc. (Antioch, CA) was recently formed as a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of Marden Edwards Ltd. (Wimborne, Dorset, U.K.).

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Emballage teams up with IPA 2000

France's leading trade show organizer, Exposium (Charlotte, NC), has announced that, for the first time, IPA 2000, theWorld Food Process Exhibition, will be held in conjunction with Emballage 2000, the 34th Intl.

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Giddings & Lewis, Inc. (Fond du Lac, WI) has established a new business unit, Advantek Global Services, which will provide customers with after-sales service solutions.

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Plastics industry lags in e-commerce

The latest research from Kline & Co. (Little Falls, NJ) maintains that plastics industry participants have been slow to launch e-commerce initiatives.

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Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Welex Inc. (Blue Bell, PA) has opened its first regional sales office in Mansfield, OH.

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Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Tenneco Packaging (Lake Forest, IL) has completed its spin-off from Tenneco, Inc. (Lake Forest, IL) and has become Pactiv Corp., a specialty packaging co.

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Ink-jet printer

The S.C.I. F.I.(TM) 3200 valve-jet printer from Matthews (Pittsburgh, PA) operates at speeds to 270'/min. It uses a pressurized ink supply to print 1 or 2 lines of adjustable small-character text on any porous or nonporous substrate, including glass, metal, corrugated, wood, paper and film.

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Supplier news: Appointments, promotions

Greif Bros. Corp. (Delaware, OH): John S. Lilak, executive vp, Containerboard & Corrugated Products business.

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Supplier news: Achievements

ISO 9001 certification: Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. (Chicago, IL), for its Schaumburg, IL, Atlanta-East, Mishawaka, IN, and Milpitas, CA, flexible and corrugated plants; QPF LLC (Streamwood, IL); International Paper (Purchase, NY), for its Fond du Lac, WI, container plant; Collamat Stralfors AG (Basel, Switzerland); Fanuc Robotics North America, Inc.

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Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

Uniloy-Milacron (Manchester, MI) has expanded its exclusive microcellular foam license agreement with Trexel (Woburn, MA) to include blow molding, as well as previously announced low-pressure structural foam applications.

November 30, 1999

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Supplier news: Achievements

The Anderson School at UCLA (Los Angeles, CA), in conjunction with Hewlett-Packard Co. (Palo Alto, CA) has created the UCLA Award for Excellence in Supply Chain Management.

November 30, 1999