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Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Transparent Container Co. (Chicago, IL) has opened a new 40ꯠ sq' facility in Conyers, GA.

July 31, 1999

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Increasing supplier competition

Dole Fresh Vegetables plans to turn up the heat on its packaging machinery suppliers. "Before we purchase major packaging lines again, we're actually going to be doing 30-day [in-plant] trials between different machine companies," Dan Alameda, a packaging engineer at the Soledad, CA, plant, tells Packaging World.

July 31, 1999

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Packaging education: a new coalition?

Workforce development was the prime goal behind the Education Summit held in June and sponsored by the Education & Training Foundation of the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (Arlington, VA).

July 31, 1999

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Del Monte adds food to aseptic PET beverage line (sidebar)

What will it cost?

July 31, 1999

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Supplier news: Appointments, promotions

Reis Robotics (Elgin, IL): Jon W. Heyl, vp, gen. mgr., North American operations; Don Searcy, sales, southeastern U.S.

July 31, 1999

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Supplier news: Achievements

ISO 9001 certification: Atlas Box & Crating (Sutton, MA); Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. (Chicago, IL), for its Columbus, IN, Keokuk, IA, Little Rock, AR, and San Jose, CA, corrugated plants.

July 31, 1999

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Supplier news: International agreements

Combi America (Canton, OH), 3M (St. Paul, MN) and Siat S.p.A. (Turate, Italy) have created a joint venture called Combi Packaging Systems LLC (Canton, OH) for the manufacture of equipment used in automatic erecting, filling and sealing of corrugated boxes.

July 31, 1999

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Supplier news: Achievements

ISO 9002 certification: Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. (Chicago, IL), for its Baltimore, MD, corrugated plant; Artcraft Converters, Inc. (Memphis, TN).

July 31, 1999

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Lizard fuels consumer appeal

Designed to appeal to young outdoor enthusiasts, South Beach Beverage Corp.'s SoBe Lizard Fuel features a label with a crafty-looking lizard atop a mountain bike.

July 31, 1999

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Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

CNC Containers Corp. (Tumwater, WA) recently expanded its blow-molding and injection-molding operations with additions to its Commerce, CA, Lathrup, CA, and Tumwater facilities.

July 31, 1999

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Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Imaje Ink Jet Printing Corp. (Atlanta, GA) has opened a regional office in Fullerton, CA, which will provide sales and technical support to customers throughout the western U.S.

July 31, 1999

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Color forecast

Three companies have partnered to produce a forecast of colors for plastics in packaging and product design for 2000. The forecast, compiled by Intl.

June 30, 1999