Packaging

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Packaging: - The assembly of one or more containers and any other components necessary to ensure minimum compliance with a program's storage and shipment packaging requirements. Also, the containers, etc. involved.
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News archive for Packaging::

Weyerhaeuser completes US$6B sale of packaging business to ...  -  04 Aug 2008
The Canadian Press,...(NYSE:WY) announced Monday it has completed the US$6-billion cash sale of its containerboard packaging and recycling business to International Paper.

Graphic Packaging joins forces with EPA  -  04 Aug 2008
Jobwerx,Graphic Packaging International announces that it has become a partner in the US Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR Program.

Toshiba denies report on chip packaging JV with ASE  -  04 Aug 2008
ReutersO: Quote, Profile, Research) are increasing the outsourcing of packaging and testing to Taiwan firms to reduce costs as they are struggling with falling

Taiwan's ASE denies reported NAND flash packaging, testing JV with ...  -  04 Aug 2008
�富財經,TW) denied a local media report that it and Toshiba Corp, Japan's largest chipmaker, plan to set up a joint venture to handle packaging and testing of NAND

MEADWESTVACO CORPORATION MWV; Packaging Leaders MWV and Bilcare ...  -  04 Aug 2008
Packaging Digest,...(NYSE:MWV) and India-based Bilcare Ltd. announced the joint acquisition of pharmaceutical packaging company International Labs of St. Petersburg, Fla.

Molded Fiber's Green Packaging: Sustainability Merges with ...  -  04 Aug 2008
PR Web (press release),Molded Fiber, a UFP Technologies brand, today announced that it has increased its focus on the production of its 100% recycled molded pulp packaging for

Russia: MAM TD enters packaging market  -  04 Aug 2008
Packaging Digest,Gift packaging market insiders say polypropylene film used by them is supplied from abroad. According to experts, positions of foreign producers are strong

How to Pick Environmentally Smart Packaging  -  04 Aug 2008
Packaging Digest,Want some real techniques for choosing packaging that’s better for the environment? Take a look at Joel Makower’s great article, “Think Inside the Box.

NGC unveils new packaging, website & content  -  04 Aug 2008
Indiantelevision.com,MUMBAI: In an attempt to don a new look, National Geographic Channel (NGC) has unveiled new packaging, new website and new content with an aim to provide

Dolco, Cambridge closing Memphis operations; 96 jobs lost  -  04 Aug 2008
Bizjournals.com,Dolco Packaging and Cambridge Integrated Services Group Inc. are closing their Memphis-area operations and eliminating 96 jobs, the companies have told the

Greeneville packaging plant to close  -  04 Aug 2008
Knoxville News Sentinel,Tegrant Protexic Brands, a manufacturer of protective packaging, material handling tools and specialty packaging applications, plans to close its

Industrial packaging supplies from UBEECO Packaging Solutions  -  04 Aug 2008
Ferret,UBEECO Packaging Solutions offers industrial packaging solutions through a range of packaging products including cases and crates, pallets, timber frames,

Compose’ digital, flexo and packaging workflow + more  -  04 Aug 2008
Graphic Repro,This workflow solution provides users with a set of ease-to-use production tools; it includes specific flexographic and packaging modules such as the BoxPro

Transport Packaging Solution Doubles as Casket  -  04 Aug 2008
Material Handling Management (press release),CINCINNATI—At his own request, Fredric J. Baur, the man who designed the Pringles potato crisp packaging system, had his ashes placed in a Pringles

Packaging materials available from Vikalia  -  04 Aug 2008
Ferret,Vikalia designs, manufactures and distributes an extensive range of flexible packaging materials suitable for commercial and industrial packing applications

Keaflex highlights elastomer mouldings at PPMA packaging show  -  04 Aug 2008
Process & Control Today,Elastomer components are produced for the packaging and processing industry and include gaiters, valve seats, 'O' rings, bellows, diaphragms,

Packaging industry discusses merits of bar codes v RFID  -  04 Aug 2008
ComputerWeekly.com,The latest edition of Packaging News has an interesting discussion on the merits of RFID against the use of bar codes. For now, it concludes that,

The French packaging paper market  -  04 Aug 2008
EUWID Packaging Markets,In France, the downturn in unbleached kraftliner prices has apparently ground to a halt in recent times, a number of market players reported.

Tecate - Kits simplify packaging and integration of Boostcap ...  -  04 Aug 2008
Electropages (press release),Offered to simplify the packaging and integration of Maxwell Technologies' MC Power Series Boostcap ultracapacitors, the kits allow design engineers to

DFC Packaging has presented a new and improved CY-76-15 side ...  -  04 Aug 2008
Ferret,The CY-76-15 side sealer POF shrink wrapping machine is capable of wrapping up to 60ppm, using a centre folded POF shrink film and a continuous motion

Bottled Water: consumer stupidity  -  04 Aug 2008
National Post,Lets face the facts here, the real meat of your concern surrounds packaging and we all know that the government has no resolve to really alter this serious

'Not just a box'  -  04 Aug 2008
Bangkok Post,Unlike fashion designers whose fancy creations can drain money from a business, packaging designers can actually help save business costs.

RPC secures Scrubs packaging contract  -  04 Aug 2008
packagingnews.co.uk,Do you support Tory plans for cash incentives for the public to recycle household waste? RPC Group, the rigid plastics specialist, has produced the

Volunteers sought to package food for Haitian children  -  04 Aug 2008
Indianapolis Star,On Saturday, August 16, a meal packaging event will take place to benefit school children in the country of Haiti, one of the poorest countries in the

New packaging for organic tea  -  04 Aug 2008
Food Week,The unique packaging design represents a culmination of ideas and work by Somage fine foods and design company Taylor & Grace, a design project facilitated

KapStone Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results  -  04 Aug 2008
MSN Money4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation KPPC today reported results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008 .

Bottled Water's Shocking Impacts and the Growing Opposition  -  04 Aug 2008
AlterNet,The biggest impacts for bottled water come from the refrigeration, packaging and transport. Refrigeration also substantially increased the impacts of the

BRIEF: Weyerhaeuser sells Manitowoc plant  -  04 Aug 2008
Trading Markets (press release),...(WY) said today it completed the sale of its containerboard, packaging and recycling business, including a Wisconsin unit, for $6 billion in cash to

Milking it  -  04 Aug 2008
BBC News,Packaging giant Nampak says it expects to have 30% rHDPE bottles in production in 2009. And Defra in its Milk Roadmap (yes, really) has set targets for all

Appleton completes sale of UK unit  -  04 Aug 2008
Bizjournals.com,The Appleton-based paper and packaging maker did not disclose terms of the sale. Bemrose was sold to an acquisition affiliate of American Industrial

Nvidia likely to confirm scale of chip troubles soon  -  04 Aug 2008
Australian Techworld,The scale of Nvidia's chip-packaging troubles should become apparent when the company releases its financial results. Are the costs of resolving the

Albany paper mill changes hands  -  04 Aug 2008
Albany Democrat Herald,By Steve Lathrop International Paper announced today that it had completed the purchase of Weyerhaeuser’s Containerboard, Packaging and Recycling business,

ISA88 Batch Committee Completes Machine and Unit States Technical ...  -  04 Aug 2008
InTech,This technical report incorporates the OMAC Packaging Workgroup’s PackML and PackTags documents with the industry standard ISA88 terminology.

Satyam Selects ChangeBASE AOK to Accelerate Application Deployment ...  -  04 Aug 2008
IT News Online,At first, it will deploy the tool in its packaging factory, and then on-site operations, enabling clients to benefit from infrastructure management services

NATIONAL REGISTRY OF FOOD SAFETY PROFESSIONALS WINS 2008  -  04 Aug 2008
TransWorldNews (press release),This year’s North American Packaging Association's Annual Packaging Competition winner in the Educational and Marketing Materials Category has been

Manufacturing and design partnerships for customer value  -  04 Aug 2008
Bizcommunity.com,Methods of reducing the gap between packaging manufacturers and designers is being discussed by Nampak and the South African design industry.

Globe Guard Recycled Inflatable Air Pillows  -  04 Aug 2008
Sustainable is Good,Salazar Packaging, a distributor of packaging materials and equipment with a focus on sustainable packaging, expanded its Globe Guard line of sustainable

Thinstall App Virtualization Grows Up  -  04 Aug 2008
Washington Post,In fact, any kind of software prerequisite is a candidate for discrete packaging through AppLink. Other welcome new features include the ability to package

Saint-Gobain tight-lipped on offer for pack unit  -  04 Aug 2008
packagingnews.co.uk,Saint-Gobain, the French materials group, says it has received signs of interest for its packaging unit but declined to comment on press reports that a

Britvic introduces lighter bottles for Robinsons brand  -  04 Aug 2008
packagingnews.co.uk,Artenius PET Packaging in Wrexham supplied the light-weighted pre-form which was then blown in house at Britvic's Norwich factory.

Toshiba, Taiwan's ASE to form NAND flash packaging, testing JV ...  -  Aug 3, 2008
�富財經,TW) and Toshiba Corp, Japan's largest chipmaker, are planning to set up a joint venture to handle packaging and testing of NAND flash memory chips,

Three dead in Packaging Corp mill explosion  -  Jul 29, 2008
ReutersHOUSTON, July 29 (Reuters) - Packaging Corp of America (PKG.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said an explosion at a Wisconsin paper mill killed

Richards Packaging Q2 profit $3.1M as sales rise 23 per cent to $48.9M  -  Aug 1, 2008
The Canadian Press,TORONTO — Richards Packaging Income Fund (TSX:RPI.UN) wrapped up the second quarter with a 23 per cent increase in revenue to $48.9 million but a slippage

Packaging Corp Amer (PKG) more shares bought by Bank Of America Corp  -  Aug 2, 2008
Mffais.com,LONG BEACH (Mffais.com) - Bank Of America Corp added additional 706909 (20.38 %) shares of Packaging Corp Amer (PKG), bringing their current holdings to

Plastics and packaging being squeezed  -  Aug 2, 2008
Lancaster Newspapers,Consumers may not notice the rising costs of store displays and packaging materials because they don't directly pay for them, but companies say they have

Packaging industry demands reduction in excise duty  -  Aug 1, 2008
Hindu Business Line,NEW DELHI: Perturbed by the higher prices of raw materials, packaging material manufacturers on Friday demanded a cut in the excise duty imposed on the

International Paper Soars Most in 28 Years on Profit (Update1)  -  Jul 31, 2008
Bloomberg...s packaging, containerboard and recycling businesses. ``We are getting some price increases, but the real story for our second quarter were good operations,

Pizza Hut to offer organic twist, recycled packaging  -  Aug 1, 2008
Bizjournals.com,Love pizza, but don't think it's good for you? Pizza Hut is now trying to appeal to the health conscious. The Dallas-based company plans to launch a new

STMicroelectronics to Sponsor European Microelectronics and ...  -  Jul 30, 2008
MarketWatchThe company will work with the organizer, the Italian chapter of IMAPS (International Microelectronics and Packaging Society), and in collaboration with

Microsoft upset over HP, Dell packaging Windows XP over Vista  -  Aug 2, 2008
TECH.BLORGE.com,By Justin Montgomery While Microsoft recently reported it has collectively shipped some 180 million units licensed with Windows Vista, the numbers might not




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