Packaging Strategies articles from February 2002

Packaging Strategies archives from February 2002

Uncertain economies fuel strategic consolidation, marketplace indecision.(Brief Article)
February 28, 2002... European Flexibles Sector Feels Continued Consolidation Pinch Danish flexible packaging company Danapak A/S and Austrian flexible packaging company Teich AG have agreed to a joint venture that will create the third-largest manufacturer of...

With cost the driving issues, where do benefits, ROI figure into the active barrier technology equation?(Brief Article)
February 28, 2002... The cost to integrate active and barrier technologies into packaging structures surfaced during nearly every session at Packaging Strategies' inaugural ActivePack 2002 Conference. Unfortunately, in most instances, technology developers and...

Microwaveable 'pressure cooker' container targets consumers' wish for fast, healthy meals.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 28, 2002... Answering the consumer call for healthy, quickly prepared, home meal replacement-type fresh foods, flexible packaging producer Wipf, Volketswil, Switzerland, in cooperation with Creative New Foods (CNF), Rafz, Switzerland, have developed a...

Erasco launches ready-to-serve soups in ready-to-heat retortable stand-up pouches.(Brief Article)
February 28, 2002... In addition to providing the valve and lidding film for the Dream Steam container, Swiss packaging company Wipf also produces stand-up retortable pouches for Campbell Soup's German subsidiary Erasco. Erasco was the No. 1 ready-to-serve soup...

Morningstar Foods launches aseptically-filled coffee drink.(Brief Article)
February 28, 2002... In the latest movement toward aseptically-filled low-acid dairy products in plastic bottles, Dean Foods subsidiary Morningstar Foods has launched Jakada -- a shelf-stable coffee drink sold under Procter & Gamble's Folgers brand name. The...

Top-down leadership, forward-looking strategies focus of PS2002 conference event.
February 28, 2002... Personal vision, executive leadership, and strategies to attain measurable results will permeate presentations at the Packaging Strategies 2002 conference and networking event, March 25-27, 2002. "A world economy mired in recession,...

Printpack supports diversity with stake in minority venture.(Brief Article)
February 28, 2002... Privately-held flexible packaging producer Printpack, Atlanta, GA, which recently hit the $lbn mark in sales, and Woodrow A. Hall have jointly formed Diversapack, a new minority business venture to be headquartered in Atlanta, GA. Hall will...

Unique closure aims to reduce leaks in blowmolded bottles.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 28, 2002... After three years and more than $2mn in development effort, Spreckelsen McGeough Ltd., a U.K.-based closure development and manufacturing company, has developed a patented three-in-one closure system called BAP (Bonded Aluminum Plastic),...

MeadWestvaco's Packaging Resources Group. (Acquisitions, Transactions).(Brief Article)
February 28, 2002... MeadWestvaco's Packaging Resources Group, Stamford, CT, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Gralex, Inc., Lewis Center, OH, setting the stage for a formal strategic alliance with the company. Gralex is a manufacturer of thermoformed...

Rexam Plc. (Acquisitions, Transactions).(Brief Article)
February 28, 2002... Rexam Plc, London, U.K., has reached an agreement to sell its 70% shareholding in Rexam Combibloc Ltd. to its joint venture partner, the SIG Group of Switzerland. With this move, the SIG Group hopes to create the foundation from which to...

People.(new appointments in the packaging industry)(Brief Article)
February 28, 2002... * F. Trent Hill has resigned his position at Sonoco, Hartsville, SC, as vice president and chief financial officer. Charles J. Hupfer, corporate vice president/treasurer and corporate secretary, has been named interim chief financial officer...

Other business activity.(C-P Converters changes name)(Brief Article)
February 28, 2002... C-P Converters, York, PA, a supplier of flexible packaging to food and consumer product markets including the snack food, bakery, and confectionery markets, has changed its name to C-P Flexible Packaging to underscore the expanded services...

As 2002 gets underway, merger and acquisition buzz begins to increase.(packaging industry)(Brief Article)
February 15, 2002... Whereas 2001 was somewhat quiet on the merger and acquisition front in the packaging industry, with much of the news focused on failed merger attempts (Tetra Laval/Sidel, Alcan/Pechiney/Algroup), there is quite a bit of M&A buzz as 2002 gets...

General Mills new top packaging exec Jay Gouliard to address Packaging Strategies annual meeting.(conference speaker information)(Brief Article)
February 15, 2002... Packaging Strategies is pleased to announce that Jay Gouliard, Vice President/Packaging Development & Technologies, General Mills, will be the featured speaker at the Packaging Strategies 2002 formal dinner networking event on Monday, March...

What are they, what do they cost, what are the benefits, asks inquiring inaugrual ActivePack audience. (Activepack[TM] 2002).(active packaging conference review)(Brief Article)
February 15, 2002... End-users and processors, suppliers, converters, developers, compounders and blenders alike came seeking a greater degree of understanding about the rapidly emerging, highly technical, and commonly misunderstood new frontier of "active"...

ActivePack showcased the diverse range of active packaging technologies to choose from.(packaging industry product and technology introductions)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 15, 2002... ActivePack 2002 addressed many commercial and pre-commercial technologies under the active packaging umbrella. Listed are those technologies presented at the conference: * Masato Watanabe, manager, Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co. (MGC),...

Interactive Drug Delivery System debuted at ActivePack.(from Global Packaging Innovations)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 15, 2002... Along with such "active" packaging technologies as oxygen absorbers that actively respond to changes within the package to help extend shelf life and retard microbial growth, ActivePack 2002 examined one so-called "smart" or interactive...

Additives, barriers for pet containers may hold keys to continued technology development, concludes nova-pack.(packaging innovations and techniques)(Brief Article)
February 15, 2002... Innovative, cost-effective methods to increase the barrier properties of PET containers as well as the use of chemical additives to decrease acetaldehyde (AA) levels and increase UV barrier properties of PET containers were two areas of...

Crown uses global divestitures, plant shuttering, closures to create efficiencies, raise much needed cash. (Packaging Notebook).(Crown Cork and Seal contract details)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 15, 2002... Crown Cork & Seal, Philadelphia, PA, as part of its strategy to streamline operations "to improve efficiencies and financial performance," has reached an agreement with South African packaging company Nampak Ltd. to sell its 15% shareholding...

Acquisitions, transactions. (Packaging Notebook).(packaging and paper industry)(Brief Article)
February 15, 2002... * Shareholders of paperboard companies Mead Corp., Dayton, OH, and Westvaco Corp., Stamford, CT, approved the merger of the two companies that was first announced in August 2001. The combined company will be named MeadWestvaco and will be...

Capacity, supply announcements. (Packaging Notebook).(Visy Industries new facility information)(Brief Article)
February 15, 2002... * Australia's largest packaging and recycling company Visy Industries, Melbourne, Australia, announced the construction of a A$60mn (U.S. $30.6mn) corrugated box factory in Wodonga, Australia. The new Wodonga factory is slated to produce up...

People. (Packaging Notebook).(packaging services and products industry)(Brief Article)
February 15, 2002... * Paper-based packaging group Jefferson Smurfit Group plc, Dublin, Ireland, announced that its chairman and ceo Dr. Michael W. J. Smurfit has decided to step down as the company's ceo effective October 31, 2002. He will remain chairman of the...

Other business activity. (Packaging Notebook).(Smurfit-Stone ContainerCorp)(Brief Article)
February 15, 2002... * Smurfit-Stone ContainerCorp., Chicago, IL, announced it will combine its Consumer Packaging and Specialty Packaging businesses into a single organization to be called the Consumer Packaging Division. The combined business will offer a...