Packaging News You Can Use

“I Hate Packaging” by JoAnn Hines Packaging Diva
MARK PATINKIN: The Bad Invention Hall of Fame
(SH) - I had a traumatic thing happen to me this week. I received a big box packed with plastic foam peanuts.
 
Extreme anger caused by product packaging that is difficult to open… is called “Wrap Rage”. Freeing the toys, electronics and other gifts of the holiday  season from their bulletproof packaging can require the strength of Superman and  patience of Job.
 
“The Death Of The Plastic Clamshell” by JoAnn Hines Packaging Diva
How to open blister packs / clamshell plastic packaging
But, while some plastic packages are near impossible to open without bringing  out heavy duty scissors, first consider your cutting technique. I used to cut  straight across the packaging and then try to rip it open like so: However, …

Unwrapping Plastic Packages
KOTV - Tulsa,OK,USA
… The News on 6 talked to people about how tough it is to unseal the deal. Janet Polin got perfume for Christmas, but the packaging stunk. …

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More on the environment…..
Recently quoted by Angie DeRosa at Plastics News on her feature article Packaging Taking An Environmental Swing.

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ASTM International Packaging Committee Reactivates Subcommittee on Recycling/Disposability
ASTM International Committee D10 on
Packaging is reactivating Subcommittee D10.19 on Recycling/Disposability. All
interested parties, particularly those who are concerned and knowledgeable
about worldwide packaging and recycling issues, are invited to join in the
standards developing activities of D10.19.

For further technical information, contact Jan Gates, Abbott Vascular,
Temecula, Calif. (phone: 951/914-4048; jgates@guidant.com). Committee D10
meets April 15-18, 2007, at the April Committee Week in Norfolk, Va. For
membership or meeting information, contact Kevin Shanahan, manager, Technical
Committee Operations, ASTM International (phone: 610/832-9737;
kshanaha@astm.org).

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Remember I wrote about Beneful in my article is Your Packaging Going To the Dogs?
PMMI News: Nestle Beneful Receives PACK EXPO Selects Award
Arlington, VA, January 8, 2007 – Packaging professionals attending November’s PACK EXPO International voted the sleek package developed for Nestlé Beneful® Prepared Meals™ as the winner of the inaugural PACK EXPO Selects™ awards program. PACK EXPO Selects™ was the newest addition to The Showcase of Packaging Innovations™, a special pavilion sponsored by The Dow Chemical Company. PACK EXPO was held from October 29 – November 2, 2006 at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois.
 
Sealed Air Acquires Majority Interest in Biosphere Industries
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
… Sealed Air expects to bring Biosphere sustainable packaging products for food and industrial packaging applications to the market during 2007. …
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20061206005878&newsLang=en
 
Demand For Dairy Packaging Expected To Reach $4.3B By 2010
Dairy packaging demand is projected to expand 4.1% annually to $4.3B in 2010, according to a new study from The Freedonia Group, a Cleveland, OH-based industry market research firm…
http://www.packagingnetwork.com/content/news/article.asp?docid=29987278-2b40-4b97-bf63-5268938ecf81

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