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With the release last month of its Millennium Collection CD series, Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) becomes the first customer of New York City converter Shorewood Packaging (www.ipaper.com ) to use new PaperFoam[R] 5-in. CD trays. Converted via a patented, one-step injection-molding process, PaperFoam is made from a starch-based fiber that is both paper-recyclable and biodegradable when composted. The packaging technology was developed by Barneveld, Netherlands-based PaperFoam BV ( www.paperfoam.com ).

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