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Articles in April, 2002 issue of Food & Drug Packaging

• Who has the final say in switching resin suppliers? Despite USP's push to allow polypropylene interchangeability, FDA may continue its reporting requirements for liquid sterile drugs
  by George Misko
• Innovative label helps double sales: accordion-fold design incorporates recipes on eight-panel label attached to lids of small gourmet pesto jars
• MeadWestvaco Corp
• Fernqvist Labeling Solutions
• Barco Graphics
• Plant recycles bottle-to-bottle
• Improved zippers are on the fast track: sliders and other enhancements make zippers easier to use for both packagers and consumers
  by Pan Demetrakaes
• Multivac Inc
• Markem Corp
• Curtis Packaging Machinery
• Toray Plastics
• Frozen shrimp bowls: quick catch for seafood lovers
• Online auctions—threat or opportunity? Packaging material suppliers fear them but buyers love the art of the deal. Are packagers ready for Web-based auctions?
  by Christopher Barry
• Mateer Burt's
• Hedwin Corp
• Markem Corp
• New high-gloss resin offers design freedom for shaped packages
• Browned beef in a bag: no grease, no grief
• DT Industries Inc. is consolidating all "North American operations of DT Lakso/Merrill and DT Kalish
• Brook & Whittle
• ID Technology Corp
• New workflow standards simplify package development
• Going postal: small-parcel carriers require tough secondary packaging but consumers want security while marketers want branding
  by Christopher Barry
• Small- to mid-sized packagers can test modified-atmosphere or vacuum packaging applications
• Balluff Inc
• Owens-Illinois Glass Containers
• CMD Corp
• Automatic case erector randomly changes over in 15 seconds
• Beech-Nut cereal pouch helps moms on the move
  by Pan Demetrakakes
• Sensory testing ensures `tasteless' packaging: taste and odor testing can help protect product quality—and save development time and money
  by Lisa McTigue Pierce
• ExxonMobil
• Expac Corp
• Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corp
• Active packaging systems control microbial activity
• 7 safety-rules to guard packaging line workers: effective design and positioning of physical guarding should protect personnel without inhibiting normal operations
  by Robert Luciano
• Pouch gives mascara eye-catching appeal: metallized film and double-faced printing deliver maximum merchandising power
• Ticona
• Scholle Corp
• Bosch Rexroth Corp
• DuPont Qualicon
• Mrs. Butterworth's new label expands the brand's reach
• Cosmetics packaging 2002: simplicity. functionality. comfort. Converging influences—terrorist attacks, the economy, the pendulum swing of fashion—have made cosmetic packaging personally accessible
  by William Makely
• Sun Chemical
• Fibre Box Association
• DuPont
• Arpac L.P., a manufacturer of corrugated packaging systems and shrink bundlers and wrappers, has acquired Infra Pak
• Pet food packages claw at consumers: even with innovations in cat food packaging, companies aren't keeping up with consumer demands for convenience
  by Mona Doyle
• Canisters for chocolate impart good taste: foil labels on spiral-wound canisters translate to upscale packaging for a luxury chocolatier
• AgrTopWave LLC has entered into an agreement to supply its PETWallplus in-the-blow-molder
• Hueck Foils L.L.C
• Multisorb Technologies Ltd., a maker of packaged and fabricated sorbents, has acquired the packaging operations of Ineos Silica Ltd
• Arca Xytec Systems
• Frito-Lay canisters boost snacking convenience
  by Christopher Barry
• One-of-a-kind bottles shape beverages' appeal: customized containers can provide unmatched point-of-sale impact—as long as you weigh the challenges
  by Pan Demetrakakes
• Lansmont Corp
• The Plastics Group of America
• Colorite Polymers
• Tuscarora Inc., a supplier of protective packaging