CPA Connection - Volume 2, Issue 4

April 9, 2012

Volume 2, Issue 4

Partnership Is the Strongest Tool You Have

There is a long tradition of the contract packager as a vendor: the supplier of the most appropriate, practical packaging the customer asks for. But in our modern complex world of packaging, that model has begun to be superseded by a new relationship, that as partner with our customers.

Companies build relationships with contract packagers because they do not have--or want to have--a packaging department of their own. That means that they also don't have the knowledge of current packaging technology and techniques that a packaging department would enable them to have. Which opens the door for the contract packager to develop a tighter, more interactive relationship with his customer and become a partner rather than a vendor.

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Gerry Donley inducted into CPA's Hall of Fame

The Contract Packaging Association is pleased to announce Gerry Donley, President of Toll Packaging Services, Division of Cloud Packaging Solutions LLC., as recipient of the association's esteemed Hall of Fame Award for 2012. The CPA Hall of Fame honors professionals who have made a significant contribution to the Contract Packaging Association and the contract packaging industry.

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Polypack's TANGO shrink wrapper

TANGO machines produce bulls-eye wraps using both clear and printed film. These single roll, intermittent motion machines can wrap up to 20 bundles per minute and offer an array of infeed options including an inline infeed, an inline flood infeed and a side infeed. The TANGO was designed using a modular concept, and the infeeds can be changed without tools in a matter of minutes.

For more information and a video showing the TANGO in action, visit www.polypack.com/print_registered.asp

The SQ/2 large character ink jet system

Squid Ink

This versatile ink jet system from Associate CPA Member Squid Ink prints high quality dot-matrix characters on a variety of products at a cost-effective price, offering the lowest price per printed character in the industry today. Users can choose between two models: a water-based model for printing on porous surfaces like corrugated cartons, or as a solvent-based system for printing on non-porous product like plastics, stretch wraps, metals and more.

For more information, visit www.squidink.com/products/SQ2

Motion-control market accelerates

Orders for motion control products jumped 17.7% in 2011, according to new statistics released by the Motion Control Association, the industry's global trade group. Gains also occurred in the fourth quarter, rising 4% over the same period in 2010.

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Banded bundles replace shrink film wraps

C.B. Fleet Co. Inc./Fleet Laboratories, Lynchburg, VA, specializes in the manufacture of feminine care and gastro care products. For many years, the company had been shrink-wrap bundling multi-counts of products for shipment to various customer outlets. The bundles make it easier for Fleet's customers to handle product warehousing and store-shelf stacking. But some of their shrink-bundling equipment was getting old and was no longer meeting Fleet's cost- and operating-efficiency expectations.

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Sustainable Films and Substrates: Degradable or Recyclable?

Bioplastics are supposed to contribute to protecting the environment, reduce waste issues, minimize the dependence on non-renewable raw materials, and improve the image of plastic products. Freedonia's study notes that price considerations will be the primary determinant of bioplastic market success, and that rising petroleum costs will allow certain bioplastics to achieve price parity with conventional plastics by 2020.

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