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Let's Face It: Growth Requires Risk
Sterling Contract Packaging Inc. of Spartanburg, SC has grown from a single 30,000 square-foot location in 1996 to 107,200 square feet in two facilities in 2012. That huge growth in only fifteen years did not result from doing a lot more of the same thing, but from taking the risk of offering new services for its customers--namely, supply chain management.
"Sterling CPI grew out of a need in 1996 by a local company's to outsource its manufacturing," says Sterling president and CEO Michael Hastings. "When we started the company, our focus was specifically on what we considered to be contract packaging. Today, we have a much broader focus on overall supply chain responsibilities."
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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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Two webinars, two perspectives on supply chain optimization
Supply chain enhancement has become an essential strategy for success. The Institute of Packaging Professionals and the Contract Packaging Association are collaborating to present two knowledgeable speakers and perspectives in two separate spring webinars on this important topic.
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 ITW Thermal Films PrintheadSaver® Films
ITW Thermal Films manufactures, converts, and distributes PrintheadSaver® thermal transfer ribbons (TTR) for bar coding and labeling applications to customers around the world. PrintheadSaver® thermal transfer ribbons for flat head technology printers are available in standard resin enhanced wax grade, PrintheadSaver® Extreme Series Midrange™ (ESM™) wax/resin and Extreme Series Resin™ (ESR™) formulations for applications requiring a higher level of performance and versatility. For near edge or corner edge technology printers, PrintheadSaver® Techno-Edge™ wax/resin and resin ribbons are designed to get the maximum efficiency out of near edge printheads, while providing the superior performance characteristics needed for abrasion and environmental resistance. Click here to check out ITW Thermal Films' latest videos. Videojet 1710 Ink Jet Printer Combines High-Contrast Codes with Low Maintenance
For applications that require easily readable variable data codes on dark or difficult to mark materials, Videojet Technologies Inc. has designed the new Videojet® 1710 small character continuous ink jet printer.
The printer uses high-contrast, pigmented inks to create bright, clean codes on surfaces for which dye-based inks are not effective, such as colored glass, rubber tubing, plastic cabling and dark paperboard. It is capable of printing a variety of fonts in multiple languages, as well as linear bar codes, 2D DataMatrix codes, custom logos and graphics.
For more information, visit www.videojet.com/usa/pigment-ink-printers
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 Co-Packer puts the pieces together
After a busy day, when and if time permits, Kathy Dunn likes to unwind with jigsaw puzzles. They remind her of her contract packaging business, which is also something of a puzzle, "except the pieces are always moving," says the owner of Wilsher Packaging, Bensenville, Ill. Click here to continue reading. |
Earth Day study: Most shoppers won't pay more for green packaging
It's gotten a lot harder to be "green." RetailMeNot.com, an online coupon site, revealed in an Earth Day-inspired edition of the Shoppers Trend Report that while 46 percent of respondents are more inclined to buy a product if it is eco-friendly, the majority of respondents (59 percent) are unwilling to pay more money for that eco-friendly product or service.
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PET packaging market forecast to grow to $57 billion by 2017
Growth will be driven by increasing demand in emerging and transitional economies, as well as brand owners' interest in PET's environmental benefits.
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Downgauging: Weight Loss Tips for Flexible Packaging
Manufacturers of packaged goods today are constantly challenged to reduce packaging - for cost and environmental reasons - while ensuring it still serves the primary purpose: protect the contents and help sell the product.
Polyethylene, the most widely used flexible packaging material, has come a long way and packaging engineers have capitalized on those advances by designing multilayer flexible packages that are thinner and lighter than ever.
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