PACE – Client Case Study: The Green Way to Clean
C.L. Smith is committed to helping customers keep PACE with sustainability endeavors by offering “environmentally friendly” packaging alternatives.
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Source Reduction Made Easy In today’s competitive landscape, companies are looking for ways to distinguish their product by making it more environmentally friendly. Focusing on sustainability in the manufacturing process is a way to reduce your carbon footprint, increase your competitive edge and send an important message to your customers….
READ MOREMarket Matters – One of our own elected to DGAC Board
Lonnie Jaycox, Hazardous Materials Packaging Engineer, Elected to DGAC Board: Online PR News – October 16, 2012 – DGAC (Dangerous Goods Advisory Council) has appointed Lonnie Jaycox to the 2012-2013 Board of Directors during the 34th Annual Conference & Dangerous Goods Transportation Exposition in Nashville, TN.
READ MOREMarket in Motion – Focus on Flexible Packaging
Special Issue: Focus on Flexible Packaging INTRODUCING! Flexible Packaging…an efficient, economical, ecological, carbon-conscious alternatives to traditional packaging. Let us help you explore the new world of Flexible Packaging!
READ MOREMarket in Motion – September 2012
Keeping a pulse on packaging trends. Featured products for September 2012: Nestable Drums – New 60-Litre Version Neckless Tube – Creativity & Cost Savings Bulk Boxes – Ideal for Broad Range of Material Handling Tri-Seal Gasket-Less Cover
READ MOREMarket Matters – Revised Regulations
California’s Rigid Plastic Packaging Container (RPPC) Law: Effective Date: January 1st, 2013 California RPPC Regulation: What has changed? Significant changes in the revised California RPPC regulation may have profound effects on current compliance programs. While it is important to fully understand any regulation that affects our business operations, it is…
READ MOREBattery Market in Motion – November 2012
Keeping a pulse on packaging trends. Featured Articles: Custom Packaging Stock Packaging Battery Packaging 5 Gallon Composite Packaging
READ MOREDangerous Goods by Air
A Package Designer’s Observations about Docket HM-231A Background of HM-231A This rulemaking started with a public meeting (June 2007) to discuss the issue of combination packages leaking liquid hazardous materials in air shipments. The concern was based on incident data that was gathered over the previous decade, and analyzed and…
READ MOREDOT Adopts International Regulations
In the November, 2010 issue of Safe Packaging Matters, we communicated that extensive change to all facets of Limited Quantity and air shipments were coming in the 1st quarter 2011. The first step in this process came in the form of a rulemaking [HM‐215K] intended to harmonize the CFR 49…
READ MOREBio-Based Terms Confusing to Consumers By Mike Verespej
Misconceptions among consumers about what terms like bio-based and biodegradable mean pose huge challenges in labeling products and packaging. “There are two huge misconceptions,” said Steve Mojo, executive director of the New York-based Biodegradable Products Institute. “Eighty-five percent of consumers think that ‘bio-based/renewable’ also means ‘biodegradable,’ and 60 percent think…
READ MOREMarket in Motion – Oct 2011
Featured products for October 2011.
READ MORESimplicity® Family of Dispensers
24-410 Simplicity EuroMist® Closure for ALL EM Series spray pumps + Hawk + Cardinal lotion pumps 24-410 Simplicity Premium Closure Interchangeable EuroFlow® actuators Flamingo, Contemporary + Starling
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