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Help Support Packaging Education and the Southern California Chapter of IoPP

On September 25, the Southern California Chapter of the Institute of Packaging Professionals (So Cal IoPP) will hold a fundraiser to benefit packaging education and to support the chapter itself.  All packaging professionals and friends and...
Whole Foods Market Institutes New Sustainable Packaging Guidelines for All Body Care and Supplement Suppliers

Whole Foods Market reports that it has implemented new responsible packaging guidelines for all body care and supplement suppliers. As part of the change, the company has switched to post-consumer recycled (PCR) content bottles for several of its...
Sencorp Joins White Systems to Form SencorpWhite

Sencorp Inc. and White Systems have united under the new business, SencorpWhite. The new company will provide packaging and inventory management solutions for...
UPM Raflatac Renews Digital Labelstock Family for HP Indigo Technology

UPM Raflatac is introducing several high-quality paper and film labelstocks certified for use with the HP Indigo WS6000 digital press. Submitted under the HP Indigo Media Certification program, these stocks also work with the HP Indigo WS2000 press...
PrePak Acquires TestPak

PrePak Holdings Inc. (Cookeville, TN) has acquired TestPak (Whippany, NJ), a contract packaging company active in the pharmaceutical, nutritional, and consumer products markets. PrePak Holdings, a group of companies focused on contract manufacturing...
ACG Worldwide Expands Barrier Film Manufacturing Capacity

To support the growing need for barrier films worldwide, ACG recently launched a new 200,000 square foot manufacturing facility. The facility in Shirwal, Pune (India) triples ACG Pharmapack's films output while maintaining high quality...
Needle-free Option for Hemophilia Patients Adds Convenience

West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. and Grifols USA L.L.C. announce the availability of West’s Mix2Vial filtered transfer system for the reconstitution of Grifols’ coagulation therapies. The Mix2Vial system, developed and manufactured by...
Alpha Packaging to Be Acquired by Irving Place Capital

Irving Place Capital (IPC) is announcing that it has agreed to purchase Alpha Packaging (St. Louis, MO), a blow molder of plastic bottles and jars for the nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, and personal care markets. The transaction is expected to close...
DuPont to Produce EVA in China

DuPont is announcing that production for Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA) resins has begun at its joint venture, Beijing Hua Mei Polymer Company Limited, in Beijing. The facility is DuPont’s first operation to make EVA in China. 

Global Vaccine Market Expected to Hit $34 Billion By 2012

With an estimated annual growth rate of 14% during the next five years, vaccines will be one of the fastest-growing therapeutic areas, even outpacing oncology. Vaccines Review and Outlook 2010, PharmaLive’s newest Special Report, examines the...