Closures

Plastic Technologies Inc. (PTI), a provider of package design, package development, rapid prototyping, pre-production prototyping, and material evaluation engineering services for the plastic packaging industry, is opening an independent closure-testing lab. It will be able to study plastic and metal closures for a broad variety of packaging applications.

Berlin Packaging LLC has announced that it has been recertified to the ISO 9001:2008 standard from Perry Johnson Registrar. The supplier of plastic, glass, and metal containers and closures reports that it has had seven consecutive years of monthly 99+% on-time delivery of its warehouse shipments and 25 months of 99+% on-spec product quality. 

Brückner Technology Holding GmbH has acquired all shares of PackSys Global (Zürich, Switzerland). PackSys Global (PSG) manufactures equipment for producing aluminum, plastic, and laminate tubes; metal and plastic closures and monobloc aerosol cans; and dry offset printing systems for integrating into production lines for tubes, metal caps, and cans.

Tapemark (West St. Paul, MN) is pleased to announce the promotion of Pat Mork to vice president, human resources. In her previous role as director of human resources, she was responsible for the successful oversight in the application of over $750,000 of training for Tapemark employees, supported by a three-year Minnesota Job Skills Partnership grant. Additionally Pat led the establishment of an employee-driven wellness committee that is having a significant impact on the overall health of the Tapemark employee population.

Rexam Pharmaceutical Packaging and Med Time Technology Inc. team up to provide pharmacists with an innovative way to remind customers to take their medication on time. The Pill Timer will soon be available as a result of an agreement between Med Time Technology and Rexam Plastics, the largest manufacturer of plastic prescription vials in the United States.

Kaufman Container (Cleveland, OH) is celebrating its 100th Year Anniversary. Starting off in 1910 as a small glass-recycling operation, the company has grown into a provider and decorator of glass, plastic, aluminum, and metal containers, tubes, closures, celon bands, and dispensing systems, offering custom molds and package development. It serves customers in personal care, household and industrial chemical, automotive, pet and vet, pharmaceutical, food, and beverage markets.

O.Berk Co., a full-service supplier and distributor of glass and plastic containers, closures, sprays, and pumps, reports that 2010 marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the company. O.Berk was established in Newark, NJ, in 1910 by Osias Berk. In 1925, the company was purchased by Isaac Goldstein, great grandfather of O.Berk’s current Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Marc M. Gaelen.

West (Lionville, PA) is featuring the second in a series of podcasts on its on line resource center. The podcast covers risk mitigation challenges related to container closure systems, with insights on the company’s NovaPure component solution. West kicked off the series last year with a podcast on cGMP.