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Conceptual Packaging - A Creative Type Company

August 14, 2007 · Number 16

WEBINAR: Turn ‘Weeks into Days' With Digital Production

Package Design Magazine, Nosco, and HP invite you to sit in on this 45-minute educational webinar detailing the ins and outs of digital label printing today. Mark your calendar for September 6th, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time and sign-up at www.packagedesignmag.com/webinar.

Digital label production can help reduce costs and time in your package or label production, especially for your shortest run SKUs. Featured panelists will be Craig Curran from Nosco, Vince Pentella, from HP, and Ron Romanik from Package Design Magazine.

DESIGN: Gerresheimer's Rigid Needle Shield Receives WPO Recognition

Gerresheimer's Rigid Needle Shield is a very useful protective packaging form which prevents injuries from new and used syringe needles. At the World Packaging Organization (WPO) meeting in Poznan, Poland, the jury recognized the Rigid Needle Shield with a WorldStar Award.

As an accessory for prefillable sterile syringes which are marketed by Gerresheimer throughout the world under the trademark RTF® (Ready to Fill), the Rigid Needle Shield was developed in close collaboration with pharmacists and doctors in the Gerresheimer technology center for syringe systems in Gerresheimer Bünde GmbH. The plastic cap, which is placed firmly over the needle in the new syringe and can easily be replaced after the injection, has an impenetrable shell and a flexible lining. Together these two elements protect the delicate needle against damage and, more effectively than ever before, avoid needle-prick injuries to those handling syringes during their use or disposal. For more information, visit www.gerresheimer.com.

MATERIAL: Rohm and Haas Launches a Clear and Green Solution for Impact Modifiers

Rohm and Haas improves the performance of green packaging with the launch of their new additive, PARALOID™ BPM-500, an impact modifier that broadens the usability of bioplastics by making them stronger without sacrificing clarity. PARALOID™ BPM-500 supports the packaging industry's movement toward sustainability by enhancing polylactic acid (PLA) polymer, an innovative bioplastic derived from a renewable resource, such as corn, and used in some packaging applications.

The packaging industry's move toward PLA resin has been hampered by unmodified PLA being somewhat weaker and more brittle than traditional materials. Previous attempts to strengthen PLA packaging have sacrificed transparency in their efforts. Rohm and Haas' new PLA additive, PARALOID™ BPM-500, toughens PLA packaging while maintaining clarity, thereby fulfilling a key industry need. Request more information at: www.rohmhaas.com.

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