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Congress is considering FDA reform bills

(Magazine)

May 31, 1996, ... undertaking, the measure mandates that FDA hire private contractors to complete any pending reviews. One provision of the bill would permit food and dietary supplement manufacturers to make health claims ...

International Converting Industry News

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May 31, 1996, ... to be built in Bataan in support of Petrocorp's upcoming polypropylene plant and the Bataan's PE plant. Simon-Carves Ltd., a member of the Simon Group UK, has won a contract worth £2.3 million from Hyundai ...

AIMCAL Selects Seven for Annual Honors

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March 31, 1996, ... supplied by ICI Films; the contract packager was Berry Braiding, and the package designer was Dornsife & Assoc. Snack Food-Marketing There are special challenges involved in packaging a fat-free ...

The 1996 Metallizing Roundup: Experts Ponder and Predict

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February 29, 1996, ... and general manager, Scharr Industries Inc. "We have several exclusive contracts with large converters where we have 100 percent supplier status. And they're predicting growth in the 3 percent range."  ...

In-house sheeting promotes growth and quality

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February 29, 1996, Hammer Lithograph's sheeting subsidiary supplies its "parent" and acts as a contract sheeter; Maxson equipment makes it all possible.Hammer Lithograph's Hammer Lithograph's sheeting subsidiary supplies its ...

Islamic marketing opportunities opening up for converters.

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November 30, 1995, ... US government contract to supply retort pouch meals (RTE) to the armed forces serving in Saudi Arabia as well as to the Saudi Arabian forces. The food was all "halal"-approved and kosher-approved as the ...

Converting capabilities grow in Caribbean nations.

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September 30, 1995, ... 1990, Cuba had five disastrous years that saw the economy contract at least 34%, according to official figures (some foreign economists estimate the collapse at closer to 50%). Now, officials are starting ...

Mead expands in-house capabilities with sheeter

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July 31, 1995, ... Morgan J. Beake, Mead's manufacturing director. "It will reduce our dependence on outside contractors, give us more control over production, allow us to provide a quicker turnaround time to our customers, ...

Difficult employee terminations should be handled with care.

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April 30, 1995, ... employees may successfully sue on the basis of wrongful termination. Under traditional American rule courts have held that in the absence of a contract provision or statutory exception, you are free ...

Innovative uses, creativity earn honors from AIMCAL

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March 31, 1995, ... contract packager House of Packaging, City of Industry, CA. To differentiate its product from ordinary fishing line, Safariland requested a vibrant package to provide high impact and to support sophisticated ...

Familiarity with change no surprise in this industry

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February 28, 1995, ... produce PET bottles and fiber for China due to the poor cotton crop. So, the spot market for resin has been soaked up for fiber. At the point in time that the spot market contracted out for fiber, they ...

Latin American industry remains untapped market

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February 28, 1995, ... Jose Arthur Denot Medeiros, Brazil's negotiator for the common market, known in Portuguese as Mercosul, a contraction for Southern Common Market, said. "Five years ago, there were only five or 10 Brazilian ...