Packaging

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Sharpen Your Wits Against Counterfeits

June 2, 2014

Why let fraudsters imitate your labels, tamper with your packages and adulterate your lubricants? Here are new tools in ...

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Plastics Supplier Buys Ace

May 27, 2014

British packaging manufacturer RPC Group agreed to buy Hong Kong-based Ace Corp. Holdings Ltd., a manufacturer of inject ...

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Motor Oil Packaging Trends

May 27, 2014

Just because a package looks great doesnt make it a great design, says an industry expert. If it slows your filling line ...

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Sustain Yourself

May 27, 2014

Is your lubricants packaging produced, reused and recycled sustainably? Insiders warn the drumbeat for sustainability wi ...

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Is That Really My Oil?

May 22, 2014

Petroleum products can be a magnet for theft, counterfeiting, adulteration, commingling and other abuses. Battling such ...

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Plastic Package Failures Are Preventable

May 22, 2014

The list of what can go wrong with plastic motor oil bottles is long and sad. So when containers leak and buckle, you ne ...

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The Flexible Shipping Alternative

May 21, 2014

Flexibags are gaining popularity as a packaging option for international bulk shipments. The learning curve can be prett ...

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A Square Deal for Lubes

May 21, 2014

Sturdy bag-in-box packaging offers an innovative way to store and dispense lubes, and has numerous fans among oil market ...

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Take Stock of Your Label Management

May 17, 2014

Without a correct label, your lubricant cannot be shipped. But managing the labels for all those totes, kegs, pails and ...

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Prune Packaging Costs.

May 8, 2014

Thats the real meaning of PPC, says Ross Quantz, incoming president of the Petroleum Packaging Council.

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Handling the Job

May 1, 2014

Lubricant packaging lines must satisfy a complex tangle of tasks and requirements. Getting one that operates smoothly r ...

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Last Word

May 1, 2014

Flexitanks are just one of several types of containers available to transport base oils and lubricants, but their popula ...

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Bag-in-box Packaging Gets U.N. Nod

April 28, 2014

Three years ago two companies introduced a bag-in-box package for lubricants. Based on market feedback, they shored up t ...

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Safe Lubes for Food Packaging

April 15, 2014

One area often overlooked in food production is the lubricants for the machines fabricating food packaging. One industry ...

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Do You Comply with CalRecycle?

April 9, 2014

TAMPA BAY, Fla.-California is cracking down on plastic packaging, but many lubricant manufacturers and packagers are una ...

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There’s Value in a Round Trip

April 2, 2014

How much energy and carbon dioxide is saved by using reconditioned shipping containers? RIPA offers solid numbers you ca ...

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Designing Better Motor Oil Bottles

April 1, 2014

Packaging design is as much science as art. The process requires close interaction between the design team and productio ...

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Doing Business Amid Ukraines Chaos

March 18, 2014

Agrinol has endured the countrys widespread corruption and political unrest to forge a successful business, serving Cent ...