Packaging

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

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

Handling the Job

May 1, 2014

Lubricant packaging lines must satisfy a complex tangle of tasks and requirements. Getting one that operates smoothly requires careful planning, say ...

Last Word

May 1, 2014

Flexitanks are just one of several types of containers available to transport base oils and lubricants, but their popularity has been growing rapidly, ...

Three years ago two companies introduced a bag-in-box package for lubricants. Based on market feedback, they shored up the design - and received a U.N ...

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

TAMPA BAY, Fla.-California is cracking down on plastic packaging, but many lubricant manufacturers and packagers are unaware or uncertain of their obl ...

How much energy and carbon dioxide is saved by using reconditioned shipping containers? RIPA offers solid numbers you can take to the environmental ba ...

Packaging design is as much science as art. The process requires close interaction between the design team and production experts - because a package ...

Agrinol has endured the countrys widespread corruption and political unrest to forge a successful business, serving Central Europes lubrication needs.

Imperial Oil will discontinue lubricant blending and packaging operations at its Sarnia, Ontario, facility by 2015, the company told plant employees l ...

Californias revised laws on the recyclability of plastic containers — enforceable as of January 2013 under the Rigid Plastic Packaging Container ...

HazCom Trained Yet?

October 2, 2013

As OSHAs Dec. 1 deadline for training looms, U.S. employers have just two more months to ensure employees are familiar with the new Globally Harmonize ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Handheld outdoor power equipment sales are around $15 billion in the U.S., which allows for a correspondingly large – b ...

Haver Filling Systems Grows

August 28, 2013

Haver Filling Systems is expanding its warehouse in Conyers, Ga., to increase production capacity so it can meet growing demand for its German-enginee ...

The American Petroleum Institute is suing Bullseye Lubricants for alleged counterfeiting, trademark infringement, trademark dilution, false advertisin ...

Flexies Strut their Stuff

August 21, 2013

In this era of base oil oversupply and cost sensitivity, one flexitank supplier says this relatively new shipping technology offers the low cost and f ...

Amet Packaging Inc. has acquired assets of Oden Corp., adding to its pool of packaging companies and extending its reach into the lubes and greases pa ...

Valvoline Cummins Ltd. has opened a plant in India with capacity to manufacture and package 120 million liters of lubricants per year, with possible e ...

The traditional base oil market has become pretty lively in the last few years, and volatility seems to be the new norm, according to an Ashland Consu ...