Long Island

Chesapeake Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Packaging, a leading global supplier of paperboard packaging, has installed its second Vijuk MV-2011 Large Format Folder at its Hicksville, Long Island, NY facility. The folder, which is part of a major global investment program, will produce patient-information leaflets for the healthcare market. Christopher Cassidy, Chesapeake VP Sales & Marketing - North America, stated, "This purchase is in response to the FDA requirement for larger font sizes and additional prescribing information for packaging inserts. This recommendation is expected to manage the risk of medical product use and reduce medication errors. The increased type size necessitates

PHILADELPHIA—A gathering of major equipment and materials companies that are leading development efforts for sustainable packaging for food and consumer products will take place in conjunction with Earth Day 2009 celebrations, Wednesday, April 22. Hosting the daylong converting demonstrations for North American packaging converters and product marketers are specialty materials company Rohm and Haas, along with Nordmeccanica NA, a manufacturer of coating and laminating equipment. Demonstrations will take place at Nordmeccanica’s Long Island facility.

RICHMOND, Va.—Chesapeake Corporation, an international manufacturer of value-added specialty paperboard packaging and a supplier of printed pharmaceutical leaflets, is expanding its pharmaceutical packaging operation on Long Island, N.Y. and relocating from its current location in Lake Success to nearby Hicksville. “Our business has grown substantially since we moved to Lake Success just three years ago, and this move will facilitate further growth,” said Robin Henfling, president of Chesapeake’s pharmaceutical packaging business in North America. “We’re only moving a few miles, but we will double the space available for manufacturing and for the administrative offices that serve all of our U.S. pharmaceutical packaging operations.” Chesapeake’s

RICHMOND, Va.—Chesapeake Corporation, an international manufacturer of value-added specialty paperboard packaging and a supplier of printed pharmaceutical leaflets, announced that it is expanding its pharmaceutical packaging operation on Long Island, N.Y., and relocating from its current location in Lake Success to nearby Hicksville. “Our business has grown substantially since we moved to Lake Success just three years ago, and this move will facilitate further growth,” said Robin Henfling, president of Chesapeake’s pharmaceutical packaging business in North America. “We’re only moving a few miles, but we will double the space available for manufacturing and for the administrative offices that serve all of our U.S. pharmaceutical