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Sustainability in the health and beauty products industry is sure to be a hot topic at this year's HBA Global Expo, June 28-30, at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York City, NY. Intertek regulatory services expert Naeem Mady will discuss the emerging trend of sustainable packaging as well as the regulations surrounding recycled materials and biopolymers used in packaging, during the HBA Global Expo's Technical Track Education Series on June 30, from 10 a.m. until 12:40 p.m., as part of Cosmetic Valley's Innovation and Sustainable Products session. While the health and beauty industry has embraced innovative "green"

In an effort to reduce the environmental impacts of its beauty product packaging, L’Oreal USA, the subsidiary of the worlds largest beauty company, has introduced two important new assessment tools into the package design process. Recognizing that packaging contributes significant environmental impacts within the overall lifecycle of a personal care product, the company is determined to make meaningful improvements in its packaging design and adhere to a packaging policy based on the principles of Respect, Reduce and Replace. LOrals Sustainable Packaging Scorecard (SPS) is a new proprietary assessment tool that the company developed and piloted last year. The purpose

X-Rite, Inc. has nearly doubled the locations this spring where it will be offering its Fundamentals of Color and Appearance (FOCA) one-day seminar.

Posted by Editor Saturday, 11 September 2010 Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation will present at the UBS Global Paper and Forest Products Conference in New York City on Sept. 15, 2010. Patrick J. Moore, Chief Executive Officer of Smurfit-Stone, and Timothy T. Griffith, VP - Investor Relations and Treasurer, will speak beginning at 12 pm EDT. Those wishing to listen to the presentation are invited to access the webcast at www.smurfit-stone.com under the Investors tab. A replay of the webcast will be available starting at 3 pm EDT. About Smurfit-Stone Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation is one of the industry's leading integrated containerboard

GREEN BAY, Wis.—Timothy J. Sullivan, president and CEO of Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC), announced the acquisition of F.L. Smithe Machine Co., Inc. of Duncansville, Penn., which specializes in the design and manufacture of high-performance printing and converting equipment solutions.

Synthetic materials are well known for their their ability to stand up to tough conditions or to maintain their structure and print quality once off the press and on to packages. They are often incorporated on shampoo bottles and other health and beauty packaging, as well as pharmaceutical packaging.