TELEMETRY Do your IBCs keep disappearing in the supply chain? Is managing the IBC fleet a costly business? Perhaps recent advances in the application of telemetry systems can offer a solution, Pat Barron* suggests
CROSSBOTTLING The UK's Supreme Court has unanimously upheld an appeal by Werit in its longstanding patent dispute with Schütz over the crossbottling of intermediate bulk containers. The ruling has much wider implications for industrial and private consumers
DISPENSING Closed-system drum and IBC dispensing can offer shippers significant economic, safety and environmental benefits. Thomas A Braun, business manager, chemical and packaging products for US-based Colder Products Company (CPC), explains more
MANUFACTURING An unwavering attention to product quality and design is continuing to pay off for US steel drum maker Skolnik Industries, with its units regularly deployed across the globe to safely handle some of the most demanding applications going, from chemicals to radioactives and more
CONFERENCE REPORT RIPA and IPANA pooled their annual meetings this year, giving the US packaging professional a much bigger bang for his or her buck. Paul W Rankin reports on what was a thoroughly fascinating few days in Florida
SHOW REVIEW A ridiculously expensive city where a pint of beer will typically set you back €9, Paris was once again the setting for the biennial Emballage exhibition when it took place at the Parc des Expositions de Paris Nord Villepinte this past November 19-22
PLASTICS DRUMS Mauser and SABIC have jointly unveiled a new HDPE grade for large healthcare container applications, following successful cooperation in other grades. Mauser is also leveraging its partnerships in container reconditioning
Paul Lewis has joined US intermediate bulk container (IBC) manufacturer Hoover Container Solutions as president and chief operating officer. Donald W Young will remain chairman and CEO.
MANUFACTURING As well as gearing up to start production of plastics packagings in Turkey, Germany's Mauser has also further expanded its business in the US through the acquisition of Varicon Solutions
