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Modern Packaging Magazine - September 1958 - Return to Main Search
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The Packaging Machinery Mfrs. Institute reports that its 1959 trade show will be known as the Packaging Machinery Mfrs. Institute Show of 1959. In previous years, through 1958, the show was called the Packaging Machinery and Materials Exposition. According to W. B. Bronander, Jr., pres, of PMMI, the change in name was made to identify the show more closely with the Institute, as well as to emphasize the fact that it is basically a packaging-machinery exposition. The show will be held at the New York Coliseum, Nov. 17-20, 1959. Members df the show committee, in addition to Mr. Bronander, are: Harold Mosedale, Package Machinery Co.; K. M. Peterson, Pneumatic Scale Corp.; W, R. Huguenin, Stokes & Smith Co., and K. B. Ho Midge, Arthur Colton Co.

R. G. Macdonald, since 1927 secy.-treas. of the Technical Assn, of the Pulp & Paper Industry, has been appointed to the newly created position of exec, secy.-treas. P. E. Nethercut, who joined Tappi in 1957, becomes asst, to Mr. Macdonald. Founded in 1915, the group has grown in membership from 700 to 9,000.

John G. Kain, who has been in the folding paper box industry more than 20 years, has been named asst, director of the Containers and Packaging Div., U. S. Dept, of Commerce, Washington. Mr. Kain is pres, and treas. of the Star Box & Printing Co., and also exec. v.p. and treas. of Security Carton Co. and Paper Specialty Corp. He has served on various committees of the Folding Paper Box Assn, of America.

A resolution in favor of standard sizes for packaged commodities was adopted unanimously by state and local enforcement officials at the 43rd National Conference on Weights and Measures, held June 9-13 in Washington, D. C. The resolution cited the fact that the average consumer is unable to compare values of competitive products with regard to quantity because of the variety of odd sizes of packages available. Among the proposals made at the conference (in which an entire session was devoted to packages and labeling) was a recommendation that Sec. 26 of the Model Law on Weights and Measures be amended to read as follows: "That butter, oleomargarine and margarine shall be offered and exposed for sale and sold by weight only in units of ½ lb., ½ lb., 1 lb. or multiples of 1 lb., avoirdupois weight." Keynote speaker at the conference was Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks. The next conference will be held June 8-12, 1959, in Washington.

Ray Kirvin becomes director of research and development for the Kraft Paper Assn., succeeding Edwin T. Gibson, resigned. Objectives of the re

search and development program, as outlined by KPA pres. S. Douglas Fleet, are: "to find new applications and new uses for kraft paper, and to help this product attain its full potential of usefulness in industrial shipping, packaging and consumer fields."

"Profit Packaging With Boxmaster" is the title of an 18-min. sound-color film offered by United Shoe Machinery Corp. In story format, the motion picture tells how users of set-up boxes can

In this scene from United Shoe Machinery's new film, a box-blank supplier demonstrates the new Boxmaster box-making machine to a manufacturer prospect.

save time, storage space and money by producing their own rigid boxes from flat, die-cut blanks. Presented on the management level, the film shows Box master machinery in actual factory use. Bookings are being handled by United's advertising dept., 140 Federal St., Boston 7.

The Flexographic Technical Assn, reports that its formal organization meeting will be held at New York's Biltmore Hotel on Sept. 26, rather than Sept. 23, as previously announced. According to Franklin Moss, of Mosstype Corp., chairman of the new association, FT A has been created to promote the technical advancement of flexography. (See Modern Packaging, Aug., 1958, p. 154.) It will function as a clearing house for the exchange of technical information, the solution of technical problems and the inauguration of research projects.

Several new research reports are being made available to the packaging industry by the U. S. Dept, of Commerce. A 22-page booklet, "The Development of a Non-adhering, Chemically Foamed-in-Place Polyurethane Cushioning Material for Packaging Purposes," describes the Air Force's work on such a material that will not adhere to the mold or packaged item after it is foamed in place. A 27-page report titled "The Strength of Glas- includes a discussion of methods for determining the breaking strength of glass, in which selected levels of probability for failure are emphasized, rather than average

strengths. Copies of these reports, at 75 cents each, can be obtained from the Office of Technical Services, USDC, Washington 25.

An estimated 15,000 packaging executives are expected to attend the 7th Canadian National Packaging Exposition, which will be held Nov. 4-6 at the Exhibition Grounds in Toronto. According to the Packaging Assn, of Canada, sponsor of the show, approximately 85% of available exhibit space has already been sold to 134 exhibitors. Charles W. Stephens, pres, of FAC, reports that many of the show's exhibits will reflect packagers' desires for more effective

Events

Sept. 15-19 Instrument Society of America, 13th annual instrument automation conference, Convention Hall, Philadelphia.

Sept. 16-18 National Paper Trade Assn., fall meeting, Conrad Hilton Hotel, Chicago.

Sept. 29-Oct. 3 National Hardware Show, Coliseum, New York.

Sept. 30-Oct. 2 Technical Assn, of the Pulp & Paper Industry, 9th testing conference, General Oglethorpe Hotel, Savannah, Ga.

Sept. 30-Oct. 2- Fourth Military-Industry Packaging & Materials Handling Symposium, Dept, of Commerce Auditorium, Washington, D. C.

Oct. 5-8 Packaging Machinery Mfrs. Institute, annual meeting, French Lick Sheraton Hotel, French Lick, Ind.

Oct. 8-10 Industrial Designers Institute, design materials show and annual conference, Sheraton-East Hotel, New York.

Oct. 13-15 Packaging Institute, 20th annual forum, Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chicago.

Oct. 14-16 Society of Industrial Packaging & Materials Handling Engineers, 13th annual national industrial packaging and handling exposition, Chicago Coliseum.

Oct. 15-17 Pomt-of-Purchase Advertising Institute, first national members' meeting, Hotel Claridge, Atlantic City.

Oct. 18-21 -American Society of Industrial Designers, 14th annual design conference & meeting, Bedford Springs, Pa.

Oct. 20-22 Technical Assn, of the Pulp & Paper Industry, 13th plastics-paper conference, Sheraton-Kimball Hotel, Springfield, Mass.

Oct. 26-29 National Frozen Food Distributors Assn., 1958 frozen-food merchandising convention, Staffer Hotel, New York.