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Carter Wong Design - Design Week

2009-02-26T05:45:00.001-08:00

Carter Wong Design
Design Week, UK
Carter Wong Design has created a new range of packaging for Cafe Direct. It features a variety of growers' tools and quotes emphasising the Fairtrade company's partnership with grower organisations that have a stake in it. The packs will be unveiled at ...

Ars talks with the men behind the Mad Catz FightSticks - Ars Technica

2009-02-26T04:45:00.001-08:00

Ars talks with the men behind the Mad Catz FightSticks
Ars Technica, MA
Our Industrial Designer Lawrence Yeung has created the sexiest arcade stick ever seen and our Art Director Roentgen Reyes finished the job with amazing packaging. There werena t any compromises and we spared no expense with the TE."

Direct Marketing creative and execution needs more cohesion - Marketing Web

2009-02-26T03:45:00.001-08:00

Direct Marketing creative and execution needs more cohesion
Marketing Web, South Africa
... and yet time and again we find ourselves faced with having to get direct mail packs out for clients that are impractically designed, leading to significant additional costs for reprinting, packaging, additional folding, increased postage and so on. ...

Trutanich's career included defending polluters - Los Angeles Times

2009-02-26T01:45:00.001-08:00

Trutanich's career included defending polluters
Los Angeles Times, CA
As the son of the superintendent at the StarKist tuna packaging plant on Terminal Island, Trutanich worked on the docks as a teenager. He graduated from USC in 1973, and later earned an MBA there. While working at StarKist, he began attending night law ...

Easy and frugal storage solutions - ABC Action News

2009-02-26T00:53:00.001-08:00

Easy and frugal storage solutions
ABC Action News, FL
Some product packaging can be broken down, and the contents stored more efficiently. CLOSETS: Install a second bar or use shelving, bookcases, plastic drawers on wheels or hanging organizers. If you are storing an empty suitcase, fill it up. ...

Thank you notes - Online Athens

2009-02-25T23:45:00.001-08:00

Thank you notes
Online Athens, GA
Food, clothing, guns and shells, transportation on the plantation, dressing and packaging of deer were complimentary. Even emergency medical services were on site if needed. This was an enjoyable weekend for the 100 percent disabled veterans. ...

JSE ends flat - iAfrica.com

2009-02-25T22:45:00.001-08:00

JSE ends flat
iAfrica.com, South Africa
Packaging manufacturer, recycler and distributor Transpaco was unchanged at 5.18 rand. It earlier reported a 101 percent increase in headline earnings per share from 52.6 cents to 105.9 cents for the six months ended December 2008. ...

I-Team: Questions About Bio-Identical Hormones - CBS 4

2009-02-25T21:45:00.001-08:00

I-Team: Questions About Bio-Identical Hormones
CBS 4, FL
Visually alone, the hormone formulations that are supposed to be exact came back with different consistencies, color, and packaging. "You have to twist it and you're lucky if it comes out", exclaimed Schwartz. "Some of them aren't even labeled" she ...

TOUPARGEL GROUPE : 2008 NET INCOME E14.7m - Euronext (persbericht)

2009-02-25T13:46:00.001-08:00

TOUPARGEL GROUPE : 2008 NET INCOME E14.7m
Euronext (persbericht), Netherlands
Gross margin fell E3.1 mn, a result of a decision not to pass on higher purchasing costs, poor summer weather conditions which negatively affected ice cream sales, a reduction in product packaging, and a sales loyalty programme that generated less ...

SunOpta to Produce Organic Soymilk in California - Food Product Design

2009-02-25T12:46:00.001-08:00

SunOpta to Produce Organic Soymilk in California
Food Product Design, IL
TORONTOa The SunOpta Grains and Foods Group expects to begin commissioning of its new soy processing and aseptic packaging operation in Modesto, Calif. next month with anticipated commercial production in late second quarter 2009. ...

Bobby Jindal's packaging may be different, but still peddling same ... - BuzzFlash

2009-02-25T11:46:00.001-08:00

Bobby Jindal's packaging may be different, but still peddling same ...
BuzzFlash, IL
The same old tired rhetoric (tax cuts? really?) with prettier packaging is not what the American people want -- or deserve. They want substance, and they saw what Jindal was peddling last night, and they said, "Thanks, but no thanks."

Dona t Count Ford Out! - Examiner.com

2009-02-25T10:46:00.001-08:00

Dona t Count Ford Out!
Examiner.com
Packaging has been likened to the Honda Fit as there is lots of space and both look slick. Even the 2010 Ford Taurus looks like a contender against Toyota Camry and Honda Accord. Like the Fiesta, I know little about the Taurus and will reserve my ...

Review: Tweens will swoon for Jonas Bros in 3D - San Francisco Chronicle

2009-02-25T09:46:00.001-08:00

Review: Tweens will swoon for Jonas Bros in 3D
San Francisco Chronicle, USA
But for now, Nick, Joe and Kevin are presented as so much glossy, superficial packaging in "Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience." Sure, there are behind-the-scenes moments wedged between the perky performances, but these moments feel ...

Stockguru.com: Stocks to Watch for February 25, 2009 - TMED, AXSI ... - Trading Markets (press release)

2009-02-25T07:45:00.001-08:00

Stockguru.com: Stocks to Watch for February 25, 2009 - TMED, AXSI ...
Trading Markets (press release), CA
The company also engages in the development, design, manufacture, and marketing of video security technology and video storage products; and packaging, sale, and marketing of high technology security products. It provides its solutions for homeland ...

10-K: BIDZ.COM, INC. - MarketWatch (press release)

2009-02-25T06:45:00.001-08:00

10-K: BIDZ.COM, INC.
MarketWatch (press release)
Cost of revenue includes product costs, inbound and outbound shipping charges, packaging and shipping supplies, insurance on shipments, product repair and service costs, and credit card and other electronic payment fees, and is recorded in the same ...

10-K: FIRST SOLAR, INC. - MarketWatch (press release)

2009-02-25T05:45:00.001-08:00

10-K: FIRST SOLAR, INC.
MarketWatch (press release)
We base our estimate of the fair value of our collection and recycling obligations on the present value of the expected future cost of collecting and recycling the solar modules, which includes the cost of packaging the solar modules for transport, ...

Heinz shortlists for babyfood brief - Design Week

2009-02-25T04:45:00.001-08:00

Heinz shortlists for babyfood brief
Design Week, UK
Heinz has shortlisted two consultancies for a major babyfood brief, following its packaging design roster pitch held at the end of last year. The shortlisted groups are thought to be Pearlfisher and Blue Marlin. Both consultancies decline to comment, ...

Desonic enter the e-cigarette market - Shiny Shiny

2009-02-25T03:45:00.001-08:00

Desonic enter the e-cigarette market
Shiny Shiny, UK
Well, for one thing you can get one in pink, but the real selling point to me is that you can charge this device in its mini cigarette style packaging. With most e-cigs, you unscrew one end, ram it into a charger and fire away, butt his can mean the ...

ChipMOS terminates service agreement with Spansion - DigiTimes

2009-02-25T01:45:00.001-08:00

ChipMOS terminates service agreement with Spansion
DigiTimes, Taiwan
ChipMOS Technologies (Bermuda) has announced that on February 19, 2009 its wholly-owned packaging and testing service supplier ChipMOS Taiwan terminated a service agreement with Spansion in the US pursuant to the terms of the service agreement. ...

Davis-Standard maintains strong outlook for 2009 - Fulton Valley News (subscription)

2009-02-25T00:45:00.001-08:00

Davis-Standard maintains strong outlook for 2009
Fulton Valley News (subscription), USA
These include flexible packaging for food and beverage products, decorative boxes and packaging, tapes, labels, protective films for construction and agricultural applications, and films used for diapers and other hygienic products. ...

Embrace global trade, panelists at VCU forum say - Richmond Times Dispatch

2009-02-24T23:45:00.001-08:00

Embrace global trade, panelists at VCU forum say
Richmond Times Dispatch, VA
"Trouble at home is not an excuse to retreat from growth opportunities overseas," said Bruce V. Thomas, senior vice president of Henrico County-based MeadWestvaco Corp., a packaging and specialty chemicals company with operations in 30 countries. ...

Niche workers for food and bev - FOOD Magazine - Australia

2009-02-24T22:45:00.001-08:00

Niche workers for food and bev
FOOD Magazine - Australia, Australia
Robots are finding a niche in the foodstuffs and the beverages industry where they can tend packaging machines and palletise cans, crates or displays. In addition to these purely handling-related tasks, they can also perform intelligent functions, ...

Ministry readies anti-tobacco draft - Kantipur Online

2009-02-24T21:45:00.001-08:00

Ministry readies anti-tobacco draft
Kantipur Online, Nepal
... provisions that tobacco products should be packed in such a way that they do not attract children (below 16 years of age) and the anti-tobacco warning message a smoking is injurious to healtha should cover at least 30 percent of packaging space. ...

Air Pacific Holidays sells first million - Fiji Daily Post

2009-02-24T19:45:00.001-08:00

Air Pacific Holidays sells first million
Fiji Daily Post, Fiji
Through the partnership with renowned on-line travel wholesaler Expedia, Air Pacific has used the dynamic packaging platform to offer customers the best of Fiji. According to the airlinea s managing director John Campbell a wide selection of hotel and ...

Philly Beer Week At Art in the Age - TheFullPint.com

2009-02-24T18:45:00.001-08:00

Philly Beer Week At Art in the Age
TheFullPint.com, Ca
Presented as label imagery on 99 bottles of beer, this timeline will carefully illustrate the effects of industrialization such as refrigeration, packaging, transportation and architecture, on the Philadelphia brewing industry. Three posters created by ...