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The article focuses on the 1966 truth-in-packaging bill that would take effect on July 1, 1967 for protection of customers in the U.S. It states that some individuals in the government and business worry that the legislation will bring confusion to the packaging trade and price increases. It says that the problems of the law involve new labels and its enforcement authority is divided among the U.S. Commerce secretary, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) , and the Food & Drug Administration (FDA).

The article focuses on the reorganization of packaging company American Can Co. It states that the staffs becomes bigger and powerful, wherein they managed the areas of the removed divisional staffs which includes advertising, accounting, and taxes. It says that the divisional systems were replaced by company-wide accounting while the headquarters handled the main purchasing. Moreover, the headquarters took a broader approach to materials and design since product planning has been centralized.

The article focuses on the modern marketing methods of packaged goods manufacturer Pillsbury Co. It states that the innovative use of computer and close contact with marketing, research and development (R&D), and consumer research has driven the growth of Pillsbury. It says that the low-profit commodity has been changed into a high-profit convenience product as Paul S. Gerot became president. Moreover, it cultivated a variety of new markets for the youth, foreign market, and non-flour products.

The article reports on business expansion plans of business enterprises related to the paper industry in the U.S. It is stated that pulp exports have risen rapidly to 1.6 million tons. It is mentioned that the upsurge of consumer economies and the global trend toward mass merchandising have created growing demand for shipping containers and food packages. There is also untapped potential in tissue and other sanitary products.

The article discusses developments in the art of packaging of various industrial goods. According to the author, packaging is as effective as advertising in helping to increase sales of goods in the market. The packaging industry has benefited to the increasing importance given to packaging by various people involved in the business. Several consumers depend on the style of packaging in determining the quality of products. Design of packaging for new products and improvement of design for older products are part of the overall marketing strategy. INSET: When a package hits the sales jackpot.

The article focuses on the business attitude and plans of the recently appointed president at the company Libby McNeill & Libby Robert L. Gibson. It informs that Gibson was promoted during the company's reorganization program and mentions about Gibson's aim at increasing the company's profits and position in the food packaging industry. Also discussed are Gibson's plans to improve the company's operating and marketing flexibility.

The article focuses on the profitable opportunities cited over the packaging industry in the U.S. It mentions that several packaging companies have manufactured larger bundles. In addition, it denotes the prevalence of business acquisition within the industry. Moreover, the increasing revenue in the industry is also mentioned.

Focuses on political developments in the world with emphasis on political condition of the U.S. Settlement of the wage dispute between meat-packing industry and the U.S. government; Steps taken by the U.S. government to bring the U.S. Steel Corporation into wage negotiation with president Philip Murray of the Congress of Industrial Organization; Information about the United Nations convention in London; Favorable response by the members of the United Nations on policy regarding the international control of atomic energy; Plans of the U.S. government to test the atomic bomb on naval vessels; Objection to the bill for a permanent Fair employment Practice Commission by U.S. Senators; Return of labor leader John L. Lewis and his United Mine Workers in to the American Federation of Labor; Favorable reporting of the bill to increase the minimum wage for workers in interstate commerce by the U.S. Senate Education and Labor Committee.

The article discusses the competition between paper bag manufacturers and cotton bag manufacturers in the packaging market in the U.S. as of July 1948. A packaging line has been installed by paper bag manufacturer Saint Regis Paper Co. at the soft-wheat milling plant of National Biscuit Co. in Toledo, Ohio. The plan of the Cotton Textile Institute, the National Cotton Council and other trade groups to advertise and promote cotton bags is detailed. Statistics on the bag market are also highlighted.

The article discusses the rising trend toward prepackaging of fresh meats and complete mechanization of the retail selling function in the U.S. as of October 1947. The method's benefits include saving customers' time while challenges that might be encountered include union problems, shortage of mechanized equipment and consumer acceptance. It offers examples of how markets have put prepackaging into practice. The influence of cellophane maker E.I. du Pont de Nemours Co. on the trend is cited.

The article reveals that Bemis, a bag-making company, is venturing in modern packaging. Bemis, which has its headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has become known as a diversifier in the packaging field as it began to expand its product lines to plastic containers, packaging machinery, adhesives, among other ventures. Also noted here is Bemis' sales improvement of up to 50 per cent or up to 256 million U.S. dollars in 1967. INSET: Why a Bemis scion got the sack.

The article focuses on the diversification of Chicago, Illinois-based Container Corp. of America (CCA). CCA President Leo H. Schoenhofen announced that the firm will not be restricted to paperboard and plastic packaging. The diversification strategy of CCA is said to be a defensive move since pulp and paper manufacturers are encroaching upon CCA's private preserve. The key elements of CCA corporate strategy are the orientation toward sales and decentralization.

To marketers, modern packaging means sales. But to more and more Americans, packaging means litter in the streets and parks, mounting solid-waste problems, and a threat to the environment. A conflict in interest is developing which could mean real trouble for large sectors of industry. This article describes the outstanding efforts of a few producers and users of packaging to solve the problem, points to needs still to be met, and challenges industry to seek solutions more aggressively than it has to date. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports on the package goods industry in the United States. Industrial mobilization showed manufacturers the importance of containerization after the War Production Board issued Order M-81, or the "can order," which started an initiative to conserve strategic war materials. Orders L-103, L-103-b, L-197, L-232, L-317, P-140, and others referred to production and materials management. The packaging/container industry includes tin cans, glass containers, paper packages, steel drums, fiber drums, Kraft multiwall bags, textile bags, wooden boxes, and fiber and corrugated shipping boxes. Topics are prewar and wartime statistics, rationale for Order M-241 that caused a shortage of paperboard and led to a reuse campaign, and the industry's outlook in the postwar era.

The article discusses U.S. packaging manufacturing company Container Corp. of America and its chairman Walter P. Paepcke as of October 1, 1958. Topics include the competition between container makers and paper companies in the U.S. packaging industry, the company's return on capital, and cost control. Sales and diversification are also addressed.

The article offers information on prospects for industrialization in Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri. It notes the economic effect of the city's central location between the industrial Eastern region and the agricultural Western region of the U.S. It differentiates the industries present in the two cities with the Kansas side focused on milling and packing, while Missouri concentrates on more diverse businesses. Despite the presence of heavy-industries, analysts agree that Kansas City has essentially remained a farming region.

The article briefly discusses and presents a rankings chart of companies in the U.S. forest products & packaging industries, ranked according to the management performance indicators profitability and growth, for the year 1973, including Louisiana-Pacific, Brockway Glass, and National Can.

This article focuses on the Federal concerns over legal issues of packaging and labeling complaints of consumers against packaged good manufacturing industries of the U.S. The article raises several issues of cheating behavior of manufacturers in terms of weight, quantity and quality. The cents off, the jumbo sizes, and the other artful devices of the marketing "profession" were always peripheral to the central issue in truth in packaging. The Federal concern towards this untruthful practices has been found very little. Despite of some aid to consumers by the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act of 1966, cases of consumer complaints were rising fast. Senator Philip Hart of Michigan has shown satisfactory concern towards this issue. He asked in his proposed legislation that the Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade commission be empowered to set standards for the net contents of packages.

The article reports on the economic and business impression of the Canadian National Packaging Exposition held last week in Toronto, Ontario. It states that the trade show attracts a large number of U.S. companies, European firms, and Canadian companies or Canadian subsidiaries of U.S. firms. It is also a channel for the European investors to take part in the U.S. trade.

The article reports on the easing of material supply problem in the packaging industry. Issues of concern during the American Management Association's 17th Packaging Conference and Exposition in Cleveland, Ohio were the reduction of packaging costs and increased package sales appeal. It is expected that the demand for new packaging machinery will reduce distribution costs. Supply trends are discussed, including leveling off of textile bag demand and abundance of collapsible lead tube supply.

The article reports on the plan of some independent retailers and meat packers to unload their plants once the meat shortages end in the U.S. in November 1945. It says that Kroger Grocery & Baking Co. has already sold its packing plant in Omaha, Nebraska, which it acquired during the war. The author adds that the country's top 2 food chain Safeway Stores Inc. is studying what it will do with its slaughterhouses. The decision of the top food chain Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. not to acquire packing plants during the war is also discussed.

The article discusses the large sales and earning gains of forest products, paper and packaging industry in 1972. Particular focus is given to the effect of improving U.S. economy in the high gains of forest products and packaging industry. A list of companies with their profitability and growth values is presented including pulp and paper company Union Camp, metal container producer and packaging company Continental Can Company, and tin can maker National Can Company.

The article discusses significant developments in the U.S. packaging industry in 1967. Packaging demand flattened out in line with consumer buying with companies that were heavily oriented toward paper vulnerable to the capacity and pricing problems. Other problems that affected the sales performance of packaging companies are discussed, including prolonged strikes, decline in color-television sales and start-up costs. INSET: NOT PRODUCTION, BUT KNOWHOW.

This section offers news briefs on business in the U.S. as of June 20, 1936. According to Zenith Radio Corp. president E. F. McDonald Jr., they are preparing to produce their new Zenith autophones, which act like a two-way radio phone. The survey "The Manufacturing Confectioner" of packaged goods producers found that 91 percent of respondents approved of the use of punchboards to sell their items. Air conditioning sales have increased 50 percent more than May 1935, according to Commonwealth Edison of Chicago.

The article reports on the performance of companies in the U.S. paper and packaging industry in 1964 based on the performance indicators of growth, profitability, and trend. Topics include the industries' relatively mediocre returns despite an industrial boom and a tax cut, and factors leading to poor profits. Also mentioned is the prospect of exporting North America-produced paper to Europe and other destinations. INSET: EXPANSION FOR EXPORT?.

The article discusses how the U.S. packaging industry performed in 1961 and examines its prospects for 1962. According to the author, the impact of convenience foods, supermarket merchandising, and other sales trends led to sales of all six packaging specialists in the "Forbes" survey reaching record or near-record levels in 1961.

The article focuses on the financial performance of the packaging industry in the U.S. in 1960, which is highlighted by an estimated 12.5-billion U.S. dollar in paper, metal, glass and plastic container sales. Container manufacturers gain profits by either focusing on their core material business or diversifying into other materials. There are also innovations adopted by American Can, Diamond National and Union Bag to meet market demand.

The article looks at the packaging industry in the U.S. as of January 1959, focusing on the impact of recession on sales, the financial performance of large American producers, and mergers and acquisitions in the sector. Presented are the management policies of executives William V. Fisher of glassware producer Anchor Hocking Glass Co. and Walter Paepcke of Container Corp. of America.

Information about several topics discussed at the American Management Association's (A.M.A.'s) 12th annual Conference and Exposition on Packaging, Packing and Shipping that was held at Hotel Astor in New York on April 17, 1942 is presented. Topics include the over-all impact of war on packaging industry, sales management and the effect of transportation problems on product shipments. The conference also discussed the increase of glass industry's production by 30 percent.

The article reports on the move of the Canadian government to standardize canned goods and men's clothing industries. The canned packaging industry received orders to pack a limited variety of vegetable and fruits and to market them at fixed prices, while makers of men's clothing and custom tailors were prohibited to manufacture standardized clothes and other apparels. Moreover, the shoe industry was required to lower its outputs down to a minimum of standardized colors and styles.

The article offers information on the plan of the packaging industry in the U.S. to simplifying its lines by eliminating unessential styles and sizes in order to release materials and manpower for defense. It mentions the meeting held by the Office of Production Management's (OPM) pulp and paper commodity section with the Folding Paper Box Association to discuss the elimination of items such as boxes which protect soft metal toothpaste and cosmetic tubes during transportation.

The article discusses the highlights of the 1954 packaging show held by the American Management Association (AMA) in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Several innovations in materials and techniques developed for the packaging industry have been featured in the event. Dow Chemical Co. and Monsanto Chemical Co. launched plastic containers which may be reused again for various purposes. Information on the combined polyethylene and cellophane packaging products presented during the show is also reported.

The article focuses on the present condition of the U.S. packaging industry. It mentions that even thought there is no shortage of packaging materials, scarcity is being created by high purchases being made by various companies and informs that the overbuying is due to the experience of shortage the industry had during the Second World War. Also presented is a brief of the present situation of various packaging materials which include glass, metal cans, and plastics.

The article discusses the author's experience as a designer of packages. He has shared that he was used to focus on reconstructing and redesigning packages and wrestling with any challenge that it may present. The author has stressed based on his experience that it has been imperative to recognize the new importance of the package and to organize its designers into a body of competent ethical who would safeguard it and keep it effective.

The article contemplates on the effects of the declining demand for recycled paper to the U.S. packaging industry in 1974. Edgar B. Kleban, vice-president of Federal Paper Stock Co., mentions that they have shutdown their collection centers as demand for wastepaper declined from strong to nothing. It also explores the impact of the situation to recycling mills and other related industries.

The article discusses the emerging trend of convenience packaging of soft drinks in the U.S. It is stated that manufacturers of disposable bottles are promoting the convenience in soft drink containers which are displacing refillable bottles in the market. It is stated that soft drink containers account for over 17% of market of packaging and so the promoters of cans and nonreturnable bottles are contesting to win over the largest market share.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "The Power of Proper Packaging" in the February 20, 1965 issue, a cover on King D. Shwayder of Samsonite luggage in the February 27 issue, and "How the Style Shifts at CEA" in the January 30 issue.

Presents information about the silent struggle between the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) and the Chicago packers related to the packer's code. Difference in the aims of the AAA with that of the U.S. National Recovery Administration; Attempt of the AAA to write codes which look towards permanent economic and social changes; Effort to obtain an adequate code for the packers which would permit early stabilization of the hog market; Development of the project with the formation of a governmental Surplus Relief Corporation; Objections to the packers' code.

The article reports on the approval of a food additives law in the U.S. in March 1960 and its impact on the food industry. Food industry spokesman feared that some of the 2,000 food additives that are being used in the market might suddenly banned. Other industries that will be affected by the law include drug makers, fertilizers, pesticide makers and the packaging industry.

The article reports on the production of the first foil by Permanente Metals Corp. using the machineries imported from Germany. The firm has brough a reparation plant and machineries to be able to meet the high demand for aluminum foils in the packaging and electronics industry. The firm has paid 203,000 U.S. dollar to be able to use the Teningen mill, the first aluminum foil-rolling plant.

The article offers news brief related to the business outlook for the U.S. The still mills are reported to be fixed for scrap and the junkyards are getting around 30 dollars a ton. The use of copper has decreased but the demand is high and the consumption till April 1947 is reported to be around 120,000 ton level. More tinplates is expected to be available to the packaging industry in 1947.

The article focuses on the expansion of floors and ceilings manufacturer Armstrong Cork in the field of building industry as of July 15, 1969. Other topics reviewed include the company's retreat from packaging industry and its sales in building industry. The opinion of Armstrong's president James H. Binns on the company's business strategy is analyzed as well.

The article provides a comparison between the strategies of Alcoa and Reynolds in the U.S. aluminum can market as of January 1, 1968. Aluminum companies are predicting that by 1973, aluminum could get about 30% of a 3.3 billion dollar can market compared to only 7.5% in 1967. Alcoa has decided to stop making and selling all-aluminum cans to focus on supplying aluminum and its fabricated easy-open top. Reynolds is concentrating on becoming a major producer of beer and soft-drink cans.