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The article focuses on the integration of high pressure pasteurization (HPP) by Sadler's Smokehouse in Henderson, Texas to extend and increase the shelf life and safety of its products respectively. According to Marc Gaddis, HPP has given the company the ability to produce products in the classic style. It mentions that HPP process involves flexible packaging under pressure in water tank.

Reports on the Flexible Packaging Association's 46th annual FFTA Forum in Dallas, Texas. Issues in flexography discussed at the event; Speakers; Event highlights.

Features the metallocene catalyzed, very-low-density polythlyene from ExxonMobil Chemical Co. in Houston, Texas. Offer of excellent toughness and lower heat-seal temperatures; Contender for flexible packaging; Potential uses of the technology.

The article informs that members of the Institute of Packaging Professionals in Texas, donated 15 copies of the textbook "Fundamentals of Packaging Technology" to the University of Houston College of Technology for its newly established packaging technology program.

Features an olefinic oxygen-scavenging polymer (OSP) system for rigid or flexible packaging developed by Chevron Phillips Chemicals Co. in Houston, Texas. Schedule for the start-up of a commercial production unit; Use of the OSP as an active barrier layer between a passive oxygen barrier and an inside layer; Composition of the OSP system.