Reported today by Packsize International LLC in the company's first annual On Demand Packaging(TM) survey, a packaging solution's ability to reduce shipping costs was cited by respondents as the top-ranking aspect of their packaging operations that needs improvement.

Ecolab (NYSE: ECL) and China's State Food and Drug Administration Institute for Executive Development (SFDAIED) are again partnering to conduct food safety training that aligns with the recent introduction of China's five-year food safety plan and reaches workers within the country's food service industry.

Craig Carson, CEO of Jeco Plastic Products, will speak in Washington, DC, on June 29, 2012, at a briefing discussing research and development activities and competitiveness in US industry.

During 2011, Hanna Stronk, then a final year student at the Stuttgart Media University, undertook Thesis research to assist in understanding market drivers and mechanisms involved in consumer responses to Value Added Packaging techniques.

The following is a statement from Mark Daniels, Chair of the American Progressive Bag Alliance, an organization representing the United States' plastic bag manufacturing and recycling sector, which employs 30,800 workers in 349 communities across the nation, hundreds of which work in the Houston-area – and whose jobs depend on plastic bag manufacturing and recycling.

'Massachusetts Recycling Challenge' is a commitment to support recycling efforts in cities and towns

Starting July 1, Seattle residents will face a ban on plastic bags and five-cent tax on paper bags at all retail stores in the city. The ban is a result of the City of Seattle's vote to regulate plastic bags in late December.

Former triennial event will return every other year