December 2014

six months after gov. mark dayton signed a bill legalizing medical marijuana in minnesota, makers are poised to start growing.state officials on monday announced the two companies that will grow, process and sell medical cannabis to minnesotans next year under the state&39s new law.leafline labs and minnesota medical solutions were chosen from among 12 applicants. they&39ll distribute the medication through eight sites across the state, the minnesota health department said.state officials hope to have the products ready for sale by july.

in australia cigarettes already have plain packagingplain packaging for all tobacco products is on the way in ireland but it is already the norm in australia.a new study now says smokers&39 support for plain packaging of tobacco products rose sharply after they were introduced in australia.initial scepticism about plain packs faded amongst smokers and the more supportive a person was, the more likely they were to try quitting, researchers reported in tobacco control.plain packaging for tobacco products was fully implemented in australia on december 1, 2012 along with larger graphic heal

photo daily tribune media file photowisconsin rapids &mdash a finnish packaging materials company has completed its acquisition of corenso, which includes wisconsin rapidsbased corenso north america, the companies announced monday.daily tribune media had previously reported that stora enso had reached a conditional agreement in late september to divest the corenso business to powerflute. corenso has about 920 employees in 10 countries.

&nbspjoint venture expected to employ some 380 associatesproduct portfolios are an ideal complement to each otherstrengthening of global market presence, especially in liquid pharmaceuticalsmumbai, india waiblingen, germany. processing and packaging specialist bosch packaging technology and klenzaids contamination controls pvt. ltd. are planning a joint venture in india. both companies signed agreements to this effect on november 28, 2014.

before a christmas tree can be taken home and decorated, it&39s sometimes necessary to bale it for transport. that&39s what jim lavigne is doing monday afternoon at edgewater greenhouse in portage, after a customer selected a 10foottall fraser fir. when the baling net is removed, the tree&39s branches will fan out, and be ready for festooning.&nbsp

what makes or breaks your decision to purchase something new and unfamiliar for some shoppers it may be the peculiarity of a product that loosens their purse strings. others may be won over by the low price or high quality of an item. and then there are those who have a weak spot for clever packaging.of course, price and quality matter, but the packaging of a product plays a significant role too despite the sad fact that it usually ends up in the trash soon after the product has been taken home.

packaging corp of america nysepkg vp thomas a. hassfurther unloaded 12,500 shares of packaging corp of america stock on the open market in a transaction dated wednesday, november 26th. the stock was sold at an average price of 73.53, for a total transaction of 919,125.00. following the sale, the vice president now directly owns 156,229 shares of the company&rsquos stock, valued at approximately 11,487,518. the sale was disclosed in a document filed with the sec, which is available at this link.several analysts have recently commented on the stock. analysts at citigroup inc.

how do you know what questions to ask when designing new packaging&nbsp we all have an opportunity&nbspto see the finished product when it reaches the retailer, but what steps took place to launch the packaging the way it appears&nbspon the shelf&nbsp sometimes, important details are missed because the right questions were not asked.over the next several posts, i will offer important questions that assist&nbspin ensuring the right packaging is designed.&nbsp if packaging already exists, these same questions can be&nbspused for packaging that will be redesigned as

richmond, va. meadwestvaco corporation nyse mwv , a global leader in packaging and packaging solutions, has received a grant to provide its medication event monitoring system mems&trade to the bill &amp melinda gates foundation. the system is being used in the foundation&rsquos new demonstration projects on preexposure prophylaxis prep medications to help prevent the spread of hivaids in subsaharan africa and india. the four studies launched in october 2014.orally administered prep medications represent an important tool in the efforts to eradicate hivaids worldwide.

on nov 27, 2014, we issued an updated research report on sonoco products co. son analyst report, a global manufacturer of consumer and industrial packaging products.in the third quarter, sonoco reported record earnings of 72 cents per share, a 14 yearoveryear increase, which outperformed the company&rsquos guided range of 66 to 70 cents per share. earnings in the quarter benefited from the settlement of a lawsuit, which added approximately 3 cents per share after tax, and a lower effective tax rate.