PPC FALL MEETING FOCUSED ON E-COMMERCE.
* The Paperboard Packaging Council held its annual fall meeting on Amelia Island, FL Oct. 11-14. The meeting focused on e-commerce and its impact on the folding carton industry. Speakers ranged from consumer goods companies to system solutions producers. Speakers discussed a wide range of topics related to e-business,...

Membership list 2000-2001.
(Numbers preceding members' names refer to membership classification. A list of these classifications follows the membership list.) PATRONS Greater Piedmont Chapter Explorers Club John Safko, Treas Dept of Physics & Astronomy Univ of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29208 Albemarle Corporation Gary Heidebrecht PO Box 1028 Orangeburg, SC...

Dioxin: paper's trace; chlorine bleaching of wood pulp appears to leave a toxic legacy in much of the paper we encounter.
Dioxin: Paper's Trace Coffee filters, disposable diapers, paper towels, milk cartons, newspaper and facial tissues. Researchers sampling bleached-paper products have recently found these contain minute quantities of dioxins or furans (dioxins' nearly-astoxic chemical cousings). Together the chemicals make up a class of chlorinated compounds the EPA considers "one...

High hopes for low-interest loans.
WHAT COULD A CORRUGATED box factory in Dominica, a pharmaceutical plant in Costa Rica, a bauxite extraction facility in Jamaica and a luxury hotel in the U.S. Virgin Islands possibly have in common? Besides creating jobs and pumping cash into the Caribbean Basin's recession-plagued economy, each of these projects...

Grizzly Adams(R) Productions Locks Major TV Media Buy on 18 Networks.
LOVELAND, Colo., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Legendary film and television producer Grizzly Adams Productions has placed a total of 600 television commercials on 18 U.S. cable networks for the month of November, according to Charles E. Sellier, Grizzly Adams president. The 60-second spots will raise awareness of the individual...

Smurfit-Stone Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results.
- Net income of $0.24 per share includes favorable resolution of Canadian tax matters - Adjusted net loss of $0.08 per share includes a $0.04 loss related to energy hedges - Liquidity improved in the third quarter; In compliance with all financial covenants ...

Smurfit-Stone Unveils Three New Machines From Meta(R) Packaging Equipment Line at Pack Expo International.
CHICAGO, Nov. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation's Automated Packaging Systems Group will unveil three new machines from its Meta(R) packaging equipment line this week at Pack Expo International at Chicago's McCormick Place. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070129/SMURFIT-STONELOGO ) These industry-changing machines help customers reduce their material and...

Smurfit-Stone Demonstrates Three New Machines in Its Meta(R) Packaging Equipment Line That Provide Cost Savings and Sustainability Benefits to Customers.
META-8 cases offer flexibility, reduced cost and greater compression strength CHICAGO, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation (SSCC) unveiled three new innovative models of its exclusive Meta packaging equipment line this week at Pack Expo International at Chicago's McCormick Place. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070129/SMURFIT-STONELOGO) ...

AROUND THE REGION.
Byline: The Register-Guard Sanyo plans to build solar cell factory in Salem Sanyo Electric Co. plans to build an $80 million solar cell plant in Salem that will employ at least 200 workers, the company said. Construction crews are set to break ground...