Oct 6, 2014
 
Placon’s Medical Packaging Division, Barger, Launches a Redesigned Website with Personality
 

ELKHART, IN (OCTOBER 6, 2014) – The new BargerPkg.com site is all about the user. The easy to navigate, responsive site, renders easily on mobile devices and tablets with touch-friendly functionality. While the new design has a clean look, important to a company operating certified Class 8 clean rooms, it’s not “cold” thanks to the […]

 
 
 
May 28, 2014
 
Unique, Tamper-Evident Plastic Clamshell Picks up a Prestigious IOPP AmeriStar Packaging Design Award for Rigid Plastics Thermoformer Placon
 

Earning three Ameristar packaging awards in two years, Placon, an innovative designer and thermoformer of custom and stock packaging for the retail, medical and food markets, is continuing to earn high marks for its creative, economical and safe packaging designs. With a 20% overall reduction in the size of its footprint, the Hypertherm consumables’ packaging, […]

 
 
 
May 20, 2014
 
New, Recycled Post-Consumer PET Thermoformed Food Containers Put the Spotlight on Fresh, Grab-and-Go Foods
 

MADISON, WI (May 20, 2014) – Combining an eco-friendly recycled material and tamper-evident design with revealing package clarity, Placon, a leading North American designer and manufacturer of high-quality custom and stock plastic packaging, has combined market-driven features into its Crystal Seal reFresh packaging line. From fresh cut fruit and vegetables, sandwiches, cookies to single slices […]

 
 
 
May 1, 2014
 
Rigid Packaging Thermoformer, Placon, Acquires Injection Molder, Plastic Packaging Corporation
 

MADISON, WI (May 1, 2014) – Placon, one of the leading custom and stock rigid thermoformed packaging designers and manufacturers in North America announced today that it is has completed the acquisition of privately-held, West Springfield, MA rigid plastic container manufacturer, Plastic Packaging Corporation. Founded in 1954 by Fred Weiss, Plastic Packaging Corporation (PPC) is […]