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unusual facts about Packaging



Acoustic Citsuoca

The packaging claims it was recorded at the Startime Pavilion in Braintree, MA on October 31, 2003, a show which did not, in fact, occur.

Bob Hund

1999 – Guldägget (The Golden Egg) for "Best Packaging" on Jag rear ut min själ!

Cermex

Since 1996, Cermex has been the overwrapping and palletizing division of the Sidel Group, part of the Swedish holding Tetra Laval, a global company that provides packaging for food and beverage products including water, soft drinks, milk, juice, sauces, edible oils, beer and alcoholic beverages.

Comparison of DNS server software

This article presents a comparison of the features, platform support, and packaging of independent implementations of Domain Name System (DNS) name server software.

D'Andrea Picks

Picks were soon sold by the gross and half gross in 4" square plastic 'jewel' boxes with separate lids. These eventually evolved into the clear plastic compartment boxes we see today. He put picks on cardboard displays, die-cut point of purchase counter easels, and pop-up boxes. The 1930s "Nick Lucas" picks on a card were an example of his packaging ideas.

DC Universe: Justice League Unlimited Fan Collection

The line, in its various incarnations, has explored several types of packaging - single, 2-packs, 3-packs, 4-packs (as Justice League Toys "R" Us exclusives), 6-packs (as Target exclusives), and 7-pack (featuring the original members as Toys "R" Us exclusives both in the 3" and 4.5" scales.)

Deep reactive-ion etching

It was developed for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), which require these features, but is also used to excavate trenches for high-density capacitors for DRAM and more recently for creating through silicon via's (TSV)'s in advanced 3D wafer level packaging technology .

Delerium Records

Assisted by Allen a reissue programme was commenced in March 2011, with the release of a three CD boxed set retrospective entitled Last Daze of The Underground (ECLEC32245) featuring, for the first time, the full history of the Delerium label and packaging by renowned reissue designer Phil Smee.

Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors

The similarity of its title to Amicus Productions' hit Dr. Terror's House of Horrors led to numerous enforced title changes, including Return from the Past, The Blood Suckers, Alien Massacre, and most commonly Gallery of Horror (on-screen) and Gallery of Horrors (on packaging).

Electronic colonialism

Disney, MTV, Blockbuster, Hollywood, CNN, BBC, Fox, Google, the Internet, and others--all seek to influence, not by force of arms, but by packaging media to attract large audiences for advertisers around the globe.

Fratelli Fabbri Editori

They were also the first Italian publisher to market multimedia products; producing the new series "The Stories of Sound" and "The History of Music, which combines the book and the record, addressing issues unknown at the time. For example, for "The History of Music" in order to fall within the standard packaging industry, they commissioned Philips Records to produce 10 million of the LP Special, of 20 centimeters in diameter.

Gadsby

W Gadsby & Son Ltd, a UK supplier of wicker baskets and gift packaging

George Shapiro

Eventually, he began packaging hit programs such as The Steve Allen Show, That Girl starring Marlo Thomas, and Gomer Pyle starring Jim Nabors.

Gerber Products Company

According to Gerber, Ann Turner Cook is the famous Gerber baby, whose portrait is featured prominently on all Gerber product packaging.

Graeme Hart

In November 2009 and May 2010, Hart, through additional debt financing has combined the packaging groups he owns into Reynolds Group Holdings Limited.

Hefty

Hefty was one of the brands (along with Kordite and Baggies) named in a complaint brought against Mobil by the United States Federal Trade Commission in 1992, regarding claims made by the company in advertisements and packaging, which allegedly led consumers to believe that the bags were more biodegradable than other brands of bag, despite a lack of evidence to support this claim nor presentation of a specific definition for the term.

Hybricon Corporation

Hybricon Corporation is a provider of systems packaging solutions serving the Military, Aerospace, Homeland Security, Medical and high-end Industrial markets and develops embedded computing systems and solutions for war fighter critical missions using OpenVPX, VPX, VXS, VMEbus, VME64X, CompactPCI, Rugged MicroTCA, and custom bus structures.

Jefferson Smurfit

Smurfit-Stone Container, an American-based paperboard and paper-based packaging company

Justin Berfield

As of 2010, Berfield is Chief Creative Officer of Virgin Produced, a film and television development, packaging, and production company announced in 2010 by the Virgin Group.

Keep America Beautiful

Elizabeth Royte author of Garbage Land, describes Keep America Beautiful as a "masterful example of corporate greenwash," writing that in contrast to its anti-litter campaigns, it ignores the potential of recycling legislation and resists changes to packaging.

Lolly Gobble Bliss Bombs

Lolly Gobble Bliss Bombs were known for their colourful packaging, which featured surreal psychedelic artwork, reminiscent of R. Crumb or The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers.

Luke Booth

Booth, and his uncle Christopher Eves, successfully participated in the BBC television show, Dragons' Den and received investment to launch their packaging solutions for the FMCG, Retail & Leisure markets.

Mary Rundle

She then became secretary to the Managing Director of the large packaging firm Metal Box until retiring in the early 1960s to a cottage in Outgate on Windermere in the Lake District.

Murine leukemia virus

The genome includes a conserved RNA structural element called a core encapsidation signal that directs packaging of RNA into the virion; the tertiary structure of this element has been solved using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

Naked Juice

The packaging design changed with a re-branding across the Naked Juice line in 2005, which was credited in part for helping Naked Juice pass the former industry leader in terms of annual retail sales, Odwalla.

National Institute of Industrial Technology

Among the many activities carried out in the INTI, along with specialists from the UNLP, it is investigating the use of biodegradable materials such as oil industry waste and soy proteins to manufacture eco-friendly packaging.

Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band

While essentially an expanded re-release of 1990s The Blanton–Webster Band, the packaging, sound and updated notes make this, according to Allmusic, "truly worth either an initial investment or reinvestment".

NSA encryption systems

The Navy is replacing the KG-38 used in nuclear submarines with KOV-17 circuit modules incorporated in new long-wave receivers, based on commercial VME packaging.

OVF

Open Virtualization Format, an open standard for packaging and distributing virtual appliances

Packaging engineering

Central Philippine University in Iloilo City in the Philippines in 2006, is the first to offer (and considered as the first in Asia) in the Philippines a (5-6 year) bachelor's degree in Packaging Engineering.

Panettone

Peru's Antonio D'Onofrio, son of immigrants hailing from Caserta, Italy, spawned his own brand using the Alemagna formula, which he licensed along with the packaging style.

Pat McGeehan

In 2006 he became President of Mountain State Packaging Incorporated in Newell, West Virginia, and in 2007 became President of Panhandle Industries in Weirton, West Virginia.

Resipiscent

Smegma's Live 91-93 relies on dumpster-dived mainstream CDs that the band then defaces to serve as packaging.

Reynolds Group Holdings

Alcoa's consumer unit was acquired by Graeme Hart, a New Zealand businessman in 2008 and named Reynolds Packaging Group.

Roger Schlaifer

In addition to creating the Cabbage Patch Kids logos, packaging, and the characters, he co-wrote with wife Susanne Nance, The Legend of the Cabbage Patch Kids published by Parker Brothers’ Books under the title Xavier’s Fantastic Discovery.

Romance of Young Tigers

Romance of Young Tigers was an instrumental band from Dayton, OH that released two albums through Magic Bullet Records and is noted for DIY handmade or recycled packaging for albums for limited or unique runs.

Semiconductor International

Regular news and feature articles covered topics including Wafer Processing, Lithography, Yield Management, Metrology, Semiconductor Packaging and Wafer Cleaning.

Six Ugly

Its packaging features several references to American popular culture, such as the Universal Monsters and the band's name being written in the Coca-Cola font, along with the EP's sound being more akin to contemporary western metal than the band's previous releases.

Somewhere We Both Walk

It was put together in a limited edition, CD-R format of Eyes & Eyes & Eyes Ago with homemade packaging along with Two Bicycles and includes a booklet of something written by Gallons himself.

Spratt's Complex

At that time the Spratt's Works was a hard-working colony whose residents included artists, photographers, the Queen's tapestry restorer Ksynia Marko, a packaging firm, Roger Law of Spitting Image, sculptor Michael Green and ceramicist Elizabeth Fritsch.

StarHub TV

In February 2013, StarHub launched new packaging for the March brochure, but TTV World was not included.

Sudeki

David Leonard's review for PopMatters expresses considerable concern about the Orientalist packaging of the Asian setting of the game as well as the currents of "female hypersexuality", "racism, sexism and simulations of the war on terror".

Time Tourist

The album's packaging makes reference to a number of other science fiction names corrupted over two centuries — Phettt (Boba Fett), Hein Len (Robert A. Heinlein), Seaclarc (Arthur C. Clarke), A.C Mov (Isaac Asimov), and Kaydich (Philip K. Dick) — as well as to the Roddenberry and Lucas "Sacred StarTexts".

Tonejet

In June 2010, Air Berlin launched its own line of beverage cans after becoming the first customer for Ball Packaging Europe's technology co-operation with Tonejet.

TrueCookPlus

After the user enters the code, the TrueCookPlus adjusts the cooking to conform to USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service standards for food type, weight, packaging size/shape and starting state; taking into account static microwave oven variables such as wattage, cavity size, wall voltage, hot or cold oven state, elevation above sea level and standing time.

Two Bicycles

It was put together in a limited edition, CD-R format of Eyes & Eyes & Eyes Ago with homemade packaging along with Somewhere We Both Walk.

Ultrahouse The L.A. Connection

The album was released on CD, of which some pressings accidentally were in Ultrahouse The Twelve Inch Mixes packaging.

Watching the Wildlife

The 7" packaging made reference to animals, with a panda and dolphin on the sleeve. The cassette single made more references to sex. To wit, the instrumental mix was dubbed "The Condom Mix" on the cassette single.


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