11.  Cofinec also owns Hungarian packaging company Petofi Nyomda Rt. and a stake in Czech packaging company Krpaco AS.

12.  Dixie Toga is a packaging company.

13.  Even so, packaging companies continually compete to reduce packaging in order to gain that competitive edge, he said.

14.  Gains in oil, wine and spirit and water stocks countered declines in banks, drug stocks and paper and packaging companies.

15.  In addition, semiconductor packaging companies fell.

16.  In March, he stepped down as chairman of Air Packaging Technologies to concentrate on NEXT, though he retains a large stake in the packaging company.

17.  IRISH stocks rose, led by paper and packaging company Jefferson Smurfit Group Plc, amid optimism the recovery in the paper industry will continue.

18.  Other active stocks included paper and packaging company Rexam Plc.

19.  Osar is now the chief financial officer of Westvaco, a packaging company.

20.  Packaging companies may use thicker materials to prevent leaks and ruptures of powdery foods.