Manufacturer

Elmer's shares details of its highly-targeted 2008 price increase.

In 2007, the Consumer Product Safety Commission recalled 447 products for safety concerns. In 2008, the incidence of recalls doesn't seem to be slowing down. A company's ability to react quickly and effectively in the unfortunate event of a recall has a profound impact on its ability to rebuild brand trust. So, CGT picked the brains of industry experts on everything from avoiding the primary causes of product recalls to preparing a company's supply chain to react if and when a recall hits.

The Clorox Company releases new Green Works brand of natural cleaning products and celebrates an alliance with the Sierra Club that will help deliver the organization's environmental message to mainstream consumers interested in living a more natural lifestyle.

Playtex Infant Care addresses growing public confusion about plastics used in baby bottles by announcing the distribution of one million free samples of Playtex Drop-Ins Original Nurser Systems that are free of bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical used to manufacture polycarbonate plastic products.

Wonder why that can of Pepsi you're holding feels so familiar? It could be because it's been in your hand before.

Del Monte has been working on transforming what it considers to be "good" to "great" in its people, processes and systems, and one such area is TPM.

CGT Publisher Lori Castle gives you a sneak peek into the trends and topics discussed in this month's issue.

CGT Executive Editor Kara Romanow gets Miller's perspective on the challenges for manufacturers brought on by today's tenuous economy.