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Raising the bar on safety

04/09

Content Type Image   A confectionery manufacturer installs 19 metal detectors at six of its production plants to ensure product quality.

Seafood company launches distinctive shrimp packaging

02/09

Content Type Image  Microwavable, self-venting, stand-up pouches enhance shelf presence and consumer convenience.

Barilla’s checkweigher checklist

01/09

Content Type Image  The combination of Mettler-Toledo Hi-Speed checkweighing and Safeline metal detection has been part of Barilla’s success story since its first U.S. plant opened in 1996 in Ames, IA.

X-ray systems enhance hot dog QA

01/09

Content Type Image  During 2008, a leading hot dog manufacturer installed PowerChek Plus x-ray inspection systems from Mettler-Toledo Safeline (www.mt.com/safelineus) on six separate packaging lines.

Wireless comes to packaging

12/08

Content Type Image Used for a decade in things like warehousing or petrochemicals, where long distances make wired connections inefficient, wireless is now surfacing in packaging.

X-ray systems enhance hot dog QA

11/03/08

Content Type Image  Six packaging lines receive x-ray vision for product and package quality assurance.

Knockin’ on the door

11/08

Content Type Image My pals at sister magazine Automation World have focused a lot of their editorial attention lately on wireless technologies.

Del Monte pounces on Meow Mix pouch line

09/08

Content Type Image Robotic case-loading system at Del Monte Pet Foods propels pouch production into an automated tiger.

Carton sealer’s a keeper

09/08

Content Type Image Equipment, materials boost the production and look of Inland Market's cartoned fish.

A fresh approach to frozen entrées

09/08

Content Type Image Victory’s Kitchen develops the perfect recipe for detecting metal in its new frozen food line, while its new automated packaging equipment speeds production.

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Lance invests in its future

Content Type Image  As an aging fleet of bagging systems is replaced over a three-year period, payback comes through enhanced performance of both combination scales and vf/f/s systems.

Costco snack pack operations

Content Type Image  Costco’s in-house production for tubed snacks relies on three f/f/s units and four pick-and-place robots to produce a 24-count variety pack.

Perfecting pasta packaging

Content Type Image  A line at Barilla's greenfield plant in Avon, NY, features a cartoner and two case packers. 

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