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April 2008
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Berry packer revamps bagging and casing lines

11/07

Content Type Image  Renovation of blueberry packaging operations includes installation of vf/f/s machine for retail bags, bag-in-box equipment for bulk packs, plus several new auxiliary systems.

Call for PAF presentations

10/07

Content Type Image  With the third rendition of the Packaging Automation Forum set for May 19 - 20 in Chicago, PAF organizers are seeking speakers who can address the broad area of packaging automation through better use of integrated controls technology.

On-call product inspection: A 911 response to your packaging emergency

09/26/07

Content Type Image  Having X-ray, metal detection, and checkweighing capabilities for your packaged goods are as close as a phone call away and may cost less than you think.

Snack packer improves X-ray inspection

09/07

Content Type Image  Snack maker King Nut upgrades X-ray inspection systems used for metal detection on multipacks of single-serve bags of airline snacks.

Rising to the occasion

08/07

Content Type Image A bakery installs new metal detectors to reduce downtime and guarantee the quality of its organic and preservative-free breads.

Poultry/pork processor bags big benefits

08/07

Content Type Image  Albertville Quality Foods saves labor, improves bagging speeds, cuts giveaway by installing intermittent-motion vf/f/s machine and radial scale.

Detector/checkweigher deliver QC for bakery

06/07

Content Type Image Crepe Cuisine, Penzance, Cornwall, England, a manufacturer of bakery goods for supermarkets, caterers, and wholesalers throughout the UK, has installed a new combination metal detection/checkweighing system from Avery Weigh-Tronix Canada (www.averyweigh-tronix.ca).

Automated pack line aids successful company launch

04/07

Content Type Image  Organic cereal processor carefully selects bag f/f/s, cup-filling, and case-packing equipment to optimize new plant efficiencies.

Replacement for #10 can

03/07

Content Type Image Cryovac Food Packaging Div. of Sealed Air Corp. (www.sealedair.com) was awarded a Gold for Technical Innovation for its coextruded Flavour Mark™ retort material. Made of an unidentified multilayer coextrusion, the film is intended as a replacement for #10 cans to be used with the Cryovac Onpack vertical form/fill/seal system.

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Automation initiative brings sweet results

Content Type Image  A robotic solution lets Necco put its popular Sweethearts Conversation Hearts on a fast track to greater throughput at higher speeds with reduced labor costs.

EZx Contaminant Detection System Video    Sponsored Grey Star

Content Type Image  EZx from Thermo Fisher provides the optimum solution for locating foreign objects in package food production.

American Italian Pasta Co.: Case packing on a pasta packaging line

Content Type Image Finished bags are conveyed through a metal detector from Fortress Technologies and a checkweigher from Heat and Control just before case packing from Fallas Automation. Filled cases are taped shut and date coded on their sides.

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