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Bar coding ink

09/96

 Barcode Ink from FoxJet (Arlington, TX) has been formulated to produce darker, higher-quality bar codes and images on both brown and white corrugated containers.

Corrugated process

09/96

 EcT Plus corrugated enhancement process from Enviro-Tek (Dallas, TX) allows sheets to be formulated to most strength specifications. EcT Plus uses a bipolymer coating that can be applied with rod, blade or roller coaters, on or off line, at the paper mill or at the corrugated plant.

Delivery system for coding/marking

08/96

 Algene's (Garfield, NJ) TR 9632 delivery system can be fitted onto most manufacturers' ink-jet printers and labelers, says the company. It uses an automatic feed hopper and a registration mechanism to provide accurate feeding of flat objects such as blister cards and folding cartons, at speeds to 120 pieces/min.

Pack/print/design books

08/96

 Jelmar Publishing Co., Inc. (Plainview, NY) has released a new, free catalog that describes books available on packaging, package printing and package design.

Octagonal bulk container

08/96

 Easy8(TM) is a patented new heavy-duty bulk corrugated container that sets up in about four seconds, says manufacturer Georgia-Pacific (Atlanta, GA).

Corrugating systems

08/96

 Erhardt + Leimer's Corrugated Div. (Spartanburg, SC) offers three web guiding systems for the corrugating industry that stabilize and align the web either to the machine center or in reference to the outer liner.

Gapped flap box taping

08/96

 Designed to reduce corrugated material costs, a new taping system from 3M Masking and Packaging Systems (St. Paul, MN) permits the use of RSCs with shorter top and bottom flaps with up to a 3" gap in the middle.

Supplies catalog

08/96

 Associated Bag Co. (Milwaukee, WI) has released a 101-page catalog highlighting all of the traditional and hard-to-find packaging supplies offered by the company.

Tabletop carton/card printer

07/96

 Model 1016A tabletop carton/card printer from Kiwi Coders (Wheeling, IL) flexographically prints text, bar codes or variable information onto flat cartons or cards measuring up to 10" x 10".

Continuous-motion case packer

07/96

 Hartness (Greenville, SC) has introduced the OctoPack(TM) continuous-motion case packer. It packs plastic or glass containers of most shapes and sizes into a range of case types, including RSCs, corrugated trays, tab lock trays, and soft drink or dairy-type cases with or without partitions, of any depth.

Linerboard

07/96

 EnviroMac is a new lightweight linerboard from MacMillan Bloedel (Montgomery, AL) made of 100% recycled fiber from old corrugated containers and waste paper.

Case/tray packing system

06/96

 The Casestar Model 808SF from Rockford Midland (Rockford, IL) is designed to case-pack multiple layers of small products in a variety of configurations.

Tray packer

06/96

 Padlocker's (Tamarac, FL) Traypack 7000 is a cost-effective system for packing cartons, jars, cans and bottles into corrugated trays at speeds to 20 trays/min.

Ink-jet printhead

06/96

 The Eight-Shooter is a high-frequency printhead from Imaging Technologies (Cookeville, TN) that can print characters, bar codes and graphics directly onto corrugated containers at speeds to 250/min at 154 dpi resolution.

Linerboard

05/96

 Visy Paper (Staten Island, NY) has introduced VisyTuff(TM) 75, a high-performance linerboard with a minimum ring crush-resistance of 75 lb. Offers superior stacking strength, product protection and improved performance over corrugated during packaging, storage and distribution, according to the supplier.

Unitizing system

05/96

 Glue-Fast (Carlstadt, NJ) has introduced the Model LC, a compact glue applicator that stabilizes smaller palletized loads of corrugated cartons, cases, multi-wall paper bags, plastic bags and shrink-wrapped items.

Hot melt-coated tape

04/96

 Linear Products (Vancouver, WA) has released RPT (Reinforced Paper Tape), a 2"-wide tape designed for cost-effective, heavy-duty reinforcement of corrugated boxes.

Cartonboard

03/96

 FineFlute cartonboard from F.N. Burt (Buffalo, NY) consists of high-quality paperboard laminated to lightweight, single-flute corrugated. This allows a combination of high quality decoration and strength.

Corrosion/static protection

03/96

 Coroplast CI(TM) from Coroplast (Dallas, TX) is designed to protect sensitive electronics and both ferrous and nonferrous metals from corrosion and electrostatic discharge.

Plastic corrugated totes

03/96

 Lightweight, water-resistant HDPE and HDPP totes from Technology Container (Shrewsbury, MA) are prefolded and preassembled to store flat. To set up, bottoms are locked into place by pushing on opposite corners.

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