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News
| May 31, 1995

The art of bar coding

Fearing a UPC bar code would spoil the label design of their new Harmony Internationals line of ethnic snack food mixes, the marketers at Glico Harmony Foods created a clever way to make the often intrusive and sometimes unsightly bars part of the art.
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Wigwam?s new paperboard sock pack is customized for each product through the use of pressure-sensitive labels, one on the front
Feature Article
| May 31, 1995

New pack lets Wigwam slip into future

Revamping outdated graphics wasn't enough for sock maker Wigwam Mills. New pack and labeling improve consumer appeal while output and flexibility meet retailers' changing needs.
Controls Product Brief
| May 31, 1995

Vertical cartoner

The Triangle/Yeaman vertical cartoner from Triangle Package Machinery (Chicago, IL) has a positive in-line drive chain protected by torque-guard clutches, a rotary drive carton feed and quick-change pockets.
News
| May 31, 1995

More flexibility in Nutrition Facts placement

The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) final rule on nutrition labeling gave manufacturers greater flexibility in the placement of the nutrition facts panel on packages.
State?s newest sealer is used on a multipurpose packaging line that runs sizes from 1-oz sampler bottles up to the 16-oz bottle
Feature Article
| May 31, 1995

How State Chemical cleans up

Cleveland-based chemical packer modernizes its filling lines with induction sealing, and with a computer program that helps put customer service first.
Materials Product Brief
| May 31, 1995

Blister inspection software

When used with Color CVIM inspection tools, Blister-Pak(TM) software from Allen-Bradley (Mil-waukee, WI) can provide high-speed inspection of packaged tablets and capsules in most combinations.
Sales of Roskam Baking1s Rothbury Farms retail croutons and stuffing mix have increased briskly since the company changed from a
Feature Article
| May 31, 1995

Crouton pouch stands up to the competition

Stand-up reclosable pouches replace folding cartons with inner liners for Roskam Baking's line of Rothbury Farms croutons. Zippers are applied in-line on new horizontal rotary form/fill/seal machines.
Materials Product Brief
| May 31, 1995

Batching systems

Batching Systems (Owings, MD) has developed a four-color brochure highlighting its Batchmaster® counting/ weighing systems and its Bagmaster® bagging ma-chines.
Feature Article
| May 31, 1995

Nimble, facile, flexible:How packaging survives

Packaging has been called a chess game without checkmate-never ending, always evolving-reflecting the changing demands of product manufacturers who, in turn, are trying to satisfy the needs of the consuming public.
Materials Product Brief
| May 31, 1995

Semi-automatic case sealers

The CP-333 and CP-344 semi-automatic carton sealers from Central Products (Menasha, WI) are suited for clothing and furniture manufacturers who seal lightweight, bulky packages.
Feature Article
| May 31, 1995

New pack lets Wigwam slip into future (sidebar)

Getting computers to communicate
Materials Product Brief
| May 31, 1995

Stretch wrapper literature

A six-color brochure describing Liberty Industries' (Girard, OH) semi-automatic stretch wrappers shows features and benefits of the 4 Series and 5 Series Turntable Stretch Sys-tems with photos and diagrams.
With one strap already in place (top), the operator holds down the flaps as a second strap is applied. Because the corrugated co
Feature Article
| April 30, 1995

Strapping gets an upgrade at Ford

At Ford's massive parts center just outside Detroit, new strapping equipment helps ensure that dealerships around the world receive quality damage-free parts.
Feature Article
| April 30, 1995

Luster straightens out freshness problems

This haircare producer begins filling creme relaxer into nestable yogurt-style cups with freshness seals. The switch from traditional jars not only keeps the product fresh, it aids in product display as well.
Supplier News
| April 30, 1995

Supplier news: Appointments, promotions

Roberts Systems, Inc. (Charlotte, NC): William C. Brown, mgr. sales and mktg. for the Cartoner Group.
Controls Product Brief
| April 30, 1995

Case sealers

The BEL line of semi- and fully-automatic case sealers from Belcor Industries (Richmond, British Columbia, Canada) uses patented Snap-folder technology for operator safety.
News
| April 30, 1995

Will UnPET expand supply of RPET?

Packagers worrying about the availability of recycled polyethylene terephthalate resin will likely be encouraged by the announcement last month that a new process for recycling post-consumer PET has been developed by United Resource Recovery Corp.
In the packer, four jugs are being pushed onto the case blank before it?s folded and glued
Feature Article
| April 30, 1995

Arcadia takes major step in production

Juice and drink bottler upgrades case packing for high output, even outstripping what its palletizer can handle. A new palletizer is on the list; so is improved bottle feeding.

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