Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Printer furnishes improved productivity

A furniture hardware distributor uses a thermal-transfer printer for bar codes, graphics and part numbers on its bagged hardware to cut costs and increase production.

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Additives, coatings & inks

Supplier news: Appointments, promotions

KoSa (Charlotte, NC): Carolyn Case, dir., global recycling development, Packaging Resins business.

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Additives, coatings & inks

Supplier news: International agreements

KoSa (Houston, TX) and Catalana de Polimers (Barcelona, Spain), have signed a letter of intent to form a 50:50 joint venture to manufacture packaging resins.

November 30, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

EU votes mandatory GM labeling

The European Standing Committee on Foodstuffs, by an overwhelming majority, voted to require special labeling of foods in which at least one ingredient contains more than 1% of genetically modified (GM) material.

November 30, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Processors urge no labeling of biotech foods

Food industry representatives stressed the safety of biotech foods in testimony at a hearing of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee in early October.

November 30, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Wine labeling being reviewed

In February 1999, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms granted authority to wine makers to include a mention that moderate consumption of wine is associated with a lower risk of heart disease for some people.

November 30, 1999

Secondary Packaging

Labeler minimizes downtime at bundler

Dairy Crest of Gloucestershire, England, is the first to install a Harland Zeta thermal-print-and-apply labeler from Harland Machine Systems (Manchester, England).

November 30, 1999

Flexibles

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

In order to improve profitability, DuPont (Wilmington, DE) will streamline and restructure its polyester enterprise. Businesses included are DuPont Dacron®, DuPont Polyester Films and DuPont Polyester Resins & Intermediates.

November 30, 1999

Additives, coatings & inks

Neocork is winning converts in Napa Valley

Among the first to use a newly developed synthetic wine cork called Neocork(TM) was Lane Tanner winery of Napa, CA. Lane Tanner, owner of the 14-year-old winery, says that her switch from organic to synthetic corks has greatly reduced the number of bottles in which wine has been spoiled by oxygen ingress.

November 30, 1999

Sustainability

California battle looms over plastics recycling

Plastics recycling and recycled content of containers initiate new legislative conflicts in California. Industry and environmentalists appear polarized, as legislators look for common ground.

October 31, 1999

Conveying & accumulation

Accraply, Inc A Division of Barry-Wehmiller Companies, Inc: Wraparound labeler

The Model 35PW product handling and labeling system from Accraply (Plymouth, MN) applies paper, film or thin p-s labels to rectangular and cylindrical containers at speeds to 800/min.

October 31, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Label-Aire: Wipe-on labeler

The stepper-driven Model 2015 wipe-on labeler from Label-Aire (Fullerton, CA) handles web widths of 4" to 6" at speeds to 750 linear"/min, with accuracy to ±1/32".

October 31, 1999

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Sancoa Intl.: P-s labeler

Sancoa's (Mt. Laurel, NJ) RL-200 is a high-speed p-s labeler that applies front, back, multipanel or wraparound labels to pharmaceutical and personal-care containers.

October 31, 1999