Labels

Dean Foods unveils HDPE bottles for milk

As Packaging World went to press, Franklin, IL-based Dean Foods was introducing its new Milk Chug line of bottled milks in resealable pint, quart and 8-oz high-density polyethylene bottles.

September 30, 1997

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Spanish training manuals

Two packaging machinery training manuals have been translated into Spanish by the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (Arlington, VA): Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) on Packaging Machines [Controladores Logicos Programables (PLC) en Maquinas Envasadoras] and Labeling (Etiquetado).

August 31, 1997

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

Vf/f/s machines

The Matrix line of vertical form/ fill/seal machines is described in a brochure from Matrix Packing Machinery (Grafton, WI). The literature lists the features of the Matrix 916 machine and the Matrix 1000 Series.

August 31, 1997

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Label stock

Used for label combinations, MACtac (Stow, OH) has introduced Dual-Write(TM) DW 2141. It's constructed of a premium 50# white uncoated multi-print facesheet suitable for high-contrast laser, ink-jet and flexo processes, a specially formulated acrylic emulsion adhesive, and a 3.2 SCK white liner.

August 31, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Resin storage

Store up to 60ꯠ lb or 2겨 cu' of resin in the Silo Sack(TM) from B.A.G. Corp. (Dallas, TX). The vertical construction is designed to reduce overall storage space.

August 31, 1997

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Label-Aire: Pallet labeler

A dual-label, two-panel pallet labeler is now available from Label-Aire (Fullerton, CA). It's capable of applying two adjacent corner labels (measuring up to 3" W x 5.8" L) on the trailing corner of a moving pallet using only one applicator.

August 31, 1997

Conveying & accumulation

Insourcing springs savings for AquaPenn

In an on-site container production partnership first, bottle maker Schmalbach-Lubeca leases a portion of AquaPenn's facility to reheat and blow PET preforms into bottles that AquaPenn fills at the same site.

August 31, 1997

Conveying & accumulation

Alberta upgrades case handling and labeling

Maintaining maximum flexibility was a must as this Jim Beam subsidiary in Canada automated its palletizing operation. Cases now get bar codes, too.

August 31, 1997

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Print-and-apply units compute for Bay Networks (sidebar)

The software side of computer control

August 31, 1997

Conveying & accumulation

Widmer's bottle inspectors craft success

Widmer Brothers verifies fill level, missing crowns, as well as full cases of its newly introduced 12-oz bottles of beer. Newer bottling line produces draft 'biers' much like kegs.

August 31, 1997

Flexible packaging

Packaging revolution IS changing everything

"This changes everything." That line, taken from a recent crop of Chrysler ads, would have us believe the company's doing something revolutionary in its field.

August 31, 1997

Conveying & accumulation

Insourcing springs savings for AquaPenn (sidebar)

HDPE container production 'captiv-ates' AquaPenn

August 31, 1997

Conveying & accumulation

Sweetening your medicine

A new auger filler/checkweighing system allows Canadian pharmaceutical manufacturer to double its output and incorporate a new formulation onto its line.

August 31, 1997