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Saputo?s new MAP wrapper (far left) includes a bilingual copy display (left) that describes the product and size parameters that

Simplified wrapper boosts output

Despite a high-tech wrapping material, Saputo had too many leakers of its block cheese packs. New wrapper greatly improves seals while it boosts line output and slashes changeover time.

February 29, 1996

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General Mills downgauges costs

While heat-sealable films have long dominated flow wrapping applications, films coated with cohesives that seal through pressure alone are growing in use.

February 29, 1996

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Conveying & accumulation

Flow wrapper

Rose Forgrove's (St. Charles, IL) new Integra flow wrapper is designed for hermetic sealing of gas barrier films, including heavy-gauge and metallic laminates, at speeds to 150 packages/min.

January 31, 1996

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Flexible packaging

Sewing up a new line

A versatile thermoformer lets this pharmaceutical manufacturer package its sutures in an easy-peel package that hospitals like.

December 31, 1995

Final suture packages are placed into cartons of twelve (above) before distribution. At the lidding station (right), rolls

Chewing up market share

New pack and product size necessitate a $7 million investment in packaging machinery for Warner-Lambert Canada. A 4.4 percentage point gain in market share justifies investment in customized flow wrappers, laser coders and display carton overwrappers.

September 30, 1995

The laser-coded roll of printed material unwinds (from left to right) into the first station within the flow wrapper for sealing

Chewing up market share (sidebar)

Lasers sweeten coding for gum packs

September 30, 1995

The highly readable laser code (below left) is applied in-line, to a variety of Warner-Lambert1s 8- and 16-count packs of slab g

Servo-driven flowwrapper

The Pack 500 from Klockner/Ho/oonsel Tevopharm (Sarasota, FL), a div. of Klockner Bartelt, is the company's first servo-driven version of automatic flowwrappers for confectionery and baked goods applications.

May 31, 1995

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Flexible packaging

Pasta plant extraordinaire

The only way for this new pasta producer to meet the needs of three different market segments is to have a packaging operation designed for maximum flexibility.

December 31, 1994

Farmer members of the wheat growers1 cooperative enjoy seeing their own branded pasta in retail stores in their region. However,

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Products

Eastey’s VSA1825-SS

Auto L-Sealer for Food and Industrial Packaging

Eastey’s VSA1825-SS provides a stainless-steel, hygiene-ready shrink packaging solution that delivers consistent seals, efficient throughput, and flexible film handling.

Introducing Columbia Machine's FLD1500-SW: a Compact, High-Efficiency Palletizer with Integrated “Stack and Wrap” Technology

Semi‑Automatic Stretch Wrappers