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Conveying & accumulation

Wrapper automatically bales hay for export

For the first time in the hay industry, an export company uses an automatic stretch wrapper to prepare its hay bales for shipment overseas.

August 31, 1999

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Resin performs swimmingly for Salmolux

Federal Way, WA-based smoked seafood producer Salmolux Inc. markets gourmet smoked salmon at retail and restaurants internationally. Recently, Salmolux changed packaging film specs for its skin-packs.

August 31, 1999

Flexibles

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Tekni-Plex, Inc. (Somerville, NJ) has formed a health-care group to serve the pharmaceutical and medical industries, including Tri-Seal, Plastron/Natvar, Colorite Polymers and Tekni-Films (formerly Tekni-Plex Films Div.).

August 31, 1999

Flexibles

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

UCB Films plc (Wigton, Cumbria, England) will build a 14ꯠ sq' Research and Technical Center for packaging and specialty films next to the co.'s cellulose and BOPP film production site at Wigton.

August 31, 1999

Flexibles

Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

Sonoco Corp. (Hartsville, SC) has signed a definitive agreement to purchase the Flexible Packaging Div. of Graphic Packaging Corp. (Golden, CO) for approximately $105 million.

August 31, 1999

Secondary Packaging

Self-saturating swab means no-mess prep

A nurse using an iodine swab to prep a patient for surgery or IV insertion can do so quickly and cleanly with the self-saturating Betadine® PrepStick(TM) applicator from The Purdue Frederick Co., Norwalk, CT.

August 31, 1999

Conveying & accumulation

Pre-made bags bring consistency

For a more consistent look for its line of frozen Mexican foods, Ruiz Food Products of Dinuba, CA, is using the Promobag(TM) from Robbie Mfg. (Lenexa, KS).

August 31, 1999

Flexibles

Carrot producer 'slides' to new zipper

Bakersfield, CA-based carrot producer Wm. Bolthouse Farms is among the first packaged goods manufacturers to use of the Slide-Rite(TM) zipper from Pactiv Inc.

August 31, 1999

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Blister sealer

The Baby Blister from Aline Systems Corp. (Santa Fe Springs, CA) is ideal for drug stores and hospital pharmacies and for packaging products for clinical trials and samples.

July 31, 1999

Flexibles

Coffee bags

Sengewald Verpackungen (Halle, Germany) has introduced two metal-free films for coffee bags. Both incorporate EVOH as an oxygen barrier material. The first is a lamination of oriented PP and a PE/EVOH/PE coextrusion for stand-up bags.

July 31, 1999

Flexibles

Sealing film

From Rockwell Solutions (Dundee, Scotland) comes Rockseal-O, a sealant film said to securely seal through oils and fats. The film can seal at low temperatures, comes in varying thicknesses and is supplied laminated to a web such as 1/2-mil PET.

July 31, 1999

Flexible packaging

Steady growth seen for food packaging machinery sales

A market intelligence report reveals a positive outlook for U.S. food packaging equipment through 2003.

July 31, 1999