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Flexibles

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

UCB Films PLC (Wigton, Cumbria, England) will invest £4m a year until 2002 for the development of specialty cellulose films. The investment will be spread across the company's sites at Bridgwater and Wigton, England; Burgos, Spain; and Tecumseh, KS, USA.

September 30, 1997

Flexibles

Supplier news: Achievements

ISO 9002 certification: Klockner Pentaplast of America, Inc. (Gordonsville, VA) for rigid plastic films produced at its Gordonsville and Rural Retreat, VA, facilities; Automated Packaging Systems, Inc.

September 30, 1997

Flexibles

Unusual case stands up for pouches

An innovative new corrugated case used to ship and display stand-up pouches is now being test marketed by Grand Rapids, MI-based Roskam Baking for its stand-up pouches of Rothbury® Farms croutons.

September 30, 1997

Flexible packaging

Nestlé 'Flipz' for new bag

Nestlé Chocolate & Confections, a division of Glendale, CA-based Nestlé U.S.A., introduced Pretzel Flipz(TM) nationwide in August in the Stabilo Bag® from Rovema (Lawrenceville, GA).

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

Controls & Machine Components

Horizontal wrapper

The Mach 3 digital servo-driven horizontal wrapper is the subject of Food Machinery Sales' (Athens, GA) new catalog. Features such as product storage, data acquisition, setup fine tuning, and servo film feed drive are listed.

August 31, 1997

Conveying & accumulation

Sleeve wrap/bundler

Damark (Lewisville, TX) will introduce its HS Series sleeve wrap/bundler at Pack Expo West. Reaching speeds to 30 packages/min, the wrapper is controlled by a SLC 500 PLC and is equipped with heavy-duty electrical, mechanical and pneumatic components for continuous high- speed operation.

August 31, 1997

Conveying & accumulation

Case packer

Packaging Automation's (Eagan, MN) Model PAC-H compact case packer is not much wider than the conveyor framework, allowing it to fit into lines where available floorspace is minimal.

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

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Machinery receives 'heavy' emphasis at Pack Expo West

PMMI's second Western show will feature 25% more machinery than '95 during its run in Las Vegas, Oct. 13 to 16. Co-located International Exposition for Food Processors and Solutions 97 conference will add a processing flavor.

August 31, 1997

Conveying & accumulation

Monoblock propels Skyy into new markets

Filler/capper monoblock machine for miniature bottles of spirits enables Frank-Lin Distillers to permit customers like Skyy Spirits to enter the mini market on the West Coast.

August 31, 1997