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Conveying & accumulation

Automation 'sticks' to adhesive packager (sidebar)

Room to serve

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Naphthalate-based bottles beckon

High-performance bottles made of PEN homopolymer or naphthalate-based copolyesters are beginning to find their way out of technical conferences and onto store shelves around the globe.

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Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Cadillac Products (Troy, MI) is expanding into a new facility for its Film & Flexible Div. in Dallas, GA.

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Foodservice product hits club stores

When Buffalo, NY-based food producer Rich Products decided to downsize its cinnamon raisin biscuits from a foodservice to a retail package, it faced two key challenges.

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Automated pouch placer

The PD-202 pouch dispenser with neck hanger attachment from Austin-Gordon Design (Nashua, NH) places pouches containing promotional pieces or coupons onto bottles in-line.

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BOPP release liner

UCB Films (Wigton, Cumbria, UK) has introduced a Rayoweb BOPP release liner base film. Allows a clear label to adhere to a pack or bottle without a visible adhesive layer.

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Dissipative coating

Clearstat(TM) antistat coating from CZ Inks (St. Louis, MO) is a transparent water-based coating that provides static electric dissipation comparable to metallized films.

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Stepper-driven wipe-on labeler

Label-Aire's (Fullerton, CA) 2115ST is a microprocessor-controlled, stepper motor-driven, wipe-on labeler designed for extra long or thin film labels.

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Steel producers target canned foods

Feeling profitable and optimistic, steel producers work to expand demand in containers by new promotional education campaign aimed at consumers.

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Pouch machine

Korab Eng.'s (Los Angeles, CA) new pouch machine fills liquid and viscous products at ambient temperatures to 210°F. The Korab® D-18 produces four-side sealed pouches with most types of heat-sealable films in sizes from 1"x 1" to 6" x 9".

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Physician samples

Over-the-counter physician samples from Ivers-Lee (West Caldwell, NJ) contain product samples and information, as well as retail coupons. Existing blisters or customized strip pouches are crimped to the booklet.

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Thin metallized film

Courtaulds Performance Films (Martinsville, VA) has introduced a line of thin metallized PE film that can provide an economical alternative for less demanding metallized film applications such as decorative packaging products.

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