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Beverage
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Beverage
Supplier news: Appointments, promotions
ReedSpectrum (Holden, MA): George Meury, dir. of mktg; Laurie J. Warner, mktg. mgr.
September 30, 1996
Spirits/liquors: Page 109
Cartoning
Monobloc boosts Akorn's capabilities
Sterile filling of opthalmic solutions becomes automated with PLC-controlled filler/plugger/capper that quadruples speed. Special part-feeding systems enhance clean-room packaging.
September 30, 1996
Flexible packaging
Pack Expo turns packaging concepts into production realities
Packaging containers tend to be the milestones by which packaging advances are measured. But thousands of packagers coming to Pack Expo 96 (November 17-21, McCormick Place, Chicago) will assure you that there would be no visible packaging advances without the unseen contributions of packaging equipment.
September 30, 1996
Controls & Machine Components
Can closing monitor
Food Instrument (Federalsburg, MD) has introduced a new top-and-bottom can closure monitor. The ADR-50DD detects and ejects defects in cans resulting from misapplied closures, unacceptable vacuum, pressure, fill level or temperature, body, seam and/or end imperfections.
September 30, 1996
Additives, coatings & inks
Recycled HDPE pellets
Recycle (S. Plainfield, NJ) has developed a system which can turn HDPE chips accumulated from destroyed drums into clean, high-quality recycled resin pellets.
August 31, 1996
Beverage
Emballage unfolds in Paris
Emballage 96, the 32nd International Packaging Exhibition in Paris, France, runs Tuesday, November 12, through Saturday, November 16, at Parc des Expositions de Paris-Nord Villepinte.
August 31, 1996
Conveying & accumulation
X-ray provides total inspection
A metal detector at the end of each packaging line may be fairly typical for any type of food packaging operation. Herr's tried that route a few years ago, only to experience many false rejects.
August 31, 1996
Sustainability
Packagers gain price cuts for recycled materials
Buyers of recycled plastics are seeing easing of prices, except for HDPE. Recycled paper prices have precipitously dropped as European economies stagnate.
August 31, 1996
Additives, coatings & inks
Supplier news: Achievements
ISO 9001 registration: ReedSpectrum's (Holden, MA) Albion, MI, and Minneapolis, MN, design and R&D facilities for making plastic color and additive concentrates; Watlow Controls (Winona, MN); Great Plains Packaging's (Hastings, NE) folding carton plant; Fletcher Corp.'s (Alpena, MI) paper plant; Alvey (St.
August 31, 1996
Beverage
Supplier news: Appointments, promotions
ReedSpectrum (Holden, MA): Jack W. Haines, dir. of sales.
July 31, 1996
Beverage
PEF honors Coca-Cola
Coke is it!
July 31, 1996
Converting equipment
Brewers turn to PET bottles, wide-mouth cans
A six-month shelf life is claimed for amber 1-L bottles of polyethylene terephthalate holding dark beers produced and marketed by Canada's Algonquin Brewing Co., Ltd., Mississauga, Ont.
July 31, 1996
Coding, Printing & Labeling
NutraSweet drum labeler keeps on ticking
Pity the printer/applicator that must withstand NutraSweet Kelco's Augusta, GA, aspartame plant. The artificial sweetener used in diet soft drinks is a granular substance that creates a harsh, dusty environment that's brutal on packaging equipment.
June 30, 1996
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