Controls & Machine Components

Clippard Instrument Laboratory, Inc: Air-actuated switches

A new group of air-actuated electrical switches that use pneumatics to remotely pilot electrical switches is available from Clippard Instrument Laboratory.

August 31, 2003

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Containers

Rigid bulk packaging growth projected

Rigid intermediate bulk containers (RIBCs) and materials handling containers will pave the way for rigid bulk packaging growth in the United States. That’s according to The Freedonia Group, whose study Rigid Bulk Packaging projects demand for this type of packaging in the U.S.

August 31, 2003

Flexible packaging

The Conference at Pack Expo Las Vegas 2003

A comprehensive three-day seminar organized into concurrent sessions each day, this conference is packed with information about the world of packaging.

August 31, 2003

Flexibles

Stand-up pouch provides billboard impact

A Texas marketer of dry mixes for frozen desserts and cocktails needed a jazzy package when it decided to crack the retail arena. A stand-up pouch filled the bill.

August 31, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

Large-character, medium resolution printer

Videojet released its Marsh® 320 large-character ink-jet printer. This modular large-character ink-jet printing system uses micro-valve technology to deliver quality print up to 1” in height.

August 31, 2003

Beverage

Online deadline approaching for PEF Hall of Fame vote

September 1 is the deadline to cast a ballot in the 2003 voting for the Packaging Hall of Fame. The nominees accepted by the Packaging Education Forum (PEF) include Packaging World’s Arnie Orloski Jr., William E. Archibald, William Richardson Armstrong, Richard G. Lee, Louis Rupp, and Daniel Toner.

July 31, 2003

Beverage

Q&A: Kraft's team approach to Pack Expo

One way Kraft Foods of Glenview, IL, stays on top of packaging technology is through Pack Expo trade shows, sponsored each year by the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute. John Ruff, senior vice president, R& D and Quality for Kraft North America, shares his ideas on the value of a Pack Expo trade show.

July 31, 2003

Containers

Nonslip tier sheets

Curtas Technologie introduces the GRIPmaster line of nonslip tier sheets, which maintains unitized load integrity even when subjected to inclination of up to 35 degrees.

June 30, 2003

Beverage

Printpack loses family members in Kenya plane crash

William Love, 41, one of Printpack's family members, his wife, Elizabeth Love, 41, and their daughter, Sarah Love, 12, tragically passed away July 19 in a plane crash in Kenya.

June 30, 2003

Labeling

Pharmaceutical pros elaborate on packaging concerns

Survey respondents vent views on repackaging, paying more for equipment that’s easy to validate, and changes related to FDA’s 21 CFR, Part II.

June 30, 2003

Secondary Packaging

This end up

A start-up company in Toledo had just ordered an automatic multi-packer for its alcoholic gelatins. Then it had to change its pack.

June 30, 2003

Flexibles

A case-ready meat tour

A visit to a Wal-Mart Supercenter—and input from industry experts—provides a snapshot look at case-ready meat packaging.

June 30, 2003

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Manual on anticounterfeiting, no; useful compendium, yes

Whether a book or an anthology, this volume on pharmaceutical anticounterfeiting is both interesting and valuable, but flawed.

May 31, 2003