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

Spirits/liquors: Page 74

Closures

Reestablishing a brand

In order to reestablish itself as a skincare innovator, Olay assigned design and branding agency Webb Scarlett for its Daily Facials and Total Effects line of anti-aging skincare products.

May 31, 2003

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Labeling for flavored malt beverages

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms’ Tax and Trade group is proposing changes to the regulations governing “flavored malt beverages,” which are growing in popularity and constitute as much as 5% of the overall U.S.

May 31, 2003

Containers

Euro-style solution to vial packaging

Bionostics’ first comprehensive production line adds efficiency and output to its operations and pays for itself in a year.

May 31, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

Seminar: Designing Gen3 performance into packaging machinery

Want to learn best practices for designing Gen3 functionality into packaging machinery? Attend a free and informative half-day seminar hosted by ELAU and the Center for Automation and Motion Control in Alexandria, Minnesota on Friday, July 11, 2003.

May 31, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

OMAC news from ISA

The integration between process and packaging automation in food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and personal care product manufacturing is on the rise.

May 31, 2003

Labels

New labeling, inspection gear at prize-winning water bottler

A switch to glue-applied roll-fed labeling and automatic fill-level inspection are the latest improvements at Mountain Valley Spring Co.

May 31, 2003

Flexibles

Foil laminate bags and drum liners

Rexam introduces new low-density polyethylene and foil laminate bags and drum liners manufactured in a cGMP-compliant environment for use in packaging bulk drugs and active pharmaceutical ingredients.

April 30, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

ISA conference now FREE!

Sold-out OMAC pavilion allows ISA to offer free admission to June technical conference for all.

April 30, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

Integrating processing and packaging

The integration between process and packaging automation in food, beverage, pharmaceutical and personal care manufacturing is on the rise.

April 30, 2003

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Companies

Morrison Timing Screw (Glenwood, IL) modernized its 15-year-old logo.

April 30, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

OMAC Plug-and-Pack Workgroup teams with ISA Food & Pharma Division at Process Control Conference

For the first time, the Instrument Society of America will host an OMAC Plug-and-Pack Workgroup conference track at this year’s ISA Process Control Conference in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, June 5-6, 2003.

April 30, 2003

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Automated Packaging to help homeland security effort

Automated Packaging was chosen by the CDC to provide packaging technologies vital to the rapid deployment initiatives of the CDC's homeland security effort.

March 31, 2003