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Nalbach Engineering announces several management changes

After 40 years of service with Nalbach Engineering Co. (Countryside, IL), Graeme Warner, vp sales and marketing, has retired. Graeme first joined Nalbach in November of 1962 and has held various positions within the Engineering, Sales and Marketing departments.

December 31, 2002

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Kraft, PEF name scholarship recipients

Kraft Foods and the Packaging Education Forum (PEF) announced that Sara Damon of the University of Wisconsin-Stout, and Emma Hollander of the Rochester Institute of Technology, were named the first recipients of the Scott-Hogue Scholarship Award.

December 31, 2002

Beverage

Rating systems integrators (sidebar)

Obstacles to integration

December 31, 2002

Flexible packaging

High-speed poucher consolidates control

One control integrates logic, motion, operator interface, even temperature control, for a high-speed pouching machine.

December 31, 2002

Secondary Packaging

Label applicator

The 3M-Matic Side/Top Label Applicator SA2000 prints crisp images with variable information using Scotch® Printable Label Tape, then accurately applies it to the side or top of a shipping carton.

December 31, 2002

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Headspace analyzer

Pac Check™ Model 225 headspace analyzer differs from other instruments in the series in that it is a hand-held, portable unit. It’s suitable for use in MAP meat, poultry, coffee, cheese, and snack applications.

December 31, 2002

Conveying & accumulation

Wafers won't crumble under robotic handling

Bahlsen, a German manufacturer of cakes and biscuits, has modernized a packaging line with 24 SIG Delta Robots from SIG Pack Systems AG (Beringen, Switzerland).

November 30, 2002

Beverage

Q&A

Shown here are Eastman Kodak’s Jim Scott (left), director of Package Engineering & Graphics Design, and Paul Porter, director of Corporate Design & Usability Group, holding the Packaging Leader of the Year award presented to Eastman Kodak by the Packaging Education Forum at a reception during Pack Expo 2002. PW asked the two to answer a few questions about Kodak’s interdepartmental strategy.

November 30, 2002

Controls & Machine Components

Envisioning agile packaging

Unilever envisions new packaging machinery that treats change as business as usual by focusing on a ‘holonic’ approach.

November 30, 2002

Additives, coatings & inks

Small-character ink-jet coder

The Linx 6800 Series prints up to four lines of text/graphics, offers powerful printer control software, optimized printheads and robust stainless steel cabinets, and delivers outstanding print performance on a variety of substrates, according to the company.

October 31, 2002

Containers

Saving for Another Day

Automated induction sealing, tape dispensing, and twist-tying machinery help this cleaning products company save money by reducing labor costs and moving short-run jobs in-house.

October 31, 2002

Containers

Custom line lets Gatorade sprint to market

Effective use of resources gives Gatorade Canada a new product just in time for the summer selling season.

October 31, 2002

Flexible packaging

Does packaging need more machinery education?

Some in packaging feel that packaging universities shortchange students on machinery. Can it—or should it—be learned in college?

October 31, 2002