Converting equipment

Vision system brings real-time control

PET container inspection is no guessing game on a Sidel blow molder, thanks to a patented vision inspection system.

October 31, 2003

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Containers

Wisk bottle color breaks the mold

Wisk bottle color breaks the mold Unilever selected pearlized blue color for liquid detergent bottles by working closely with its color supplier and blow molders.

October 31, 2003

Protective/transport packaging

SJSU engineers a new course

San José State University gains a new packaging program director, receives package engineering accreditation, and earns national recognition for its program.

October 31, 2003

Cartoning

Gen3 vs. Gen2 case study at PACK EXPO Conference

Benefits of integrated automation documented in side-by-side comparison.

October 31, 2003

Secondary Packaging

Glaxo rolls out three more dentifrice innovations

Continuing its roll-out of new dentifrice products, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare, Moon Township, PA, has now introduced a toothpaste and floss combo, Aquafresh Floss 'N'Cap.

October 31, 2003

Conveying & accumulation

Stainless washdown conveyors

AquaPruf™ conveyors, a just-launched line of all stainless-steel conveyors engineered for the washdown and sanitary markets, are suitable for food, pharma, medical, and personal-care products industries.

September 30, 2003

Flexibles

See the latest from ITW at Pack Expo Las Vegas 2003

ITW will show products including barrier packaging films, cap sealers, corona treating equipment, ink-jet coding, shrink sleeves, web cleaners, and much more at Pack Expo Las Vegas 2003.

September 30, 2003

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Packaging in the U.K. and beyond (Part 5)

Coors' new £35 million brewery (Part 5 of a 6-part series)

September 30, 2003

Secondary Packaging

Lion Precision: Dual sensor

Lion Precision has released a new dual sensor for overwrap applications. The LRD7100 simultaneously detects presence/absence of tear tape and splices in overwrap film.

September 30, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

Baldor Electric Company: Washdown product brochure

Baldor Electric Co. offers a new 40-page brochure on its line of washdown duty products. Brochure offers an exploded view of a 3-phase washdown duty motor with call-out text describing each feature.

September 30, 2003

Cosmetics/Personal care

Wago Corporation: Ethernet fieldbus controller

Wago’s Ethernet TCP/IP programmable fieldbus controller offers 100Mbits/sec Ethernet with 32-bit RISC processor, 512 kb program memory and 128 kb data memory.

September 30, 2003

Prepared Foods

Web Plus: Reverse auctions: Love 'em or hate 'em

Reverse-auction buying of packaging seems to have a toe-hold among manufacturers. It may even be on the verge of becoming a trend, according to a Web-based survey conducted on Packworld.com earlier this summer.

September 30, 2003

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Pipeline: The elusive 'nickel' tag

Hot on the heels of a tech-stock surge, media outlets of all stripes have carried stories about the “possibilities” for radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags or labels.

September 30, 2003