Industries: Page 504

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Time with TI's RFID guy

Tom Shields is RFID program manager with Texas Instruments Educational & Productivity Solutions unit that markets math and science educational technology.

March 31, 2006

Flexibles

Water debuts in shapely SUPs

Wasatch IceWater Co., Park City, UT, has introduced its natural artesian spring water in 16-oz (473-mL) stand-up flexible pouches supplied by Ampac Flexibles, unit of Ampac Packaging LLC.

March 31, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

Wyeth aims for OEE

Capturing plant metrics is a key priority these days at the Richmond, VA, plant of Madison, NJ-based Wyeth, one of the leading pharmaceutical and healthcare products companies in the world.

March 31, 2006

Flexibles

Clarification

In March coverage of the FPA Awards Competition, four Silver Award winners were left out. Three were in the Technical Innovation category: Fisherman’s Friend Strong Mint, by converter Amcor Flexibles; Blue View Cook a Carrot, by converter Flex Pack USA; and Fromm Adult Gold Dog Food Quad Seal Pouch, by converter Polymer Packaging.

March 31, 2006

Flexibles

Mini cookies big hit in PP cups

United Biscuits Southern Europe, Barcelona, Spain, introduced Nabisco-brand Mini-Oreos and Mini-Chips Ahoy cookies packaged in rigid polypropylene, 4-oz cups to Spanish and Portuguese markets in 2004.

March 31, 2006

Flexibles

Boxed Ray Charles set recreates nostalgia

You will have Ray Charles on your mind with a new collector’s edition music set titled “Ray Charles Pure Genius” from Rhino Records, Los Angeles, CA.

March 31, 2006

Closures

Foster's launches lager in aluminum bottles

In January 2006, the Foster’s Group Limited, beer market leader in Australia, introduced a new packaging option for its Crown Lager brand—12-oz aluminum bottles from CCL Container.

March 31, 2006

Coding, Printing & Labeling

A first read on RFID World 2006

At the 4th annual RFID World event, held in late February in Grapevine, TX, enthusiasm about RFID’s ongoing potential was tempered with a healthy dose of reality.

March 31, 2006

Labels

Case-ready seafood in leak-proof packs

Sea Star Seafood, Marlborough, MA, is riding a trend of case-ready seafood with a line of Beacon Light Refresh frozen products launched in early 2006 in leak-proof packaging.

March 31, 2006

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

People

William Henderson, Automation and Motion Div., Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc., was elected to the executive board of the Open Modular Architecture Controls (OMAC) Packaging Workgroup.

March 31, 2006

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Companies

Pro Mach has acquired the product line and certain assets of Mahaffy & Harder Engineering Co.

March 31, 2006

Cartoning

Cereal bar packing

Bradman Lake has developed an automated system for collating and packing flow-wrapped cereal and other confectionery bars for companies committed to end-load carton formats.

March 31, 2006