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Training for mechanics, technicians, engineers
Worth noting are upcoming training opportunities and newly developed resources for automation professionals and industrial maintenance mechanics.
July 31, 2004

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Controls & Machine Components
OMAC/WBF update
Ongoing efforts to harmonize the standards being developed by the OMAC Packaging Workgroup and the World Batch Forum took a significant step forward at an August 17-18 meeting at Pfizer’s Peapack, NJ, facility.
July 31, 2004
Conveying & accumulation
Hartness International launches conveyor company
Hartness International announces the creation of Hartness Conveyor Systems (HCS) LLC.
July 31, 2004
Closures
New PEN bottles in Denmark
Danish Brewery Group (DBG) has launched its Royal Pilsner and Royal Classic beers in new refillable 38-cL bottles of polyethylene napthalate (PEN), made by Rexam Petainer in Lidköping, Sweden.
July 31, 2004
Closures
Closure energizes Olay vitamins
Consumer convenience is behind Pharmavite LLC’s use of Weatherchem’s NutraFlapper® closure for an Olay-brand vitamin supplement line introduced in August ’03.
July 31, 2004
Conveying & accumulation
Water bottled in Kuwait has U.S. flavor
A portable bottling line housed in a 20’x8’x81¼2’ container is quenching the thirst of troops and personnel in Kuwait City, Kuwait. Started up in fall 2003, the 25 bpm self-contained line provides 1.5-L bottled water on-demand for the Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) troops and support personnel, according to AAFES Food and Theatre program manager Tom Wilson.
July 31, 2004
Containers
Table-top bag maker brings savings
A tabletop bag maker installed in late 2002 at Arkwright, Inc., was so effective in reducing wasted packaging materials and wasted time that it paid for itself in two months.
July 31, 2004
Detergents/cleaners
Appliance maker chooses Sonoco as package partner
BSH Home Appliances Corp., Huntington Beach, CA, has entered into a five-year packaging supply agreement with Sonoco. BSH, a joint venture of Robert Bosch and Siemens AG for home appliances, makes premium laundry, cooking and dishwashing appliances for the North American market.
July 31, 2004
Labels
Svelte bottle gets skin-fit labeling
Skin care products specialist Raymond Anthony Intl. (RAI), Costa Mesa, CA, recently upgraded the packaging for its Tanology line of premium indoor tanning lotions in 8-oz high-density polyethylene bottles.
July 31, 2004
Bakery/Snack
Adding security to multiwall bags
Larry Lichter is Director, Commercial Development and Supply Chain for McCormick & Co., Hunts Valley, MD. Here he discusses the development of ShurSealâ„¢, a tamper-evident seal system for multiwall bags, with supplier Exopack LLC.
July 31, 2004
Flexibles
Adding eye and opening appeal
Harris Ranch’s Cookhouse Classics precooked beef entrees are now generating more eye- and easy-opening-appeal, thanks to new graphics in its new lidding film.
July 31, 2004
Coding, Printing & Labeling
House subcommittee passes allergen labeling
The House Subcommittee on Health mirrored action in the Senate by passing legislation requiring food labels to state in clear, plain language if the product contains one or more of the eight major food allergens.
July 31, 2004
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Voluntary COOL legislation
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Ranking Minority Member Charles Stenholm (D-TX) introduced legislation to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a voluntary country-of-origin labeling program.
July 31, 2004
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