Conveying & accumulation

Collating candy at 3,000/min (sidebar)

How digital motion control works

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Flexible packaging

Paint pouch packing is under control

Testor packages modelers' paints in a flexible pouch on a hf/f/s machine modified for the purpose. A PLS, a PLC and a complementary logic module contribute greatly.

February 28, 1999

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

New pack saves money for Oral-B

Gary Bentrim, manufacturing engineer for Oral-B's Iowa City, IA, manufacturing plant, disclosed that its new clamshell pack for the CrossAction(TM) toothbrush is more than a technological marvel (see Packaging World, Feb.

February 28, 1999

Sustainability

Plastic beer bottles: coating or multilayer?

From Carlton and United Breweries of Melbourne, Australia, Lite Ice beer joins Carlton Cold in a plastic bottle. (See Packaging World, December '98, p.

February 28, 1999

Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: Appointments, promotions

Ashland Chemical (Dublin, OH): Michael L. Rademacher, vp, gen. mgr.; Ronald G. Babinsky, mgr., business operations, Asia-Pacific region and Latin America.

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Consumer packaged goods

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Milliken Chemical (Spartanburg, SC) has established a new business and technology facility in Singapore. The new location, known as Milliken Asia Pte.

February 28, 1999

Beverage

Supplier news: International agreements

Brio Beverages Inc. (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) has entered into a multi-year agreement with The Quaker Oats Co. of Canada Ltd. (Peterborough, Ontario, Canada) for the packaging of Gatorade(TM) sports drink at Brio's Vancouver plant.

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Controls & Machine Components

PIAB USA Inc: PIAB USA Inc: Vacuum handbook

PIAB (Rockland, MA) offers a 60-page reference guide to industrial vacuums. The 5" x 7" handbook includes a section on designing efficient vacuum systems, as well as descriptions of products used in vacuum applications, a guide to industry terminology and a glossary.

January 31, 1999

Dairy

Autoprod Inc: Filling/closing system

The Fast-Pack filling/closing system from Autoprod (Clearwater, FL) is a double-indexing, 12-lane machine with microprocessor-controlled filling stations, SpeedLoader(TM) quick-change foil lid magazines and servo-driven heat-seal stations.

January 31, 1999

Labels

Wine labels drink up awards

Recent competition honors labels used by wineries that realize the importance of presenting an appealing package to the consumer.

January 31, 1999

Conveying & accumulation

Seneca sets its sights on plastic

Seneca Foods was among the first to convert from glass to hot-fillable plastic jars for applesauce. Now it fills both glass and plastic containers on essentially the same line.

January 31, 1999

Sustainability

Bottle-to-bottle PET recycling beckons in Germany

German mineral water and soft drink marketer Rosbacher installs a first-of-its-kind stretch blow molder and seeks to popularize closed-loop recycling of PET beverage containers.

January 31, 1999

Cartoning

Technology 'inches' forward at Oral-B

Oral-B concludes three-year project to develop new brush and creative preprinted package structure. Inks, thermoforming, materials handling, package closing systems all gain in new developments.

January 31, 1999