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Controls & Machine Components

Domino: Food-grade ink

Domino Amjet’s (Gurnee, IL) 432BL is for applications where direct or incidental contact between ink and edible product is made. It can also be applied to gelatin capsules or tablets in pharmaceutical and nutraceutical applications.

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Controls & Machine Components

Information powers the 21st century

There are so many concepts we try to embrace as we begin our journey into the 21st century. But I don’t think any one is as important as our quest for more information.

August 31, 2000

Cartoning

Food marketers focus on schools

New packaging equipment is helping two California food processors grow their school foodservice businesses.

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Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Labatt drives toward networked bottling lines (sidebar)

Sophisticated HMI

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Conveying & accumulation

Labatt drives toward networked bottling lines

Labatt Breweries upgrades bottling line conveyors with compact drives that smooth production, enhance network communications and simplify troubleshooting.

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Conveying & accumulation

'Motion Control University'

The Center for Automation and Motion Control at Alexandria Technical College in Minnesota offers a hands-on curriculum of leading-edge technology.

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Controls & Machine Components

PPG paints precise picture of production (sidebar)

PI: Benchmarking a World Class line

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Conveying & accumulation

PPG paints precise picture of production

From depalletizing to palletizing, powerful graphics-laden software analyzes the performance of PPG Industries’ packaging lines. Analysis results in changes that increase output efficiency 12%.

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Controls & Machine Components

idmarket.com: Web-based technology

A new Web company, idmarket.com, has introduced the Specification Management Application/Real Time (SMA/RT) system. The SMA/RT system organizes packaging specifications, providing access to current specifications and historical changes.

July 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Barco: Packaging system software

Barco (Vandalia, OH) has created a series of software programs that can create a structural design from standards using a familiar Web browser, search databases, download graphics and CAD data from Web servers.

July 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Roberts PolyPro: POP display strips

Six to 12 pieces of merchandise can be hung from POP Strips from Roberts PolyPro (Charlotte, NC). These PE point-of-purchase strips are available in a variety of widths, lengths and colors.

July 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Automated Packaging Systems: Bags dissipate static

Automated Packaging Systems (Streetsboro, OH), has introduced its line of static dissipative, PE Autobags®. They’re designed for environments requiring packaging materials that don’t charge when separated and don’t contribute to charging the objects that come into contact with them.

July 31, 2000