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Sustainable Packaging
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Conveying & accumulation
Logic makes paint flow freely
Valspar Corp. used advance logic technology to "smarten up" its new 1-gal paint canning line in Statesville, NC. The line is able to automatically react to trouble spots by slowing or stopping parts of the line or rerouting product flow around hot spots.
March 31, 1996
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Conveying & accumulation
Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements
Hoppmann Corp. (Chantilly, VA) signed on with Flex-Link (Bethlehem, PA) to build Flex-Link conveyors and automation components.
March 31, 1996
Cartoning
'Floating pocket' cartoner speeds ice cream novelty output
Ice cream novelty processing/packaging line helps Ingman Foods expand its product offerings in Finland.
March 31, 1996
Conveying & accumulation
Fresh seafood takes MAP tack in Sweden
Swedish producer SmgenFisk packs fresh seafood under a modified atmosphere, providing consumers with an alternative to frozen and smoked varieties.
March 31, 1996
Conveying & accumulation
Aseptic system drives gabletop coffee creamer
Norwegian dairy stlandsmeieriet Hedmark Trrmelk is first to use aseptic system to produce 1/4-L gabletops of coffee creamer. New system lengthens shelf life by 50% and triples output of prior extended shelf life equipment.
March 31, 1996
Conveying & accumulation
Coding solution does double duty
Valspar Corp.'s ink-jet coding and scanning system provides automatic batch code verification and real-time production monitoring.
March 31, 1996
Flexible packaging
U.K. firm ships Costa Rican fruit via Canadian technology
Unique packaging lets Geest ship fresh-cut pineapplein clear thermoforms to markets not only in the UK but also France and the U.S. Shelf life is 35 days.
March 31, 1996
Conveying & accumulation
Steelcase corners corrugated savings
Office furniture maker alters distribution packaging for heavy desktops, increasing protection where it's needed, reducing it where it's not. Savings total nearly $180ꯠ/yr in materials and labor, while repetitive stress injuries are eliminated.
February 29, 1996
Conveying & accumulation
Labelers help Heaven Hill reach new heights
Rotary labelers lift Heaven Hill Distilleries' spirits by boosting application speed and reducing downtime and labor costs associated with prior picker labelers.
February 29, 1996
Conveying & accumulation
Versatility drives Shrader line design
A short while ago, contract packager Shrader Canada rarely filled more than 8ꯠ bottles of liquid automotive products per shift. A new and versatile line now lets the firm reach 26ꯠ per shift .
February 29, 1996
Flexible packaging
Simplified wrapper boosts output
Despite a high-tech wrapping material, Saputo had too many leakers of its block cheese packs. New wrapper greatly improves seals while it boosts line output and slashes changeover time.
February 29, 1996
Conveying & accumulation
Supplier news: Appointments, promotions
Heat and Control, Inc. (So. San Francisco, CA): Blake Svejkovsky, product mgr. for the new line of FastBack(TM) horizontal motion conveyors.
February 29, 1996
Conveying & accumulation
Round belt guides
The Ezy Crown® line of round belt guides from Fenner Drives (Wilmington, NC) provide an economical solution to belt align- ment problems on round belt conveyors.
January 31, 1996
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