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Golden State Vintners: Labeling wine bottles

Exiting the capsule applicator, bottles move into the Cavagnino & Gatti labeler. This versatile labeler handles either pressure-sensitive (shown being applied here) or cold glue-applied labels.

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Companies

Rohm and Haas (Philadelphia, PA) is relocating its pilot coating and lamination equipment to a new facility at its Ringwood, IL mfg. facility.

November 30, 2002

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People

Max Garcia has been hired as a field service technician based in Mexico City, Mexico, for Multivac (Kansas City, MO). Bob Koch has been named director of sales, food div.

November 30, 2002

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Officially organic

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s rules for labeling of organic products went into effect October 21, 2002. The rules apply to both domestically grown and imported food.

November 30, 2002

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FDA continues consumer surveys

FDA has asked the Office of Management and Budget to continue its consumer surveys on food and dietary supplement labeling issues. The agency said that determining how consumers are likely to interpret various claims, warnings, disclaimers, caution statements, and notices that might appear on a label is important in the formulation of labeling policies.

November 30, 2002

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Guidance on irradiation labeling

FDA has issued guidance explaining how to petition the agency to request approval of labeling that is not false or misleading for foods that have been irradiated.

November 30, 2002

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Flexible packaging and labeling winners unwrapped

During Pack Expo, ExxonMobil Chemical (Macedon, NY) recognized excellence and innovation in flexible packaging and labeling at its 16th annual Golden Mummy and Pyramid Awards ceremony, held November 5 in Chicago. There was a total of seven winners.

November 30, 2002

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Going 'green' globally

A new report on environmentally responsive label copy is now available from Raymond Communications, College Park, MD. “Green labeling: A global guide for marketers in the new millennium,” covers both voluntary and mandatory eco-label copy in the United States and around the world.

November 30, 2002

Labeling

Labeler and tray packer meet for the first time

Janssen Pharmaceutical, Beerse, Belgium, has installed a high-speed labeler that automatically feeds product into a tray packer without any need for manual handling between the two packaging operations. According to the company, this integration is the first of its kind in Europe.

November 30, 2002

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Shrink sleeve labeler/splicer combo

NEWS FROM PACK EXPO: PDC Intl. (Norwalk, CT) displayed its Model R300 shrink labeler inline with a KTI (South Beloit, IL) Series JS butt splicer at Pack Expo.

October 31, 2002

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About the Auto-ID Center

The Auto-ID Center is a not-for-profit global research organization headquartered at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Founded in 1999, the Center was created in response to the Universal Code Council’s vision to build the next generation bar code.

October 31, 2002

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Supply chain experts see change a comin'

In a future marked by price-sensitive consumers and fierce competition, companies will fail or flourish according to the efficiencies of their supply chains.

October 31, 2002

Flexible packaging

Does packaging need more machinery education?

Some in packaging feel that packaging universities shortchange students on machinery. Can it—or should it—be learned in college?

October 31, 2002