Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Promo labeler

The InFlex Labeler(TM) from EPI Labelers (New Freedom, PA) applies p-s promotional labels to the inside of a package. Suitable for sweepstakes, coupons and game pieces.

September 30, 1999

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Carleton Inc: Quick-change feedscrews

Carleton Helical Technologies (New Britain, PA) has introduced a new system for the rapid replacement and positioning of feedscrews. The system, which features digital horizontal adjustment and indexable height adjustment, allows feedscrews to be replaced and positioned in minutes with no tools and by an operator rather than a line mechanic.

September 30, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Labeling Systems : Print-and-apply labeler

The Model 2177 print-and-apply labeler from Labeling Systems (Oakland, NJ) is now equipped with a Model 075 Smart Tamp air cylinder applicator. With the use of a sensor, the Smart Tamp allows products with random height or width requirements to run without any applicator adjustments.

September 30, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Outsourcing pavilion new at Pack Expo Las Vegas 99

To address the nearly 56% of companies using one or more contract packagers, PMMI's third western show, held Oct. 18 to 20, will feature an Outsourcing Resource Pavilion.

September 30, 1999

Cartoning

Packaging marketplaces take center stage

This year will be recorded as the year of the Internet "packaging auction gold rush." Auction--and classifieds--Web sites are popping up faster than you can say "network protocol" in the great race to establish Internet-based marketplaces for selling packaging equipment and materials.

September 30, 1999

Flow wrapping

Packagers take a lease on new business

Packagers that lease equipment cite preservation of working capital and tax benefits as advantages over buying.

September 30, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

House: Delay OHSA's ergonomics standard Supplement labels

In written testimony to FDA on structure/function claims for dietary supplements, Grocery Manufacturers of America (GMA) says that while consumer safety is obviously FDA's top priority, real risks are few and far between.

September 30, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

1999 inductees into the PEF Hall of Fame

Newly elected to the Packaging Education Forum's Packaging Hall of Fame are three inductees selected from 20 candidates submitted earlier this year.

September 30, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

House: Delay OHSA's ergonomics standard Biotech food labeling

Consumers Union, a leading consumer advocacy organization, is the latest to weigh in on behalf of special labeling of biotech foods. In what is shaping up as a national and international controversy, the organization called on the government to require labeling of any domestic or foreign food product containing genetically modified ingredients.

September 30, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

House: Delay OHSA's ergonomics standard Single food agency

Representatives of both the National Food Processors Assn. (NFPA) and GMA told a Senate subcommittee that a coordinated approach is preferable to a single food safety agency.

September 30, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Universal Labeling Systems, Inc: Flat-product labeling

A new labeling system combining the SL2000 Stepper Drive from Universal Labeling Systems (St. Petersburg, FL) and Sure Feed's (St. Petersburg, FL) product handling system is designed for high-speed, flat-product labeling.

August 31, 1999

Sustainability

Putting a labeler to the test

Test kit maker Artel uses a new labeler to speed production and meet FDA standards.

August 31, 1999

Flexible packaging

WestPack celebrates 50 years of packaging innovation

Featuring five specialty pavilions, including a new one for converters, WestPack 99 honors its history at the Anaheim Convention Center Sept. 28 to 30.

August 31, 1999