Controls & Machine Components

Cutler-Hammer: Cutler-Hammer: Interlock switches

Cutler-Hammer (Westerville, OH) has introduced the E48 safety guard interlock switches, which provide a safe way to lock machine guards in place and shut down a machine automatically when the guards are removed.

June 30, 1999

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Controls & Machine Components

J. W. Winco, Inc: Control levers

Fabricated from steel, stainless steel, and glass-filled nylon plastic, J.W. Winco's (New Berlin, WI) control levers are available in straight or angled versions.

June 30, 1999

Flexible packaging

Nestlé deploys in-line pouch shaping

Nestlé France S.A. is pushing the bounds of stand-up pouch shaping technology with a contour pouch for Nescafé instant coffee. Available only in Europe, the 100-g pouch is shaped like the Nescafé glass jar because it's positioned as a refill for the jar.

June 30, 1999

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Weigher/bagger/labelers shine at Golden Gem

While on-line label printing simplifies inventory, new combination scales and automatic baggers have increased productivity and accuracy for this Florida orange grower.

June 30, 1999

Converting equipment

Bottled water gets hip

A unique, flask-shaped container made of polyethylene terephthalate for Vijay mineral water is attracting the attention of consumers in Australia, where the package debuted in January.

June 30, 1999

Flexible packaging

Food, beverage packaging to star at supermarkets

New packages stand out for major brands like Snapple, Mrs. Butterworth's and Sara Lee at this year's FMI show.

June 30, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Labeling uniformity bill re-introduced

Sen. Pat Roberts, R-KS, has re-introduced the National Uniformity for Food Act to require national uniformity of food safety warnings on labeling, advertising and other forms of public communication.

June 30, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

A Whoopi champagne celebration

Korbel attempts to bring champagne into summer celebrations with a Brut Rose bottle decorated with artwork by comedienne Whoopi Goldberg.

June 30, 1999

Labels

New label doesn't corrode

Aggressive cleaning products and labels often don't mix. Just ask Wayne, NJ-based Castrol. The printing on the surface-printed in-mold label used on 1-gal jugs of its Super Clean(TM) cleaner and degreaser was disintegrating whenever the liquid cleaner dripped over the label.

June 30, 1999

Converting equipment

Print market, technology perspectives

Graphical Arts Technical Foundation forcasts print markets, while a book from the Foundation of Flexographic Technical Assn. reflects recent changes in flexogrphic printing

June 30, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Nitrate labeling debate

California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) wants a panel of scientific experts to review data on sodium nitrite before listing it as "harmful to consumers" under the State's Proposition 65 chemical warning label law.

June 30, 1999

Protective/transport packaging

Site answers food label approval questions

Food packagers seeking guidance on obtaining approvals from USDA's Food Safety & Inspection Service (FSIS) may want to visit Prime Label Consultants' (Washington, DC) site at www.primelabel.com.

June 30, 1999

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

Luxurious look for premium products

A new line of Log Cabin syrups and pancake mixes fills a gap in the marketplace between mainstream brands and high-priced specialty brands, says Ed Yuhas, director of con-sumer marketing for Aurora Foods, Columbus, OH.

June 30, 1999