Machinery: Page 1057

Converting equipment

Jams and jellies take to PET

Recent advances in injection stretch/ blow molding technology have made it possible for food marketers to hot-fill foods into wide-mouth jars made of heat-set polyethylene terephthalate.

October 31, 1998

Coding, Printing & Labeling

No imported meat labeling

The food industry breathed a sigh of relief when House and Senate conferees agreed to drop from the 1999 Agriculture Appropriations bill a requirement that all fresh and processed meat products containing imported beef or lamb be labeled "imported." The labeling requirement would have covered everything from ground beef to frozen dinner entrees.

October 31, 1998

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Proposed dietary supplement regs draw fire

Bombarded by more than 100ꯠ comments and a request from Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Tom Harkin (D-IA), the Food and Drug Administration extended the comment period and will further review its proposed labeling regulations for dietary supplements.

October 31, 1998

Flexible packaging

P&G tests snacks in stand-up, resealable pouches

Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble has begun test-marketing Eagle-brand snack foods in stand-up pouches with zipper reclosures. The test, which began in August, is only in Portland, ME.

October 31, 1998

Conveying & accumulation

Cellulose film is a star

Candy maker Bonbons Napoleon NV has started packaging its sweets in UCB Films' (Smynra, GA) Star-Twist(TM) 315 XC.

October 31, 1998

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

CCL Labeling Equipment Div. (Ontario, CA) has moved its headquarters and West Coast mfg. plant to a 46ꯠ sq' facility at 4083 E. Airport Dr., Ontario, CA 91761; phone: 909/605-8213, fax: 909/605-6203.

October 31, 1998

Converting equipment

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Westvaco Corp. (New York, NY) will expand its consumer packaging div. operations in Richmond, VA, installing a new, state-of-the-art offset printing press and creating a center for graphic packaging and structural design.

October 31, 1998

Converting equipment

Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

Multi-Color Corp. (Cincinnati, OH) and Buriot Intl. (Batavia, OH) have entered into a joint sales and marketing agreement to provide manufacturers with in-mold labels and blow-molded and injection-molded packaging

October 31, 1998

Converting equipment

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Clariant Masterbatches Div. (Easton, MD) has completed installation of the latest-generation, multilayer blow-molding system at its McHenry, IL, personal care packaging center.

October 31, 1998

Converting equipment

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

To shorten customers' package development time, M.A. Hanna Color (Suwanee, GA) has added a multi-layer blow molding machine to its technical center in Suwanee, GA.

October 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

VMIC: Single-board computer

VMIC (Huntsville, AL) introduces the model VMICPCI-7592, a new CompactPCI single-board computer with up to a 233-MHz Pentium® processor. Provides operating system support for VxWorks and Windows NT®.

September 30, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Steeplechase Software Inc: Web-aware PC-based diagnostics

Steeplechase Software's (Ann Arbor, MI) VLD Diagnostic Manager, integrated with the company's PC-based control software, displays graphical fault recovery and repair instructions as standard web pages on a built-in browser.

September 30, 1998