Controls & Machine Components

Dip Seal Plastics, Inc: Protective coatings

Custom-colored thermal plastic coatings said to provide protection to packages during shipment are offered by Dip Seal Plastics (Rockford, IL). The company says that besides offering protection, the coatings provide a way to set products apart from the competition at retail.

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Controls & Machine Components

Siemens Industry Inc: Financing programs

Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. (Alpharetta, GA), together with Siemens Credit Corp., have introduced the "Siemens Solution," a partnership that provides customized financing programs for OEMs and manufacturing operations.

August 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Baldor Electric Company: Micro AC inverter

Baldor Electric (Fort Smith, AR) has introduced the Series 5 Open Chassis micro inverter, a low-cost AC inverter suitable for applications requiring variable or constant torque horsepower.

August 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Action Packaging Automation, Inc: Counting system

The Hachmang high-speed multi-lane counting system from Action Packaging Automation (Roosevelt, NJ) counts light objects without a uniform weight or size at speeds to 2ꯠ/min.

August 31, 1998

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Terco, Inc: Rotary filler

The Multi-Station Rotary (MSR) filler from the Liquid Filling Div. of Terco (Bloomingdale, IL) incorporates the benefits of continuous motion in a variable-speed base for smooth container handling and reduced footprint.

August 31, 1998

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

thermoformers

The multi-purpose thermoformer from Rigo (Milan, Italy) can produce blisters, covers, plates and trays. Both negative and positive molds can be used.

August 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Extrusion blow-molding machines

The CMP single-and twin-station blow molders from Central Machinery (Bombay, India) come with or without de-flashing systems and are modular in design.

August 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Gamer Packaging: Gamer Packaging: Jar line

Gamer Packaging (Minneapolis, MN) represents a line of cosmetics jars made by Exaplast S.A., (Barcelona, Spain). Offered in many stock shapes with a fixed or removable insert, the latter for refills.

August 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Koch Chemical Intl.: Pricing programs

A new 12-page color brochure is now available from Koch Chemical Intl. (Houston, TX). With use of color photos and charts, the brochure describes Koch's SwOptions(TM) pricing programs, which includes price caps, swaps and flexible pricing.

August 31, 1998

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Skin-packing machines

Interdibipack (Mazzo di Rho, Italy) will launch a new generation of skin-packing machines that feature a thermoforming system to produce polished vacuum forms for blister packaging.

August 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Inspection equipment

AGR International (Butler, PA) will be demonstrating a blow-molder vision inspection system that inspects containers while they are inside a two-stage blow-molding system.

August 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Curwood: Meat pouch

A new coextruded, heat-sealable pouch from Curwood (Oshkosh, WI) was developed to provide meat processors with improved puncture-resistant, high-barrier packaging for primals and sub-primals.

August 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Champion Intl. Corp.: Cast-coated papers

Champion Intl. Corp. (Stamford, CT) introduces its new Kromekote® Swatchbook, a collection of its cast-coated papers. The Swatchbook also includes basic production tips on topics such as storage temperature, ink compatibility, web offset printing, embossing/debossing, and scoring, folding and slitting techniques.

August 31, 1998