Machinery: Page 1079

Controls & machine components

Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

SRC Vision (Medford, OR) has signed a representation agreement with FMC Corp., Food Systems and Handling Div. (Homer City, PA). The business relationship provides for FMC to represent SRC's line of machine vision systems to the food industry.

June 30, 1998

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Codex divided on biotech labeling

The Codex Committee on Food Labeling appears divided over which biotech food labeling recommendations to adopt. It is choosing whether to emulate the U.S.

June 30, 1998

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

Electronic Liquid Fillers (LaPorte, IN) was acquired by BancAmerica Equity Partners (Chicago, IL) and The Saranow Group (Deerfield, IL). The company is now called ELF Machinery, LLC.

June 30, 1998

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Country-of-origin labeling won't address food safety, Congress told

In response to a recent rash of foodborne illness, one of the issues being studied by a congressional committee are the merits of additional country-of-origin labeling on imported food products.

June 30, 1998

Coding, Printing & Labeling

New label takes bottle from nostalgic to novel

Briar's U.S.A., the South Brunswick, NJ-based maker of old-fashioned, alternative sodas, has given its 12-oz glass bottle a contemporary makeover with a label redesign.

June 30, 1998

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Metric-only labeling delayed

A "significant breakthrough" has been reported in negotiations between the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the European Commission to delay implementation of Metric 2000, a European directive requiring metric-only labeling on products sold in Europe by the year 2000.

June 30, 1998

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Egg carton labeling

As part of a new initiative to ensure the food safety of fresh eggs, the Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture proposed to require safe handling labels on egg cartons.

June 30, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

HK Systems, Inc: Supply chain software

Supply chain software maker HK Systems (New Berlin, WI) introduces Stockmaster®/SCM, a software "suite" of applications that includes management systems products for warehouse, yard/dock, loading and transportation.

May 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Smooth-operating chain

The Rex 1500 Series MatTop Chain from Rexnord Corp. (Grafton, WI) helps make in-line noseover transfers and 90° transfers stable and smooth by eliminating container tipping and jam-ups.

May 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Topline Products Co. Inc: Lipstick samplers

Topline Products (Wayne, NJ) is in the developmental stage with an injection-molded PP lipstick sampler that includes a base and cap in the approximate size and shape of a traditional lipstick container.

May 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Siemens Industry Inc: Soft logic control system

Siemens Energy & Automation (Alpharetta, GA) introduced SIMATIC WinAC, a PC-based control solution allowing users to perform open-loop control on a single, open-hardware platform.

May 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Brecoflex Co., L.L.C.: PU timing belts

Brecoflex's (Eatontown, NJ) PU timing belts have steel-cord tension members that maintain permanent pitch and positional accuracy in positioning, dividing, combining, transporting, stepping and sychronous conveying.

May 31, 1998