Machinery: Page 1159

Conveying & accumulation

On-line case printing supports ECR at Borden

In addition to simplified inventory, faster changeovers, and material cost savings, on-line case coding at six Borden plants means faster response to customer needs.

January 31, 1997

Conveying & accumulation

United Distillers bulks up on savings (sidebar)

Case taper flies at United Distillers

January 31, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Servo amplifiers

DSM and Micro DSM are the latest additions to Giddings & Lewis' (Fond du Lac, WI) Centurion(TM) line of servo systems. When used with the YSM- and NSM-series of servo motors, these fully digital amplifiers can be used in a broader range of applications.

January 31, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Supplier news: Appointments, promotions

Balluff, Inc. (Florence, KY): James C. Birkmeyer, sales and mktg. mgr.; David R. Bird, sensor product sales mgr.; Robert W.

January 31, 1997

Conveying & accumulation

Supplier news: Achievements

David Kersztyn, of Keenline Conveyor Systems (Oshkosh, WI), received the Oshkosh Chamber of Commerce's 1996 Business Person of the Year Award.

January 31, 1997

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Supplier news: International agreements

Associated Packaging Equipment Corp. (Markham, Ontario, Canada) will sell and service the full range of rotary p-s labeling machines manufactured by Nuova BRB (Porto Mantovano, Italy).

January 31, 1997

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Label this one a winner

A package redesign for Canadian Mist blended Canadian whisky earned manufacturer Brown Forman Beverages Worldwide a 1996 Pyramid Award for excellence in labeling from the Films Div.

January 31, 1997

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Reclosable label puts Andy Capp's into party size

Whether the motivation was to sell through club stores or just to offer a larger pack, GoodMark Foods, Raleigh, NC, has begun to use reclosable labels in a big way.

January 31, 1997

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Ulcer therapy pack touts ease of use

Introduced in December, Procter & Gamble's new Helidac(TM) ulcer eradication therapy is packaged in a 14-day cube-shaped "kit" designed to make the new three-drug prescription medication easy to take several times a day.

January 31, 1997

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Pepsi pioneers sleeve label coupon

What do you get when you put a sleeve label over an already decorated can?

January 31, 1997

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Ales boast custom bottle, gold-stamped labels

When Portland, OR-based BridgePort Brewing Co. added two new brands to its line of premium ales last month, it used the opportunity to introduce a custom glass bottle for all four ale varieties in the line.

January 31, 1997

Coding, Printing & Labeling

FDA worried about pediatric drug labeling

The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) continues its effort to ensure that drug labels contain sufficient information about use for children. In December '94, FDA required manufacturers to determine if the pediatric use sections of labeling could be modified "based on adequate and well-controlled studies in adults and other supporting information." Companies would then submit a supplemental pediatric application where appropriate.

January 31, 1997