Machinery: Page 1166

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

Labeling

Labeling meat substitutes

FDA and the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) want to encourage more nutritious variations of traditional foods, but are wrestling with how such foods should be labeled.

January 31, 1997

Controls & Machine Components

Pressure/gravity filler

The Poly Pressure/Gravity filler from ELF Machines (LaPorte, IN) incorporates a pressure filler and a gravity filler into one unit. Made of HDPE, it's suited for acids and corrosive liquids.

December 31, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Catalog on disk

Central Products' (Menasha, WI) DiskCat(TM) is a catalog containing over 200 pages of product and sales information on the company's tape- and carton-sealing equipment.

December 31, 1996

Controls & Machine Components

Solid decks

Litco (Vienna, OH) has released a brochure on The Inca Solid Deck, a dry wood fiber deck designed for use as the top deck component in the manufacture of stringer or block pallets.

December 31, 1996