Conveying & accumulation

Bundlers shrink Price Pfister's material expenses

By shrink bundling boxed faucets rather than packing them into a corrugated master shipper, Price Pfister saves on material costs, while increasing efficiency and freeing up warehouse space.

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Secondary Packaging

Supplier news: Appointments, promotions

Scandia Packaging Machinery (Clifton, NJ): Larry Sportello, mktg. and sales, cartoning machinery.

October 31, 1996

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Supplier news: Appointments, promotions

Columbia Labeling Machinery (Danielson, CT): Catherine A. Bryson, sales and mktg., North America.

October 31, 1996

Secondary Packaging

Metallocenes make their mark

Steelcase Inc. uses one of the first-available metallocene stretch films for wrapping cubicle wall panels. Downgauging keeps costs in check.

October 31, 1996

Secondary Packaging

Supplier news: International agreements

General Corrugated Machinery Co. (Palisades Park, NJ) will sell Samovi Ricart's (Barcelona, Spain) case packers, palletizers and stretch wrappers in the U.S.

October 31, 1996

Coding, Printing & Labeling

machinery/labeling

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is reviewing its labeling requirements for drugs, medical devices and biologics to ensure that health practitioners and patients are provided with what the agency believes is more thorough than what's currently provided.

October 31, 1996

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

B&H Labeling Systems (Ceres, CA) has created a 10ꯠ sq' test facility for roll-fed label applications.

October 31, 1996

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

MacMillan Bloedel Packaging's (Montgomery, AL) Bardcor subsidiary has begun operation of its new 100ꯠ sq' sheet feeder corrugated board plant in Russellville, AR.

October 31, 1996

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Design draws a bead on strong sales

The emergence of thousands of "reenacters," those participatory history buffs who restage old battles in full period dress, has created a growing need for the kind of black gun powder used in the days of the musket and powder horn.

October 31, 1996

Flexibles

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Printpack, Inc. (Atlanta, GA) will close its San Leandro, CA, and Dayton, OH, converting plants, which were part of its recent acquisition of James River's (Richmond, VA) Flexible Packaging Div.

October 31, 1996

Conveying & accumulation

Supplier news: Achievements

California Film Extruders & Conveyors Assn. (Corona del Mar, CA) awarded a $5ꯠ scholarship to the Los Angeles Maravilla Youth Development and Educational Foundation.

October 31, 1996

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Origin labeling proposal under fire

The food industry is stepping up its efforts to quash once and for all efforts by the U.S. Customs Service to require country of origin marking on the front panels of packages of frozen fruits and vegetables.

October 31, 1996

Converting equipment

Supplier news: International agreements

Printing press mfrs. Aquaflex Systmes Inc. (Boucherville, Quebec, Canada) and Webtron (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) have created a new Hong Kong-based subsidiary called Aquaflex/ Webtron Hong Kong Ltd.

October 31, 1996