Controls & Machine Components

Programmable controller

Aromat's (New Providence, NJ) brochure on the FP1 Series programmable controllers describes user-oriented benefits including network capability, RS232C ports, interrupt function and positioning.

February 28, 1995

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

FDA's Kessler becoming target of anti-regulatory forces

FDA and its Administrator, Dr. David Kessler, are becoming the focal point for deregulation proponents on Capitol Hill. House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) repeatedly has singled out FDA as an example of a government regulator that is hamstringing American business.

February 28, 1995

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Supplier news: International agreements

Omni Pak (Mexico City, Mexico) will sell and service Hoppmann Corp.'s (Chantilly, VA) centrifugal feeders and other equipment throughout Mexico.

February 28, 1995

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Reformulating the bottle

When automotive chemical manufacturer Snap Products expanded its "Outlaw" line of fuel additive products and reformulated other premium products, the company chose to revamp packaging with an innovative aluminum bottle.

February 28, 1995

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Discussions continue with FDA on labeling

Representatives of the National Food Processors Assn. (NFPA) met with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials in early February to discuss NFPA's petition to amend labeling regulations of health claims for foods.

February 28, 1995

Labeling

Similac customers unmask imposter

In what may be one of the most elaborate product/package counterfeiting schemes ever uncovered, bogus Similac infant formula has been sold from store shelves at Safeway and Pak 'n Save Supermarkets in California.

February 28, 1995

Flexibles

Of holograms and humans

Two toothpaste cartons are in the news this month, one for its hologram and the other for its humans. The hologram is on SmithKline Beecham Consumer Healthcare's new Aquafresh Whitening® tooth- paste.

February 28, 1995

Flexible packaging

F/f/s is okay for MRE retort pouches

The handful of firms that supply retort pouches for the Department of Defense's MRE (Meals-Ready-to-Eat) program are now permitted to produce them on thermo-form/fill/seal equipment.

February 28, 1995

Converting equipment

Coke's first contour bottle with PCR

Coca-Cola Co. chose Feb. 1 at the R'95 Conference in Geneva, Switzerland-an international conference on recovery, recycling, and reintegration-to announce the first-ever introduction of its famous contour bottle in a tri-layer format incorporating at least 25% post-consumer recycled polyethylene terephthalate between layers of virgin PET.

February 28, 1995

Controls & Machine Components

Adjustable link v-belt

The Accu-Link® adjustable link v-belt from Jason Industrial (Fairfield, NJ) features a smooth profile for less vibration and lower drive tensions for increased life over conventional v-belts.

January 31, 1995

Controls & Machine Components

High-lifting pallet

The Thork-Lift from Interthor (Broadview, IL) is a low-profile, straddle type, high lifting pallet truck designed to lift and move standard 48" x 40" pallets to convenient work heights.

January 31, 1995

Controls & Machine Components

Case- and traypacker

The Meurer CM/TP wraparound case- and traypacker from Piepenbrock (Englishtown, NJ) forms and fills low or product-high trays, side load cases and wraparound cases at speeds to 24 cases or trays/min.

January 31, 1995

Controls & Machine Components

Industrial software

VantageWare (San Diego, CA) has released a 3.0 version of its Load Builder industrial software package. Allows existing data to be loaded more quickly and simply than previous versions.

January 31, 1995