Controls & Machine Components

TURCK, Inc: Linear position sensors

Turck’s LI-Q25 series linear position sensors replace magnetostrictive and potentiometer devices to deliver precise, repeatable measurements in metal processing machines, rolling mills or injection molding machines.

May 3, 2010

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Controls & Machine Components

SICK, Inc: Wire draw encoders

Sick’s BCG EcoLine wire draw encoders provide an economical yet precise distance measurement solution with a scalable analog output (4-20mA or 0-10V) that easily interfaces with control systems.

May 3, 2010

Controls & Machine Components

Eaton Corporation: Online resource for packagers

A virtual tour from Eaton Corp. illustrates how their control, interface, and sensing solutions help improve equipment effectiveness.

May 3, 2010

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Warnings show food labels are a new FDA priority

The traditional way to think about Food and Drug Administration enforcement is to divide violations into those that might threaten health and those that don’t.

May 3, 2010

Conveying & accumulation

Web plus

May 3, 2010

Weighing/combination scales

Cheese ball weighing for tray packs

Cheese ball weighing for tray packs Bavaria, Germany-based Goldsteig is a leading European manufacturer of hard, soft, and sliced cheeses.

May 3, 2010

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

New deco tech

Plenty of Packaging World readers remember Arnie Orloski, editor of this magazine before he retired a few years back.

May 3, 2010

Flexible packaging

Plastics market for healthcare packaging forecast to reach five billion lb by 2015

Study predicts steady growth U.S. plastics packaging market for pharmaceutical and medical products in the next five years.

May 3, 2010

Coding, Printing & Labeling

US Patent awarded to Plastic Suppliers, Inc. for EarthFirst®

Plastic Suppliers, Inc. has been awarded the US 7,615,183 B2 patent for “Polylactic Acid Blown Film and Method of Manufacturing,” branded as EarthFirst.

May 3, 2010

Controls & Machine Components

Baldor Electric Company: Smart drives

Baldor’s new generation of smart drives, which are Powerlink-compatible, provide economic and space-saving solutions for many common single-axis automation requirements.

May 2, 2010

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Nanotechnology to drive pharmaceutical packaging growth

Improved barrier properties in plastics and enhanced functionality will increase demand for ‘nano-enabled’ pharmaceutical packaging.

May 2, 2010

Sustainability

Expansion forecasted in packaging inks, coatings, and additives

An expected moderation in pricing will decelerate the pace of value gains in U.S. packaging inks, coatings, and adhesives compared to the 2003-2008 period.

May 2, 2010

Coding, Printing & Labeling

FDA seeks comments on front-of-package labeling, shelf-tag symbols

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on April 28 asked for comments and information from the public and other interested parties about front-of-package nutrition labeling and on shelf tags in retail stores.

May 1, 2010