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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Codex Committee drops COO requirements

The Codex Alimentarius Commission Committee on Labeling decided to drop any further work on COO labeling requirements. Codex is an international agency that sets international food standards for commodities and guidelines for related processes.

July 31, 2003

Conveying & accumulation

Back to Vegas for more gear

A Mexican manufacturer of cleaning products and a Utah marketer of bottled water both will return to Pack Expo Las Vegas this October.

July 31, 2003

Secondary Packaging

Boxing out the competition

A switch to a new gearbox increases reliability and lowers cost for Goodman’s new case packer.

July 31, 2003

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Kaufman offers hot-stamping

Kaufman Container has added hot stamping to its capabilities available at its decorating facility.

July 31, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

THK America, Inc: THK America, Inc: Catalog directory

THK offers its new catalog directory of products, including motion guides, actuators, and other linear motion products. Information regarding caged ball linear motion guides; standard linear motion guides; ball screws, splines, and link balls; linear actuators; and other standard products is included.

June 30, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

Beckhoff Automation: Mini industrial PC

Beckhoff has expanded its comprehensive Industrial PC family with the C6320 and C6330 mini format control cabinet PCs. The smallest measures 3.7”x7.7”x8.9”.

June 30, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

Siemens Industry Inc: 4th-generation inverters

Siemens Energy & Automation (Alpharetta, GA) has released the 4th generation of its Micromaster inverters. This universal drive series for AC motors from 1/6 HP to 300 HP has a new user-friendly parameter structure that simplifies installation and start-up for the basic to complex speed control applications at a commensurate price, says the manufacturer.

June 30, 2003

Secondary Packaging

Wepackit expands facility

Wepackit Inc. has expanded its production capabilities by 10ꯠ sq’.

June 30, 2003

Labels

Seal-It's shrink bands top ice cream tubs

Smith Dairy Products chose Seal-It as the manufacturer for its shrink bands in order to offer its customers the security of tamper evidence.

June 30, 2003

Flexible packaging

Exopack to offer online customer access

Exopack, LLC, a U.S.-based pouch maker, will soon provide its customers with online access to view and release their items in real-time thanks to software from Concord Business Systems.

June 30, 2003

Cartoning

Small cartoner

Technik Packaging offers the Carton King cartoner for smaller products at rates to 60 cartons/min with a footprint as small as 40"x38".

June 30, 2003

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Country-of-origin Web site

The Food Industry Trade Coalition, a group of food and agricultural organizations concerned about mandatory country-of-origin labeling, has launched a new Web site, www.countryoforiginlabel.com, to consolidate information about the impact of the program on various sectors. Mandatory COO labeling applies to meat, produce, seafood, and peanuts.

June 30, 2003