Secondary Packaging

Study: Machinery purchases should increase

Modest increase expected in 2003 machinery purchases, says PMMI study. Demand expected to rise despite geopolitical and economic uncertainties.

May 31, 2003

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Labels

New labeling, inspection gear at prize-winning water bottler

A switch to glue-applied roll-fed labeling and automatic fill-level inspection are the latest improvements at Mountain Valley Spring Co.

May 31, 2003

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

FDA to update drug GMPs

Requirements may be eased to help stimulate industry packaging innovation and research.

May 31, 2003

Tamper-evident machinery

Induction sealing now retrofittable for conduction applications

Are you looking for a better way to seal containers without a cap? If the answer is yes, Enercon has some important news for you.

May 31, 2003

Flexibles

Tropicana introduces Golden Carafe

Said to be the first true carafe molded of PET, Tropicana's new 1.75-L container for Pure Premium orange juice began shipping to stores early in May. With a 63-mm, wide-mouth opening, the carafe is blow-molded by Graham Packaging.

May 31, 2003

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Aclar blister foil

Hueck Foils (Wall, NJ) offers its line of blister foils sealing to ACLAR high-barrier films made by Honeywell (Morristown, NJ).

May 31, 2003

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Pilfer-resistant packaging

As an alternative to the PVC blister, Blisterguard from Colbert Packaging (Lake Forest, IL) is made with Valéron® (Houston, TX) Strength Film, a tear-resistant flexible film.

May 31, 2003

Labeling

More voices on COO labeling

The American Meat Institute went on the offensive against proposed mandatory country-of-origin labeling requirements.

May 31, 2003

Controls & machine components

Cognex certified to issue continuing education units

Cognex Corp., a supplier of machine vision systems and sensors, has been certified to issue Continuing Education Units (CEUs) to those who complete its classroom courses, live and recorded online classes, and computer-based tutorials.

May 31, 2003

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Vacuum-sealed, self-venting entre?s

“So Easy” Sauced entreés from Hormel’s Jennie-O Turkey Store, Willmar, MN, bring new convenience to consumers’ tables. The line of precooked, refrigerated entreés are the latest example of SimpleSteps™ technology from the Cryovac Div. of Sealed Air.

May 31, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

Interoperability demo: Profound implications for packaging machinery buyers

A Siemens PLC exchanges packaging data with a Rockwell Allen-Bradley PLC via a simulated packaging-line network.

May 31, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

Oriental Motor USA: DC motor/speed control

Oriental Motor USA Corp. (Torrance, CA) introduces the AXU Series of high-performance brushless DC speed control systems. Compact systems, comprised of a BLDC motor and a speed control unit, provide energy efficient speed control in 10W, 25W, 40W, and 90W output power levels.

April 30, 2003

Secondary Packaging

Baldwin Filters: Batch-printing system for folding cartons cuts inventory dramatically

On the Carton Pro batch printing system from Paragon Machinery Corp., flat carton blanks are pulled from a magazine, sent through three ink-jet print heads, and then shingled for case packing.

April 30, 2003