Controls & Machine Components

Copley Controls Corp.: Linear motor

The M3810 Thrust Rod™ linear motor from Copley Controls (Canton, MA) combines high force (to 900 lb) with precision, speed, acceleration, reliability, and lowest life-cycle cost, company says.

December 31, 2002

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Label shipments to grow

United States shipments of labels will expand 4.8% annually through 2006, to reach a value of $14 billion.

December 31, 2002

Converting equipment

TAPPI's corrugated group more focused on packaging

In late October, the corrugated container division of The Assn. of the Pulp and Paper Industry became more aligned with packaging.

December 31, 2002

Cartoning

Web Plus: Sites

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December 31, 2002

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Companies

Interfilm Holdings (Piedmont, SC) will begin slitting and distributing Cellophane™ films for certain narrow-web customers of UCB Films (Smyrna, GA) located primarily in North America.

December 31, 2002

Coding, Printing & Labeling

People

Elected to four-year terms on the Board of Directors at the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute are (from left) John Raterman, vice president North American sales at Nordson Corp.; Glenn Siegele, president of Omega Design Corp.; Randy Spahr, vice president of Packaging Machines Intl.; and Andrew Zucaro, president of Azco Corp.

December 31, 2002

Coding, Printing & Labeling

USDA voluntary allergen-labeling guidelines

The U.S. Department of Agricultures’s Food Safety and Information Service will consider any nonmisleading symbols, statements, or logos that meat and poultry packages might want to use to inform consumers of the presence of potential food allergens in meat, poultry, and eggs.

December 31, 2002

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Biotech labeling nixed

Some 73% of Oregon voters in the November election rejected mandatory labeling for all biotech foods. Ballot Measure 27 would have required any food or beverage produced with genetically modified material to be labeled as such, whether or not the material is in the final product.

December 31, 2002

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Trans fat labeling

In November 2002, FDA reopened the comment period on its final rule on mandatory trans fat labeling for an additional 30 days so that interested parties could weigh in on a footnote statement FDA plans to add.

December 31, 2002

Case erect/seal

Plug-and-pack a reality (sidebar)

Advances in network, software standards

December 31, 2002

Controls & Machine Components

Plug-and-pack a reality (sidebar)

PackML explained

December 31, 2002

Flow wrapping

Plug-and-pack a reality

A new crop of Plug-and-Pack™ packaging machines promises to simplify integration and facilitate line optimization.

December 31, 2002

Flexible packaging

High-speed poucher consolidates control

One control integrates logic, motion, operator interface, even temperature control, for a high-speed pouching machine.

December 31, 2002