Conveying & accumulation

Six-sided wrapping speeds Spencer

Two new stretch wrappers that run in sequence on the same line greatly increase speed and output while eliminating labor costs to band pallets of mail-order catalogs printed by Spencer Press.

April 30, 2001

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Flexible packaging

Climbing the ladder of f/f/s technology

Beginning a decade ago, Calhoun Bend Mill started with simple packaging equipment, went through a rebuild upgrade and now has two new vf/f/s machines for bags of its food mixes.

April 30, 2001

Coding, Printing & Labeling

New organic and 'gmo' label standards

USDA and FDA are imposing order on claims for organic and genetically modified organism (GMO)-free foods that appear on packages and labels.

April 30, 2001

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Domestic acquisitions, agreements

—Impaxx Labels (Schaumburg, IL) has combined its businesses, including Trine Labelling Systems, Label-Aire Inc., and CSA Machine Systems into a focused group to offer packagers a single source for labeling equipment.

April 30, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Rockwell Automation: Rockwell Automation: Motor line

Rockwell Automation (Greenville, SC) has published a brochure describing the Reliance Electric Sabre motor line. The 4-page, 4-color brochure shows photographs and diagrams of notable motor features.

March 31, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Checkpoint Systems: Read/write system

Checkpoint Systems (Thorofare, NJ) has added a new series of read/write products to its Performa® Radio Frequency Identification family.

March 31, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Alliance of Foam Packaging Recyclers: Technical bulletin

Alliance of Foam Packaging Recyclers (Crofton, MD) has published a technical bulletin, “Properties, Performance and Design Fundamentals of Expanded Polystyrene Packaging.” The 4-page brochure covers PS packaging products, giving general information on the physical and mechanical properties.

March 31, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

idmarket.com: Online exchange

idmarket.com (Kansas City, MO) has released 2.1 of its online exchange, focusing on enhancing communication between buyers and sellers in the packaging and product identification industries.

March 31, 2001

Conveying & accumulation

Rayovac pegs a six-pack

Rayovac, Madison, WI, launched a new six-pack AA battery package in November 2000. It uses clear, reclosable recycled polyethylene terephthalate (RPET) clamshells in combination with a hole-punched header card that makes it peggable for display.

March 31, 2001

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Teklynx Intl: Labeling/integration software

Teklynx (Milwaukee, WI) has released Codesoft 6, bar-code labeling and integration software with RFID programming capability. Software includes features such as ActiveX link for users to create labels and a new graphic interface for smart label programming.

March 31, 2001

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

The Filling Station: Electronic filling sheet

Hema Technologies (Cedex, France) describes the advantages of electronic filling in a new information sheet. E-fill is a technology in which the piston of the filling station is servo-driven.

March 31, 2001

Controls & machine components

Cincinnati Industrial Automation Ltd: Machine vision literature

Cincinnati Industrial Automation (Covington, KY) has published a full-color brochure describing its new EZVision Sensor compact PLC-based machine vision system.

March 31, 2001

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Hot-stamp imprinter

Marking a 1 7/8”x1 7/8” area at speeds to 250 cycles/min, the CodeRunner hot-stamp imprinter from Norwood (Downers Grove, IL) mounts easily onto continous-motion overwrapping machines, labelers, and f/f/s systems.

March 31, 2001