Tamper-evident machinery

New line helps repackaging pay off (sidebar)

Closure/container combo

February 28, 2001

Machinery: Page 934

Conveying & accumulation

New line helps repackaging pay off

Added last August, RxPak’s newest drug repackaging line is notable not only for its level of automation, but also for the senior-friendly, child-resistant closure it applies. See in-plant video

February 28, 2001

Conveying & accumulation

E-tailer cushions itself in a perilous environment

Air-cushion-making machinery, conveyors, case tapers and printers provide operational efficiency at embattled e-tailer e-Toys’ new distribution facility in Ontario, CA.

February 28, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Vestil Manufacturing Co.: Ergonomic products

Vestil Manufacturing (Angola, IN) has published a brochure on its full line of ergonomic products. Includes descriptions and photos of battery powered lifts, foot pump lifts, hydraulic elevating carts, manual carousels, gantry cranes, worker positioners and other equipment aimed at protecting employees from injuries.

January 31, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Tri-Seal, a Tekni-Plex Co.: Cap liners brochure

Tri-Seal (Blauvelt, NY) has released a 4-page brochure that compares the types of bottle cap liners and heat seals now offered by 5 leading suppliers.

January 31, 2001

Flexible packaging

No-strings-attached tea bag

Honest Tea, Bethesda, MD, launched a whole-leaf, natural tea line in fall 2000, sealed in what it calls a first-of-its-kind integral "Tag-and-Bag" supplied by Copack Intl. (Carlstadt, NJ). This nonwoven, filter tea bag and tag replaces the standard string, staple and printed tag. A four-side, sealed kraft overwrap pouch locks in the freshness.

January 31, 2001

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Proposed new biotech food rules

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a 120-day premarket notification for biotech foods in which manufacturers would provide the FDA with information demonstrating that the product is as safe as its conventional counterpart.

January 31, 2001

Secondary Packaging

Club stores applaud multipack

When club store managers told Del Monte Foods that they wanted canned fruits and vegetables in multipacks more elegant than the ring carrier arrangement they’d been receiving, Del Monte responded.

January 31, 2001

Flexible packaging

Pack gains Annie's approval

Annie’s® Homegrown Inc. in September introduced Microwavable Single Servings Mac & Cheese Meals in a “dual pouch” that holds organically grown macaroni in one pouch and powdered cheese sauce in a second, smaller pouch.

January 31, 2001

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Specialized Sourcing Made Quick and Easy

Gift wholesaler and manufacturer K & Co., Parkville, MO, learned of PackagingFinder.com (www.packagingfinder.com) in August 2000 through Microsoft Network’s search engine (www.msn.com).

January 31, 2001

Secondary Packaging

E-commerce-enabled Suppliers

Impaxx (www.impaxx.com), which owns several companies that supply packaging materials and labeling equipment, permits customers to access online proofing, order status and inventory management information.

January 31, 2001

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

New Bagging Machine Sourced Online

Shipwreck Beads, Olympia, WA, a major supplier of beads and associated products to the jewelry and clothing accessories industries, needed a new bagging machine.

January 31, 2001

Conveying & accumulation

Spare Parts Purchasing: Online Parts Buyers Find the Right Track

Go to www.barry-wehmiller.com. Click on the Parts folder. Log in. Type in your part number. Select desired quantity.

January 31, 2001