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The CPSC has proposed a rule that would require child-resistant closures on a range of products, including car care products lik
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Battle brewing over child-resistant caps
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is considering mandating child-resistant closures for cosmetics, cleaning solvents and auto products, among others.
August 31, 2000

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Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging
Blister pack is clearly 'key' to adapter visibility
New thermoformed clear vinyl package improves shelf presence, while it lowers costs for Keyspan adapters.
August 31, 2000
Finished packaged product (below) as it comes off the turntable of an RF sealer (bottom left).
Cartoning
Food marketers focus on schools
New packaging equipment is helping two California food processors grow their school foodservice businesses.
August 31, 2000
At Southland Bagel, preglued sleeves are erected and placed in a flighted conveyor (left) so operators can slide pizza bagels in
Filling/capping, liquid & viscous
Labatt drives toward networked bottling lines (sidebar)
Sophisticated HMI
August 31, 2000
Conveying & accumulation
Labatt drives toward networked bottling lines
Labatt Breweries upgrades bottling line conveyors with compact drives that smooth production, enhance network communications and simplify troubleshooting.
August 31, 2000
Touch screen (inset) provides centralized monitoring and control of the entire production line (below).
Conveying & accumulation
'Motion Control University'
The Center for Automation and Motion Control at Alexandria Technical College in Minnesota offers a hands-on curriculum of leading-edge technology.
August 31, 2000
From CAMC's 25-station lab/classroom (above), students can control equipment in surrounding labs from their PCs. Notes written b
Controls & Machine Components
PPG paints precise picture of production (sidebar)
PI: Benchmarking a World Class line
August 31, 2000
'With what we learn, we can make improvements,' says PPG's Bruno Pierannunzio, who championed the data acquisition upgrades, ass
Conveying & accumulation
PPG paints precise picture of production
From depalletizing to palletizing, powerful graphics-laden software analyzes the performance of PPG Industries’ packaging lines. Analysis results in changes that increase output efficiency 12%.
August 31, 2000
On plant PCs, PPG personnel are presented a detailed, informative picture (above) of packaging line performance, including that
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Emballage 2000: packages and French cuisine
The French packaging show, held Nov. 20 to 24, adds the flavor of cuisine this year with the co-located IPA 2000 international food technology exhibition. An expanded Paris-Nord Villepinte exhibition hall is expected to reach 2.2 million sq’.
August 31, 2000
Converting equipment
Fewer vendors in manufacturers' plans (sidebar)
Internet ordering proves as easy as H-E-B
August 31, 2000
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Merit re-tools for a global marketplace
This medical device maker says goodbye to extra labels and replaces them with on-line, thermal-transfer printing on lidding material. Print now includes important symbols required by customers overseas.
August 31, 2000
Merit Medical Systems can now put a wealth of information on its packages, and it can do it all on-line.
Conveying & accumulation
E-commerce builds momentum by the bay
Before a larger-than-anticipated audience in San Francisco, representatives from packagers Ethan Allen and Reflect.com address packaging for e-commerce direct-to-consumers.
August 31, 2000
Ethan Allen's Thomas Lowery said package consistency posed a challenge for the company as it began selling furnishings on its We
Controls & Machine Components
idmarket.com: Web-based technology
A new Web company, idmarket.com, has introduced the Specification Management Application/Real Time (SMA/RT) system. The SMA/RT system organizes packaging specifications, providing access to current specifications and historical changes.
July 31, 2000
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