Controls & Machine Components

Upper Limits Engineering Co.: Bag filler/sealer

Operating on flat bags or stand-up, zipper pouches, the M6000 bagger from Upper Limits (Livermore, CA) uses vacuum cups and grippers to open premade bags and guide them through filling and sealing.

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General Mills 'Exprésses' itself

Two new product/package combinations from retail giant General Mills are just now reaching store shelves.

August 31, 2000

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Growth accelerates in flexible materials

Volume of flexible packaging materials continues to outpace growth in both the overall economy and for all of packaging. FPA report does identify some potential problems, however.

August 31, 2000

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StarKist makes waves with pouch

Next month, StarKist Seafood will introduce to retail markets nationwide three varieties of its StarKist tuna in retorted pouches with an 18-month shelf life.

July 31, 2000

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Tang-y pouch transformation

Tang®, a staple in many American diets for 43 years, is changing its look, with five new flavors in stand-up pouches.

July 31, 2000

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Appointments, promotions

Inland Paperboard and Packaging, Inc. (Austin, TX): Dale E. Stahl, president, COO.

July 31, 2000

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'Selling' machine safety

Improving the safety of packaging equipment-and meeting the ANSI B155.1 standard-was the topic of a PMMI seminar July 11-12. 3M's John Hunt urged machine builders to use safety as a selling point.

June 30, 2000

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Super marketing through packaging

Products at the Food Marketing Institute trade show in Chicago illustrate how grocery marketers rely heavily on packaging to add convenience and sales appeal.

June 30, 2000

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Primate-powered packaging

Delicious Brands, marketers of Frookie® Funky Monkeys® graham crackers, wanted its new packaging to be as fun as its name.

May 31, 2000

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Design of the times

Editors are often asked, “What kinds of applications really get you interested in a story?” Usually, this is the preamble to a sales pitch for a story on the application du jour.

May 31, 2000

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Baxter Labs helps develop validatable pouch sealers (sidebar)

Materials also a variable

May 31, 2000

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Baxter Labs helps develop validatable pouch sealers

Spurred by ISO requirements, Baxter’s CardioVascular Group works with OEM to develop more consistent, validatable heat sealers for medical device pouches.

May 31, 2000

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Flexo press colors future for Friedman Bag

California film and bag maker/converter invests in its future with an eight-color central impression flexo press that expands its opportunities. Press helps Friedman Bag retain the business of Pillsbury spinoff Potandon Produce.

May 31, 2000