Closures

Closure designing

Injection-molded closure design and manufacture is the subject of a brochure from Stull Closure Technologies (Randolph, NJ). Lists sizes and part numbers for dispensing plugs, captive hinged closures, snip tips, push-pull dispensers, tube caps, twist open/close dispensers, can fitments and miscellaneous closures.

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Closures

Tin boxes

Western Specialty Container (City of Industry, CA) is offering a line of rectangular and round tin boxes from manufacturer Hoffmann Packagings. The tins are drawn in round and rectangular shapes.

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

Reclosable bag system

Snap-Sac(TM) reclosable bag system from Arthur D. Little Enterprises (Cambridge, MA) is said to provide a viable alternative to zipper locks at similar costs, or as an added feature to bags without a reclosable feature.

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Sustainability

Injection-molding resin

Recently commercialized by Chevron Chemical (Houston, TX), HiD9004 is an HDPE injection-molding resin designed primarily for producing 5- to 7-gal pails and their lids.

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Controls & Machine Components

Corru-Shred, Inc: Corrugated shredder

The Model C16D Corru-Shredder from Corru-Shred (Pompano Beach, FL) is a system that takes knocked-down corrugated and shreds it into material suitable for use as loose fill.

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

PVC containers

Plastic Bottle Corp. (Libertyville, IL) has added Faceted Oval PVC containers to its line of cosmetics/personal care containers. Available in two sizes, the 2-oz bottle has a 20/415 neck finish or a 20-mm finish built to accommodate a linerless, threaded valve seal closure by Packaging Design Group.

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Closures

Resin for closures

Pro-fax(TM) SV-956 polypropylene resin from Montel (Wilmington, DE) is used to meet tolerances necessary to achieve a balance of stiffness and impact properties for easy-opening, wide- and medium-mouth closures produced by Pano Cap Canada (Phoenix, MD).

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Additives, coatings & inks

Modular inspection system

New Resina Corp. (Brooklyn, NY) has developed a modular inspection system designed to handle a range of functions-from simple detection of missing cap liners to the full-scale, 100% inspection of capping.

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Closures

Cosmetics are big winners in packaging competition (sidebar)

Additional NACD award winners: Industrial & Automotive category

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Conveying & accumulation

Packing process grows on Teixeira Farms

California produce grower lengthens lettuce shelf life and saves material costs by switching from waxed cases to a bag-in-box configuration.

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Filling/capping, dry

Bulk weigher/auger filler

AMS Filling Systems' (Malvern, PA) Model A-110-Lynx net weigher bulk-and-dribble auger filler fills powders and granular products as well as thin or viscous liquids, in weights from 1 oz to several hundred lb.

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Closures

Federal 'medicine' for drug errors may be hard to swallow

FDA to ease stability tests for drug packs

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Closures

Tubes of the year!

This year's winners of the Tube Council Awards carried a strong health and beauty theme, as well as a focus on innovation.

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