Sustainable Packaging

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January 4, 2011

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 1046

Sustainable Packaging

Sustainable packaging visionaries

President Jamie Gott and executive vice president Sandy Gott of Feversham, Ontario-based bottled water marketer Ice River Springs talk about their firm’s new bottle-to-bottle PET recycling capabilities—and much, much more.

January 4, 2011

Labels

Parfait cups get 'gravure-quality' labels

Tampa, FL-based B.C. Bundt’s “Walk Away Parfaits” are decorated with attractive full sleeve shrink labels made of PVC and printed with UV-cured inks in up to six colors.

January 4, 2011

Sustainability

McKesson teams with IBM for sustainable supply chain

Prescription drug distributor McKesson Corp. announced that it is now using IBM’s new Web-based analytics offering, the Supply Chain Sustainability Management Solution (SCSM), to simultaneously minimize both its carbon dioxide emissions and its distribution costs.

January 4, 2011

Flexibles

Package helps sell benefits of crystal-based hydration product

All-natural crystals promote health and hydration, and package graphics signal YZ’s effervescent properties.

January 3, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

AutomationDirect: 4-in. TFT touch panel

A 4-in. TFT color touch screen HMI panel from AutomationDirect features a 320 x 240 dot display; 32,768 colors provide clear and colorful graphics for vibrant and intuitive screens.

January 3, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Advantech Automation Corp.: Embedded IPC

Advantech’s ARK-5260 is an intelligent, fanless, embedded IPC with PCI/PCIe multi-expansion.

January 3, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Beckhoff Automation: Food-grade servomotors

AM3000 Synchronous Servomotors from Beckhoff Automation are FDA-compliant food-grade servomotors designed with a wash-down resistant white surface coating.

January 3, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Nook Industries: Linear actuators

Nook Industries’ cost-efficient NIA ACME and Ball Screw Series Linear Actuators provide compact size and enhanced IP65 protection options against solid and liquid elements.

January 3, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Eaton Corporation: Solid-state overload relays

The C440 and XT electronic overload relays from Eaton feature both integral ground fault protection and communications capabilities, in a single, compact device to provide customers with advanced, reliable, accurate motor protection.

January 3, 2011

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Label applicators keep Gatorade in motion in Mexico

Four new sleeve applicators at two PepsiCo Beverage Mexico plants accommodate high-speed, quick-changeover requirements.

January 3, 2011

Coding, Printing & Labeling

On-demand, high-speed printing

Memjet’s color on-demand printing technology for the labels and packaging markets provides cost-effective, on-demand color printing with a just-in-time approach that reduces waste and accelerates work flow.

January 3, 2011

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Wrap labeling system

ID Technology’s Wrap Labeling System comes with an integrated iCON Laser Coder to allow a date or lot code to be marked onto a label prior to the label being applied to a product.

January 3, 2011