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Controls & Machine Components

Oriental Motor USA: Stepping motors with encoder options

Oriental Motor’s 0.36 º and 0.72 º stepping motors now come with encoder options, in addition to the stepping motor only or as a stepping motor and driver package.

January 3, 2011

Tamper-evident machinery

Supply chain helps Stila Cosmetics achieve the 'fashion-forward' look

Frequent package changes, including seasonal packs, are the norm at the California-based company. Contract manufacturers and packagers deliver on the need for speed.

January 3, 2011

Secondary Packaging

Custom sleever for Beech-Nut

When Beech-Nut Nutrition Co. needed packaging for a new line of “steam-cooked mini meals” for toddlers, the challenge was to find a reliable way to handle the product prior to putting the two 6-oz tubs into a paperboard sleeve.

January 3, 2011

Containers

Baumer Electric: Inductive conductivity transmitter

With the ISL 05x, Baumer offers a sensor for inductive conductivity measurement with integrated media temperature compensation and very short response time.

January 3, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Pepperl + Fuchs: High-resolution Ethernet IP encoders

EVM58 Ethernet IP encoders from Pepperl+Fuchs come with up to 25 bit resolution and provide highly-accurate machine position or velocity feedback via industry-standard Ethernet/IP interface.

January 3, 2011

Sustainable Packaging

Federal Trade Commission proposes revised 'Green Guides'

Seeks public comment on changes that would update existing guides and make them easier to use.

January 3, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Aerotech, Inc: Linear motor stages

Aerotech’s PRO LM series of high performance, cost-effective and versatile linear motor stages are offered in 4 different series with 38 different models in travels from 100 mm to 1.5 m.

January 3, 2011

Contract Packaging

Quick-changeover packaging: Both an essential and a bane

Market drivers are making fast line changeovers a get-ahead packaging strategy. But an exclusive CP/PTIS survey finds that communication and project management deficiencies are creating headaches.

January 3, 2011

Closures

'Sculpture'-style tins for mints convey health, wellness

A graceful, tea leaf-shaped tin with detailed embossing provides perfect storage for the new Minteas botanical-based tea mint collection in five varieties.

January 3, 2011

Flexibles

Baby food fruit snacks in barrier cups

Headquartered in Kunovice, Czechoslovakia, Hame is a major food processor and packager that markets a range of shelf-stable and chilled foods both within its own borders and to about 35 other countries.

January 3, 2011

Closures

Peanut butter jars square up

Justin’s Nut Butter, Boulder, CO, an innovative peanut butter manufacturer, was looking for a unique packaging presentation for its product line.

January 3, 2011

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Wraparound labeler video demo

Video from Quadrel shows vertical roller video labeler applying wraparound labels to round containers.

January 3, 2011