Controls & Machine Components

Siemens Industry Inc: High-inertia servomotors

A high-inertia style servomotor from Siemens makes the control response of the new 1FK7-HI suitable for high- and variable-load inertia applications, including the feed and auxiliary axes on machine tools, as well as winders and unwinders.

July 7, 2010

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Containers

AriZona's high-tech bottle gives functional beverages a boost

For AriZona Beverage Co., the package is the primary method of communication with consumers, so when it introduced RESCUE Water in the functional beverage aisle, the company selected a package that both looked and performed differently from competitors' packages and also conveyed the quality of the product.

July 5, 2010

Controls & Machine Components

Omron Scientific Technologies, Inc: Safety network controller

Omron’s NE0A-SCPU01 Safety Network Controller provides 12 safety inputs, 2 test outputs and 6 safety outputs.

July 5, 2010

Controls & Machine Components

Thomson: Self-lubricating pillow blocks

Thomson’s “Lube for Life” Self-Lubricating Linear Bearing Pillow Blocks eliminate lubrication systems and provide continuous bearing lubrication.

July 5, 2010

Controls & Machine Components

Danfoss Drives: Soft starter

The VLT® Soft Starter MCD500 with Adaptive Acceleration Control (AAC) from Danfoss Drives enables users to select different acceleration and deceleration profiles according to specific application needs.

July 5, 2010

Sustainability

Research: Wine doesn't hold up well in plastic bottles or bag-in-box

Some wine brands have been shifting to plastic bottles and bag-in-box formats over the past several years, citing convenience and sustainability benefits.

July 3, 2010

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Pure Fishing hooked on convenience, other benefits of new packaging

Opening traditional clamshell packages is frustrating for consumers in a number of product categories, including fishing equipment.

July 3, 2010

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

New breed of blister pack for trimmer line

Desert Extrusion patents a new vinyl packaging design that addresses the previous package’s unfortunate tendency to behave like a jack-in-the-box.

July 3, 2010

Cartons and boxes

New Kotex brand: Discreetness makes a bold statement

Kimberly-Clark identifies a feminine care products ‘language’ among young women and launches fashionable U by Kotex cartons and tins that reduce the embarrassment.

July 3, 2010

Flexibles

Employing packaging to energize nutraceuticals

As functional foods, beverages, and nutritional supplements continue to blend into new categories, companies use packaging to help market innovative new products.

July 2, 2010

Conveying & accumulation

Conveyance solution comes to PepsiCo snack plant

With customer demand for half cases growing steadily, this PepsiCo snack manufacturer in Adelaide, Australia, needed to find a better way to handle corrugated cases.

July 2, 2010

Sustainable Packaging

Global standardization around sustainable packaging

A movement toward globalization and harmonized standards around sustainability initiatives is coalescing within the international community, spurred on by standards-writing organizations across the world.

July 2, 2010

Sustainability

EU regulations spur more sustainable pack design

For U.S. circuit-board maker Ulticom, the cost of doing business in Germany entails the redesign of its packaging for a more efficient structure.

July 2, 2010