Closures

NACD awards 9Lives handled container

Winner of the Bernard M. Seid Best of Show Award in the 43rd annual Package of the Year Award sponsored by the National Association of Container Distributors (www.nacd.net) is a package for DelMonte 9Lives cat food.

May 31, 2006

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Labels

Shrink labels dress up new smoothies

Brown Cow Farm, Antioch, CA, a member of the Londonderry, NH-based Stonyfield Farm family, has adopted shrink labels supplied by Seal-It, Inc. (www.sealitinc.com) for its new low-fat yogurt smoothies.

May 31, 2006

Closures

Apple-shaped bottles get plastic version

Watsonville, CA-based apple juice processing company S. Martinelli & Co. has partnered with Graham Packaging Co. L.P. (www.grahampackaging.com) to launch a PET plastic version of its 10-oz apple-shaped glass juice bottle.

May 31, 2006

Closures

Unilever recaps popular China shampoos

Global consumer products company Unilever has launched new packaging for Lux, one of its leading brand shampoo and conditioner products in China.

May 31, 2006

Flexibles

Sauces debut in retorted, microwaveable stand-up pouches at FMI

Also at FMI, McCormick & Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD, served up a new line of shelf-stable finishing sauces in 5-oz retorted, microwaveable stand-up pouches supplied by Ampac Flexibles-Converted Products (www.ampaconline.com), a unit of Ampac Packaging, LLC.

May 31, 2006

Flexibles

Chicken multipacks take wing at FMI

As seen at the Food Marketing Institute 2006 show, a line of multipacked, individually wrapped chicken breasts from Coleman Natural Foods, Golden, CO, is taking flight nationally starting this month, following test marketing in the northeast.

May 31, 2006

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Companies -

Pro Mach, Inc.’s ID Technology division has acquired The Glennon Group, a provider of labeling, marking, and packaging systems and services throughout the Midwest.

May 31, 2006

Secondary Packaging

Modular case packing solutions

White paper from Fallas Automation on modular case packing solutions with emphasis on continuous development.

May 30, 2006

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Bridging the gap from manual to automated labeling

A new product; a short run market test; a unique label, marketing’s idea of an eye-catching promotion; white paper from Universal Labeling Systems explains why the answer to all of these questions is semi-automatic labeling.

May 16, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

Proximity Sensing in Harsh Duty Environments

Are the sensors you use built to withstand harsh environments? This white paper from TURCK, Inc., examines the types of hazards your sensors might encounter as well as solutions to help you choose the best products for your application.

May 15, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

FastPic Systems: Software tracking

With the Tracking Area feature of FastPic[r] IC inventory control software from FastPic Systems, users can quickly locate items stored in manual storage systems through simple tracking and pick-list processing.

April 30, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

Scientific Technologies Inc: Sockets with LED

Scientific Technologies has introduced Sockets with LED indicators for their Force Guided Relay Modules (FGR-M1). Indicator is on when power is applied to socket.

April 30, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

AutomationDirect: Plc software

AutomationDirect has launched DirectSOFT5 PLC programming software, a 32-bit Windows®-certified tool for the entire DirectLOGIC line of PLCs. The most significant of the software’s new features to improve ladder logic programming is the addition of “IBoxes,” modularized instructions that perform simple to complex ladder logic.

April 30, 2006