Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 1410

Closures

Canadian packaging plant closing...

...Playtex, maker of feminine, infant and skin care products, plans to close down a Canadian packaging plant and outsource glove production to Malaysia...

July 31, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

Bosch Rexroth Corp.: PLC/motion control

Rexroth IndraMotion for Packaging, the new PLC/motion control system for packaging, offers full motion and logic integration in a single hardware configuration.

July 31, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

National Instruments: Compact FieldPoint devices

National Instruments has introduced 2 new Compact FieldPoint devices that allow for a reduced number of required modules and a significantly reduced system jitter.

July 31, 2005

Controls & machine components

Cognex Corporation: Machine vision support

The Cognex VisionPro PC vision software now supports the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET programming environment. VisionPro users can easily integrate third-party .NET objects into their vision applications and readily integrate vision applications with their automation systems.

July 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Oracle Corp.: Oracle Corp.: Oracle Corp.: Enterprise transaction module

Online Development's xCoupler enterprise transaction module for Allen-Bradley ControlLogix controllers provides two-tier data exchange between plant floor devices (sensors, actuators, drives, bar-code scanners, robots, RFID controllers) connected to the controller and enterprise servers.

July 31, 2005

Flexibles

Thermoformed plastic cup

New from Sonoco is a clear, high-barrier 12-oz thermoformed cup with high clarity and shelf appeal. Suitable for barrier food applications such as snacks, nuts, and cereals, the XCHB Series 12-oz cup offers good oxygen and moisture barrier characteristics.

July 31, 2005

Flexibles

Antiblock additive masterbatch

Product 102286 high-clarity slip antiblock from Ampacet helps eliminate the loss of clarity that often accompanies anitblock use. When inorganic anitblocking agents are added to linear low-density polyethylene films, film haze generally increases, the company says.

July 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Product tracking

Authentix™ offers Track & Trace, a method of product tracking to be used alone or with RFID tags. The system gives each product unit a unique “license plate” for identification and verification.

July 31, 2005

Closures

Motorola connects with customers

A distinctive, differentiated, and upscale look was what Motorola wanted for its line of Original premium quality cell phone accessories.

July 31, 2005

Closures

Onions jump on the fresh-cut bandwagon

A recent addition to the growing ranks of fresh-cut produce in branded packaging sold at retail are green onions from Boskovich Farms of Oxnard, CA.

July 31, 2005

Flexibles

FLEXIBLE BULK PACKAGING DEMAND TO REACH $7 BILLION

Cost benefits and increased performance efficiency are expected to drive U.S. demand for flexible bulk packaging to $7 billion in 2009, a growth of 3.4% per year.

July 31, 2005

Additives, coatings & inks

BARRIER RESIN MARKET TO REACH $8.6 BILLION

Last year, the U.S. market for packaging barrier resins amounted to about 5.9 billion lb. It’s expected to rise at an overall average annual growth rate of 8.1% to 8.6 billion lb by 2009 according to RP-137U Plastics for Barrier Packaging from Business Communications Co., Inc.

July 31, 2005