Closures

Body washes receive custom PET bottles

Method Home Products, San Francisco, CA, recently rolled out a line of gel and cream body washes in 15-oz, custom-manufactured, tear- (or bulb-) shaped PET bottles from Amcor PET Packaging.

February 28, 2006

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Sustainable Packaging

Foams market faces rising costs and environmental regulations

If your company uses polymer foams in the packaging process, you might want to consider the challenges facing foam suppliers, as described in a recent Frost & Sullivan study on European markets for polymer foams.

February 28, 2006

Flexibles

Resealable ice bags heat up sales

Blue Keld, East Yorkshire, UK, a leading British producer of bottled waters and bagged ice cubes, has introduced Blue Keld Spring Water Premium Ice Cubes packaged in press-to-close, resealable one- and two-kg bags, incorporating zipper mechanisms supplied by Zip-Pak.

February 28, 2006

Contract Packaging

Anderson Packaging becomes 100th CPA member

The Contract Packaging Assn. (CPA) announced Rockford, IL-based Anderson Packaging, Inc. (AP) as its 100th corporate member. AP is a wholly owned subsidiary of Amerisource Bergen Corp.

February 28, 2006

Flexibles

In-pack veggie steamer

According to Bev Dixon, general manager at Sun Valley Foods, she and her colleagues took one look at Simple Steps for Produce while at a trade show last year and knew they wanted to put it to work.

February 28, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

Stepper drives

Applied Motion Products has introduced STAC6-Si High-Performance Stepper Drives, programmable for stand-alone operation with easy-to-use Si Pro-grammer™ Windows®-based software with integrated tuning.

February 28, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

Beckhoff Automation: Updated network software

Beckhoff Automation has introduced TwinCAT 2.10, a revised software version updated to unite PC-based PLC and motion control with next-generation Ethernet.

February 28, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

Carlo Gavazzi: Variable AC drives

Carlo Gavazzi has launched a new range of compact AC drives called the VariFlex Series, suitable for most industrial motor control applications.

February 28, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

Nyden Corporation: Motion controller module

Nyden has introduced the MCI-0410, a 4-axis PCI-Bus Controller Module for both stepper and servo motors. The successor to the company’s ISA-Bus Control System, MCI-0410 provides engineers with stage technology needed to operate sought-after levels of command profile and speed execution from a compact system.

February 28, 2006

Contract Packaging

Achievements

Contract Packaging Assn.

February 28, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

SEW-Eurodrive USA: Universal motor controller

SEW-Eurodrive has introduced Movidrive® B universal motor controller, a drive inverter with increased functions, extended lower speed range, and control quality levels, compared to previous designs.

February 28, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

Schneider Electric: Motor control center

New Square D® Model 6 Intelligent Motor Control Center from Schneider Electric offers real-time monitoring and remote control of motor functions for owners and managers of commercial and industrial facilities.

February 28, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

Rockwell Automation: Software for wireless connectivity

Rockwell Automation offers its Pocket DriveExplorer software that enables users of Allen-Bradley PowerFlex AC drives and legacy SCANport-enabled Allen-Bradley drives to wirelessly program, troubleshoot, and monitor their drives using a hand-held PC.

February 28, 2006