Controls & Machine Components

Horizontal servo wrapper

Formost Packaging Machines will exhibit its Fuji-Formost FW-3400 Alpha VI horizontal servo wrapper at Pack Expo Las Vegas in September.

July 31, 2005

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 1450

Converting equipment

Conical PET bottle

Novapak offers its Footed Conical PET container in 8-oz and 16-oz sizes. Container is designed for use with caps, pumps, or sprayers, making it suitable for a variety of personal care, household, and automotive products.

July 31, 2005

Sustainable Packaging

Wal-Mart vp to speak at Sustainable Packaging Forum

A Wal-Mart representative will discuss sustainable packaging at Packaging Strategies’ Sustainable Packaging Forum to take place October 17-19, 2005, in Philadelphia.

July 31, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

Low profile, 'flat' linear motors

Aerotech offers its BLMFS5 Series ‘flat’ linear motors that provide 25% more power, in an equivalent envelope, than competing models, company says.

July 31, 2005

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Printpack acquires assets of PBM Plastics

Printpack has reached an agreement to purchase the assets of PBM Plastics, a manufacturer of thin-wall, deep draw, thermoformed plastics.

July 31, 2005

Converting equipment

TricorBraun acquires Cal-West

TricorBraun has acquired Cal-West Tool & Mold, a custom designer and manufacturer of blow molds.

July 31, 2005

Conveying & accumulation

Drinktec preview: what's new in labelers?

A number of new servo labelers take center stage at the big drinktec beverage manufacturing show, September 12-17, Munich, Germany.

July 31, 2005

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

FlexTab feeder

Uhlmann• handles 1ꯠ products/min/lane in cold or hot-forming applications with either continuous or intermittent motion• features fast format changes without tools and electronic settings of format parameters• provides gentle product handling with vacuum cleaner and breakage separation, as well as light-barrier-controlled product release

July 31, 2005

Containers

Packaging board

M-real USA Corp.

July 31, 2005

Flexibles

Drikette® Desiccant Paper

Drikette® Desiccant Paper features millions of adsorbent particles contained in a semi-rigid cellulose fiber matrix. The desiccant paper enables fast drying and extraordinary versatility in package design.

July 31, 2005

Flexibles

Desimax® self-adhesive moisture adsorber

Now you can protect your product against moisture damage with Desimax®, the world's first and only self-adhesive moisture adsorber. Desimax features an ultra-thin, low profile design that makes it seemingly invisible.

July 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

RFID tagging

Part of Accu-Sort's suite of Flexible Automation Solution Tools, FAST Tag is a turnkey automated solution for placing, tracking, and verifying RFID tags on cartons and pallets.

July 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Hosted middleware management

Seeburger Inc. has released IDnet, the first hosted solution for RFID “slap and ship” compliance that targets smaller companies.

July 31, 2005