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Controls & Machine Components

Motors

AutomationDirect has launched the SureStep™ family of products, an open-loop stepping system that includes four standard motors, a one-size-fits-all step motor drive, and a power supply.

September 30, 2004

Protective/transport packaging

Liquid shipping protection

PIG® BubbleZorb™ Packaging Material from New Pig is exclusively designed for shipping and transporting breakable liquid containers. BubbleZorb combines a multilayer PP absorbent mat attached to a PE and nylon cushion bubble, providing both protection against breakage and complete absorption of any liquid if breakage were to occur.

September 30, 2004

Containers

Flip-top desiccant tubes

Süd-Chemie now offers a rigid, moisture-absorbent polymer tube with easy-to-handle flip-top lid, designed to protect diagnostic test kits and strips from both moisture and breakage.

September 30, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

RFID label stock

SmartStrate® label stock has been specifically engineered by Appleton for RFID smart labels. Designed to overcome chip inlay failures associated with mechanical damage and electrostatic discharge at multiple points in the value chain, from converting, printing, and shipping to application and end use. In addition, SmartStrate’s cushioning properties are said to address issues related to printing on label facestock made uneven by the inlay edge and chip bump.

September 30, 2004

Secondary Packaging

Pallet protector saves labor shipping costs

Wind Mill Woodworking, Sheboygan Falls, WI, cut its shipping costs for pallet loads of slatwall products 15% through labor savings. All it took was a different pallet protector.

September 30, 2004

Flexibles

TECHNOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS POWER POUCH DEMAND

Demand for all types of pouches will continue to be bolstered by faster line speeds that have reduced costs and led to increased interest in pouches as a packaging option.

September 30, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

P&G meets beauty market challenges

At its September conference in New York, HBA Health and Beauty America recognized Paul Sheppard as its Packaging Executive of the Year. Sheppard is the associate director, package development, Global Personal Beauty Care, at Procter & Gamble. Here, he discusses the award and the packaging market.

September 30, 2004

Labels

DESIGN

Graphics for an organic tea bottleHonest Tea now offers its organic, ready-to-drink teas in 100% recyclable plastic bottles with a panel-less design for a sleeker, more eye-catching look that highlights the healthy, low-sugar/low-carb profile of the teas.

September 30, 2004

Conveying & accumulation

Companies

Hartness Intl.

September 30, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Labeling for antidepressants

FDA is reviewing the use of antidepressants by children and its relationship to suicidal thoughts and actions.

September 30, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Surcharges driving up costs

Living in a rural area has its advantages—and its disadvantages, too. It’s great for privacy and peacefulness, but living in a forest of cedars and birches, away from the bustle of towns and cities, has its negatives as well.

September 30, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Experts divulge RFID tips

The excitement in radio-frequency identification is electrifying. That was evident at yet another packed room at an RFID gathering, this one a session held August 24 during the Atlanta, GA-based Petroleum Packaging Council’s fall meeting in Chicago.

September 30, 2004