Closures

Super-sized design

To answer the consumer call for greater convenience at a better value, John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc., manufacturer of Fisher nuts and snack foods, has expanded from three peanut items in sizes from 16- to 40-oz PET containers, to a line of 18 stockkeeping units that includes nine flavors packed in a variety of sizes.

June 30, 2003

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 1543

Containers

Tube Council award winners

Following is a collection of Tube of the Year award winners.

June 30, 2003

Containers

Tube Council award winners

Following is a collection of 2002 Tube of the Year winners, sponsored by the Tube Council.

June 30, 2003

Sustainable Packaging

Molded pulp seminar rescheduled

The Mequon, WI-based International Molded Pulp Environmental Packaging Assn. announced that it has rescheduled its 7th International Molded Pulp Seminar to Feb. 14 – 16, 2004, at the Hilton Garden Inn in Orlando, FL.

June 30, 2003

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Compliance packages of the year

The Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council announced the 2002 winners of its Compliance Package of the Year Award: Lamictal by GlaxoSmithKline; Fosamax by Merck & Co.; and Nexium by AstraZeneca.

June 30, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

Simco: Product catalog

Simco Industrial Static Control releases its 2003 full-color catalog, featuring a complete line of static control, web, and sheet cleaning and electrostatic charging products.

June 30, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

Compumotor: Motion control guide

An expanded line of PC-based control products from recently acquired Acroloop is featured in Compumotor’s new 32-page product selection guide. Includes 5 versions of the ACR card; each based on a 32-bit floating-point DSP performing in advanced multi-axis trajectory generation.

June 30, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

Danaher Motion: Danaher Motion: Motor feedback encoders

As a replacement for resolvers, Flex-Mount encoders from Danaher Controls are said to provide an easier, more affordable way to improve machine performance and productivity in stepper and servo motor applications.

June 30, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

Delta Tau Data Systems, Inc: Brushless motor drives

Delta Tau Data Systems introduces the Geo Drive family of brushless motor drive amplifiers. The 1- or 2-axis 3-phase servo-drive amplifiers support a wide range of motor types, power ranges, and user interfaces.

June 30, 2003

Converting equipment

Formost Fuji Corporation: Formost Fuji Corporation: Gen3 guide

“Paving the Way for Generation 3 Packaging Machinery” is a free guide to Gen3 packaging and converting machines, which are built from the ground up with the servo technology and other advanced controls technology formost in mind.

June 30, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

Associated Packaging Technologies: Tray brochure

Associated Packaging Technologies offers a brochure describing its custom or stock tray options. Full-color brochure includes information regarding the company’s ready-meal trays, institutional trays, bakery trays, fully prepared meat trays, frozen food trays, and case-ready meat trays.

June 30, 2003

Closures

Tube Council winner

The Ted Klein Tube of the Year in the 2002 Tubes of the Year Competition sponsored by The Tube Council is a 7-oz tube containing Rapture Golden Pearl Shower Cream. The product is marketed by Victoria’s Secret, a division of Intimate Brands, Inc., Columbus, OH.

June 30, 2003

Flexibles

ALTERNATIVE POUCH WAVE?

Stick packs, four-corner seal, flat-bottom, and other emerging and pre-commercial pouches were identified as the “next wave in flexibles” according to a multi-client study authored by Allied Development Corp.

June 30, 2003