Secondary Packaging

Case erector

O/K Intl.

December 31, 2003

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 1549

Conveying & accumulation

Siemens says integrated safety yields benefits for machine builders

For years,emergency stops (e-stops in shop-floor parlance) on packaging machines have had to be hardwired independently of any network to comply with government safety requirements.

December 31, 2003

Filling/capping, dry

OMAC releases PackTags 2.0 for comment

In late December, the OMAC Packaging Workgroup released the PackTags 2.0 specification for public comment at http://www.packml.org.

December 31, 2003

Cartoning

Machine builder case study: Gen3 vs Gen2 machinery

Norden Pac, a maker of tube-filling and cartoning equipment, recently delivered its first Gen3 servo-driven tube-filling machine to a customer.

December 31, 2003

Controls & Machine Components

Better diagnostics for pneumatics

Pneumatics can now be fully integrated into the overall control system of packaging equipment to provide better diagnostics, according to Bosch Rexroth’s Pneumatics Div.

December 31, 2003

Closures

Innovative closure

Portola Packaging offers the Fusion cap, designed to allow consumers to enhance drinks by adding flavor or vitamin components with the twist of a cap.

December 31, 2003

Conveying & accumulation

Chain conveyor system

Bosch Rexroth offers the VarioFlow chain conveyor system designed for use in the food and packaging industry. A range of chain types and widths are available, including 80, 100, 160, 240, and 320mm.

December 31, 2003

Labels

Royal label redesign

Indiana-based Oliver Winery recently hired [b]Flowdesign[n] to redesign two of the labels for its best selling wine products.

December 31, 2003

Closures

Aesthetic tube packaging

CCL Plastic Packaging recently helped Slatkin & Co., a New York City-based home fragrance marketer, launch its ultra-stylized, personal care products line called Slatkin’s Body Therapy.

December 31, 2003

Contract Packaging

Boxed wine aims high

Walnut Creek, CA-based marketer Black Box Wines introduced last year a 2001 Napa Valley Chardonnay in 3-L bag-in-box packaging that it calls America's first super-premium boxed wine.

December 31, 2003

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Large bagging system

Automated Packaging Systems offers the new Autobag AB 255 Large Bagging System. Machine provides improved operating efficiencies for bags to 16”W, including faster operating speeds, enhanced reliability, built-in diagnostics, and minimized downtime, company says.

December 31, 2003

Additives, coatings & inks

BASF produces Styrolux at new Mexican facility

BASF’s Altamira, Mexico, facility began production of Styrolux® styrene-butadiene copolymers, a line of injection molding and extrusion thermoplastic resins.

December 31, 2003

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Campbell acquires EaglePack

Campbell Wrapper Corp. has purchased EaglePack Corp. from Johnson Industries Intl.

December 31, 2003