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

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 1578

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

Labels

Almaden shapes an elegant label

Almaden’s wines packed in glass bottles are displaying a facelift with new p-s labels from Collotype Labels. Concord, CA-based Almaden is beginning to ship bottles with the new teardrop label shape, according to Diana Pawlik, Almaden brand manager.

June 30, 2003

Closures

Rexall revitalizes packaging

Rexall Sundown, Boca Raton, FL, last December unveiled a series of consumer-friendly packaging improvements for cartoned bottles of its Osteo Bi-Flex caplets for joint health care.

June 30, 2003

Flexibles

Microwave popcorn takes a stand

About a year ago, Solon, OH-based ASAP Food Products introduced what it believes is the first microwave popcorn in a stand-up pouch.

June 30, 2003

Sustainability

MSU, Clemson offer seminars

Michigan State University and Clemson University announce packaging seminars scheduled for this autumn...

June 30, 2003