Controls & Machine Components

OMAC packaging workgroup names executive director

The OMAC (Open Modular Architecture Controls) Users Group Advisory Board has announced the appointment of an executive director to support the activities of the Packaging Workgroup.

August 31, 2002

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 1630

Controls & Machine Components

Bringing back the education

For years, there has been a rather vocal debate within the ranks of the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute about the value of conferences during packaging expositions.

August 31, 2002

Flexible packaging

Automatic splicing

Rovema (Lawrenceville, GA) introduces automatic film splicing for its f/f/s equipment. The automatic splicer can be integrated with the film carriage of Rovema’s new intermittent or continuous motion v/f/f/s machines, or retrofitted on existing equipment.

July 31, 2002

Flexibles

Shrink film

The Shrink Packaging Division of Sealed Air Corp. (Duncan, SC) announces a new Cryovac® Xenith™ shrink film that is strong enough to wrap irregular shapes and heavier products, yet its low shrink tension will not bend or crush delicate items.

July 31, 2002

Flexible packaging

Additional winners

Following are DuPont award winners previously covered in Packaging World articles.

July 31, 2002

Coding, Printing & Labeling

P&G, Wal-Mart on CorrExpo program

When merchandising executives from top retailers speak, packaging people tend to listen.

July 31, 2002

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

EPI Labelers announces death of founder

On August 8, EPI Labelers (New Freedom, PA) regretfully announced that its founder James P. Vonderhorst died Wednesday, August 7, as the result of injuries sustained in a traffic accident.

July 31, 2002

Controls & Machine Components

Videojet Technologies Inc: Thermal-transfer imaging

A new brochure from Videojet (Wood Dale, IL) describes the company’s DataFlex™ 300 dpi thermal-transfer imaging system for flexible packages. According to the brochure, benefits of the machinery are flexible, high-quality images, intermittent and continuous motion, lower cost of ownership, reduced downtime, increased reliability and cost-efficiency, intuitive touchscreen user interface, and ease of use.

July 31, 2002

Secondary Packaging

Pallet stacker

Alvey Systems (St. Louis, MO) introduces its new pallet load stacker. Machine allows for the automatic inline stacking of full- or partial-pallet loads, eliminating the need for manual pallet stacking and creating more opportunities for space saving in trucking, cargo shipping, and warehousing.

July 31, 2002

Controls & Machine Components

Romaco, Inc: Standalone production room

Romaco (Pompton Plains, NJ) has released the ISOdule®, a stand-alone production room pre-equipped with Romaco equipment to meet production needs of pharmaceutical, cosmetics, or veterinary projects.

July 31, 2002

Flexible packaging

F/f/s machine

Hassia (Morganville, NJ) has developed the SAS 20/30 for aseptic operation to form, fill, and seal pouches made of flexible materials. Machine is primarily intended for use in the convenience food and dairy product market, and it’s said to be the first multilane machine to package low-acid food products aseptically.

July 31, 2002

Closures

Tube Council winners

Lise Watier Cosmétiques’ Eau de Mer lotion was judged The Best Overall Tube in the 2001 Tube of the Year Awards conducted by The Tube Council (Montclair, NJ).

July 31, 2002

Protective/transport packaging

INTERNET SALES BENEFITS PROTECTIVE PACKAGING

Expanding Internet and mail order catalog sales will help protective packaging demand increase nearly 5% annually to $3 billion in 2006. That’s according to The Freedonia Group, a Cleveland-based market research firm.

July 31, 2002