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Controls & Machine Components

Schneider Electric: Multi-use servo drive

The “all-in-one” Lexium™ servo drive from Schneider (North Andover, MA) can be used as a smart analog amplifier, a stepper translator, a SERCOS servo drive, or a stand-alone motion controller.

September 30, 2001

Flexibles

Kodak sees ?Advantix? in pouch

Kodak Canada Inc. is test marketing a four-pack of its Advantix-brand photographic film in a reclosable zippered gusseted pouch in Canada. It’s believed that this is the first film sold in a resealable pouch in North America.

September 30, 2001

Labels

Havana brews enticing shape, graphics

The allure of Havana’s sophisticated nightlife emerges through the image of an exotic woman to become the icon that dominates the full-body shrink label adorning Havana, an iced coffee from North American Beverage Co., Ocean City, NJ.

September 30, 2001

Labels

Oberweis Dairy is 'looney' over milks

North Aurora, IL-based Oberweis Dairy, best known for its glass containers of milk, introduced in August a line of five 12-oz Looney Tunes-brand flavored milks in polyethylene terephthalate bottles.

September 30, 2001

Coding, Printing & Labeling

What's the beef?

The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture is seeking public comment on a proposed rule making regarding the definition and labeling of “United States cattle” and “United States fresh beef products.” Comments are also being solicited on whether such beef products should bear labeling claims different from currently permitted claims.

September 30, 2001

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Achievements

Moen Industries recently celebrated its 50th anniversary with an open house and bar-b-que celebration. —Greif Bros. Corp. (Delaware, OH) has struck a global supply agreement with The Dow Chemical Co.

September 30, 2001

Flexibles

Domestic acquisitions, agreements

The Mead Corp. (Dayton, OH) and Westvaco Corp. (Stamford, CT) have agreed to create a global company involved in packaging, coated and specialty papers, consumer and office products, and specialty chemicals.

September 30, 2001

Closures

Relocations, expansions

Goodman Packaging Equipment (Waukegan, IL) has moved its headquarters to a new building located at 1081 Northpoint Boulevard, Waukegan, IL 60085; Phone: 847/596-9000, fax: 847/596-9001.

September 30, 2001

Containers

Promotional graphics

To bolster its Grand Prix Formula One Sweepstakes, Stamford, CT-based Beck’s North America introduced a special, limited-edition 16-oz collector aluminum beer can and multipack racing packaging.

September 30, 2001

Closures

Instant foamer pumps new J&J soap

Johnson & Johnson, Skillman, NJ, in May introduced Johnson’s Kids Foam Blaster hand soap, topped with an instant foam dispenser developed by Airspray International (Pompano Beach, FL). The Table Top foam-producing dispenser is said to provide a soap product that lathers without water.

September 30, 2001

Sustainability

What's the opposite of 'green'?

Well, that’s not exactly the question that arises after reading a report in the Aug. 2 edition of The Economist. Rather than being the opposite of environmentally sensitive, the point of the report is that maybe “pale green” is closer to the truth.

September 30, 2001

Flexible packaging

Four-side-sealer homers for Clean Team

Clean Team, a San Diego maker of cleaning card products, speeds changeovers and lowers labor costs with an automated sealer. Pitched area allows for easy filling of liquid cleaning solution into the package.

September 30, 2001