Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 1649

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

International agreements

Saint-Gobain Containers Inc. (Paris, France) and Robert Mondavi (Oakville, CA) reached a strategic alliance on a new seven-year wine bottle contract.

May 31, 2001

Converting equipment

Relocations, expansions

Bomarko Medical Packaging (Plymouth, IN) recently entered into the medical device packaging market.

May 31, 2001

Containers

Reinventing the old-fashioned root beer barrel

Turning to roots that stretch back to 1937, beverage manufacturer Briar’s USA, North Brunswick, NJ, has designed an old-fashioned package for its Pure Cane Sugar soft drinks.

May 31, 2001

Closures

'Euro' styling enhances hex cartons

In March ’01, Hagensborg Food Corp., Kent, WA, introduced Truffles To Go, a 5.4-oz hexagonal carton of all-natural, individually wrapped truffles.

May 31, 2001

Converting equipment

Power: U.S. losing a prime advantage?

For the last 20 years, one of the biggest question marks for manufacturers that wanted to begin production on a global basis has been this: Can we count on consistent, clean power?

May 31, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Palletizer brochure

Alvey Systems (St. Louis, MO) has published a 2-page brochure describing the 940 Series of configurable, high-speed palletizers. Units can palletize at speeds in excess of 200 cases/min.

May 31, 2001

Labels

100% proof of identity

Ukrainian importers of the Smirnoff brand of vodka overcame counterfeit sales this spring by adding a clear polyvinyl chloride neck shrink sleeve that features an optically variable device (OVD) to ensure product brand identity.

May 31, 2001

Closures

Apple sauce in a bowl

When National Fruit Product Co., Winchester, VA, launched a 16-oz White House Quick & Easy apple sauce in February, it traded in the traditional multiserve apple sauce glass jars for a new barrier bowl thermoformed of polypropylene and ethylene vinyl alcohol.

May 31, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Pacific Scientific: Servo motors guide

Pacific Scientific’s (Rockford, IL) selection guide for high performance servo motors provides information about PMA1, S Series, and R Series motors.

May 31, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Phoenix Contact Inc: Variable-frequency drive

The IP67-rated, Interbus-compatible variable-frequency drive from Phoenix Contact (Harrisburg, PA) works in applications requiring speed control of 3-phase motors.

May 31, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Rockwell Automation: Brushless servo motors

Rockwell Automation (Milwaukee, WI) introduced the Allen-Bradley MP-Series high-performance brushless servo motors. Aimed to give machine builders high-torque motors with reduced footprints for use in smaller machines, the motors accelerate and decelerate quickly.

May 31, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Schneider Electric ELAU Packaging Solutions: Automation system

With the PacDrive automation system from Elau (Chicago, IL), the digital servo amplifiers and servo motors are furnished with an electronic-type plate.

May 31, 2001