Converting equipment

WestPack moves to June

A bit of history is being made as WestPack moves to June. Innovative and effective packaging solutions are still the focus.

April 30, 2001

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 1655

Secondary Packaging

Expo Pack Mexico

The Sports Palace in Mexico City plays host to Expo Pack Mexico from June 26 to 29. With some 600 exhibitors on hand, it’s the key packaging show in Central America.

April 30, 2001

Sustainability

EPA trying to wrap up packaging standard

Agency would require containers for pesticide and anti-microbial products to pass DOT performance tests.

April 30, 2001

Conveying & accumulation

Downtime shrinks with new wrappers

When Georgia-Pacific needed to speed up wrapping rates for its 9” Dixie paper plates, management picked servo-driven, side-seal shrink wrappers that maintain high speed and tight registration.

April 30, 2001

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Dean Foods pours into extended shelf life

Dean Foods’ National Refrigerated Products Group employs extended shelf life technologies to market new products. New Marie’s Pourables and NesQuik demonstrate this strategy.

April 30, 2001

Closures

Pour spout on rice box wins patent

A paperboard pack for Kraft Canada’s Minute Rice has a tear-open pour spout that’s been well received by consumers. The converter has just been awarded a U.S. patent on the technology.

April 30, 2001

Conveying & accumulation

Six-sided wrapping speeds Spencer

Two new stretch wrappers that run in sequence on the same line greatly increase speed and output while eliminating labor costs to band pallets of mail-order catalogs printed by Spencer Press.

April 30, 2001

Flexible packaging

Climbing the ladder of f/f/s technology

Beginning a decade ago, Calhoun Bend Mill started with simple packaging equipment, went through a rebuild upgrade and now has two new vf/f/s machines for bags of its food mixes.

April 30, 2001

Coding, Printing & Labeling

New organic and 'gmo' label standards

USDA and FDA are imposing order on claims for organic and genetically modified organism (GMO)-free foods that appear on packages and labels.

April 30, 2001

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Domestic acquisitions, agreements

—Impaxx Labels (Schaumburg, IL) has combined its businesses, including Trine Labelling Systems, Label-Aire Inc., and CSA Machine Systems into a focused group to offer packagers a single source for labeling equipment.

April 30, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Rockwell Automation: Rockwell Automation: Motor line

Rockwell Automation (Greenville, SC) has published a brochure describing the Reliance Electric Sabre motor line. The 4-page, 4-color brochure shows photographs and diagrams of notable motor features.

March 31, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Checkpoint Systems: Read/write system

Checkpoint Systems (Thorofare, NJ) has added a new series of read/write products to its Performa® Radio Frequency Identification family.

March 31, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Alliance of Foam Packaging Recyclers: Technical bulletin

Alliance of Foam Packaging Recyclers (Crofton, MD) has published a technical bulletin, “Properties, Performance and Design Fundamentals of Expanded Polystyrene Packaging.” The 4-page brochure covers PS packaging products, giving general information on the physical and mechanical properties.

March 31, 2001