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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Rules & Regs: Organics and packaging

The U.S.Department of Agriculture established the National Organic Program to set forth the regulations and standards for the production, handling, labeling, importation, and certification of organic products derived from agriculture and livestock.

December 31, 2001

Coding, Printing & Labeling

PipeLine: Size does matter

With apologies to Dr. Ruth, I think you’ll agree that, in many areas, size can be an important advantage.

December 31, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Baldor Electric Company: Motors brochure

A 48-page brochure from Baldor (Fort Smith, AR) describes Super-E premium efficient industrial electric motors with ratings of 1 to 2000 hp. Enlarged views of the motors show component parts.

November 30, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Wago Corporation: Power supply unit

A 2-amp/24-vDC power supply unit from Wago (Germantown, WI) has an output power of 48 W. New version is an addition to the DIN rail-mountable switch-mode power supplies already available, including 120-W and 240-W models.

November 30, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

ARC Advisory Group: Device-level Ethernet study

At best, the use of the Ethernet at the device or I/O level is in the “early adopter” stage, with the level of rhetoric vastly exceeding the amount of real-world shipments, according to a new study from ARC Advisory Group (Dedham, MA).

November 30, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Zontec: SPC software

Zontec’s (Cincinnati, OH) 4.0 Synergy 2000™ statistical process control (SPC) software contains more than 20 new features and program enhancements. Designed for plant computing environments that want an enterprise-wide approach to quality management.

November 30, 2001

Converting equipment

Sonoco buys Smurfit core plan

EXCLUSIVE NEWS FROM OUR EUROPEAN PARTNER: SONOCO, the US-based global packaging company, has purchased Smurfit UK's core and tube converting business from Jefferson Smurfit Group. Click logo for full article.

November 30, 2001

Protective/transport packaging

Unique tray delivers phones

Swiss Voice AG, Hombrechtikon, The Netherlands, launched its new telephone line ISDN/WAP to the European market in September ’01 packaged with a protective injection-molded tray made of potato starch and natural fibers.

November 30, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Protective details

The Xbox console includes a variety of sensitive internal components including a hard drive, DVD drive, and a CPU. To protect the console during transportation and handling, Microsoft selected expanded polystyrene foam end caps.

November 30, 2001

Controls & Machine Components

Xbox box has 'game'

The graphics design for the much anticipated mid-November debut of Microsoft's Xbox game console strikes a balance for hard-core gamers and mainstream consumers. After soliciting concepts from several firms, Redmond, WA-based Microsoft awarded the design work to SBI and Company (Salt Lake City, UT).

November 30, 2001

Flexibles

Baking kits display holiday spirit

Betty Crocker has cooked up a timely product for the season: holiday baking kits in four varieties. The kits from Minneapolis, MN-based General Mills are packaged in creative and colorful boxes with precision die cuts. Although introduced last year—and seasonally for Halloween—this winter's kits offer new features.

November 30, 2001

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Egg labeling kicks in

As of September 4, 2001, cartons of nonpasteurized eggs must bear a safe handling statement.

November 30, 2001