Conveying & accumulation

Siemens solidifies growth with packaging investment

Packaging of hot-selling cordless phones is being automated at Siemens’ Austin, TX, manufacturing facility. Labor costs are reduced and appearance improved significantly.

April 30, 2000

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 1714

Controls & Machine Components

Garvey Corporation: Cross feed system

Garvey (Blue Anchor, NJ) has developed a color catalog sheet detailing its Universal Cross Feed System “UCF,” which offers simultaneous feed capabilities without any unnecessary lane shifts.

March 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

PROMA Technologies: PROMA Technologies: Holographic newsletter

Following the acquisition of Van Leer Metallized Products, Proma Technologies’ (Franklin, MA) newsletter was redesigned. The new holographic newsletter showcases new products, and more for the new company.

March 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Tops Engineering Corporation: Palletization software

From Tops Engineering (Richardson, TX) comes a bro-chure on its Windows™-based packaging design and palletization software. Software determines the most efficient and economical way to size, shape and ship product.

March 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

O. Berk Company: Brushed aluminum bottles

O. Berk (Union, NJ) has introduced a line of brushed aluminum bottles in 2-, 4-, 6-, 8- and 10-oz sizes. Each bottle has a 24-410 neck finish with a clear lacquer coating on the outside and an epoxy phenolic coating on the inside for product compatibility.

March 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

LINPAC: Collapsible containers

Linpac’s (Georgetown, KY) 48”W Extended Length family of Ropak™ HDPE collapsible containers has been enhanced for increased weight capacity. The solid sidewall models are now rated for 1귔 lb.

March 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

NorthStar Print Group: Promotional label

StarPeel™ from NorthStar Print Group (Milwaukee, WI) is a one-part peelable paper label for coupons, contests and games. NorthStar can also alter an existing label to create a StarPeel label.

March 31, 2000

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Hoppmann's first on packexpo.com

Hoppmann Corp. (Haymarket, VA) is the first registered supplier on the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI) www.packexpo.com purchasing exchange site.

March 31, 2000

Flexibles

LCP developments progressing

Superex Polymer pushes onward with development of liquid crystal polymers, which have potential application in multilayer beer bottles and stand-up pouches.

March 31, 2000

Secondary Packaging

Net Sourcing -- Premiere Issue

A new supplement designed to help buyers of packaging machinery and materials learn how to begin purchasing packaging from suppliers via the Internet.

March 31, 2000

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Steam shrinking shows it's more than just hot air

Using hot air to shrink full-body labels to containers is fairly common. An alternative method, however, seems to be gaining steam. In the past month, Packaging World editors have heard of several applications where steam is the preferred method to shrink-apply labels to containers.

March 31, 2000

Conveying & accumulation

Lassonde innovates with Italian aseptic filler

Squared off in shape like its 2-L predecessor, Lassonde’s 420-mL PET bottle is aseptically filled at 400/min. It’s sold in a three-pack format that’s new to North America.

March 31, 2000

Conveying & accumulation

Red Devil cranks up convenience

Home repair is made easy with caulk and sealants in squeeze tubes. A patented device fitted on the tube’s end allows consumers to roll up the empty end of the tube, thereby ensuring that virtually all of the product can be used. Red Devil uses the tubes for eight SKUs, including kitchen and bath caulk, wallpaper seam repair, tile adhesive and tile grout.

March 31, 2000