Flexibles

Clever display boosts sales

A shrink sleeve fitted with a theft-detection wire provides a French silverware manufacturer with a new way to safely display its wares. No one ever said the French always follow the rules. Amefa France in Thiers, France, is a good example. According to marketing manager Jean-Michel Parisy, the company was looking for a better way to display its products.

March 31, 2000

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Rx for supplement labels: a mixed prescription

Agency gives new leeway for disease prevention claims but imposes some significant restrictions, too.

March 31, 2000

Sustainability

Plastic's beckoning to beer

Two European brewers are pushing ahead with barrier coatings on PET bottles while a third is expanding its use of coinjected multilayer technology.

March 31, 2000

Converting equipment

Blow molder comes to Pennzoil's 'Rescue' (sidebar 2)

The art and the angles

March 31, 2000

Converting equipment

Blow molder comes to Pennzoil's 'Rescue' (sidebar 1)

Tough to find suppliers

March 31, 2000

Converting equipment

Blow molder comes to Pennzoil's 'Rescue'

PVC Container companies create new blow molding technology to provide Pennzoil with high-barrier bottle for a gasoline substitute. Flexible spout and closures complete package on an incredible timetable.

March 31, 2000

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Plugged-in package takes top prize

Sleek and colorful, the computer mouse-like package for a line of “extreme” hair care products nabs NACD’s “Best of Show” honor.

March 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

GE Fanuc Automation: Automation solutions

GE Fanuc (Charlottesville, VA) offers a 469-page catalog detailing its complete line of automation products and services, including Cimplicity software.

February 29, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Priority One Packaging Machinery: Water bottle loader/unloader

Handling 3- and 5-gal water bottles, the Mariner from Priority One (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) simultaneously unloads empty bottles from racks and loads full bottles onto racks at speeds to 50 bpm.

February 29, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Advanced Micro Controls Inc: Networkable PLS

The Nexus programmable limit switch, from Advanced Micro Controls (Terryville, CT), is a high-speed resolver-based PLS with up to 16 outputs that comes with a ControlNet interface.

February 29, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Omron Electronics LLC: Ultra-slim micro PLC

Omron’s (Schaumburg, IL) new CPM2C micro PLC incorporates a range of communications options and functionality into a unit measuring 33mmWx65mmDx90mmH (1.3”W x2.6”Dx3.5”H).

February 29, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Aerotech, Inc: Low-cost positioning

BA Intellidrive series compact indexer from Aerotech (Pittsburgh, PA) is said to provide low-cost control for many simple positioning applications. Capable of point-to-point motion from a stored program, initiated from an input or through remote mode.

February 29, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Rockwell Automation: Allen-Bradley Ethernet I/O

Rockwell Automation (Milwaukee, WI) permits real-time control capabilities using a non-proprietary version of Ethernet. Allen-Bradley 1756 ControlLogix™ I/O solution is based on industry-standard TCP and UDP protocols.

February 29, 2000