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Controls & Machine Components

Leviton Manufacturing.: Basic electrical training

Leviton Manufacturing. (Little Neck, NY) has launched its School for Electronic & Electrical Devices (SEED), a new multimedia training kit. Provides basic electrical training and education.

February 29, 2000

Secondary Packaging

Cartoner for bottles

The Bergami AS120 horizontal cartoner from ESS (Bangor, PA) moves cartons with nonabrasive belts that will not damage carton finishes. Cartoning bottles and vials at speeds to 120 cartons/min, the machine’s balcony design reduces or eliminates the risk of anything falling into the machinery.

February 29, 2000

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Exact Equipment Corp.: Bottom labeler

Exact’s (Morrisville, PA) SHL-100 labeler applies labels to the bottom of meat packages at speeds to 50 packs/min. Combines industrial robot technology and stepper motor drive.

February 29, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Food Processors Institute: HAACP manual

The Food Processors Institute (Washington, DC) has released its new manual entitled, “HACCP: A Systemic Approach to Food Safety.” Third edition based on the HACCP document adopted in 1997 reflects current thinking on HACCP.

February 29, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Posimat, Inc: Plastic bottle newsletter

A recent issue of Posimat’s (Miami, FL) newsletter, Posimat News, is specifically directed toward assisting carbonated drink bottlers in cutting production costs in the manufacturing of PET bottles.

January 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Standwill Packaging, Inc: Laser-cut labels

Roll-fed and sheet-fed labels can now be laser-cut by Standwill Packaging (Farmingdale, NY). Laser cutting can be performed on nearly all paper-based materials, as well as hot-stamped or printed areas of a packaging component.

January 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Western Plastics: Printed pallet wrap

Western Plastics (Temecula, CA) has introduced printed pallet wrap for product identification and to deter tampering. Made of LLDPE, the wrap can be flexo-printed in up to 2 colors.

January 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Mafcote-Wabash Paper Coatings: Mafcote-Wabash Paper Coatings: PP tag

Mafcote-Wabash (Norwalk, CT) has introduced Typar Tag®. This 100% spunbonded, PP synthetic stock is said to be comparable to Tyvek® in strength and moisture resistance but is more economical.

January 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Valu Guide, Div. of Valu Eng.: Spring-loaded brackets

Valu Guide® Div. of Valu Eng. (Irvine, CA) introduces a new version of its SpeedSet Bracket line for the conveying industry. These spring-loaded brackets provide fast, repeatable line changes to preset positions for up to 3 container sizes.

January 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Clinton Packaging: Hexagon jar

Clinton Packaging’s (St. Louis, MO) 720-mL hexagon glass jar has an 82-mm twist-off finish. The jar is suitable for a variety of gourmet foods, candies and specialty items, as well as potpourri and candles.

January 31, 2000

Sustainability

Food packs sparkle in DuPont Awards

From an Ocean Spray package that won the Diamond Award to a vacuum-insulated container for foods and other temperature-sensitive products, this year’s DuPont Award winners are an eclectic and innovative bunch.

January 31, 2000

Cartoning

Supplier news: Appointments, promotions

Multivac (Kansas City, MO): Michel L. Defenbau, CEO, Multivac North and Central America.—Klöckner Medipak (Clearwater, FL): Dirk Briskorn, president; Bill Whitesel, vp of operations; Paul Williams, vp, sales, marketing and service.—Slautterback Corp.

January 31, 2000