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Controls & Machine Components

Viskase Corporation: Barrier bag

SPP™ surface post pasteurization bags from Viskase (Chicago, IL) have been specifically designed for ready-to-eat meats that undergo thermal post packaging processing to reduce surface bacteria counts.

December 31, 1999

Conveying & accumulation

Horizontal wrapper

The WE 150 horizontal wrapper from Sasib (DePere, WI) wraps products as large as 10”Wx5”H with PP or film laminations at speeds to 200 products/min. The machine features 3 sealing wheels, a modular infeed conveyor and independent controls for sealing temperature.

December 31, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Small palletizers

Top Tier’s (North Adams, MA) Tower model palletizer measures 36 sq’, while the End-of-Line model measures 60 sq’. Both models start at $50ꯠ, offer various configurations for infeed and outfeed, and have memory for 150 preprogrammed stacking patterns.

December 31, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Pharmaceutical labeler

Recommended for use in packaging pharmaceuticals, the VAL550 syringe labeler from Newman (Belle Mead, NJ) applies paper or plastic labels to glass and plastic syringes at speeds to 350/min.

December 31, 1999

Labeling

Food pasteurization facility planned for late 2000

SteriGenics Intl. (Memphis, TN) expects a new “state-of-the-art” X-ray food pasteurization plant to be operational in Bridgeport, NJ, by the fourth quarter of this year.

December 31, 1999

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Blister pack holds medical dosing device

Safe-T-Dose is an unusual dispensing product that becomes part of the package it’s inserted into to make it easy to dispense exact doses of liquid medicines without spills.

December 31, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Biotech labeling and public hearing

Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-OH, introduced a bill requiring mandatory labeling of all food products developed from or containing ingredients derived from biotechnology.

December 31, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

FDA proposes trans fat nutrition labeling

In a move that could lead to significant changes in nutrition labeling requirements, FDA proposed the amount of trans fatty acids, or trans fat, be included in the nutrition facts panel on food labels.

December 31, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Communicating: Still a challenge in 21st-century technologies

We may have successfully overcome some of the minor inconveniences caused by the calendar rollover into 2000, but many of us still struggle with the many ways technology lets us communicate with each other.

December 31, 1999

Closures

A mark of maturity for materials marketplaces

Internet-based marketplaces for materials used in packaging have come a long way since their inception. This month we’ll focus on two sites that packagers and converters can use to purchase plastics and paper.

December 31, 1999

Conveying & accumulation

Joico plays with color

Los Angeles-based Joico Laboratories has revamped the packaging of its hair-care line to keep up with the times and to promote ease of use.

December 31, 1999

Closures

Fragrance is capped with a hard heart

The injection-molded red heart adorning the cap on Yves Saint Laurent’s new Vice Versa® eau de toilette bottle is as attention-grabbing as a closure component can be.

December 31, 1999