Closures

A spoonful of guidance makes the packaging go down

FDA clarifies aspects of just-released ‘new’ drug packaging guidance. However, industry is very anxious about upcoming ‘old’ drug guidance.

December 31, 1999

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 1732

Flexible packaging

Tiny patch 'dots' pharmaceutical landscape

Noven Pharmaceuticals employs a new cartoner to help introduce an estrogen replacement therapy patch sold to pharmacies and merchandised free as physician samples.

December 31, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Consumers 'Agree': redesign a success

An unusual back-panel hologram label helps newly relaunched line of hair care products achieve phenomenal sales growth.

December 31, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Union Camp Graphics Group: POP brochure

Union Camp Graphics Group (Norcross, GA) has released a 6-page point-of-purchase brochure outlining its approach to pro-viding merchandising solutions for various end-use market segments.

November 30, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

U S CAN: Windowed tin

U.S. Can (Baltimore, MD) has introduced 2 tins with a PE window. The tins come in 2 sizes, 65/9"x91/8" and 61/8"x5", and both sizes are available in either silver or gold.

November 30, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Rehrig Pacific Co.: Castle crates

Rehrig Pacific (Los Angeles, CA) has introduced a new generation of 2-L Castle Crates®. The injection-molded HDPE crates are taller than standard crates to hold straight-wall as well as proprietary bottle shapes securely in place.

November 30, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

TriStar Capital, LLC: Leasing and financing

Packaging equipment leasing and financing programs are available from TriStar Capital (Santa Ana, CA). Instead of making progress payments while their equipment is being built, customers can lease from TriStar and the leasing company makes the progress payments.

November 30, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Cape Systems: Product loading software

From Cape Systems (Allen, TX) comes Truckfill, a software program for building mixed product and pallet loading inside containers, trucks and railcars.

November 30, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Damark Packaging Systems Inc: L-sealer brochure

A brochure describes Damark's (Lewisville, TX) LP-1725 automatic L-sealer, which can produce up to 30 packages/min. Includes features, options and technical specifications, as well as color photography of the equipment.

November 30, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Cookson Plastic Molding Corp.: Plastic pallet leasing

Cookson Plastic Molding (Latham, NY), in conjunction with Citicorp Global Equipment Finance, offers a leasing program for plastic pallets. It's said to enable approved customers to reduce the up-front costs of using plastic pallets.

November 30, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Biner Ellison Packaging Systems Inc: Economical filler

Biner Ellison's (Los Angeles, CA) Economy Top Drive filler fills 4-oz to 2-gal containers with liquid products for any industry. With a starting price of approximately $39ꯠ, the 6-fill-head (standard) model fills 12 gal/min or 60 pints/min.

November 30, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Packexpo.com: Packaging database

A new packaging database featuring the PackSearch(TM) search engine is available from packexpo.com (Falls Church, VA). The continually expanding global database provides real-time, current information on packaging machinery, materials, components and services.

November 30, 1999

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

PneumaticScaleAngelus: Liquid filler

With fill-height accuracy to ±0.2", the redesigned Pneumaflow® Filler from Pneumatic Scale (Cuyahoga Falls, OH) positions the product supply directly above the fill heads so that fewer tubes are used to deliver the product.

November 30, 1999