Controls & Machine Components

Rexam Closures & Containers: Rexam Closures & Containers: CR closure and tube

TubeLoK from Rexam Closures (Evansville, IN) and Cebal Tubes North America is a CR closure and tube concept. The package meets the new Consumer Product Safety Commission regulations for products that may contain lidocaine or dibucaine and come in a tube.

October 31, 1999

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 1738

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Label-Aire: Wipe-on labeler

The stepper-driven Model 2015 wipe-on labeler from Label-Aire (Fullerton, CA) handles web widths of 4" to 6" at speeds to 750 linear"/min, with accuracy to ±1/32".

October 31, 1999

Closures

Industrial Dynamics/filtec: Inspection system

The Filtec AA-1000 acoustic analyzer from Industrial Dynamics (Torrance, CA) uses sound waves and vibration to detect tiny changes in vacuum or pressure in bottles capped with ferrous closures.

October 31, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Xpander Pak: Protective shipper

Testing by a mail-order pharmaceutical house showed that Xpander Pak's (Glen Allen, VA) Super Protective Shippers Rx version beats conventional packaging in cold retention.

October 31, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Telatemp Corp.: Temperature recording labels

Telatemp (Fullerton, CA) has introduced Hot Spot recording labels for temperature-sensitive products. Available on rolls of 1ꯠ, these 0.2" dia labels can be made to detect a temperature from 100°F to 350°F in 10°F increments.

October 31, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Orion Packaging Systems: Orion Packaging Systems: Multimedia CD-ROM

Ormec's (Rochester, NY) new multimedia CD-ROM features a 31-min presentation of the Orion® Industrial PC-based controllers and new ServoWire(TM) drive technology.

October 31, 1999

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Sancoa Intl.: P-s labeler

Sancoa's (Mt. Laurel, NJ) RL-200 is a high-speed p-s labeler that applies front, back, multipanel or wraparound labels to pharmaceutical and personal-care containers.

October 31, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

MSK Covertech, Inc: MSK Covertech, Inc: Shrink packaging systems

From MSK Covertech (Marietta, GA) comes an 8-page brochure detailing the company's shrink packaging systems for the glass container and beverage industries.

October 31, 1999

Sustainability

Is recycling sacred in California?

If you've read through Michele Raymond's report on the upcoming battle over plastic containers and recycling in California (see p. 44), you recognize you're reading a piece that originates from someone with a pro-recycling bias.

October 31, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Designing & sharing packaging specs on-line

If you want to share your packaging specs with colleagues or vendors, visit www.webpkg.com. The site's tagline says it all: "Design packaging.

October 31, 1999

Cartoning

New filler, cartoner, help 'moo-ve' multipacks

Renovation reaps rewards for yogurt maker (sidebar)

October 31, 1999

Conveying & accumulation

Capsule Web site reviews

Designing & sharing packaging specs on-line (sidebar)

October 31, 1999

Cartoning

Renovation reaps rewards for yogurt maker

New cup filling, accumulating, coding, cartoning and case packing equipment help Stonyfield Farm double yogurt capacity at its Londonderry, NH, headquarters facility.

October 31, 1999