Conveying & accumulation

New code's legibility smears its predecessor

Casa de Oro Foods’ new date coder produces a clean, legible date code on taco-shell cartons, tortilla bags and corrugated shippers. Downtime is minimal.

April 30, 2000

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 1755

Flexible packaging

Packaging of chicken wings takes off

When Canadian poultry producer Olymel automated the packaging of its chicken wings, it was able to redeploy 12 operators formerly required for manual packaging.

April 30, 2000

Conveying & accumulation

Shipping problems warrant 'krafty' solution

Mathews Conveyor saves time, money and reputation by re-evaluating its void-fill packaging for the shipment of small spare parts.

April 30, 2000

Conveying & accumulation

Square minis shake up a bottling line

When UDV began bottling two new brands of schnapps in its Toronto plant, the square bottle called for new labeling technology.

April 30, 2000

Conveying & accumulation

Packaging makes a run for the border

With more than 600 exhibitors and 25ꯠ attendees, Expo Pack Mexico, to be held June 6 to 9 in the Mexico City Sports Palace, is the premiere business show in Central America.

April 30, 2000

Conveying & accumulation

Siemens solidifies growth with packaging investment

Packaging of hot-selling cordless phones is being automated at Siemens’ Austin, TX, manufacturing facility. Labor costs are reduced and appearance improved significantly.

April 30, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Garvey Corporation: Cross feed system

Garvey (Blue Anchor, NJ) has developed a color catalog sheet detailing its Universal Cross Feed System “UCF,” which offers simultaneous feed capabilities without any unnecessary lane shifts.

March 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

PROMA Technologies: PROMA Technologies: Holographic newsletter

Following the acquisition of Van Leer Metallized Products, Proma Technologies’ (Franklin, MA) newsletter was redesigned. The new holographic newsletter showcases new products, and more for the new company.

March 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Tops Engineering Corporation: Palletization software

From Tops Engineering (Richardson, TX) comes a bro-chure on its Windows™-based packaging design and palletization software. Software determines the most efficient and economical way to size, shape and ship product.

March 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

O. Berk Company: Brushed aluminum bottles

O. Berk (Union, NJ) has introduced a line of brushed aluminum bottles in 2-, 4-, 6-, 8- and 10-oz sizes. Each bottle has a 24-410 neck finish with a clear lacquer coating on the outside and an epoxy phenolic coating on the inside for product compatibility.

March 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

LINPAC: Collapsible containers

Linpac’s (Georgetown, KY) 48”W Extended Length family of Ropak™ HDPE collapsible containers has been enhanced for increased weight capacity. The solid sidewall models are now rated for 1귔 lb.

March 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

NorthStar Print Group: Promotional label

StarPeel™ from NorthStar Print Group (Milwaukee, WI) is a one-part peelable paper label for coupons, contests and games. NorthStar can also alter an existing label to create a StarPeel label.

March 31, 2000

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Hoppmann's first on packexpo.com

Hoppmann Corp. (Haymarket, VA) is the first registered supplier on the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI) www.packexpo.com purchasing exchange site.

March 31, 2000