Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

New equipment helps jam maker go mainstream

A Michigan manufacturer of organic jams extends product sales beyond gourmet stores and into the supermarket aisles since installing a complete filling line late last year.

February 28, 1999

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 1790

Conveying & accumulation

Putting 'smart systems' to work (sidebar)

Why SCADA?

February 28, 1999

Conveying & accumulation

Collating candy at 3,000/min (sidebar)

How digital motion control works

February 28, 1999

Flexible packaging

Paint pouch packing is under control

Testor packages modelers' paints in a flexible pouch on a hf/f/s machine modified for the purpose. A PLS, a PLC and a complementary logic module contribute greatly.

February 28, 1999

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

New pack saves money for Oral-B

Gary Bentrim, manufacturing engineer for Oral-B's Iowa City, IA, manufacturing plant, disclosed that its new clamshell pack for the CrossAction(TM) toothbrush is more than a technological marvel (see Packaging World, Feb.

February 28, 1999

Sustainability

Plastic beer bottles: coating or multilayer?

From Carlton and United Breweries of Melbourne, Australia, Lite Ice beer joins Carlton Cold in a plastic bottle. (See Packaging World, December '98, p.

February 28, 1999

Closures

New CR closure designed for all ages

Walgreens Co. of Deerfield, IL, has started using the Comfort Cap(TM) on all its prescription vials. The closure is said to offer the child-resistance of other CR closures while it's easy to open for arthritic adults who often struggle with CR closures.

February 28, 1999

Closures

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Mokon Div., Protective Closures Co., Inc. (Buffalo, NY) will expand its mfg. operations with an additional 10ꯠ sq' to be occupied this spring.

February 28, 1999

Converting equipment

Supplier news: Appointments, promotions

Roberts PolyPro, Inc. (Charlotte, NC): Richard Shumate, sr. specialist for pkg. and converting solutions, Northeast; Craig Jasper, sr. specialist for pkg.

February 28, 1999

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Supplier news: International agreements

HealthStar, Inc. (Randolph, MA) and Sasib Labeling Machinery Sp.A. (Mantova, Italy) have signed a distribution agreement that makes HealthStar the exclusive distributor of Sasib labeling equipment and after-market products in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico.

February 28, 1999

Controls & Machine Components

Supplier news: International agreements

Romaco (Morris Plains, NJ) has acquired Siebler Verpackungstechnik (Remchingen, Germany) but plans to keep Siebler's existing management and personnel in place.

February 28, 1999

Protective/transport packaging

Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

Tuscarora Inc. (New Brighton, PA) has acquired the principal business and operating assets of Berry Packaging, Inc. (Sallisaw, OK). Tuscarora plans to modernize the plant's EPS molding operations and to add equipment for the production of protective packaging.

February 28, 1999

Converting equipment

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Advanced Converting Technologies, Inc. (Oakdale, MN) has opened a new business unit that will focus on supplying paperboard and paperboard converting services.

February 28, 1999