Controls & Machine Components

IDEC Corporation: LED lighting units for harsh environments

IDEC’s IP69K-rated, LF1D LED lighting units can be used in environments requiring a high degree of protection from dust, and high-pressure and high-temperature spray-downs.

October 17, 2011

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Controls & Machine Components

Oriental Motor USA: High-strength AC motors

Oriental Motor’s high-strength V-Series AC motors offer twice the torque as conventional AC motors at a reduced cost.

October 17, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Siko Products, Inc: Actuating drive features shortened cycle times

Designed for decentralised positioning tasks, the compact, intelligent AG05 actuating drive from SIKO easily carries out automatic adjustment of formats, stops, tools and valves as well as many other comparable positionings.

October 17, 2011

Coding, Printing & Labeling

New label printer applicator increases uptime and lowers operating cost

Revolutionary Centerline Modularity design strategy eliminates as many adjustment points as possible on a printer applicator for fast, accurate set up leading to higher uptime.

October 14, 2011

Secondary Packaging

New auto-adjust feature on case former reduces changeover time

Auto Adjust is a robotic technology that allows operators to preset case dimensions.

October 14, 2011

Conveying & accumulation

Smart high-speed conveyor system indexes two different products into separate flights

October 14, 2011

Flexibles

U.S. demand for flexible packaging to exceed $18 billion in 2015

Study indicates that deceleration in raw material price growth, as well as flexible packaging’s lightweight properties will push demand for the converted material.

October 14, 2011

Containers

Magnum Systems promotes Gary Saunders to General Manager

Gary Saunders, an industry leader with more than 25 years of experience in the packaging and material handling industry has been promoted to General Manager at Magnum Systems. Until this promotion Gary was the VP of Sales of Marketing at Magnum Systems.

October 13, 2011

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Maalox Plus launched in slider pack in Italy

Sanofi’s heartburn treatment becomes latest pharmaceutical product to use this slider packaging design.

October 13, 2011

Sustainable Packaging

Mattel sets aggressive goals for sustainable sourcing of paper, wood fiber

Following pressure from Greenpeace, Mattel announces new sustainable sourcing principles for the procurement of paper and wood fiber for its packaging and products.

October 12, 2011

Flexible packaging

Using trial-size packaging to induce first-time purchasing

Trial-size packages are a type of downsizing that entails many options.

October 10, 2011

Weighing/combination scales

Video shows scale/bagger combo running at 150 bags/min

This video from Yamato shows a single-tube scale/bagger combo operating at a real-world speed of 150 bags/min with great weighing accuracy.

October 7, 2011

Containers

Coil-to-can yields high-impact graphics

Par-Way Tryson of St. Clair, MO, has launched a line of Vegalene Seasoning Sprays in an attractive two-part steel aerosol container.

October 7, 2011