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Sustainable Packaging
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Filling, Capping & Closing
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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
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Containers
Supplier news: Appointments, promotions
Tubed Products (Easthampton, MA): Harvey Casey, president.
February 28, 1999
Containers
Supplier news: International agreements
Tubed Products, Inc. (Easthampton, MA) has formed a joint venture with the products of Tubepack Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand) to introduce Tubed Products to the New Zealand and Australian markets.
February 28, 1999
Filling/capping, dry
GEI Intl. Inc: Auger filler
The servo-driven 1100DAB auger filler from GEI Intl. (Exton, PA) uses a bulk-and-trim filling method to hold fill weights to within ±0.25% of the target.
January 31, 1999
Secondary Packaging
Palletizing robot
Soco System's (Waukesha, WI) Pallet Robot has a manifold design that eliminates fragile tubes and fittings. The plate on which the head's vacuum pads are mounted is made as a "sandwich" construction where air is in the plate.
January 31, 1999
Conveying & accumulation
Seneca sets its sights on plastic
Seneca Foods was among the first to convert from glass to hot-fillable plastic jars for applesauce. Now it fills both glass and plastic containers on essentially the same line.
January 31, 1999
Sustainability
Bottle-to-bottle PET recycling beckons in Germany
German mineral water and soft drink marketer Rosbacher installs a first-of-its-kind stretch blow molder and seeks to popularize closed-loop recycling of PET beverage containers.
January 31, 1999
Filling/capping, liquid & viscous
Anheuser-Busch operators monitor 'mirrored' lines
Packaging equipment operators on Houston's two new bottling lines evolve from 'machine watchers' to 'process monitors.'
January 31, 1999
Flexible packaging
HDPE-bottled dairy beverages 'milk' 90-day shelf life
Canadian dairy products marketer Natrel is the first North American user of an ultra-high-temperature processing/aseptic filling line. The process permits Natrel to launch single-serve milks and shakes with a 90-day refrigerated shelf life.
January 31, 1999
Converting equipment
Colgate-Palmolive clarifies its polypropylene position (sidebar)
Colgate-Palmolive moves to a three-resin strategy
January 31, 1999
Contract packaging
How to protect an effervescent tablet
NSI wanted new effervescent tablets to stand out from the crowd. A PP tube with a metallized label and desiccant cap are just the ticket.
January 31, 1999
Filling/capping, dry
All-Fill Inc: Auger filler
All-Fill's (Exton, PA) Millenium 800 Auger Filling System has servo-driven dispensing control, acceleration/deceleration patterns, multiple speed selection, direct motion control and no coast/no maintenance operation.
January 31, 1999
Filling/capping, dry
Supplier news: International agreements
MG America (Fairfield, NJ) has signed an agreement to exclusively distribute a complete line of high-speed filling, stoppering and capping machines from M.A.R.
January 31, 1999
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