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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Containers
Supplier news: Appointments, promotions
Tubed Products, Inc. (Easthampton, MA): Carvel Massengale, account executive, Midwest.
January 31, 1999
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Coder delivers healthy benefits for U.K. vet lab
Faster coding and clearer print on each label enable Veterinary Laboratories Agency to speed the supply of tuberculin to veterinary establishments throughout the United Kingdom.
January 31, 1999
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Feeding/inserting/unscrambling
Belcor Industries Inc: Bag inserter
The BEL 450 semi-automatic bag inserter with top and bottom case taping from Belcor Industries (Richmond, British Columbia, Canada) is designed for manual bulk filling lines where a bag liner must be inserted into the case.
December 31, 1998
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Flexible packaging
Ryt-way opens to reclosable pouches for pet foods
New horizontal form/fill/seal machinery helps contract packager Ryt-way build its budding pet food business. Ryt-way's first customer is Hill's Pet Nutrition, for 1- and 2-lb stand-up pouches for dog treats.
December 31, 1998
A computer combination weighing system uses scale buckets that deliver accurate fill weights
Sustainability
German medical products maker bags new IV material
Serum-Werk Bernburg introduces IV bags for hospital use in a new structure that eliminates the need for an overwrap. New hf/f/s machines at a new plant fill medical solutions into the bags.
December 31, 1998
An unusual hf/f/s machine (above) is shown running at the equipment supplier?s facility. The machine was scheduled for shipment
Controls & Machine Components
Multivac Inc: Vacuum packing
Multivac's (Kansas City, MO) C 700 large-chamber vacuum packaging machine is designed for large-scale vacuum packaging of bulk products or products of varying sizes in film pouches.
December 31, 1998
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Sustainability
Meadow Gold milks coding machinery
It wasn't too long ago that a one-line, 12-digit code was all that Southern Foods was able to hot-stamp onto its one-gal, high-density polyethylene jugs of Meadow Gold-brand milk.
December 31, 1998
The ink-jet code applied in-line (below and inset) to the shoulder of milk jugs makes it easy for retail store employees and con
Converting equipment
Sally Beauty's containers get a makeover
After having a successful line of hair-care products on the market for 20 years, Sally Beauty Co. decides it's time to update its look.
December 31, 1998
The entire line of Sally Beauty?s products received an update into the 21st century. The company feels the bottles have the look
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Just-in-time cards from label printers
Button wholesaler buys off-the-shelf color thermal-transfer label printers to print cardstock for more than 7ꯠ SKUs. Machines permit print runs from one dozen up to 1괌 dozen cards.
December 31, 1998
Buttons stitched onto cards (above) receive individual information like materials, pricing, country of origin and UPC code from
Sustainability
EPA caps VOCs in products
Manufacturers will be required to reformulate, repackage or retire some products. However, most national brands already comply.
December 31, 1998
Tamper-evident machinery
Software helps SmithKline gain compliance
New software helps SmithKline Beecham comply with FDA GMPs for creating and disseminating packaging specifications. Software permits validation of packaging spec dissemination process, virtually eliminating exposure to compliance violations. Part one of two.
December 31, 1998
Packaging specs such as this one, including container drawings from vendors, are maintained and accessed electronically by those
Secondary Packaging
New press gains prove more than cosmetic
A new sheet-fed press at All Packaging boosts the converter's efficiency, speed, uptime and print quality. Neoteric Cosmetics is the first to benefit, obtaining vibrant folding cartons for its retail cosmetics.
December 31, 1998
All Packaging?s operations manager Bob Nobles, vice president John Chaisson, and president Ken Pepper (left to right in the phot
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