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Controls & machine components

Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

Acuity Imaging (Nashua, NH) and Robotic Vision Systems, Inc. (Hauppauge, NY) will merge to create a new manufacturer of machine vision systems.

March 31, 1995

Controls & Machine Components

CD/CD-ROM jewelcase

Tek Packaging Group/Fuzere (Stockton, CA) has introduced a CD/CD-ROM jewelcase package that holds one, three or five jewelcases for bundling of multiple CDs.

February 28, 1995

Controls & Machine Components

Widemouth square PET containers

Star Container (Phoenix, AZ) has expanded its line of widemouth square PET containers to include four sizes: 16-oz with a 63/400 finish, 32-oz with an 89/400 finish and a 64- or 128-oz with a 110/400 finish.

February 28, 1995

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Auto load system

North American Plastic Mfg. (Middlebury, CT) has introduced the P.O.P. Hanger Strip Auto Load System designed for semi-automatic loading of lightweight point-of-purchase sale distribution products.

February 28, 1995

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Printing on unsupported foil

Hueck Foils (Manasquan, NJ) offers flexo and rotogravure printing on 10- and 12- micron (.40 and .48 mil) unsupported foil. Specifically for novelty products including seasonal promotions and specialty confectionery products.

February 28, 1995

Controls & Machine Components

Nestable components

The 4840 system from LEWISystems (Watertown, WI) is an integrated system of reusable stack-and-nest pallets, containers and other equipment that will cube a 48" x 40" pallet.

February 28, 1995

Controls & Machine Components

Container dumper

Universal Dynamics (Woodbridge, VA) has introduced the Model CDH container dumper for industrial use. It unloads containers of various sizes, weights, and materials.

February 28, 1995

Controls & Machine Components

Student career hotline

Women in Packaging (Kennesaw, GA) has introduced a new job resource guide geared to students. The "Student Career Hotline" targets entry-level and internship positions, as well as resource information.

February 28, 1995

Controls & Machine Components

Free tooling program

A six-page brochure from the Soabar Systems division of Avery Dennison (Philadelphia, PA) shows how the company's new Standard Sizes program can cut tag and label costs and speed delivery, while allowing customers a wide range of tag and label choices.

February 28, 1995

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Print/apply systems

Weber Marking's (Arlington Heights, IL) complete line of print/apply systems are now available for manufacturers, suppliers, and distributors in the food industry.

February 28, 1995

Conveying & accumulation

Delabeler

The ASR-550 container delabeler from Automated Label (Twins-burg, OH) uses a high-pressure jet of water that acts like a knife to remove stretch-sleeve labels from used containers without damage to the container.

February 28, 1995

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

F/f/s machine

Rennco's (Homer, MI) 501-36 f/f/s machine produces bags from 2" x 2" to 18" x 36", using various shrink films or PE. Uses a stepper film feed drive and motorized film feed cart.

February 28, 1995