Controls & Machine Components

Schneider Electric: Variable-speed drive

Schneider Electric has introduced a compact, general-purpose, variable-speed drive that is said to incorporate plug-and-drive operational simplicity.

April 30, 2004

Trends: Page 617

Secondary Packaging

Phanner: Carton blank handling/sealing/conveying for resealable gable-top cartons

Pfanner is an Austrian family business that specializes in packing fruit-juice concentrates and ready-to-drink fruit juices. About 70% of its volume is marketed under its own brand.

April 30, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

CPG companies: Bridging processing and packaging

“This is a moment where silos are being broken down, where those who make and those who package are talking together. It’s a great first step.”

April 30, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Getting smart with RFID

Automation World’s May issue presents a special feature on RFID that includes a user’s experience and a sidebar on “old school” technology: the bar code.

April 30, 2004

Cartoning

'Holistic' approach to automation drives award-winning aseptic beverage carton forming and filling l

Debuting at the Anuga FoodTec trade show in Cologne, Germany, SIG Combibloc revolutionized aseptic beverage packaging with its new Combishape technology.

April 30, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

CPG companies: Bridging processing and packaging

“This is a moment where silos are being broken down, where those who make and those who package are talking together. It’s a great first step.”

April 30, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Packaging Services Expo 2005 announced

WEB EXCUSIVE: Tarsus Group plc has announced the launch of Packaging Services Expo (PSE) - an event for contract and packaging solutions.

April 30, 2004

Flexibles

Retort pouches: Hottest packaging market?

A new study and a conference presentation concur: Retort packs are thriving and poised for growth.

April 30, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

PACs explained

As technology providers continue to improve the functionality of the Programmable Logic controller, PLCs have begun to resemble PCs in terms of what they can do.

April 30, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

OMAC luncheon meeting

At the conclusion of the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute’s PackOps Conference on June 30, all attendees and members of the packaging community are invited to a complimentary buffet luncheon at the Westin O’Hare hosted by the OMAC Packaging Workgroup (OPW).

April 30, 2004

Cartoning

IWK launches blister machines

At its June 16-17 open house, IWK PacSystems will demonstrate the first of a new series of IWK blister packing machines, the advanced BP Series, which are automated with ELAU’s PacDrive automation system.

April 30, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

IMI Norgren, Inc: Motion control catalog

Norgren published a new, consolidated catalog called “Motion Control Solutions, part number APC-1”. The full-color catalog will guide consumers through Norgren’s pneumatic products: actuators, valves, pressure sensing and control, air preparation, fittings, KIP, Herion, and Watson-Smith lines.

April 30, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Rockwell Automation: Digital servo drive

Expanded power ranges and features in the Allen-Bradley Kinetix 6000 digital servo drive from Rockwell Automation is for machine builders needing increased servo drive power and functionality in a compact package.

April 30, 2004