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Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Progress on standards

On a gray day in mid-March, engineers from eight packaging end users, 21 machinery builders and 12 controls suppliers filed into a conference room in a downtown Chicago skyscraper.

April 30, 2000

Conveying & accumulation

Versatile line for aseptics or CSD

Swiss bottler installs a PET line capable of filling either microbiologically sensitive beverages under aseptic conditions or carbonated soft drinks that don’t require asepsis. In its aseptic mode, the line fully immerses bottles and caps in the sterilant.

April 30, 2000

Secondary Packaging

More conferences for EastPack

Several groups are planning conference sessions during EastPack in Philadelphia. Some are planned for Monday, the day before the show opens on Tuesday, May 23.

April 30, 2000

Conveying & accumulation

Square minis shake up a bottling line

When UDV began bottling two new brands of schnapps in its Toronto plant, the square bottle called for new labeling technology.

April 30, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Garvey Corporation: Cross feed system

Garvey (Blue Anchor, NJ) has developed a color catalog sheet detailing its Universal Cross Feed System “UCF,” which offers simultaneous feed capabilities without any unnecessary lane shifts.

March 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

PROMA Technologies: PROMA Technologies: Holographic newsletter

Following the acquisition of Van Leer Metallized Products, Proma Technologies’ (Franklin, MA) newsletter was redesigned. The new holographic newsletter showcases new products, and more for the new company.

March 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Tops Engineering Corporation: Palletization software

From Tops Engineering (Richardson, TX) comes a bro-chure on its Windows™-based packaging design and palletization software. Software determines the most efficient and economical way to size, shape and ship product.

March 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

O. Berk Company: Brushed aluminum bottles

O. Berk (Union, NJ) has introduced a line of brushed aluminum bottles in 2-, 4-, 6-, 8- and 10-oz sizes. Each bottle has a 24-410 neck finish with a clear lacquer coating on the outside and an epoxy phenolic coating on the inside for product compatibility.

March 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

LINPAC: Collapsible containers

Linpac’s (Georgetown, KY) 48”W Extended Length family of Ropak™ HDPE collapsible containers has been enhanced for increased weight capacity. The solid sidewall models are now rated for 1귔 lb.

March 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

NorthStar Print Group: Promotional label

StarPeel™ from NorthStar Print Group (Milwaukee, WI) is a one-part peelable paper label for coupons, contests and games. NorthStar can also alter an existing label to create a StarPeel label.

March 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Permanent Label Corp.: Acid-etched bottles

Brand awareness and shelf presence are enhanced with Perma-Frost™ acid-etched glass bottles from Permanent Label (Clifton, NJ). Clear windows and other designs can be etched onto round, square or uniquely shaped bottles.

March 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Nadel Industries, Inc: PETG jars

Nadel Industries (Port Chester, NY) offers new styles and sizes for its line of heavy-wall jars made of Eastman’s (Kingsport, TN) Eastar™ PETG copolyester.

March 31, 2000