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Contract Packaging

Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

Outsourcing Services Group (Port Jervis, NY) announced it has formed a strategic alliance with A-D Pack Norden (Lancaster, CA) in which OSG acquires A-D Pack's contract packaging assets.

August 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Propheteer, Intl.: Narrow-web press

Propheteer's (Palatine, IL) new "L" Series press permits rotary screen, hot stamping and embossing. Presses are used for labels, tags, cartons and other packaging materials.

July 31, 1998

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Eskay Corp.: Shoe sorter

Eskay's (Salt Lake City, UT) shoe sorters channel and sort medium-sized items, totes and cartons. Offering speeds to 300'/min, they can process up to 8길 pieces/hr.

July 31, 1998

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Trexel, Inc: Polymer foaming process

Trexel's (Woburn, MA) MuCell microcellular polymer foaming process has been added to the EPA's database of approved alternative technologies, says the company.

July 31, 1998

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GE Fanuc Automation: PC control

GE Fanuc's (Charlottesville, VA) Cimplicity® PC Control Version 2.0 provides increased capabilities to enhance productivity for systems integrators, OEMs and end users.

July 31, 1998

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Cincinnati Milacron: Injection molders

Roboshot all-electric injection molding machines from Cincinnati Milacron (Batavia, OH) combine closed-loop repeatability of 0.0005" on clamp and eject.

July 31, 1998

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Hazen Paper Co.: Paper/foil sheet

Hazen Paper (Holyoke, MA) has introduced Centrex, a material consisting of aluminum foil sandwiched between two paper sheets. Originally designed as a fragrance barrier, this opaque sheet also acts as a light barrier and can be used for luxury packaging.

July 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Erema North America, Inc: RPET sheet extrusion

An in-line system that produces RPET sheet from ground bottle stock is available from Erema North America (Topsfield, MA). The patented system feeds scrap into a vertical densifying unit that uses friction to compress, preheat and dry the plastic, which is then extruded, compressed and melted gradually.

July 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Marketing Partners: Components catalog

A new catalog on Brauer toggle clamps, cylinders and presses is now available from Marketing Partners (St. Clair, MI). The catalog uses photos and diagrams to illustrate the complete line of British-made clamps and components for packaging equipment.

July 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

HB Registration: Label counting table

Intended for pharmaceutical packaging operations, HB Registration's (Linden, NJ) label counting table design facilitates accurate label counts by counting labels rather than spaces.

July 31, 1998

Controls & Machine Components

Brown Machine: Thermoformer

The CT-800 Trim-In-Place thermoformer from the Brown Machine Div. of John Brown Plastics Machinery (Beaverton, MI) uses an articulating mold to improve part ejection and stacking.

July 31, 1998

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Exxon Chemical Co.: FDA-compliant homopolymers

Exxon Chemical (Houston, TX) announces that its six grades of Achieve® metallocene-based polypropylene homopolymers are FDA-compliant under U.S. FDA regulation 21 CFR 177.1520 (c) 1.1b for food-contact applications with no restrictions.

July 31, 1998