Controls & Machine Components

Gabletop side panels

"Eco Amigos(TM)" from International Paper (Purchase, NY) is a series of side panels found on 1/2-gal paperboard gabletop cartons designed to increase environmental awareness.

May 31, 1995

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Conveying & accumulation

Video cassette production rolls at Sony U.K.

Internally powered roller conveyors link labeling, wrapping and packing functions on three identical video cassette lines at Sony.

May 31, 1995

Flexible packaging

Pouches, vf/f/s system add sizzle to sauce sales

Vf/f/s system helps Fontina Foods increase sales threefold and expand its product line for foodservice/institutional customers. Eight-month equipment payback is projected due to selling product in flexible pouches rather than HDPE pails.

May 31, 1995

Coding, Printing & Labeling

New pack lets Wigwam slip into future (sidebar)

Getting computers to communicate

May 31, 1995

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Nimble, facile, flexible:How packaging survives

Packaging has been called a chess game without checkmate-never ending, always evolving-reflecting the changing demands of product manufacturers who, in turn, are trying to satisfy the needs of the consuming public.

May 31, 1995

Flexible packaging

Pressurized gel dispenser stands out

When Darien, CT-based Zotos Corp. launched its Senscience Styling Froth Conditioning Gel last year, the packaging specified by the company was the Advanced Barrier System (ABS) from Advanced Monobloc (Hermitage, PA) inside a 7.7-oz aluminum aerosol can.

May 31, 1995

Controls & Machine Components

Hot stamp imprinter

The new version of the Model K-15 hot stamp imprinter from Norwood Marking Systems (Downers Grove, IL) uses larger rolls of ribbon to reduce downtime and increase production per run.

April 30, 1995

Controls & Machine Components

Automatic work positioner

The Pentaloader from Pentalift Equipment (Guelph, Ontario, Canada) is an automatic work positioner designed to ease pallet loading and unloading. Auto- matically adjusts the height of a pallet as weight is added or removed, thus reducing the need for workers to bend over repeatedly.

April 30, 1995

Controls & Machine Components

Color matching brochure

The ProPalette(TM) brochure from Macbeth® (New Windsor, NY) describes the company's color matching service. It combines color matching software with precise measurement in-tegrity for fast, accurate and cost-effective color matching, batch correction and color quality control.

April 30, 1995

Controls & Machine Components

Forklift truck brochure

A four-page brochure from Nissan Forklift (Marengo, IL) offers a comprehensive overview of the company's entire line of counterbalanced 2ꯠ-lb to 15귔-lb capacity forklift trucks.

April 30, 1995

Controls & Machine Components

Carton marker/sealer

The CodeTaper attachment from Better Packages (Shelton, CT) combines carton marking and sealing in one operation by printing information directly onto gummed paper tape during the tape dispensing process.

April 30, 1995

Controls & Machine Components

Customs workshops

"Beyond Borders" is a series of workshops offering business professionals a step-by-step ap-proach to customs documentation. Sponsored by UPS (Atlanta, GA), the U.S.

April 30, 1995

Controls & Machine Components

CD-ROM catalog

Baldor Electric (Fort Smith, AR) has introduced an electronic catalog for the motors and drives industry. Uses a unique interactive format to provide information on over 4ꯠ Baldor motors and drives.

April 30, 1995