Dairy

New bottle filler

PACK EXPO : Evergreen Packaging offered its new BFCG-32/16 bottle filler at Pack Expo Las Vegas in September. This small footprint rotary machine fills 8-, 16-, and 32-oz bottles at speeds to 400 bottles/min with an integrated screw capper.

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Field testing instrument

Lansmont Corp.

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ISO Poly Films hires vp

ISO Poly Films has promoted Russ Joseph to vp, national accounts and key customer development.

September 30, 2005

Bakery & Snack

Maxed out on packaging productivity?

P&G, Douglas Machine, MARKEM and ELAU joint Conference presentation at PELV documents benefits of Make2Pack modularity in packaging machine design, deployment.

September 30, 2005

Bakery & Snack

Luciano Packaging: Multifunctional vf/f/s machine

The new Key-Pak Model El-1200 produces flat-bottom, side-gusseted stand-up packages and standard pillow packages on the same vf/f/s machine. Features include quick tooling and program changeovers, stepper motor film drive system, PLC controls with color touchscreen, easy program selection from a list of various bag and product combinations, and free training on all Key-Pak models.

September 30, 2005

Beverage

Label/tag substrate

The Technical Paper business of Neenah Paper has introduced KIMDURA® Multi-Task, a synthetic label and tag substrate for the non-pressure-sensitive market.

September 30, 2005

Beverage

Anheuser-Busch donates canned water to Katrina, Ophelia relief

Continuing a tradition that began in 1906 when Adolphus Busch donationed to victims of the San Francisco earthquake, St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch is shipping 51길 12-oz cans of drinking water to North Carolina for potential relief efforts for tropical storm Ophelia.

September 30, 2005

Beverage

RFID R&D at MIT

It seems logical that the smartest minds should tackle the toughest challenges. That’s the mindset at the Auto-ID Labs of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.

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Inspection, Sorting & Weighing

Achievements

Toray Plastics (America), Inc.

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Beverage

New bottle brings new site

A new Web site has been created to accommodate the need for information associated with a line of aluminum bottles.

September 30, 2005

Beverage

Aseptic and ESL packaging keeps evolving (sidebar)

Glass coating for barrier

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Beverage

Glass bottles shine for Coca-Cola Servicios

The Peruvian bottler selects glass to launch a single-serve beverage. Glass represents about 60% of the company’s business thanks to consumer familiarity and price point advantages in certain sizes.

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Inspection, Sorting & Weighing

Kraft's 'black box' data recorder

Kraft has developed ROME, a ‘black box’ diagnostic tool for packaging machinery that combines data collection and video from two cameras.

September 30, 2005