Inspection, Sorting & Weighing

SJSU engineers a new course

San José State University gains a new packaging program director, receives package engineering accreditation, and earns national recognition for its program.

October 31, 2003

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PEF to make final distribution

The Packaging Education Forum (PEF) Board of Directors has authorized an ad-hoc committee of its members to develop a plan to distribute approximately $400ꯠ in assets to one or more college packaging programs. Afterwards, the Board plans to take a final vote to dissolve the foundation.

October 31, 2003

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Trine Labeling Systems: Labeling for new bottling line of bottled water

Music Mountain Water needed labeling equipment capable of running in excess of 350 bottles/min. But fast changeover and a compact footprint were also crucial. This Trine glue-applied roll-fed labler filled the bill.

September 30, 2003

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PELV wrap-up

Lots of modular machines, greater use of servos, and a broader use of stand-up pouches than ever before--these are among the trends observed by Packaging World editors who attended last week's Pack Expo Las Vegas.

September 30, 2003

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Packaging Leader of the Year announced

The Packaging Education Forum has selected 100-year-old packaging machinery manufacturer, Adolph Gottscho, Inc., as Packaging Leader of the Year for 2003-2004.

September 30, 2003

Inspection, Sorting & Weighing

Packaging in the U.K. and beyond (Part 6)

Plug-and-Pack™ update (Part 6 of a 6-part series)

September 30, 2003

Pet Food

Packaging in the U.K. and beyond (Part 5)

Coors' new £35 million brewery (Part 5 of a 6-part series)

September 30, 2003

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Packaging in the U.K. and beyond (Part 4)

Off to Sainsbury's: --a tour of a U.K. supermarket (Part 4 of a 6-part series)

September 30, 2003

Dairy

Packaging in the U.K. and beyond (Part 3)

New developments from U.K. machine builders (Part 3 of a 6-part series)

September 30, 2003

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Packaging in the U.K. and beyond (Part 1)

How the new Total Show came to be (Part 1 of a 6-part series)

September 30, 2003

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Packaging in the U.K. and beyond: global trends

Editor Pat Reynolds, shown here on his U.K. packaging tour, brings us the inside story on the new Total Processing and Packaging show, a peek at Coors' recently purchased U.K. Brewing operations, 21st-century packaging machinery trends, a tour of Sainsbury's supermarket, and more.

September 30, 2003

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Lafarge constructs sturdy shipments

A water-based palletizing adhesive helps stabilize pallet loads of construction materials in transit.

September 30, 2003

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Obstacles to information integration abound

Manual data collection, lack of technical infrastructure, and improper training are just a few of the obstacles readers grapple with in collecting, analyzing, and acting on packaging line data.

September 30, 2003