Beverage

Field testing instrument

Lansmont Corp.

September 30, 2005

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Beverage

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.

September 30, 2005

Inspection, Sorting & Weighing

Achievements

Toray Plastics (America), Inc.

September 30, 2005

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

September 30, 2005

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.

September 30, 2005

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

Beverage

Integrated strategy gives TI an edge in key selling period

Company works closely with educators to develop graphing calculators. Equal attention is paid to packaging that will close the sale.

September 30, 2005