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3138-N next-generation label printer applicator

Video shows Label-aire's latest printer applicator featuring New Generation technology making it the ideal choice for the most demanding print and apply applications.

July 13, 2008

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Heat and Control demonstration center

Heat and Control’s new demonstration center, located in its just-completed Dallas, Texas facility, lets customers test the performance of FastBack conveyors, accumulators, seasoning applicators and other equipment.

July 11, 2008

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Who should specify controls platforms?

We're starting to hear that manufacturers who buy packaging machinery are beginning to realize that if a machine builder has settled on a controls vendor, it's best for the manufacturer to embrace that choice rather than asking the machine builder to incorporate controls components preferred internally by the manufacturer.

July 9, 2008

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Extrusion adhesives

National Adhesives has introduced VelocityP3 33-715A and 33-715B extrusion adhesives for moderate and difficult substrates in folding carton and glued-lap applications.

July 6, 2008

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Embedded Web browser interface

Citronix has introduced ciLink™ as a new standard feature with the ciSeries ci1000 printing systems.

July 6, 2008

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Printing workflow solutions

Available as a fully integrated suite or in a la carte versions, the new Color-Chain Workflow™ Suite of tools from Sakata INX Group allows users to reduce packaging design time and costs, achieve more precise color matching, enhance detail and color clarity, and provide more efficient proofing. Examples of tool functionality include user-friendly color matching, print quality diagnostics software, and the ability to create on-screen, 3-D mockups of package and label designs. Phone: 800/631-7956 | www.inxinternational.com

July 2, 2008

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Mouthwash bottles

The General Line Packaging Group, a div. of O.Berk, has introduced a 16-oz mouthwash bottle with a 28-415 finish in PET.

July 2, 2008

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What if...a breakout bathroom product could enhance functionality and aesthetics?

A packaging concept that Robert Croft, managing partner at Swerve Inc.-Design for Brands (www.swerveinc.com), presents in an article he wrote for Shelf Impact!, addresses the following thought: What if a bathroom product chose to break out of the typical structural paradigms?

July 2, 2008

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Advice worth noting

If your company has already put into practice one or more of the following concepts, congratulations.

July 2, 2008

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Lessons learned: achieving packaging department success

Our third annual Lessons Learned survey draws more than 700 participants who weigh in on what leads to packaging department success.

July 2, 2008

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A strategy to combat economic food fraud

The growth of counterfeit food products is having a profoundly negative impact on society.

July 2, 2008

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Reversible, gateless transfer

The new roflo® 3 from tna is a totally reversible, gateless transfer and distribution system, capable of single-handedly servicing a production system that would normally require a series of dedicated lines with multiple products.

July 2, 2008

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Holography award call for entries

The International Hologram Manufacturers Association (IHMA) announced its call for entries for the 2008 Excellence in Holography Awards, which will recognize companies that have exhibited outstanding industry achievement and that have introduced the most innovative or commercially viable hologram product or technique over the year.

July 2, 2008