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Creating a stylish new look

Opalis hair care products come in a range of different packaging styles.

December 31, 2004

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Micro variable speed drive

Hitachi offers its L200 Series micro variable speed drives equipped with side-by-side mounting capability, built-in timing logic and analog input math (PLC) functions, DIP-switch hand-off-radio, and RS485 Modbus RTU communication interface.

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Sidel appoints vice presidents

Sidel, Inc. has appointed David Schroeder (pictured) to the position of vp, business development.

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Horizontal loader

Combi Packaging’s new HL-350 SA semi-automatic horizontal loader allows automated horizontal loading of product into manually erected cases, a cost-effective solution for companies that require high-end loader, but have limited space.

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PMMI: U.S. PACKAGING MACHINERY SALES DOMINATE

The United States retained its position as the dominant packaging machinery sales leader globally, with $5.93 billion in 2003 sales. Germany ($4.584 B), Japan ($3.339 B), Italy ($3.277 B), and China ($2.699 B) followed.

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Sites,

New, or enhanced Web sites

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In Memoriam

Anton Uebelhoer, Krones, Inc., passed away on November 5, 2004.

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ID Technology assigned U.S. distributor

ID Technology has been signed as exclusive national distributor for MASCA Marking and Coding Laser Systems.

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The wrap-up: Wacky warning labels

A toilet brush with a tag that says, “do not use for personal hygiene” has taken the top prize for the wackiest consumer warning label of the year.

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How package engineers can help medical device development

Jan Gates, an engineer with medical device maker Guidant Corp., presented the following insights last month at MD&M West.

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Packaging equipment that's MES-ready

As pharmaceutical manufacturers move from paper-based to electronic Manufacturing Execution Systems, it will bring different requirements to packaging machinery OEMs.

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Top-load carton and tray former

Monroe Machine offers its Maxima Series of systems for top-load cartons and trays. Machine automatically forms a range of paperboard or corrugated structures from flat blanks with either locks or hot-melt glue at speeds to 120 cartons/minute.

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