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Quick Pack Station Provides Solutions to Old Problems

Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation has designed and engineered the Quick Pack Station to eliminate the typical manual set up of a shallow top load RSC case.

September 30, 2004

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Competition from abroad heats up

Non-North American manufacturers of packaging machinery have gained a 25% share of the U.S. market.

August 31, 2004

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Carton erector

Packaging Systems Automation offers its new VCE Vertical Rotary Auto Bottom Carton Erector for auto-bottom folding board cartons. Machine runs at speeds to 120 cartons/min and is equipped with a servo option, heavy-duty aluminum side plates, 72” power-fed horizontal carton hopper, quick changeover, touchscreen control panel, variable speed drive, and more.

August 31, 2004

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Weatherchem names new director of finance

Weatherchem Corp. hired Michael H. Port as director of finance of the Twinsburg, OH-based packaging company.

August 31, 2004

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NACD selects new management company

The National Assn. of Container Distributors selected Landon, Farrey & Associates as its new management company.

August 31, 2004

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Flex America Inc: Flex America Inc: Continuous flex cables

igus offers Chainflex® continuous-flex cables designed for installation in Energy Chain® cable carriers. Cables are available in more than 600 sizes and styles, including power and control cables, as well as air hoses, data cables, servo cables, and fiber optic cables.

August 31, 2004

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'Snapple' decision for 4-count packs

In April, Snapple Beverage Corp., Rye Brook, NY, introduced nationally Snapple a Day meal replacement in paperboard-sleeve multipacks.

August 31, 2004

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Design for new odor-eliminating product

Reckitt Benckiser called on LAM Design to help design the packaging for its new Neutra Air line of Lysol air treatment products for the home designed to eliminate odors in the air caused by germs.

August 31, 2004

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Achievements

Hyde Park Electronics LLC has been recommended for ISO 14001 certification following an audit by Underwriters Laboratories. All About Packaging, Inc.

August 31, 2004

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Global bar-code standard

The verdict is in. The global bar-code standard will adopt the 13-digit European Article Numbering (EAN) code rather than the 12-digit Uniform Code Council bar code used in the United States and Canada.

August 31, 2004

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CPP Expo 2005 announces association partnership

Attendees who register for the CPP Expo 2005 will also be able to attend Pack Expo Las Vegas 2005 without incurring additional expense due to a new association partnership between HA Bruno LLC and the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute.

August 31, 2004

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Packaging Security Digital Magazine

This special digital magazine supplement analyzes someof today’s most important packaging security issues and provides an overviewof emerging technologies aimed at improving packaging security.

August 31, 2004