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SIG Beverages appoints Berg

Dr. Ulf Berg is taking over as division head of SIG Beverages and will become a member of the SIG Executive Committee.

May 31, 2003

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Pharma validation package

Markem offers a validation package for pharmaceutical applications intended to assist companies in performing validation of new coding equipment. It also ensures that a specific process will consistently produce a code or mark that meets predetermined specifications and quality attributes.

May 31, 2003

Plant Operations & Equipment

MTS Systems Corp, Sensors Div.: Pharmaceutical sensors

MTS Sensors offers a direct-mount LCD transmitter display system designed for its sanitary Level Plus® M-Series digital sensors for pharmaceutical applications.

May 31, 2003

Plant Operations & Equipment

Weigh-Tronix, Inc: Weigh-Tronix, Inc: Indicator/controller

Model 1310 indicator/controller from Avery Weigh-Tronix is described as a flexible weighing control designed to integrate into all major industrial networks.

May 31, 2003

Automation & Digital Transformation

Phoenix Contact Inc: Multiaxis positioning controller

Phoenix Contact has expanded its Modular Automation capabilities with a multiaxis controller that offers an intermediate solution between manual changeover and total servo control.

May 31, 2003

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PHARMA PACKAGING REPORT AVAILABLE

Pharmaceutical Business Seeks Gen3 Packaging Machinery is a report on packaging automation now available in pdf format at www.elau.com/pharma through a special arrangement with the ARC Advisory Group and Elau Inc.

May 31, 2003

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Holo label produces positives

Produce grower-marketer Ag-Mart Produce switched from a standard paper label to a reflective holographic label in September ’02 for clear polystyrene pints of its Santa Sweets-brand grape tomatoes.

May 31, 2003

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One-touch foam dispensing for suncare products

Dispensing of suncare products just got a bit easier in Europe, thanks to the adoption of mechanical foam dispensers from Airspray Intl. for new delial products from Sara Lee in Köln, Germany.

May 31, 2003

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Web Plus: Online customer service made simple

In order to meet its customers’ growing demand for Web-based services, Georgia-Pacific (www.gp.com) started a Web site that focuses on the company’s Signature Solutions brand folding carton, cupstock, and platestock from the bleached board division.

May 31, 2003

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New drug warning

Johnson & Johnson said it plans to change the package insert of its second-best selling medicine, the antipsychotic drug Risperdal, to warn of a possible increased risk of stroke for elderly patients.

May 31, 2003

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Servos drive case packer upgrade

An SWF wraparound case packer is rebuilt from the inside out with servos and improved HMI. Parts, assembly, lead time are all reduced.

May 31, 2003

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Small-character ink-jet printer

Videojet Technologies (Wood Dale, IL) released its Videojet 43S small-character ink-jet printer that is ideally suited for users looking for an affordable coding solution.

May 31, 2003