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Banner Engineering Corp.: Miniature sensor

Banner Engineering (Minneapolis, MN) introduces its new VS4 Series Opposed-Mode self-contained miniature sensors. Designed for precision sensing in tight confines, sensor’s mounting capability and extremely small size makes it ideal for applications previously only accessible by remote or fiber optic models.

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BUSINESS CONDITIONS REMAIN STRONG

The packaging machinery sector showed continued strength in February, though its level of expansion declined slightly. That’s according to the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute’s Business Conditions Index.

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Sprayer triggers consumer satisfaction

Upscale body care and ambiance product manufacturer Fruits & Passion of Montreal has earned high marks from customers for its decision to include the Owens-Illinois (Toledo, OH) Easy Pump trigger sprayer on its new line of cleaning products.

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DONATION BENEFITS CAL-POLY

For the third consecutive year, Cal-Poly’s Graphic Communications Institute received a $10ꯠ donation from The Wallace Corp. (Lisle, IL). The Institute is part of the university’s Graphic Communication Dept., a nonprofit entity serving the printing, publishing, and imaging industries.

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Mergers and acquisitions drop in 2002

Mergers and acquisitions of companies in the packaging sector continued last year, but at reduced levels, in terms of numbers of transactions and in terms of overall value.

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At a glance: As packaging machine technology becomes more complex (e.g., more networks), will

Increase reliance on vendors for integration expertise? (72%) or Continue to rely on internal engineering personnel? (28%)

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Creating a clean, new look

In February, Spot Shot, a WD-40 product, got a new look thanks to an in-house design team collaborating with Marcou Design (Monroe Township, NJ).

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Achievements

Fabri-Kal Corp.’s (Kalamazoo, MI) Greenville, SC-based mfg. facility received its ISO 9001:2000 registration.

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British burgers

McDonald’s will put fat and calorie counts on the wrapper of each item sold at its outlets in the United Kingdom. The Center for Science in the Public Interest applauded this step but noted that consumers would already have purchased the product before accessing the nutrition information.

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PPC Gold award winners, part 2

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PPC Gold winners

The 60th annual Paperboard Packaging Council's awards included 200 entries in 30 separate category, with 75 total awards given. Following are a look at the Gold award winners.

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Reverse auctions unfair, Europeans say

In a move endorsed by 11 European packaging groups, the European Aluminum Foil Assn. (Düsseldorf, Germany) has issued a white paper, "Reverse auctions: Still not a fair trade."

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