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Sensitivity--and an icon

There has been a little packaging flap around one of the images that is used on the paper wrappers for Tootsie Pops, the long-standing confection produced by Tootsie Roll Industries, headquartered in Chicago.Arnie3.jpg

November 30, 2002

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Johnson Industries Packaging Group (Windsor, WI) named Grant Nesheim president of EaglePack Corp. (Oakland, CA). Former president John deBoer has been named chief financial officer of Johnson Industries.

November 30, 2002

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Janes Family Foods: Top flap closing for IQF meals

Filled and opened cartons pass through the infeed of a carton closer from Brandman-Lake. As they do so, the carton’s upright top flap contacts a stationary finger-like device, causing the flap to descend down around the carton base.

November 30, 2002

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PMMI announces 2003 board additions & executive officers

The Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute, Arlington, VA, announced four new Board of Director appointments and its executive committee for 2003.

November 30, 2002

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Exlar Corporation: Compact servo gearmotor

Exlar’s (Chanhassen, MN) SLG Series gearmotors offer high torque output in a brushless, compact design. Offered in three frame sizes in eight ratios from 4:1 to 100:1; for example, the SLG115 has 2꽤 lb-in max output torque and an output speed of 750 rpm.

November 30, 2002

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MSU HOSTS CAREER FAIR

The School of Packaging at Michigan State University hosts its Career Fair 2003 January 15 - 16 at the East Lansing, MI, school’s Kellogg Banquet and Conference Center.

November 30, 2002

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CORONA TREATER BENEFITS COLLEGE

To ensure that Fox Valley Technical College students have the newest surface treating technology, Enercon Industries (Menomonee Falls, WI) supplied them with a Universal corona treater and Compak™ 2000 power supply for a new Avanti printing press from PCMC (Green Bay, WI) that is being installed at the Appleton, WI, college.

November 30, 2002

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Hardware clutter cutters (sidebar)

Home improvement facts

November 30, 2002

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PMMI pavilion at Ipack-Ima

NEWS FROM PACK EXPO: Ipack-Ima, Europe’s packaging exhibition sponsored by the Italian Association of Automatic Packaging Machinery Manufacturers (UCIMA), will be held in Milan on March 4 to 8, 2003. Debuting for the first time is a Packaging Machinery and Manufacturing Institute (PMMI) pavilion.

October 31, 2002

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Pack Expo Intl. 2002 draws over 45,000 visitors

NEWS FROM PACK EXPO: The recently concluded Pack Expo International 2002 trade show drew 46껵 visitor attendees including 5꾲 international visitors from 92 countries.

October 31, 2002

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Lenticular cartons

NEWS FROM PACK EXPO: Sicht Pack Hagner (Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada) displayed an eye-catching carton with full-coverage lenticular imagery.

October 31, 2002

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Accumulating combiner

NEWS FROM PACK EXPO: The AQ-MAX accumulating combiner from SIDEL features advanced bottle accumulation technology with a pressure-free combiner. The totally new configuration includes a frontal exit eliminating the need for a guide to divert the flow toward a lateral exit.

October 31, 2002