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SBS board

Crescendo™, a new, coated-one-side SBS board from Westvaco (Stamford, CT) is designed for high performance graphics and packaging applications.

February 28, 2002

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Pall Mall displays lighters in striking box

Brown & Williamson, Louisville, KY, heightens smokers’ awareness of filtered Pall Mall cigarettes through a 60-count display box of lighters that mimics a “hard box,” complete with a flip-top lid.

February 28, 2002

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Multiple styles, single solution (sidebar)

The disappearing guides trick

February 28, 2002

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Multiple styles, single solution

A specialized case packer at Custom Building Products handles a range of styles from cylinders to ovals to F-style containers, in pints to 2 ½-gal sizes. See in-plant video

February 28, 2002

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What's ahead for IoPP? (sidebar)

Plans for AmeriStars, directory, and Web site

February 28, 2002

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What's ahead for IoPP?

The Institute of Packaging Professionals is in need of some updating. A new management team plans a revitalization.

February 28, 2002

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Colgate-Palmolive's robotic solution

Unusual for its ability to integrate three axes of motion, this robotic case packer is flexibile and fast.

February 28, 2002

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A vision for customer satisfaction

Machine vision systems confirm Coca-Cola Femsa’s bottle counts in shrink-wrapped bundles prior to palletizing.

February 28, 2002

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Engineers display a 'can-do' attitude

To convert its 12-packed cans to a 6x2 configuration took much more than change parts. Coke Consolidated engineers deliver without a major capital investment.

February 28, 2002

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Videojet Technologies Inc. makes its debut

On February 7, Marconi Data Systems Inc. (formerly Videojet Systems International, Inc.) announced its acquisition by Washington, D.C.– based Danaher Corp. Effective immediately, the Wood Dale, IL-based company will do business as Videojet Technologies Inc.

January 31, 2002

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Does your company involve consumers in evaluating packaging for new products before they're intr

January 31, 2002

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Sensor Products Inc: Nip roller PDA software

Nip-Stat® is a new software program from Sensor-Experts.com (East Hanover, NJ) that runs on Palm-compatible PDAs. Allows engineers to quickly calculate nip roller equations such as crown correction, cover deflection, and speed differential. Operates on Palm OS2.0 and higher compatible devices.

January 31, 2002

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Cosmetic container demand to rise

A new study from The Freedonia Group, Cleveland, OH, forecasts cosmetic and toiletry container demand in the United States to increase by 2.4% annually through 2005, to more than 20 billion units, at a value of $3 billion.

January 31, 2002