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Pouch sachet machine

Designed for packagers of liquid or dry products, the FVU 22/30 4-sided pouch sachet machine from Hassia (Morganville, NJ) can produce from 1 to 6 pouches/stroke, with nominal rates to 90 strokes/min, depending on product and film.

November 30, 2000

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Tray erector

Soco System’s (Waukesha, WI) horizontal TE-740 tray erector forms a tray by applying hot melt to a passing blank, then stopping the blank and pressing down on it with an inner forming tool and pressing the sides into place with an upward-moving outer tool.

November 30, 2000

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Giddings & Lewis Controls Measurement and Sensing: Motion controller

The MMC (Machine and Motion Control) for PC, developed by Giddings & Lewis (Fond du Lac, WI), is a PC-resident motion controller for applications requiring up to 32 axes of servo control.

November 30, 2000

Automation & Digital Transformation

Synergetic Micro Systems, Inc: Compact 'gateway'

The PKV40 compact gateway links an Ethernet network to DeviceNet, Profibus, Interbus, CANopen, ControlNet, AS-1 or SDS. The converter device comes from Synergetic Micro Systems (Downers Grove, IL).

November 30, 2000

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Harmonizing corrugated sizes

The Fibre Box Assn. has announced an agreement with Europe’s corrugated box group on compatibility size standards. In the United States, the standard is known as Common Footprint Containers (CFC). It permits two sizes that interlock and can be interstacked.

November 30, 2000

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FDA OKs potassium health claim

FDA has given the green light to a health claim on food labels that states “Diets containing foods that are good sources of potassium and low in sodium may reduce the risk of high blood pressure and stroke.”

November 30, 2000

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Packaging even a mother could love

For the first time in 40 years, Procter & Gamble, with the help of design consultancy Libby Perszyk Kathman Inc. (Cincinnati, OH), has created a new contemporary brand identity for its Pampers line of products.

November 30, 2000

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Appointments, promotions

Enercon (Menomonee Falls, WI): August Ray, vp, advertising. Moen Industries, Inc. (Santa Fe Springs, CA): Paul Martinez, dir., marketing and sales.

November 30, 2000

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Achievements

Tharco (San Lorenzo, CA) has been selected for the 7th year by California to receive the 2000 Waste Reduction Awards Program award.

November 30, 2000

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Pack Expo by the numbers

At the recent Pack Expo International Show in Chicago, exhibition square footage was up as was conference attendance, while visitor attendance was down slightly versus ’98.

October 31, 2000

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PW ARTICLE ARCHIVE LICENSED

Packaging World has agreed to license its six-year article archive to Packtion (www.packtion.com), a packaging application service provider. The articles will continue to be accessible on Packworld.com, but will also begin appearing on the Packtion site early next year when the site is ready for commercial use.

October 31, 2000

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In Memoriam

Nelson H. Morin, founder of Nelmor, passed away at his home in Cape Cod, MA, on Sept. 12, 2000.

October 31, 2000

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PET pack promotes French fragrances

REPORTING FROM PACK EXPO: Fragrance Of France launched its new Aphrodisia, Woodhue For Men and Tigress perfume lines in a clear PET “carton” from Sicht-Pack Hagner (Nyack-On-Hudson, NY).

October 31, 2000