Plant Operations & Equipment

Banner Engineering Corp.: Photoelectrics guide

Banner's (Minneapolis, MN) Specifier's Guide to Photoelectrics is a resource for specifiers of photoelectric and ultrasonic sensors. The colorful 20-pg guide includes photos and descriptions of 12 new photoelectric sensors, along with numerous special application sensors and sensor accessories.

May 31, 1999

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PC control grows up (sidebar)

Industrial network saves time

May 31, 1999

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News from PMMI

• Carl Dooley, president and CEO of the Grocery Manufacturers Assn./Food Products Assn.

May 31, 1999

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INTERPACK 99

A total of 2귔 exhibitors from 53 countries and 175ꯠ visitors from 105 nations made interpack 99 a "resounding success," says Ernst H. Berndl, interpack 99 president.

May 31, 1999

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FDA OKs functional food

In what many observers think will be the first in a flood of new "functional foods," FDA gave a green light for the sale of Take Control, a new margarine manufactured by Lipton that in tests sharply lowered cholesterol.

May 31, 1999

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Machinery sales to be robust, PMMI says

Sales of packaging machinery in the U.S. this year is expected to be up by about 6%, according to new research for the Packaging Machinery manufacturers Institute (Arlington, VA).

May 31, 1999

Automation & Digital Transformation

Cal Controls: Temperature controller

New 1/16 DIN Cal 9400 temperature controller from Cal Controls (Libertyville, IL) includes dual 4-digit simultaneous display of process and setpoint in a NEMA 4X package.

May 31, 1999

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Brochure and samples

New brochure and sample packages from Westvaco (New York, NY) demonstrate how ShowCase(TM) coated facing stock for mini-flute applications helps single-face laminators reduce their materials handling and distribution costs.

May 31, 1999

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Thermal-transfer printer

The Jaguar Model J27i2 thermal-transfer in-line printer from Norwood (Downers Grove, IL) prints frequently changing information such as bar codes, real-time codes, expiration dates and lot codes.

May 31, 1999

Plant Operations & Equipment

Rockwell Automation: Sensor publication

Sensors Today, a new publication from Rockwell Automation (Milwaukee, WI), features the latest developments in Allen-Bradley presence-sensing technology.

April 30, 1999

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Supplier news: In Memoriam

J.P. Buckley, vp of sales and administration for Custom Tape & Label Co. (Denver, CO), passed away March 8.

April 30, 1999

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Supplier news: International agreements

Willett Intl. Ltd. (Fort Worth, TX) and Datalogic S.p.A. (Bologna, Italy) have signed a commercial agreement under which Datalogic will supply Willett with specialist bar code scanning equipment.

April 30, 1999

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Supplier news: International agreements

Fletcher Challenge Forests (Auckland, New Zealand), International Paper (Purchase, NY), Monsanto Co. (St. Louis, MO) and Westvaco Corp. (New York, NY) will form a forestry biotechnology joint venture to produce and market tree seedlings that will improve forest health and productivity.

April 30, 1999