Packaging Technology: Page 667

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Supplier news: Appointments, promotions

Craig Adhesives and Coatings Co. (Newark, NJ): W. Pat Foust, president.

September 30, 1998

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Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Viking Industries (New Smyrna Beach, FL) has opened its 20ꯠ sq' world headquarters at 489 Turnbull Bay Rd., New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168; phone: 904/428-9800, fax: 904/409-0360.

September 30, 1998

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Guelph to hold HACCP seminars

Technical training courses concerning Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) quality programs will be offered by the Guelph Food Technology Centre (Guelph, Ontario, Canada).

September 30, 1998

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Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

G.L. Industries (Hamilton, OH) has acquired Blow Molding Automation Specialists Inc., which will become a member of G.L. Industries' Climax Packaging Machinery Co.

September 30, 1998

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Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

CCL Label (Rosemont, IL) has broken ground on a new p-s label converting facility in Charlotte, NC. Operational by the end of the year, the new facility will consolidate operations of CCL's Cincinnati, OH, and Charlotte, NC, plants.

September 30, 1998

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Quaker, Graham announce plant-within-a-plant

Chicago-based Quaker Oats and Graham Packaging of York, PA, have announced plans to establish a plant-within-a-plant to blow mold hot-fillable polyethylene terephthalate bottles for Gatorade® Thirst Quencher.

September 30, 1998

Plant Operations & Equipment

Balluff: Fiber-optic sensor

Balluff's (Florence, KY) BOS 20K fiber-optic sensor uses teach-in capability to eliminate adjustment hassles and offer accurate sensor set-up. The versatile sensor has a compact 60 x 30 x 13 mm housing and is suitable for small parts detection, part feature checks, counting, and part positioning.

August 31, 1998

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Plastic bag maker

Hemingstone Machinery (Taipei, Taiwan) will introduce a high-speed T-shirt bag maker with hot slitting from one jumbo roller for two lines. It is equipped with servo control and a hydraulic unwinding device plus a photo cell.

August 31, 1998

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Automatic screen printer

Khl (Weingarten, Germany) will release the Model GPE/26, an automatic screen-printing machine designed for small round objects like bottles. Accepts bottles up to 43-mm in dia and 50 to 150 mm in length.

August 31, 1998

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On-line quality control

An online measurement and control system from betacontrol (Freudenberg, Germany), Indicon One, measures thickness, basis weight and moisture of sheet material.

August 31, 1998

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Supplier news: Appointments, promotions

Amgraph Packaging (Versailles, CT): Judy A. Hershberger, Northeast sales rep.

August 31, 1998

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Ampacet (New York, NY): Joseph A. Serbaroli, Jr., industry market mgr.

August 31, 1998