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Plant Operations & Equipment

Long-range proximity sensor

The 50-mm Range Unshielded FlatPak proximity sensor from Namco (Highland Heights, OH) has a 50-mm range so it can sense large metal objects that can not be precisely positioned.

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Updated PMMI Directory

PMMI's (Arlington, VA) 1998-99 Packaging Machinery Directory is now available. The directory provides detailed information and contacts for more than 400 U.S., and for the first time, Canadian companies that manufacture packaging and packaging-related converting machinery.

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Precision Microcontrol Corp.: Compact motion controller

Precision MicroControl's (Carlsbad, CA) DC2-STN stand-alone two-axis servo controller has a small, 9.5" x 4" x 5" footprint and features back-panel mounting tabs and removable/pluggable screw terminals for easy wiring.

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Supplier news: Appointments, promotions

Bostik Inc. (Middleton, MA): Richard J. Restivo, product mgr., Hot Melt Systems Group.

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Supplier news: Achievements

QS 9000 registration: Tecumseh Corrugated Box Co. (Tecumseh, MI) for its Michigan and Toledo, OH, plants.; Ferro Corp. (Cleveland, OH) for its Filled and Reinforced Plastics Div.

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Supplier news: Achievements

The Chicago section of the Society of Plastic Engineers (SPE) made a $10ꯠ contribution to the Chicago SPE Education Foundation.

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Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Adhesives Research, Inc. (Glen Rock, PA) is constructing a new 24ꯠ sq' mfg. facility in Limerick, Ireland. The facility is expected to be finished by the end of the year.

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Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Jeffrey J. Kimbell & Associates (Washington, DC) is formed by the former executive director, Medical Device Manufacturers Assn.

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Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Pak Sak Industries (Sparta, MI) now offers six-color, wide-web flexographic printing following the purchase of a central impression printing press.

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Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

Belvac Production Machinery, Inc. (Lynchburg, VA) has signed a license agreement with the Valyi Institute for Plastic Forming of the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.

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Supplier news: Achievements

GretagMacbeth (New Windsor, NY) donated a GretagMacbeth Prooflite® Viewing Booth to the Foundation of the Flexographic Technical Assn. The donation will be used in the new Technical Training Center in Linthicum, MD.

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NACD invests in future, rewards past

At its annual meeting in late April, the National Assn. of Container Distributors (Philadelphia, PA) honored past contributions and invested in the future in the form of three scholarships to students studying packaging.

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