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Gatorade recalls containers with glass fragments

Coming on the heels of consumer complaints that some bottles of Gatorade contained glass fragments, Chicago-based Gatorade Co.-a division of Quaker Oats-on August 29 voluntarily recalled 104ꯠ cases of its Thirst Quencher in 16-oz glass bottles.

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Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

PDC Intl. Inc. (S. Norwalk, CT) has acquired KOE, Inc. (Norwalk, CT).

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Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

International Paper's (Purchase, NY) Akrosil div. acquired Adeptech.

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Packaging stokes sales of smokes

Moonlight Tobacco Co., a division of Winston-Salem, N.C.-based R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., in September introduced seven distinct, nontraditional brands of cigarettes.

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Supplier news: Achievements

ISO 9002 registration: Intermex Inc.'s (Dallas, TX) cellophane plant; Atlantis Plastics Inc.'s (Miami, FL) Tulsa, OK, manufacturing facility.

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Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

Thiele Engineering Co. (Minneapolis, MN) purchased Frontier Equipment Co. (Fergus Falls, MN).

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Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

(Portland, OR).

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Tablet filler

Merrill-Lakso's (Leominster, MA) Model 35 "New Wave" Electronic filler is for counting and filling tablets, capsules and any other solid dose pharmaceutical products.

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Plant Operations & Equipment

Proximity sensor

Namco's (Mentor, OH) Focused Field Flat-Pak(TM) long range proximity sensor is used to sense large metal ob-jects that cannot be precisely positioned.

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Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Riverwood Intl. (Atlanta, GA) purchased an industrial site and began equipment selection for a new beverage carton converting operation in Mexico.

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Regulatory reform still contentious

After several months of relative inactivity during the summer break, the struggle to get a regulatory reform bill through the Senate continues, although it's likely to take a back seat to appropriations and welfare reform.

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Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

Certain management-level employees of Kidder-Stacy, Inc. (Agawam, MA) have purchased the company from their parent company, Motter Printing Press Co.

September 30, 1995