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Supplier news: Achievements

Batching Systems, Inc. (Owings, MD) is a new member of the Manufacturers' Agents National Assn. (Laguna Hills, CA).

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Supplier news: Appointments, promotions

Lawson Mardon Packaging (Clifton Down, Bristol, UK): Ian Gunn, UK managing dir., food flexibles.

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Liquid Carbonic Industries Corp. (Oak Brook, IL): Ken Goebel, field engineering mgr.

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Erhardt + Leimer (Rockford, IL): Bill Wilson, midwest/northeast regional sales engineer.

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Supplier news: International agreements

Lynch Machinery Inc. (Bainbridge, GA) participated in U.S. Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown's January presidential trade mission to India.

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Imex Vinyl Packaging (Charlotte, NC): Neal Ferris, vp sales.

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Rock-Tenn Co.'s (Norcross, GA), Merced, CA, partition plant: Charlie Fugarino, general mgr.; Charlie Zeller, regional sales.

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Stress Engineering Services, Inc. (Cincinnati, OH): Edward Hammond, staff consultant.

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Supplier news: Achievements

Arthur Dornbusch has been inducted into Proctor & Gamble's (Cincinnati, OH) Victor Mills Society, recognizing his contributions to company technology.

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Wrapping system

The System 2000 750 Flight Bar from EDL (Green Bay, WI) pulls widths of LDPE around tubs or bricks and then conveys the pack through a low-energy heat tunnel at rates of 20 cycles/min.

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Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Van Dorn Demag Corp. (Strongsville, OH) has established a West Coast Demonstration and Training Center in Phoenix, AZ.

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Congress ready to reform product liability (sidebar)

In conjunction with ProMat 95, A.L. Leffler, CEO of the Material Handling Industry, held a press conference to air MHI concerns. In discussing workplace safety, Leffler noted: "Presently, the injured parties have only one recourse: to bring suit against the manufacturers of equipment, resulting in what has been called 'product liability' cases.

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