DrinkMore Custom Water (DCW), Gaithersburg, MD, produces and sells polyethylene terephthalate bottles of water ranging in size from 12 oz to 1.5 L under its DrinkMore brand, but the majority of its business is the design, production and delivery of custom-labeled bottles of water to a wide range of clients nationwide. It produces orders both large and small, with the majority of the customers being commercial businesses, but it has produced custom-label water for weddings, birthdays, bar mitzvahs, retirement parties and many other events, as well as for retailers looking to gain new business via label promotion. Read more...
PepsiAmericas quenches thirst for plant-floor information Today's factories and their control systems can generate incredible amounts of raw data that offer insight into production processes from start to finish. PepsiAmericas recently embarked on a quest to gather critical bottling line production data from its beverage-making processes and present it in a format that would enable better decision making. The result—PepsiAmericas has increased information access with a clearer picture of the plant floor, which it has used to improve manufacturing and business processes. Read more...
Newsbytes
Unilever expert cites financial flexibility as sales and operations planning aim
Effective sales and operations planning (S&OP) not only addresses supply and demand concerns, but also encompasses a more flexible approach to financial resources, according to an S&OP expert with Unilever. Martin Jarvis is VP of global S&OP for the London-based manufacturer of consumer goods, ranging from home and personal care products to foods. Read more...
Pinpointing the ROI in RFID
Using radio-frequency identification to track packaging and work in process may not be as flashy as end-to-end supply-chain visibility, but companies are generating real returns with asset-management solutions and are getting a return on their investment in RFID. Read more...
U.S. mayors pass resolution calling for a study on bottled water
At today's meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, mayors from across the country rejected efforts by the American Beverage Association and Coca-Cola to stop a resolution that highlights the importance of municipal water and calls for a study of the impact of bottled water on city waste. Mayors voted to support the resolution, introduced last week by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, Salt Lake City Mayor Ross "Rocky" Anderson, and Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak. Read more…
Regulatory developments
FDA detains imports of farm-raised Chinese seafood
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a broader import control of all farm-raised catfish, basa, shrimp, dace (related to carp), and eel from China. FDA will start to detain these products at the border until the shipments are proven to be free of residues from drugs that are not approved in the U.S. for use in farm-raised aquatic animals. This action by FDA will protect American consumers from unsafe residues that have been detected in these products. There have been no reports of illnesses to date. Read more...
New products
Shrink-sleeve labelers
A pair of heat-shrinkable sleeve-labeling systems, the EZ-Seal 200SL and 400SL, is introduced for a variety of industries. Reportedly capable of processing TE bands and full-body sleeves at speeds exceeding 200 and 400 units/ min respectively, the systems' capabilities to accept labels with 1 1/4- to 4 3/4-in. dia include containers of all shapes and sizes. Read more...
Axon, 800/598-8601. www.axoncorp.com
Weigh buckets Expected to significantly improve production output on the co.'s line of affordable, multihead weighers is the inclusion of clamshell weigh buckets. The new buckets are now available on all of the CS 2.5-L (0.7-gal) units and on the XL-16 high-speed model, the co. reports... Read more... CombiScale, Inc., 847/806-0606. www.combiscale.com
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