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PACKAGING 








Machinery: key to our packaging economy | March 1958 


COMPLETE CONTENTS p. 2 








Bond withstands Bond fails within 
over 6 days 5 minutes 
exposure at 140° F. 
at 140° F._ when made with 
when made with brown type adhesive 
LAP-LOK® in common use 


LAP-LOK, National's resin lap-glue, safely withstands blistering summer temperatures in 
boxcars and warehouses. For example, look at the above test: Two 1” strips of 
corrugated board bonded with LAP-LOK withstand 10 Ibs. pull at 140°F. indefinitely. 
Compare this with the brown type adhesive bond that fails within five minutes! 


LAP-LOK withstands cold and moisture as well as heat. May be used with all types of 
lap-gluing machines. Dries to a clear transparent film. Leaves no unsightly 
squeeze-out. No odor. No flammable solvents. 


LAP-LOK has an unmatched record of over four years’ troublefree usage in the field. 


It's greater heat resistance is worthwhile insurance against handling and 
storage losses. Write for sample and data. 


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ADHESIVES 


NATIONAL STARCH PRODUCTS INC. 


enue, New York 16 © 3641 So. Washtenaw Avenue, Chicago 32 * 735 Battery Street, San Francisco 11 





Smartest 
new way 


to sail your BOATS of candy to market 


(The fleet’s in—in PLIOFILM!) 


Packaging fine candies—especially of the jelly-type where 
loss of moisture means loss of softness and taste appeal 
can be a real problem 

But it is a problem that has been solved handily by the 
50-year-old Candy Division of Zion Industries, Inc., Zion, 
Illinois. 

Take the candies shown above, for example, snug in their 
cardboard “boats’—and safeguarded against dehydration 


by that amazing Goodyear packaging film, 120 FF PLIOFILM. 


Could it be that “FF” stands for “Flavor Fresh?’ Cer- 
tainly PLIOFILM delivers Zion candies just that way. 


Breakage insurance is assured through the extreme punc- 
ture-resistance and resolute heat-sealability for which 
PLIOFILM is famed. 

A great performer on high-speed automatic packaging 
machinery—PLIOFILM makes a smooth, tight wrap and 
stays wrinkle-free because it is unaffected by moisture! 
WHY NOT? Better investigate—because the price and per- 
formance of PLIOFILM makes it a natural choice for smart 
packaging at a profit. For details, write: The Goodyear 
Packaging Films Engineer, Packaging Films Dept. O-6418, 
Akron 16, Ohio. 


MARCH 1958 


Package Machinery Model FA 


GOOD THINGS ARE BETTER IN 


BY 


Pliofilm, a rubber hydrochloride Tr. M. The Goody« 


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The private-brand challenge 
\ food chain’s economy line can compete against big advertisers only on the appeal of the package itself 


New, livelier Beech-Nut 
Its merger with Life Savers sparks a major redesign program for better market position 


Design Histories 
The engineer’s view 


20 packaging men meet and travel to learn there’s more to packaging than just engineering 


The first aerosol toothpastes 


Colgate, then Rexall and P&G, come up with solid-stream, push-button dentifrices propelled by nitrogen gas 


Enter stretchable paper 


A new princi le in pa vermaking provides Corenco fertilizer with multiw ill bags 
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At the sign of the fish 


Mac Fisheries’ redesign is a brilliant example of modern British packaging 


of greater strength for weight 


Packaging Pageant 


Tear-strip carton for frozen food 
A first in its field, Gorton’s integral carton opener obviates both liner and overwrap 


Machinery Show awaits 
More than 150 exhibitors are scheduled at second PMMI event at Atlantic City, March 25 


Screw-feed stick deodorant 
Solid product, filled in liquid form, gives Mennen’s new toiletry propel-retract convenien¢ 
Display Gallery 


Winner in wood 


Techniques for fast production of Lord Calvert box help it to compete with most modern decorative packaging 


Electronic counting for odd shapes 


Team of three machines at Imperial Brass sorts and cartons 


End-loading can caser 
IXL Foods’ 1,200-case-an-hour unit sugge ) saving opportunity for many packagers 


multi-size brass tube fittings at high spe eds 


Skin pack on stock board 


Self sealed to non-perforated backing, 1-mil-polyethylene-coated polyester film holds OEM tools 


Packaging machinery 


er-Industry Survey. This industry’s size is far outweighed by its contributions to efficient operations 


Speed the key to quality 


Mogen David's fast pace of filling and capping insures uniformity for bottled wine 


Polyester pouches for detergent 
Strong, heat-sealable film lets Purex pack half-ounce liquid quantities for shipment with automatic dishwashers 


Now it’s packaged thread 
Coats & Clark’s blister packs are produced 


Thermoform for shipping protection 
California Originals locks large ceramics to corrugated 


on high-speed, in-plant thermoforming machines 


board by heat sealing polyethylene “skin.” 


The cigarette-machine story 
How AMF met the packaging-machinery crisis caused by 


Test methods for aerosols 
Methods for analyzing the spray 


Questions and Answers 


the imported flip-cover box. By J 


characteristics of pressurized packages. By Morris J. Root 


Background for packaging. Notes, quotes and comments 
Equipment and materials 7 Manufacturers’ literature 
Plants and people 50 U.S. patents digest 

For your information 108 Index to advertisers 


Modern Packaging Executive and Editorial Offices, 575 Madison Avenue, New York 22, N. Y. 
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One operator turns out 45, 50 or more com- 
plete packages per minute with this simple-to- 
operate, efficient cartoner, yours at low cost. 











You’ve never seen a cartoner like this one before...! 


Now, just one compact, efficient machine—with just one operator, 
will give you 10,000—15,000—18,000 finished packages a day. 
You waste no plant space, carry no extra investment burden for 
multiple machine units, to get the production boost and the cost 
cuts made possible by REDINGTON’s entirely new “‘Automax” 
Cycle Cartoner. 

For a main product, supplementary items, special sizes, intro- 
ductory and sample packages, fill-in runs—if you package in 
reverse tuck folding cartons, the “Automax” does the whole 
packaging job. 

Remember, with only one operator you'll be getting a volume 
it takes two, three or more to produce manually. In plants where 
this new REDINGTON is already in daily production, it is 
turning out a steady 40 to 45 packages a minute, ali day long. 

The “‘Automax”’ is highly efficient yet simple in design. Any 
girl can learn how to operate it in far less time than it takes to 
train workers for manual packaging. In addition to keeping the 


carton magazine filled, she performs just two actions: she places 
an item to be cartoned in each of three loading troughs in front 
of her—then pushes the slide forward and back. 

The ** Automax”’ does all the rest automatically—feeds and forms 
cartons, places them in the carton conveyor pockets, tucks in the 
end flaps after the items are inserted, discharges the finished pack- 
ages, restarts the cycle. 

Just 70” long, 214’ wide, weighing only 750 lbs., caster mount- 
ing lets you move the “‘Automax”’ easily wherever you need it in 
your plant to fit in comfortably even where floor space is limited. 
And it’s easy to service, easy to adjust by ordinary plant per- 
sonnel—it doesn’t take a master mechanic to handle the job! 

The “‘Automax” is built with all the engineering skill, atten- 
tion to details and insistance on top-quality materials which have 
made REDINGTON equipment world-famous wherever auto- 
matic packaging is performed. That means you’re sure of long, 
trouble-free service. 


REDINGTON “@awtoumesxc” CYCLE CARTONER 


one operates produces 45-50 or more 
filled packages per minute — a whole- 
job operation 

convenient size — 2'’2'’ wide, 70” long, 
caster mounted 


is priced to fit your budget. You can have the “‘Automax’’ installed and turning out 
steady production for less than $5,000 ! Compare this with what you pay one employee 
annually—not to mention overhead on that expense. And remember, no supple- 
mentary machine investment is required—you get whole-job cartoning with the single 


efficient “‘Automax” unit! 


costs just $4,750.00 (plus freight) 


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Executive and Editorial Office 7 a 
575 Madison Av New Ye ork 22, N Y 3 : . , ; (7) 
slephone: PLara 92710 “MODERN PACKAGING 
Chairman of the board : F 
Charles A. Breskin : 
President and publisher 


Alan S. Cole 


Editor 

Lloevd Stouffer 
ies aia Time for improvement 
Pearl Hagens 


Managing editor T he second Packaging Machinery Show, already established as one of the 
'homas M. Jones major events on the packaging calendar, comes this month at a time when 
Associate editors its audience is particularly receptive. 


Gladys Tarragan 
William C. Simms It has been our observation, through 31 years. that in times when the sales 


Engineering edites curve slackens and the profit margin becomes harder to maintain, attention 
Robert J. Kelse turns more than ever to the packaging operation and the opportunity which 


Technical editor it presents for (]) sales-stimulating improvements and (2) reduction of pro 
Charles A. Southwick, Jr duction cost 

Midwest editor This is a particularly apt time for re-evaluation of packaging practices 
Phillip A. Urion (Chicago) 


be ause in spite ot the discouraging tenor of recent headlines there Is no 


tr States — evidence that business confidence has been fundamentally shaken and, in 
fact, the major package-consuming industries are healthy and in the mood 


Assistant editor 
Roland R. MacBride to use this pause to regroup, strengthen and march forward. 


Some of the evidences of underlying strength in our economy have been 
Reader service editor ome 0 e evident ) de ig ength in our econo 
Floren Letter overlooked or underplayed. For example: 


Patents editor > Private-housing starts jumped to a yearly rate of 1,030,000 in January and 
H. A. Levey at that point had risen 8° above the low point of early 1957 
Art director > Retail sales nationally were above seasonal expectations in January. Sales 


Donald R. Ruther ' mig: 
of New York department stores during the month were the best in history 


Production and the traditional Lincoln’s Birthday shopping day broke all records. The 


Daniel M. Broads 
Bernard J. Farina 
Verna Retzlaff good values. 


Circulation Activity in the carton and container industry—a significant gauge of gen- 


Robert rnbaur eral business confidence—is slowly picking up. indicating that inventories 
George Leiz. s vine , 


indications are that consumers have money and are not afraid to spend it for 


piled up by users ahead of last November's price increases are now being 
Pr i 
» omotion worked off and that the business outlook warrants renewed buying 
Philip W. Muller 
These lines were written in mid-February. when the bulk of the news was 

Treasurer ' 
Beatrice Grove still discouraging. But headlines always lag behind the basic business turn- 


Gertrude Binger, assistant ings. We would even venture the guess that a year from now we may look 
Business staff back to March, 1958, as a turning point. 

M. A. Olsen dent en. mgr 

PH. Backstrom 


B. W. Gussow bound to be viewed with more than ordinary interest. For, up curve or down 
R. C. Nilson ‘ 
© curve. the realization grows that speed and efficiency in packaging opera 


Regardless of that, the Packaging Machinery Show at Atlantic City is 


». 5. Sieg 
B. R. Stanton tions, with continuing advances being made every year. represent one of the 
CHICAGO 11, 101 E. Ontario St surest ways of cutting costs and building profits 

— 9p peenligero rn At its first show in Cleveland in the fall of 1956, the Packaging Machinery 
William E Kenned Mfrs. Institute proved that there is value in a packaging exposition special 


H. R. Friedman BM i 
izing in machinery and equipment. In this pivotal year of 1958, we must all 


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wish them continued success 


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There’s a bright, 

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This mailing container for Reader’s Digest Book Club selections, is a fully- 
which quickly and easily cuts through the package. The outer plies 
of board are not cut or scored during manufacture, thus providing full strength protection during shipment 


NEW, STRING-OPENING SELF-MAILER 
sealed carton employing a unique string opening device, 


HARCORD helps American Cyanamid 
hold down breakage and handling costs 
in the shipment of samples, both liquid 
and solid. These sturdy, tailor-made 
shipping canisters provide a cushion- 
ing berth for glass containers. 


ELECTRO-PAK is the name for this 
ship-and-sell canister used by the Arcos 
Corporation to package welding rods. 
The sturdy, moisture-proof HARCORD 
cylinder is the quickest, most economi- 
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Providing protection against the rigors of the 

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Only MERITSEAL offers 


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This modern, eye-catching closure per- 
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retailers’ shelves and counters .. . gains 
special favor and lasting brand identity 
for your products. And Meritseal is de- 
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. and full informa- 
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PROVIDES DEPENDABLE PROTECTION 
for your products . . . handles easily in the 
consumer’s hands. 

SHOW CASE LITHOGRAPHY helps sell 
your products. 

SEPARATE THREAD CONSTRUCTION 
locks the liner in . . . prevents spinners. . . 
makes removal easy. 

WIDE VARIETY OF LINERS AND SIZES 
to meet the requirements of your particular 
products. 


Manufacturers of 


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Package helps a new product meet the physician 


And the light weight of the vial sub- 


The Armstrong Handi-Pack Plastic Vial makes a 
fine impression in introducing this new pharma- 
ceutical product to the physician. It’s attractive 
and easy for him to use 

The cap seals tightly, yet comes off with a flick 


of the finger. The vial won’t buckle or break on its 


WAT ARMSTRONG CIRCLE THEATRE EVERY 


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stantially reduces sample mailing expense 

[ry one of the six Handi-Pack sizes for your 
physician sampling. You'll like the modern ap- 
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BAND-AID* Stars ’n Strips have a special need ... an economical 
packaging material for adhesive bandages that must prevent 
bacteria penetration and withstand high temperatures in autoclaves. 


The answer was a special heat-resistant Riegel glassine known as 


Joh hnsO n & “sterilizable glassine.” In this case, too, protection by Riegel 


means extra benefits... flexible packaging materials that are: 


JO h nson ... tailored to run at high speed on automatic machines 


.made to your own specifications, printed, waxed, 


has a reason eee ‘ coated and laminated combinations of all types 


. packaging materials that are made right, run right, 


and priced right. 


Hundreds of today’s best-sellers benefit from Riegel’s uniformly 
effective system of product protection. You can too. 
Write Riegel Paper Corporation, 260 Madison Avenue, New York 16 


PROTECTIVE PACKAGING MATERIALS 


The BAND-AID brand of 
adhesive bandages uses a 
special sterilizable glassine 
made and printed by 
Riegel. Packaged on 


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See them all at the PACKAGING EXPOSITION, Booth 104 


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...WITH ALL OF REYNOLDS 
PACKAGING KNOW-HOW! 


Here it is, all in one straight line, unequalled: available right in the same vast plant. What- 


(1) High speed laminating by the foremost ever combination will give you most eco- 
experts in the field, on the latest equipment, nomically the advantages of Reynolds Wrap 
continuous! Aluminum cartons—here it is! And you have 


(2) High-speed, multi-color gravure print- Reynolds know-how to make the most of it! 
ing by the world’s oldest and largest alumi- — With these Richmond, Va., facilities, Reynolds 
num foil printers! ; ’ y launches a long-range program to service volume 
(3) Die-cutting, scoring, glueing, waxing, users of cartons, nationwide: butter, margarine, 
metal-edging—turning out complete printed tea, ice cream, beer, baked goods, soaps, deter- 
carton blanks, ready for the packer’s auto- gents, drug and cosmetic products. Whatever 
matic machinery! your requirements, call the nearest Reynolds 
This straight-line operation can be varied Sales Office or write Reynolds Metals Company, 
at will—separate laminators, die-cutters, etc., General Sales Office, Louisville 1, Kentucky. 


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polyethylene. Neat appear- 
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identification are important 


of old-fashioned tubes 


A new automatic packag- 
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La forms polyethylene film into 
gt. a tube and fills it with a 


WG, measured pound of sausage. 


Compared to earlier ma- 
terial, it resists tearing, costs less, and brings 


increased sales. 


A coating of tough, flexible 
polyethylene is extruded 
onto the inner surface of 
this cellophane bag. Now, 
the new package has longer 
shelf life, a strong heat seal 
and increased resistance to puncturing by 


ylastic toys when handled 
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To get a new package, use a new 
material. Plastics are continually prov- 
ing themselves as a source of ideas. 
And because we produce such a 
varietv of plastics, we are continually 
learning more about what they can do 
for creative packaging. Ask your sup- 
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Company, Division of Union Carbide 
Corporation, 30 East 42nd Street, 
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New High Speed 
Ferry-Morse Packaging Plant chooses 


PRESSEAL 





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, put “After a thorough investigation we chose 
see: | PRESSEAL for use throughout our new, f 
+ an modern packaging plant,” said president 
mCeE SEEDS Stephen Beale, of Ferry-Morse Seed Co. “We faced a problem of packing 
seeds in eight different size cases. No other process seemed capable of do 
ing this without exorbitant expense. PRESSEAL does the job swiftly, econ 


omically, efficiently!” 


Self-sealing PRESSEAL cases eliminate taping, gluing, stapling, and other 
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FERRY. MOR . 
ERRY MORS! sealing equipment PRESSEAL case flaps adhere together with the pat of a 


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ca hand, but will not stick to any other surface 


Anything packed in corrugated cases is packed better in PRESSEAL! 


4ORst 


NOW built-in tear tabs zip 
open Growers Container cases 


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and our customers have learned from experi 
ence 


Eastex pulp and paperboard. Test our samples, and you be 


the judge! 


General Sales Office 
P. 0. Box 816 

sbee, Texas 
Telephone 


EVergreen * 


Eastern Sales Office 
East 42nd i 
New York City, N.Y 
Telephone—OXford 


Midwest Sales Office 
1003 Builders Bidg 

Chicago, II! 
Telephone 


1151 South Broadway 
Los Angeles, Calif 
Telephone—Richmond 7-6126 Telephone 


RAndolph 6-1068 


Market Pulp 
Chlorine dioxide bleached softwood and hardwood pulp. 


Converting Board Grades 


Bleached converting Fourdrinier board grades for: paraffined 
cartons, frozen-food containers, pails, plates, trays, liquid-tight 
cold- and hot-drink milk-bottle hoods, 


many other miscellaneous grades. 


containers, cups, and 


Texcote — Eastex’s solid bleached sulfate coated folding box 
board. 


Merchant grades of white and manila tag, index and vellum bristol. 


Semi-bleached grades of converting tag, file folder and tabulating. 


BST ESAS Zip and Paper Company 


Western Sales Offices 


210 California Street, 
San Francisco, Calif 
SUtter 1-6123 





VO Fully Automatic Cartoning 


with the 45 AUTOMATIC CARTONER 


PROVIDES BIGGER OUTPUT, BETTER PACKAGES, WITH FAR LESS LABOR 





CONSIDER THE OUTPUT —users report that they are 
cartoning up to 140 bottles a minute. That’s 8400 packages 
an hour—a lot of production! The machine opens the 
carton, inserts the bottle and closes the package by tucking 
the flaps—all automatically. 


LOOK AT THE PACKAGE — neat, uniform, square car- 
tons all the time. The Model 45 can tuck both ends or 
glue seal both ends or tuck one end and glue seal the other. 


As for flexibility, the changeover from one size or shape SEE THIS MACHINE 


carton to another takes only 25 minutes. AT THE PACKAGING SHOW 


IMAGINE THE LABOR SAVINGS — Only one part-time Find out how others are using the CECO 45 to package 
‘ industrial tapes, razor blades, ball bearings, pens, and 
a wide range of products that can take advantage of 
automatic cartoning. With all the safety and control 
features of machines costing much more, the CECO 45 


takes a minimum of floor space and a minimum 
investment. Send for brochure 45 today. 
\ J 


CONTAINER EQUIPMENT CORPORATION 


78 LOCUST AVENUE, BLOOMFIELD, N. J. 
MEMBER PACKAGING MACHINERY MANUFACTURERS INSTITUTE 


operator is required to control this machine, to see that 
the product and carton hoppers are filled. It’s that simple! 











MARCH 1958 





Fiber tear within 5 seconds! 
Photo shows how Seban AR-1— 
carton-sealing adhesive— produces 
a fast, strong bond. Seban holds, 
the paper fiber tears. This speed 
test can be duplicated on actual 
packaging machinery. Seban 
grabs in less than 5 seconds, pro- 
duces a good bond in 12 seconds 
and tears paper completely with- 
in 17 seconds. Choose Seban for 
fast developed tack, strong bonds. 


it 
Seban wins tough sealing tests! 


New line of polyvinyl resin 
packaging adhesives 
from Armour 


Seban can help you solve your toughest 
package-sealing problems. Conclusive 
tests prove Seban meets every packaging 


need —Cartons—Cases— Window Boxes 

Folding Cartons— Tubes— Bags—and 
more. Seban will help you get increased 
production and better sealing quality! 


Use one of the following machines? 
ABC + Dacam Mor-Can-Pak 
Dacamatic New Jersey 
Elliott - Ferguson Peters 

Gar-Pak + Gicbe Pneumatic Scale 
Hayssen Post + Potdeven 
International Rockwell: Scandia 
Jones + Master Standard-Knapp 
Monitor Staude 


Test the grade of Seban that’s right for 
your particular need. 

* * a 
Don’t miss the Seban display in Booth 
129—Packaging Machinery and Mate- 
rials Exposition—Atlantic City, March 
25-28, 1958. 


ARMOUR 
36 minutes in live steam! 
Thi shows how Seb: ; ADHESIVE 
This photo shows how Seban AR-5— 
tube-winding adhesive—resists both DIVISION 


heat and moisture in sterilization of 
paper tubes for surgical products. 
Steam pouring into bell jar won't 
produce delamination on tubes sealed 120 Broadway Delaware and Spring Garden Streets 
with Seban—not even after 36 min- New York 5, N. Y. Philadelphia 23, Pennsylvania 

utes. Choose Seban for great resist- phi, Cie 235 South Hamilton Street 

ance to heat and moisture! Lodi, New Jersey High Point, North Carolina 


Armour and Company, 1355 W. 31st Street, Chicago Q, Ill. 


MODERN PACKAGING 








210 pound squeeze! 


Revealing photo demonstrates how 
Seban AR-2—case-sealing adhesive— 
withstands extreme pressure.* Com- 
pression test proves Seban can take 
almost any amount of palletizing— 
more than 200 pounds—and hold, 
even when the case breaks down. 
Choose Seban when great bonding 
strength is important. 


*Gauge shows lbs. per square inch on 
cylinder —equal to 1/7 actual compres- 
sion between plates 


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POSITION 





Gainsborough’s — 
“The Blue Boy” 


masters in the field of 


COLOR’ 


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When Thomas Gainsborough mixed the colors for his 

vibrant “Blue Boy,” he applied to the task his years of 

experience in the use of pigments. In the tradition of the old 

masters, we at Westchester call upon our own years of 

pioneering experience, exclusively in the field of color 
f for polyethylene and other thermoplastic materials. 


Ss 
For over ten years we nave, serving the plastics industry with pre-matched 
color compounds, keeping pace with (and sometimes several steps ahead of!) its 
fabulous growth. Now, we take pride in being among the first to offer a pre-matched 
color concentrate which has been custom-tailored for the new linear polyethylenes 
. designed to eliminate degrading, migrating and leaching, while it gives better 
te mperature and chemical resistance. 


Every product that bears the name WESTCHESTER is designed to give your 
product thé stop-ldok-and-hyy appeal of color. Write today for information on our 
complete line mastes-campaunce -d color concentrates. 

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326 WAVERLY AVENUE, MAMARONECK, N. Y. © Mamaroneck 9-5980 
Custom Compounders of Polyethylene Molding Powder and other Thermoplastic Materials 
BARBER-COLMAN of CANADA, Ltd., Dept. M, Toronto and Montreal, Canada “Piethene, Formacolor, Unicolor® 1.M. Reg. U.S. Pat. Off 


VODERN PACKAGING 





Practical for the first time...beautiful 


pom-pom 


You make ‘em , XK 
without tying : 
SNIP 


...and the cost is lower. Glamor packages need 
bows, and bows are what Bur-Mil’s new miracle 
ribbon makes WITHOUT TYING. Just pull strings 
to make gorgeous pom-pom bows. A patented draw- 
string zips the ribbon into a bow INSTANTLY. Any- 


one can do it. Everyone interested in beautiful, 


PULL 


bows of distinctive woven ribbon 


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ATTACH 


See for yourself how simple . . . and how simply 
wonderful. Mail the coupon below for sample. 
Instant Bur-Mil Bow Ribbon comes in Glitter, Chif- 
fon and Satin designs—10 popular gift colors, many 


widths, all available with matching gift-tye ribbon. 


(If you want your own exclusive patterns, remember 


economical, decorative packaging should do it. Pro- that with versatile woven ribbon an unlimited variety 


duction speed goes up, costs go down. of designs can be custom-styled to order. ) 


ew Instant Bur- Mil Bow Ribbon 


the exclusive, patented product of 


Bagi 


Burlington Narrow Fabrics Co, “2? 


* A MEMBER OF BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES 


26 WEST 40th STREET, NEW YORK 18, N. Y 


Burlington Narrow Fabrics Co., 26 W. 40th St., New York 18, N. ¥ 


Instant Bur-Mil Bows sound exciting! Please send sample to: 
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Name 
‘ ddress Zone State 


MAKCH 1958 





Bill Bronander, as President of PMMI, says: 





HERE’S THE 
PACKAGE 

WITH PROVEN 
APPEAL TO 
CONSUMERS... 


» 


A variety of plastic caps manufactured to your specifications 


The sensational can for almost any liquid product perfect for the new heavy-duty 
detergents! e In food stores, paint stores, filling stations, everywhere vou'll see Canco’s 
Non-Drip Can. It’s boosting sales for dozens of products and it can do the same for 


your liquid specialty! « Consider the features of this outstanding package: A clinched 
nozzle that pours freely, yet won't drip a drop when righted. Full decoration on top, on 
| 


sides. Easy to fill, compact, lightweight, handy, unbreakable. In short, everything you, 
your dealers and your customers want in a modern container! ¢ Ask your Canco repre- 


y 


sentative today for details about this sales-making can and how it can serve your product! 


MARCH 1958 





see what's NEW at 
STANDARD-KNAPP 


@eeeeeeeeocecoeeoaoorneseoseeeeeeeeee 


EMHART BACON LINE AUTOMATIC CASE FEED 


that is revolutionizing packing with Bottle Packer—for smooth, 
operations — unit slices, shingles, cushioned loading of bottles 
precision weighs and prepares into cases at speeds to meet 


bacon for packaging. maximum requirements. 


. 


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ON YOUR 
“MUST VISIT" LIST 


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Get the full facts about these and ‘ E wi H A R T wi F ae ~ Cc © a 
other Standard-Knapp packaging 


and package handling machines. a | STANDARD-KNAPP DIVISION 


Portland, Connecticut 


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Planned Packagzing 


...increases sales through 
tempting product display 


Whether you need containers, cartons or displays, you save time 
and money by dealing with Ohio Boxboard—your single source 
of supply for all packaging. 21 sales offices, strategically located 
and staffed by packaging experts assure fast design, develop- 
ment and testing. The result— you get packages that give more 
protection and bigger sales. 

You further benefit from our 7 container plants and 4 carton 
plants that assure fast, dependable deliveries . . . maximum 
economy. 

Let one of our representatives show you how Planned 
Packaging can work for you. Write or phone today. 


Planned Packaging moves merchandise 


PLANTS 


The Ohio Boxboard Company, Rittman, Ohio 

Empire Box Corporation, South Bend, Indiana 

The General Carton Company, Cleveland, Ohio 

The Norwalk Paper Box Company, Norwalk, Ohio 
T h e oO a) ' oO Box b oa rad Cc orn Pp a ny The Ohio Boxboard Co., Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Western Containers, Inc., Lockport, N. Y. 

Rittman, Ohio Fairbanks Containers, Inc., Middletown, Ohio 
Champion Containers, Inc., Plymouth, Michigan 


Containers ° Cartons Displays ies Gite Thedthnendl Gimnietn, Chataleeais Dilla, Gis 
The Ohio Boxboard Company, Youngstown, Ohio 








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NEW IDEAS | 
in slitting and roll winding... 


NEW IDEAS are the driving force of the paper, 
film and foil industries. Changes come swiftly, 
compelling constant advances in slitter-winder 
design. Cameron specialists are working today on 
slitters and roll winders for handling such typical 
new materials as polystyrene, polyvinylidene chlo- 
ride, polyester film, linear polyethylene, aluminum 
and copper foils, release papers, fibre glass, and 
many others. Cameron’s team of slitter-winder spe- 
cialists is expected to have the best answer to any 
question in roll production. You'll find it pays to 
bring your slitting and roll winding problems to the 
attention of Cameron specialists. 





the 


NOW, blending with 50 years of Cameron 
experience, are the complete modern 
facilities of the new Cameron plant, dedi- 
cated in November 1957. In this new 
home are costly new precision machine 
tools, extensive modern equipment for 
testing and experimental work, and the 
expanded Cameron production facilities 

. teamed together to serve you better. 


Cameron Machine Company ¢ Dover, N. J. 


a new home for the 


CAMERGN 


team of specialist: 


See our exhibit « Booth 430 - PM&ME + Atlantic City * March 25-28 


MARCH 1958 





STOP STATIC 


ONCE AND FOR ALL 


Simco engineers have developed an 
electronic static eliminator that is 
unconditionally guaranteed to end 
static problems in all converting and 
packaging machinery and plastics 
parts. Yet the SIMCO ‘‘Midget’’ is 
the least expensive means of 
neutralizing static available. 
It consists of a power unit and 
one or more static bars—designed 
to fit any machine, and adaptable to 
all types of materials, including paper 
and synthetic films. It’s safe, 
rugged, simple to install. Anti-static 
cleaning devices are also available. 


Equip your machinery now! 


Write today for information about your problem— 


the SIMEO company 


920 Walnut Street, Lansdale, Pa. 


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NARATHON 


w ARATHO Wy Marathon HI-FI is the most startling development I’ve seen 
hi (2 yx \ fi in the packaging industry in the last decade. 
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I've watched as this amazing new process developed here in 
Menasha and, believe me, your product couldn't possibly go 
to market in a more glamorous carrier than a 

Marathon HI-FI package. 


It’s easy to distinguish brand name and product in a HI-FI package. 
That means it’s easier for shoppers to pick it up. 


I have never been as excited about a packaging development. 


99; Rew 


K. G. Houts 
Manager, General Packaging Sales 


MARATHON #@ PACKAGES 


Seti Brands + Protect Products + Speed Production 





CASE HISTORY S&S Fillers 
Oostburg Canning Company, Oostburg, Wisconsin 
Packers of nonfat dry milk 


Number 10 cans are fed to the EG Filler via conveyor 
where they are positioned by the operator. The Auger-Vac 
then removes the proper amount of air permitting the 
filler to load 4% pounds of powdered milk into the can at 
a rate up to 25 cans per minute without “dusting.” 


Powdered milk filling loss less than 


“Of the more than 200,000 pounds of powdered milk we handle each day, 
we lose only 110 to 115 pounds—or .00058°7;,—due to dusting at the loading 
hoppers and filling stations. This amount would be much larger if we did not 
have Stokes & Smith Fillers with Auger- Vac attachment,” reports Mr. Ells- 
worth Van Driest, secretary-treasurer of the Oostburg Canning Company 

“Before buying our fillers, we inspected other powdered milk operations to 
determine which machines were most efficient. We found that Stokes & Smith 
equipment led the field by a wide margin. In addition to three S & S Gl 
Fillers, we also purchased two S & S EG Fillers to permit quick easy conver- 
sion from packaging in 414 pound, No. 10 cans to bagging cartons when the 
latter package is required. 

“We have found our fillers to be dependable, rugged, well-designed and 
versatile. After two years of constant use, they are never down longer than 
one hour at a time. This ease of servicing plus versatility helps us maintain 
our ‘full status’ with U. S. Dept. of Agriculture packaging requirements.” 





For complete information on the versatile EG Filler, write to: 


FMC PACKAGING MACHINERY DIVISION 








FOOD MACHINERY 
4S04MSUMMERDALE AVE. 
mrerverrm Stokes and Smith Company PHILADELPHIA 24, PA. 


MODERN PACKAGING 





MARCH 1958 


MARATHON 


IS VISUAL HIGH FIDELITY! 


WARATHOY 
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Marathon HI-FI represents a trueness in reproducing printed designs that does 
for the eye what hi-fi music does for the ear. 


In musical hi-fi, the clear, undistorted, realistic sound results from perfection 
in every element of production . .. music, recording equipment, record materials 
and the phonograph on which it is played. Anything short of top quality in 
any of these makes just another ordinary record. 


In the same way the production of Marathon HI-FI packaging requires the 
same degree of quality control through each of five steps: 1) in the controlled 
conditioning of the base stock; 2) in making printing plates to match the new 
paper stock requirements; 3) in the manufacture of special inks to conform to 
the special characteristics of the new stock; 4) in the special presswork necessary 
and 5) in the application of protective and decorative coatings ... PERFECTION 
HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED . . . THE RESULT IS HI-FI! 


MARATHON # PACKAGES 


Sel! Brands + Protect Products - Speed Production 














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PACKAGES . 


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MARCH 1958 


In today’s market the package must do much of the selling. Marathon HI-FI packages are today’s 
merchandising masterpieces, with unmatched sharpness in printed design . . . faithful reproduc- 
tion of color in depth and tone...and a “feel of freshness’’ in the finished retail package that 
is inviting and pleasant to the touch of the shopper. Marathon HI-FI Paperboard will take high-gloss 
surfacing materials with problems of discoloration reduced to an absolute minimum. It is a superior base 
for laminating foil or other materials, resulting in a smoother finished product. It carries your sales message 


brilliantly and retains its brightness in 
display, discouraging dust collection and 
soiling. 

Marathon HI-FI packaging is typical of the 
advances and the “firsts” that have distin- 
guished Marathon's record of packaging 


Ask the Man from Marathon 
about HI-FI. Or write Marathon, 

A Division of American Can Company, 
Dept. 204, Menasha, Wis. 


de MARATHON # PACKAGES 


Set! Brands - Protect Products + Speed Production 











Certified 8 hour multi-color — including metallic gold — 


production of 1% mil polyethylene 


sheeting, was 30 full rolls slit on the press to yield 60 rolls of stock ready for the bag machine. 


POLYETHYLENE PRINTED 


400 feet per minute...all day/ 


Fastest on Polyethylene 


Here’s the Kidder answer to flexible printing that’s at 


its best a lhe time. 

Now high speed, high sustained production rate and 
high quality on both cellophane and polyethylene are all 
tied together in a single filmprinter. Actually you can’t 
afford not to know more about the modern Kidder Film- 
printer. 

For more information write Kidder Press Company, 
Inc., Dover, N. H. or Kidder Press Company, Inc., 
Empire State Building, 350 Fifth Avenue, New York 1, 
N. Y. Mid-West Representative: Gibbs-Brower Company, 
Incorporated, 400 Washington Building, Madison 3, 
Wisconsin. West Coast Representative: Bojanower Ma- 


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chinery Service Corporation, 5270 East Washington 
Boulevard, Los Angeles 22, California 








Make good impressions faster with 


FILMPRINTERS 








MODERN PACKAGING 





Jam-Packed with Flavor! 


because it’s packed in 


MARLEX 5 


POLYETHYLENE 


ees the tempting tang can’t escape! ‘‘Heat'n serve” frozen food packaging 


is one of the most promising applications 
for film extruded from MARLEX 50. Flavor 
is sealed in, and the housewife has no pans 


Sterilizable MARLEX 50 tubes are a great 

new development in food packaging! No 

other type of material will do this job so 

, —La__ well and so economically! Jams, syrups, 
| “A _ ee ‘. sandwich spreads and other foods and 
a 2 drugs, formerly requiring the protection of 

en, expensive coated polyethylene, can now be 


~ 
“wa packaged at less cost in uncoated sterilizable 
thin-wall tubes made of MARLEX 50 resin. 

Products have long shelf life in MARLEX 50 


to wash! 


tubes because permeability is low at all 
temperatures. 


Chemicals, foods and drugs that 
would show extensive permeation with con- 
ventional polyethylene now can be econom- 
ically shipped in drums or cartons lined with 
tougher, more impermeable MARLEX 50 
polyethylene. 


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Marlex SO food packaging has outstand- 
ing resistance to attack and permeation by 
moisture vapor, gases, chemicals and oils. 
Containers made of heat and cold-resistant 
MARLEX 50 can be steam-sterilized prior 
to filling...and frozen afterwards if required. 


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PHILLIPS CHEMICAL COMPANY 
i 457F Adams Building, Bartlesville, Oklahoma 
PLASTICS SALES DIVISION, PHILLIPS CHEMICAL COMPANY % Sense aint ae timaitnen gudene anal 


A Subsidiary of Phillips Petroleum Company, Bartlesville, Oklahoma cations. | am considering MARLEX for: 


* MARLEX is a trademark for Phillips family of olefin polymers. 


DISTRICT OFFICES 


NEW ENGLAND AKRON WESTERN Nome: 
322 Waterman Avenue, 318 Water Street, 317 North Lake Ave., 

East Providence 14, R. |. Akron 8, Ohio Pasadena, Calif. Position: 
GEneva 4-7600 FRanklin 6-4126 RYan 1-0567 


NEW YORK CHICAGO SOUTHERN & FOREIGN 
80 Broadway, Suite 4300, 111 S. York Street, Adams Building, Street: 
New York 5, N. Y. Elmhurst, lil Bartlesville, Oklahoma 

Digby 4-3480 TErrace 4-6600 Bartlesville 6600, Ext. 8108 City: 











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Recognizing the 
importance of 

first impressions — 
Max Factor and 
Company chose the 
prestige of 
Niemand Bros. 
tubular packages. 
Our packaging 
engineers are available 
for immediate 


consultation. 


rd 
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distinctive products demand distinctive packaging 


Niemand Bros., Inc. 
manufacturers of 
tubular 

paper products 
37-01 35th Ave. 
Long Island City 1, 


New York 


MODERN PACKAGING 





“P iled UDP to here!” 


“Used to have half our stockroom filled with small cartons, 
piled higher than a man’s head —all useless, because of some 
change in content, weight, size, or some other specification. 
Cost us thousands of dollars every year! Now we avoid the 
waste, cut inventory and printing bills, by imprinting 
standard cartons as we need them — with our Tickometer.” 


e You can limit your carton and label stocks 
to basic forms and sizes — and imprint 
weights, sizes, lot numbers, quantities, dates, 
colors, etc., for the day’s production, batch 
or special run—at speeds up to 1,000 a minute! 
And you cut down your inventories, printing 
bills and wastage. 
e The Tickometer also counts — gives 
you a label or package count to check 
production and shipments. It can do 
consecutive numbering or be set for a 
predetermined count —and it records partial 
or full totals. So accurate, banks use it to 
count currency! 
e It registers exactly, has an impression 
surface of 246 by % inches, prints on most 
all standard weights and finishes of paper 
and light card stock. Handles sizes from 
1 x 2 inches to 15 x 15 inches, according to 
model size. Feeds and stacks automatically 
and can be easily run by anybody. 
e It is also used to mark, stamp, endorse, 
date, cancel and count coupons, sales slips, 
checks, forms, cards, tags, tickets — with big 
savings in time and effort. It can be bought 
Ss “or rented. Pitney-Bowes service is available 
from 302 points, coast to coast. 


Call the nearest Pitney-Bowes office for a 
demonstration. Or send the coupon for free 
illustrated booklet and case studies. 


PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 
4838 Walnut Street 
Stamford, Conn. 


Pitney-Bowes 


? DROMDIOR 


Imprinting & Counting Machine 


Made by the originator of the postage meter... 
offices in 197 cities in U.S. and Canada. 


Send Tickometer booklet and case studies 


Name 





Address 





MARCH 1958 





Improved resistance to oils, 
grease, chemicals 


Dramatic improvement for polyethylene 
packaging with saran resins 


And Saran 
resins will coat your polyethylene materials with this added 
protection _ 


Saran is the synonym for protective packaging! 


. and save you time and money in the coating 
operation. 


\ thin coating of saran resins reduces gas permeability and 


clarity. It 
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greases, acid 


improves adds outstanding resistance to oils 


s and many organic liquids and vapors. It helps 


polyethylene meet the needs of a wide variety of new 


ipplic ations 
Vl 


But there’s more to coating with saran resins coating than 
product benefits. They are adaptable to commonly used 
equipment. A new saran resin is soluble in acetone, releas 
ing solvent at lower temperature Drying requirements are 
lowered . . 


. coating cycle is speede dup... costs are less 


For other packaging films, for paper, too . . . it will pay you 
to get the technical data on saran resins from Dow. Write 
today to THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, Midland, Michigan, 


Plastics Sales Department 1579-B 


YOU CAN DEPEND ON 


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MODERN PACKAGING ssarch 1958 






Watch for a rash of new applications of aluminum cans. in important 





and diverse fields. A large West Coast oil company Is negotiating tor 






three-piece cans in quantities which will run into the millions and if this 





deal goes through. it will be without any organized reclaim arrangement 






dealers will simply be encouraged to make money for themselves by 






selling the empty cans to scrap dealers. Another application involves one 
of the biggest cereal food companies. And the first aluminum beer cans 







may soon appear under a big-name brand. 





Switch to aerosols for toothpaste mav break all speed records. With 


three of the biggest brands (Colgate. Gleem and Rexall) announcing the 






new package in a single month (see “The First Aerosol Toothpastes.” p 






156, this issue), another big swing in this suddenly volatile packaging 





market appears to be under way. If successful, these solid-stream aerosols 


Background will open the way to other viscous products, including cleansing creams 


and hand lotions Intere sting note All three ot these aerosol toothpastes 








and reportedly two more—were market tested at the same time in 






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Easton, Pa. Comparing notes 





Polyethylene film production in 1957 is confirmed by industry sources 





at a record 150 million pounds. One source, Chester Packaging Products 






projects increase by 1961 to between 375 and 450 million pounds, esti 






mating biggest fields of packaging use by that time as follows: produce 






95 million pounds; textiles. 30 million; rack and counter merchandise 






25 million: meats. 20 million: container liners, 20 million; bakery 
packaging products, 10 million “if proper machinery becomes available”; poultry 


10 million. These estimates, Chester points out. are based only on pres 






ently established uses; new developments. such as effective automatic 






overwrap machinery, may push consumption far higher. 







Notes, 
First samples of new polyethylene film made from Phillips Chemical’s 
quotes low-pressure resin are being circulated with suggestion that it will be 





particularly suitable for overwrapping. Extruded in gauges as low as 






14 mil, clear. strong and relatively stiff (although not so stiff as cello 





and comments 
phane or polyester), the low-pressure film nevertheless will tear for 






opening. it is claimed, without a tear tape. Cost will not be known until 





extruders get into volume production. but it should be low 












Top-executive interest in packaging decisions is confirmed by a 
survey just completed by the Paraffined Carton Research Council, which 


found little difference between large national concerns and _ relatively 





? small companies in this respect. Regardless of the size of the company, 





the study shows, in most cases sales and advertising vice presidents—and 






often presidents and board chairmen—participate in package planning. 






In almost all cases, final packaging decisions are made only after con- 






sulting the top executive officer. 








Increasing recognition of the interdependence of packaging and ad 
vertising departments is evident in many progressive packaging com 
panies. At Smith. Kline & French, a packaging-development man 
Howard Berger—has just been transferred from the manufacturing 


division to the advertising department. His full-time job will be to study 






trends and new concepts in pharmaceutical packaging. with a view to 






their promotional possibilities. 








lines is too often taken for 





Package size jn highly standardized 


granted. A survey by Crown Can revealed that more than half of the 






cars pulling into filling stations had motor oil below the ideal “full” 
level. but of these 70% needed not just quart quantities, but either a half 








quart or 114 quarts for safe, economical oper- [Continued on page 44 








MARCH 1958 


ation, Human nature being what it is and only quarts being available, 
most of the drivers needing a pint said “next time” and most of those 
needing 114 quarts bought only one. Now Crown is marketing a motor-oil 


can holding less than 15 oz. to catch these fractional sales. 


Vision of the future with implications for packaging, reported by the 
Assn. of American Soap & Glycerine Producers, is possibility that liquid 
detergents may some day be piped from a central supply tank in the 
house through kitchen, bathroom and laundry spigots. One company is 
said to be already trying to arrange regular home delivery (along with 
the Monday-morning milk) of bulk-sized liquid-detergent containers. 


Watch diet foods as a growth item. Considered not long ago as a 
specialty line attractive only to invalids and health faddists, sales have 
quadrupled in the last four years due to general calorie-consciousness 
and last year reached an estimated $250 million—bigger than baby 
foods. Foods with diet appeal are no longer segregated, but sold side by 
side with others. One processor is now introducing a complete, low-calorie 


frozen dinner. 


New technique {or foaming adhesives, developed by Arthur D. Little 
Laboratories, promises to cut production costs and open new markets for 
wood and plywood containers. The technique is said to extend the volume 
of adhesive by four to five times and provide a more uniform spread, 
producing better bonding qualities at lower cost. Most types of resinous 
adhesives, including phenolics, can be foamed by the process. It may 


enable the pallet and wooden-box industries to eliminate nailing. 


Consumer acceptance of thie self-metering carton introduced last 
November for Way detergent (see MP, Nov., °57, p. 162) is reported 
to be impressive. A survey sponsored by the promoters of the patented 
carton, covering 196 purchasers of Way at one supermarket. showed 
that 72% would like to see their regular brand of detergent in a metered 
container and 69% would like to buy other products in the same type of 
package. Among the other products mentioned: cereals (36%). flour 
(33%). sugar (18%). 


Packaging imports are showing large increases percentagewise, al- 
though they still fill only a tiny portion of our requirements. The De 
partment of Commerce values U. S. imports of selected containers. 
materials and packaging machinery in 1956 at $16,754,010; this was 
about a 51% increase ($5,660,757) over the previous year. It was the 
highest total since 1938. Among those categories showing the largest 
import increases in dollar value were set-up boxes, cellophane, and wrap- 


ping and packaging machinery. 


Big potential for cook-in-the-package portion foods. such as Seabrook 
Farms’ polyester-bagged specialties under Luchow and Maxim names, is 
in railway diners. Railroads see this as the way to offer a varied menu 
of high-quality foods and cut out the waste that has always made diners 
a loss item. Cooking on diners would be eliminated; freezers would 
replace stoves. Patrons would choose from a list of appetizers, soups, 
entrees, vegetables and desserts, as usual, and each item would be re- 
moved from the freezer as needed and served after spending a few min- 
utes—in its individual package—in a common pot of boiling water. 


Keep an eye on the new move toward general standardization of 
dimensions for shipping containers, sponsored this time by the American 
Standards Assn., seeking more efficient handling of goods on pallets and 
in cargo containers. A 40-man conference at ASA voted for a committee 
to review dimensions of transportation equipment of common carriers 
and arrive at container sizes that will make possible maximum coordina- 
tion of the space available regardless of the type of carrier. 


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Like (Caps, Hil more and more 
producers of America’s goods 
depend on Package Products for 
designs, labels, and printed 

films that sell. 


DU PONT - Pry 


MYLAR 


POLYESTER FILM 


“Mylar” is DuPont's Registered Trademark 


Smartly designed headwear, M. & B. (Caps; Hil 
enjoyed tremendous sales boost since being 
packaged in tough, brilliantly clear “Mylar” bags 
topped by header labels, all designed, printed and 
fabricated by Package Products Co., Inc. 
DESIGNERS, PRINTERS AND FILM CONVERTERS FOR PACKAGING. 


—poackage rn ohucta— 


CO., INC., CHARLOTTE, N. C. 
Sales Offices in DALLAS, HOUSTON, KNOXVILLE AND NEW YORK. 


MAKCH 1958 





ap . ‘ 
*k Hi-Fi is the Berles concept of produc ing nulti-color carton: 
with high fidelity printing for maximum impact at the point of 


purchase and pleasing appearance in the home 


E (UPS WOU QUALITY FOLDING PAPER BOXES 


PAPER BOARD * FOOD CARTON SPECIALTIES 


BERLES CARTON COMPANY, INC. 
86 FIFTH AVENUE, PATERSON 4, NEW JERSEY 
Mulberry 4-6430 . N.Y. PHONE: CH 4-3983 


OUR FOLDING BOX PLANT 


IODERN PACKAGING 








Wherever you a 


North Portland, Ore. 


South San Francisco, Calif. 


Los Angeles, Calif. 


South St. Paul, Minn. 


South Omaha, Nebr. 


Kansas City, Kens 


TC... 


arrison, N. J. 


Cleveland, Ohig 
Chicago, Ill. 4 


South St. Joseph, Mo. London, 
England 
. National Stock Yards, Ill. 
(East St. Louis) 


~ Atlanta, Ga. 


Dallas, Texas 


Harvey, La. 
(New Orleans) 


Te 


A SWIFT’S ADHESIVE PLANT 


A typical modern Swift Adhesives manufacturing plant, 


This attractive, efficient plant is located in Atlanta, Ga. 


MARCH 1958 


IS NEARBY 


One of these twenty-one Swift Adhesive plants 
was located and established to provide you with 
a convenient, nearby source. Whether your re- 
quirements are large or small, the neighborly 
service you get from Swift complements Swift’s 
high quality standards . . . makes Swift’s Adhe- 
sives your best value. 


For all your adhesives requirements, contact 
the Swift’s Adhesive Plant nearest you. Their 
team of adhesives specialists is anxious to serve 
you. SWIFT & COMPANY, General Offices, 
Adhesive Products Department, Chicago 9, IIl. 


See us in Booth 417-421 at the PMMI Exposition, 
Atlantic City, March 25-28. 


A Sewe Your Sudustey ettee with these Adhesive Products 


Resins and Rubbers in Emulsion or Solvent 
Dry, Liquid and Flexible Animal Glues 
Liquid Dextrin Adhesives 





yel-1ar- | mer halelaemelllL mello em alia 
polyethylene bag inside, safely 
ships 400 Ibs. of moisture 


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ie Hii] absorbent granular chemicals 


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CORRUGATED +‘POLY’= NEW IDEA 


Corrugated plus another packaging material...a 
typical Gaylord "new idea.” Enables shippers to 
replace costly rigid drums with low-cost, one-trip 
disposable bulk packs. Reach you knocked-down 
...easy to handle, fill and ship. Less tare. Return 
shipping and warehousing, and extra bookkeep- 
ing are eliminated. 

Let Gaylord-designed container ideas put you on 
the road to lower costs. Call your nearby Gaylord 


packaging engieer. 


CORRUGATED AND SOLID FIBRE BOXES+ FOLDING CARTONS+KRAFT PAPER AND SPECIALTIES* KRAFT BAGS AND SACKS 


GAYLORD CONTAINER CORPORATION * ST. LOUIS 
os 


MODERN PACKAGING 








nothing: \equals 


Piccopale 


for waterproofing 


Pale in color and chemically unique, Piccopale, a 
polymerized petroleum resin, is versatile in its many 
uses. Piccopale Resin is inert and heat stable, and its 
hydrocarbon structure assures the utmost in water and 


moisture resistance. 


PENNSYLVANIA INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION 
Clairton, Penna. 





—on continuous 24 hour a day 
hi-speed CELLO bag making 








NEW AND IMPROVED 


3O0OQO 


For producing high quality, low cost Cello bags around the clock, Simplex’s rugged, precision- 
engineered model 300 has no equal. It offers you: Low initial cost; simplified, automatic 
operation; continuous high speed production; quick change-over for long or short runs, 
minimum maintenance 


Heat-and-Glue Seal Bags with Non-Blocking Fold-Over Bottom 


This reliable high performance machine delivers 175 to 300 strong sift-tight Cello bags per 
minute— flat or gusset—with single or double wall. Infinite adjustment of bag lengths from 
4” to 18”, and from 2” to 12” in width. Send for sample bag—see the difference model 300 


makes. It’s great for K-film, too 





SEE IT AT BOOTH 605 ¢ PMMI SHOW 
March 25-28 * Atlantic City 








Putting ldeas to Work 


FOOD MACHINERY AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION 


FMC Packaging Machinery Division 
534-23rd AVENUE, OAKLAND 6, CALIFORNIA 





FOOD MACHINERY 
AND CHEMICAL Foreign Sales: FMC Export Dept., P.O. Box 760, San Jose, Calif., U.S.A. 


- encamtceete (Cable Address: FOODMACHIN) 


MODERN PACKAGING 

















Here’s bag paper that stands out, stands 
up, speeds sales. Exclusive ““white magic” 
bleaching process provides a brighter, 
whiter background for life-like reproduc- 
tions of product—clearer, sharper printing. 

Impressive point-of-sale performance has 
proved Nibroc White strengthens the pack- 
age appeal of mixes, flour, salt, sugar, rice, 


coffee, dog food, etc. 


he 


SELL tel off 
White — 


HELPS PUT YOUR PRODUCT 
IN THE PANTRY! ; 








Super-calendered and/or embossed— 
perfectly adapted to bag-forming, filling 
and closing machinery. For samples and in- 
formation write or phone our Paper Sales 


Division, Department DR-3, Boston. 


BROWN [4f}] COMPANY 


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MAJOR APPLIANCES APPAREL COSMETICS SMALL APPLIANCES 


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Dress Up Your Product . . . Package as a Gift 
Increase Your Sales with 


Eye-appeal sells merchandise fast. And the SHEAR -1 = -P RINZ 


fastest, easiest way to give your product eye- 
appeal is with a bright, beautiful Shear-Prinz 


bow 

[These gorgeous bows designed especially for 

your product . for every gift-giving event 
. . for every holiday pack for that im- 


portant special promotion . are sure to 
attract customers’ attention. Dealers’ enthu- 
siasm, too, is immediately reflected in your in- 
creased sales 


Shear-Prinz bows are available in a great 
variety of styles in small, medium or giant 
sizes. All come pre-tied, ready for quick, easy 
application. Designs you choose are yours ex- 
clusively. 

Find out how Shear-Prinz bows are being used 
for special displays, for dealer-selling aids, and 


for hundreds of other applications. 
Write, wire or phone for complete information 


SHEAR-PRINZ ASSOCIATES 


Packaging Division., Dept. MP-2 @ 216 $. Wabash Ave., Chicago 4, Ill. @ Wibster 9-4610 


54 MODERN PACKAGING 





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One easy-to-use ink for all packaging films requiring no change in standard equipment. 
Claremont also manufactures alcohol reducible flexographic inks: the “FP” series for cellophane and polyethylene; the “FD” series 


for paper. Write for technical bulletin #515M on maxiprint inks 


NcCLAREMONT 


claremont pigment dispersion corporation - 39 powerhouse road, roslyn heights, |. i., n. y. - mayfair 1-8800 





CROWN POLY PAPER IN ACTION: 


When triggered by moisture, these 
tablets release fungus-killing gas 


His orange arrives free of fungus and toxic sprays thanks to Crown Poly Paper 


How Crown Poly Paper Helps Protect His Orange 


Problem: How to protect oranges while in transit from the 
dangers of blue and green mold. 


A package built like a Dagwood sandwich gave the answer. 
Called “Winn-Mat'*, this sandwich consists of Crown poly- 
ethylene coated paper heat sealed to porous toweling stock 
with nine ammonia tablets bonded in between. 


Two of these packets accompany each case of oranges. 
When humidity (the fungi’s ideal environment) mounts, the 
toweling side transmits moisture to the tablets, which are 
activated to release their gas through the porous paper. 
This vapor fills the orange carton and checks the fungi. The 
Crown Poly Paper side, which is always placed toward the 
oranges, prevents ammonia from burning the fruit. When 
exposed to the air, every trace of ammonia immediately 
disappears leaving fruit fresh, safe and fungus free. 


This “Winn-Mat" demonstrates but one of Crown Poly Paper's 


many applications in the packaging field. Is there some task C ke 0 WwW N Z E l l E R A C M 


Crown Poly Paper can do cheaper, faster, more effectively 
for you? Write Department PY, at the below address for 
technical advice on your packaging problem. 


z 343 SANSOME STREET, SAN FRANCISCO 19, CALIFORNIA 


Registered trade mark of Winning Inc. 


MODERN PACKAGING 





SIDE-WELD 


BAG MACHINE 
FOR EVERY NEED AND BUDGET 


by SCHJELDAHL 


FIRST IN SIDE-WELD MACHINES 


infinite SERIES “S" 40-inch width, controlled seal, 
bottom and rugged construction combine for low- 
g two cost production. Simple to set up and 

operate. Models priced from $7,975.00. 


DESIGNED FOR CONVERTERS 
ELDAHL COMPANY 


170 ¢« NORTHFIELD, MINNESOTA 


A. M. BOJANOWER MACHINERY SERVICE COMPANY 
ASHINGTON BLVD. e LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 





The 
10-Second Sell 


is here... 
CAN YOU OFFER IT? 


In 10 seconds, according to the American 
Rack Merchandisers Institute, the package 
must tell what the product is, what it will 
do, and how much it costs. 

Note that the first and biggest job is TELL 
WHAT THE PRODUCT IS. To tell 
and sell in 10 seconds the package has to 
provide protective visibility. 

That’s where we can get together 

Emhart machines can put you into the 
“transparent paperboard” business open 
new markets and profit opportunities. Our 
Vactrim forming machine produces skin, 
blister, and contour plastic packaging in vari- 
ous gauges. The VacForm series handles sheets 
up to 76” x 52”. The EM-132 automatically 
forms transparent plastic lids, and the /M- 
134 makes flanged or non-flanged plastic 
packages and package components with fine- 
detail embossing. 

We can facilitate your moving into the 
booming market for visible packaging. Write 
for our brochure. 


PLASTIC SHEET FORMING MACHINERY 


EMHART 


EMHART MANUFACTURING COMPANY, HARTFORD 2, CONN 


CONTOUR : 
PACK H 


See us at BOOTH 306 P.M.M.I. Show 


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MODERN PACKAGIN 





These BBD Flexographic, 
are “made to order’ for 
PAPER and BOARD 


CHECK THIS CHART FOR TYPICAL APPLICATIONS > 


FLEXOKRAFT 


Alcohol-soluble ink combining both pigment and dye coloring to 
afford exceptional color brilliance, opacity and lightfastness. Ideal 
for both hard-surface and absorbent stocks. Hides fiber structure 
of rough-textured papers and boards. Odorless when dry—doesn’t 
bleed in water, waxes, fats and oils. 


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The original water-dilutable flexographic /gravure ink that prints i ; FOOD CONTAINERS 
with a brightly colorful, soft-matte finish. Economical because | ie oe (WAXED) 
you thin it with ordinary tap water. Withstands corrugating, hot 
| ‘7 PAPER CUPS 


and cold die-cutting, creasing —can be waxed, overlacquered, lam- 
inated or exposed to food fats without lifting or bleeding. ’ AND PLATES 








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VELVATExX’ 


Alcohol-soluble flexographic /gravure ink that dries to a rich vel- 
vety finish. Will not pucker even lightest-weight tissue. With- 
stands corrugating, die-cutting, creasing . . . doesn’t bleed in water, 
waxes, food fats, lacquers and varnishes. Available in special 
alkali-resistant formulations for use on soap cartons and wrappers. 





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HYDROTEX 


Unique water-base ink that gives exceptionally water-fast, light- 
fast, rub-resistant prints. Excellent for products that may be 
exposed accidentally to moisture in their end-use. Combines ex- 
tremely low viscosity with high color-strength to afford excellent 








hiding power and trouble-free press performance. 


Top-quality printing on boxboard and paper—by either flexo- 
graphic or gravure processes — is easier to achieve when you use 
time-proved BBD Inks. These fine inks are famous the world over 
for extra color strength, better performance on the press and 
finer printing results. Furthermore, BBD gives you two types of 
valuable technical assistance: 1. Expert help at the press by “shirt- 
sleeved” field service specialists, and 2. Thoroughgoing labora- 
tory research on your own special ink problems. 














ai : Bonsi 
Free Technical Data Bulletins ensing 


and printed samples of 


any escri Flexographic ene. ; 
Cc s any BBD Ink described phic Ink Specialists Y A subsidiary of 


Bros. and De 


Sun Chemical Corporation 


& plants in Sales offices in 
all principal cities 
. 


above may be obtained by PuiLaDeipant{2eturin 
writing Bensing Bros. and Deeney, CAMB 1A + CHy AGO . 
R SAN L 
3301 Hunting Park Avenue, NOGE, MASS. . MONROE Tonge Expert: 
vie Overseas Division, 


Philadelphia 29, Pa. Sun Chemical Corporation 
L.1.C., N. 


Sun Chemical’s Graphic Arts Group: GENERAL PRINTING INK Gravure, Letterpress, Offset Inks and Supplies GEO. H. MORRILL «Newspaper Inks 
BENSING BROS. AND DEENEY Flexographic Inks RUTHERFORD MACHINERY Lithographic Equipment 





See a 
SPECIALIST 


for Roll Labels 


KLEEN-STIK’s pioneering research and 


development work in pressure-sensitive 
adhesives has now made it possible for 
any Roll Label Printer to produce the 
KLEEN-STIK labels you need. As a result, 
you can now obtain Kleen-Stik Roll Labels 
from the printer of your choice and 
benefit from the direct supervision of the 
job, and faster service. 


makes good sense, doesn’t it? 


On your next label job, if you need a removable label, 





or one that's tamperproof—see a specialist 
your regular label printer. 


is LEEN-SsTil + provucts, inc. 


Sd West Wilson Ave. « Chicago 31, Ill. 
«5. Plants in Chica Newark, Los Angeles and Toronto 


Pioneers in Pressure Sensitives for Advertising and Labeling 


MODERN PACKAGING 





To every 


manufacturer of soap;, —=—=asil 
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detergents, dyes and other, 

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Mono-Sol’s water-solubie Packaging Film 
is heat-sealable on a Production Basis! 


@ Yes, Mono-Sol’s revolutionary 100% JUST A FEW OF THE PRODUCTS SUITABLE FOR 
water-soluble Polyvinyl Alcohol Film can be MONO-SOL PVA FILM PACKAGING ARE: 
used on most standard package filling and e Soaps e Medicinals e Dyes 
heat-sealing machines with only slight modi- 


feat Thi ; k e bleaches e Sodium ¢ Oils 
nica — 11S ark that when you package © Insecticides Hyposulphate Greases 
ae one wor P\ r Film, you — a a < Sati e Detergents rrisodium 
terlal specially made to meet a your needs. - ’ : 

, Bicarbonate e Naphthalene Phosphate 


Just think of all the sales points Mono-Sol 


PVA Film provides you! . MONO-SOL CORPORATION 
lt’s 100% water-soluble. The user simply 407 COUNTY LINE ROAD /GARY, INDIANA 


drops the package into cool or hot water, stirs 
and presto! It completely dissolves, releasing 
its contents = o the solution. “= MONO-SOL CORPORATION 
It’s ideal for powders, solids, many liquids. 407 County Line Rd., Gary, Indiana 


It’s the world’s easiest dispenser. Yet pro , 
isl ait sie ogg re Please send us bag samples and full technical data. 


ides exact contr r quantity. 7 : : : 

vides exact control of quantit; We are interested in Mono-Sol PVA Film for packaging 
It’s unusually strong and has excellent con- 

tact clarity. 





Position 





It’s impermeable to oxygen and many other 
gases. Resistant to oil, aromatic and petro- Company 
leum solvents. 





Address 





It’s very stable. Will not crack in low 
humidities; will not melt in high humidities. City. Zone State 





For sample bags and technical! data, simply », 
send us this coupon clipped to your letterhead. 


MARCH 1958 





FEEDER-FORMER-POSITIONER-LOADER-UPENDER 


This machine in operation at the P. Lorillard Co. automatically end-loads regu- 
lar and kingsize cartons of Old Golds at the rate of 400 cartons per minute (60 
cartons per case in a 2x5x6 pattern) or nearly 5 million smokes an hour. A high- 
speed machine which forms cases, positions and loads fully-automatically can be 
the answer to your packaging line. Write us for consultation or for additional 
information and prices 


J. L. FERGUSON CO. Joliet 3, i. 


New York, Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, Tampa, Baltimore, Portland, Denver, 
Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, New Orieans, Louisville, Kansas City 
and All Principal Canadian Cities. 


PACKOMATIC machines include the Bale Sealer Case Seclers Opener 
Loaders Case Imprinters Telescoping Volumetric Filler Packer-Gluers 


Units available, semi-automatic or fully-automatic depending on your needs 


Does your 
case-packaging 
“date” 
you’? 


T.M. Reg. U.S. Pat. Off 


equipment feeds, forms, positions, loads, seals, 





and imprints shipping containers automatically 


‘ 


From the time the magazine is stacked with ‘‘knocked-down’ 
containers until they are loaded, sealed and imprinted, 
ready for shipment—not a human hand is required. Here’s 
automatic, foolproof equipment Custom-Engineered to do 
the whole job—or any part of it for less—and at a speed to 
match any production line. End-loading techniques save 
up to 28% on paper board costs alone. Labor savings are 
obvious. And, Packomatic Custom-Engineered equipment 
can do the trick for virtually any product; witness the case 
loading patterns below. Whatever your requirements, 
whatever your budget, there’s a Packomatic machine to 
cut costs and boost production in your plant. 


PREMIER SHOWING: Packomatie’s newest high-speed bulk-packaging machine. PM&ME Booth 709 


Six 5-qt. cans or gallon cans 
in 20'/4” x 13%" x 9' 4" case 
ond 20/4" « 13%" x 8/4," case 


Twelve 46 oz. cans 
in 21° « 13° « 74" case 


Twenty-four cartons 
in 12'/,” x 105%” x 8/2” case 


Sixty cigarette cartons 
King Size: 17%” x 11'/.” x 22” 


eigiapen 7 & 8 ot. cartons 
in Regular: 14'¥,4” x 11'/.” x 22” 


10” x 1444" x 8%" case 


TYPICAL CASE LOADING PATTERNS FOR CANS AND CARTONS 


Six No. 10 cans 


Twenty-four 12 oz. cans 
im 22'/\4” x 174%" x 7',” case 


in 16%" 2 10'9,4" 1 54" case 








Thirty 1 Ib. cartons 
in 16'4” x 1094" « 74" case 


% 


Sa 


Twenty-four cartons 


Forty-eight cartons 
in 19'/,” x 10%" x 7” case 


in 22%" x 23'/,” x 15%" cose 











extra 
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does the job ! 








| facil-fab. 


i |i 
A “FACIL-FAB” package is a super salesman. It moves “FACIL- FAB” 


merchandise faster . . . more profitably! “FACIL-FAB” is the may be used for: 
@ DELUXE FOLDING 
‘ Kis : ; BOXES 
finest products . . . glorifies everything from perfumes to liquor. @ SET- UP BOXWRAPS 
There's still time to plan for Christmas... but work fast... AND LABELS 
se : - @ GIFT WRAPS 
it’s later than you think! 3 @ DECORATIVE 
; “7 . ye DISPLAYS 
Only 30 more Christmas designing days left... let us go ; , @ ENGINEERED FOR 
: AUTOMATIC AND 
HAND OPERATIONS 


backed satin fabric that keeps company with the country's 


to work with you at once! 


For complete details . . . write, wire or phone NOW! 


FACILE CORPORATION 
Paterson 4, New Jersey Mulberry 4-1000 


Remember these outstanding packages? They're all designed of ‘“FACIL-FAB”’ 


Prince Matchabelli * Hattie Carnegie * Helena Rubinstein + Lentheric + Elizabeth Arden + Jacqueline Cochrane + John Robert Powers Cosmetics «+ Lady Sunbeam Razors 
Lady Schick Razors * Schiaparelli Stockings « Cannon Mills * Waterman Fountain Pens + Schrafft's Candy + Calvert's Reserve * Seagram's V.0. and many, many more 


MARCH 1958 63 





COMPLETE FILLING LINES IN 





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STRAIGHT LINE | 
AND | 
ROTARY SERIES 


Thin Liquids 


Viscous Liquids 





Pressurized Food 





Aerosols 
e Paints 
Acids 


EVERY LINE COMPONENT NEEDED...FROM ONE SOURCE 





“ELECTROMATIC” FILLING LETS YOU FILL 
GLASS, PLASTIC OR METAL CONTAINERS 
ON THE SAME PIECE OF EQUIPMENT 











The patented Mojonnier “Electromatic”’ fillers and pre-engineered companion units 

let you choose a complete filling line that meets your exact requirements. Because ail 
Mojonnier filling line components have been engineered to work together, you avoid 

costly mis-match and complicated installation problems. 

Whatever your liquid filling problem, Mojonnier has a piece of equipment that 
can be combined with the line components of your selection to give you a 
“customized filling line.” 

Unscramblers, Air Cleaners, Cappers, Lid Tighteners, Conveyors, Labelers, Packing 
Tables, Case Sealers, Pumps and all other components are pre-engineered to work 
with Mojonnier rotary or Mojonnier straight line “Electromatic” fillers. 

Mojonnier filling lines are daily serving industry in many widely diversified 
applications. Fluid milk, pressurized whip cream, aerosols, hot butter oil, body rub, 
liquid latex, cream deodorants and a host of other products are filled with the extremely 
versatile Mojonnier fillers. All Mojonnier fillers employ the adjustable static head 
principle which compensates for product viscosity, enabling you to handle water thin 
to viscous liquids at high production speeds. Simplicity of construction and rapid 
changeover features minimize cleaning time and maintenance problems. 

Whatever your filling need, be sure to check Mojonnier before you buy. Write for 
free, illustrated specification information on Mojonnier fillers and line components. 


mojonnier associates imne- 


[an ini 
9151 FULLERTON AVENUE * FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS * GLADSTONE 5-1013 


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SEBee GN-1OOO-M 


by IN TA-ROTO 


The New Super GM-1000-M is designed to laminate foil or paper 
to one or both sides of paperboard, coat, color or treat one side by 
Flexographic process as well as either side by Rotogravure process 


with provision for cutting into sheets or rewinding into rolls. 


The New Super GM-1000-M includes double unwinds for 30” 

O.D. rolls of paper, single unwinds for 18” O.D. rolls of foil, double 

unwind for 60” O.D. rolls of paperboard, two glue mounting units, 

one Flexographic and one Rotogravure printing station with drying 
1 


tunnel, sheeter and layboy for 51” x 70” maximum size sheets as 


well as rewind for 63” O.D. finished rolls. 


lhe New Super GM-1000-M is equipped with constant tension 
controls, side cuide controls hydraulically ope rated impression 
units, electric eye on sheeter and layboy and is driven through syn 
chronized electric motor drive with all controls and indicators 


mounted on a master console control cabinet. 


The New Super GM-1000-M is available in different widths and is 
designed for speeds up to 400/500 feet per minute. Additional de 


tails are available upon request. Write today. 


Note: Super GM-1000-M installed at Morris Paper Mills, Morris, IIl. 


and at Container ( orporation of America, Chicago, Ill. 


IN TA-RO'T©O 


MACHINE COMPANY, INC. 


P.O. BOX 454, BYRD AIRPORT, RICHMOND 3, VA. ¢ TELETYPE: RH 435 # PHONE: REpublic 7-4181 


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“\/ CLOSURE IDEA BULLETIN | | | 


For Users of Fibreboard Boxes 





The larger coils of Acme Steel Stitching Wire 
allow longer continuous-stitching runs. 

Using 25 or 50-pound coils instead of 
10-pound coils increases box closure 
production by cutting reloading downtime-- 
simplifies inventory and stock handling, too. 








Acme Steel makes holders for 25 or 50-pound 
wire coils. The positive brake action on these 
holders eliminates wire tangling, insures 
smooth feeding and braking. The Model P2B 
Holder holds either 10 or 25-pound wire coils. 
When used with the 25-pound coil, it 
dispenses up to 50,000 continuous stitches. 


With the Acme Steel Model P1AO Coil Holder, 
you can drive 100,000 stitches with only one 
brief threading stop. This holder holds two 
50-pound wire coils. Wire feeds from the 
first coil while the second is ready for 
instant threading into the stitcher. 


Acme Steel Colorstitch Wire adds to the sales 
appeal of your packages. Matching or 
contrasting the color design of the box with 
Colorstitch makes shelf-displayved goods more 
sales attractive. Colorstitch is available 
in ten chip-resisting, vinyl paint colors. 


A Guide The box closure handbook, "A Guide To Better 
to Better Closures Closures" will provide a background for 
making basic decisions on box closure 
rd methods. It discusses the common box closure 
methods in a factual, easy-to-read style. 
Your Acme Idea Man is thoroughly experienced 
in fibreboard box closure. And, his closure 
know-how is backed by the 75 years Acme Steel 
has helped industry solve closure problems. 
Write to Dept. MDW-38, Acme Steel Products Division, 
Acme Steel Company, Chicago 27, Illinois. 


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Sold —and Still Selling 


Scientific package design with sparkling color reproduction is an important factor in 
making a sale. Convenience too, can be a powerful selling advantage. Western- 
Waxide’s new pull-string ‘“‘CZip”’ pouch* offers a convenience in opening never before 
available in a laminated pouch package. But to do the complete selling job, this pouch 
protects all the flavor and freshness of Carnation’s Instant Cocoa. 


The pull-string ‘““CZip” pouch* is another packaging “‘first” from Western-Waxide’s 
packaging research and development laboratories. These facilities for package en- 
gineering combined with Western-Waxide’s excellence in the graphic arts can create a 
package that will do a complete selling job for you. There’s a Western-Waxide repre- 
sentative near you. Call him now. *patent pending 


CROWN ZELLERBACH WESTERN-WAXIDE DIVISION 


Headquarters Office: 2101 Williams St., San Leandro, Calif. * Plants and Sales Service Offices in Principal Cities of the United States 


Increased Sales 
... by Design! 


Manufacturers and converters of plain and printed waxed paper * foil * foil laminates * polyethylene coated paper and poly- 
film laminates «+ films * bags * pouches and other specialized flexible packaging materials © 





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BY AIR 


International 


DUAL STAPLER 


STAPLES CARTONS TOP and BOTTOM 
SIMULTANEOUSLY — AFTER 
THEY'RE FILLED 


In one cycle (less than 3 seconds) the Inter 
national Dual Stapler will securely STAPLE 


tops and bottoms of your corrugated or fibre- 





board cartons from the outside, whether 
your contents be dishes, lamp shades or 
motors. The International Stapler is easily 
adjustable to give a full clinch thru both 
flaps or a blind clinch (thru first and half- 
way thru second flap) as your job demands, 
after carton is filled 


UP TO 1,000 CARTONS PER HOUR 


An International Staple closure means 
speed, real savings in labor. Equally im- 
portant, it means: a neater package (elimi- 
nates the “bandaged box” look) . . . a strong 
flexible package (complying with rule 41, 
Gen. Freht. Class) ...a closure unaffected 
by weather or humidity ... requires less 
storage space, as with pre-assembled set-up 


bi mes. 


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Representative. 


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Originators of Carton Closing Stap/ers 
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Les seat 814 &. HERRIN STREET . HERRIN, ILLINOIS 


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SH Away Your Competition 
With METAL EDGE 


METAL EDGE Ef fibre’ Board packages sell paint brushes faster... because they’re 
always in perfect condition...look better...get better shelf position! And METAL EDGE 


can give you that all-important edge over competition wherever your product is sold! 


A Metal Ed Packagi - -.. ge aoe “a 
Engineer Can Help Solve Your WesyTAd AO IGIEN BOX 
Packaging Problems. There’s No COM PAN Y 


Obligation. Just Write: 
60 Gloucester Road « Barrington, New Jersey 








Applications 
prove superiority 


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High speed sealing of 10 mil 
polyethylene to form a flexible 


hose—a new, improved product. 


Less cost and quick stick on 
porous paper vacuum 
cleaner bag. 


Quick set increased 
production 50% on 3 ply 
pasted bottom potato bag. 


Side seam leaks eliminated 
on flour bags. 


Waterproof seam at higher 
speed on 2 ply wet strength 
potato bags. 


Cheaper and stronger side 
seams in polycoated 
multiwall bags. 


High speed adhesive bonding 
of 2 mil polyethylene film 
for bags. 


Better bond at higher speed 
of polyethylene film to 
laminated polyethylene for 
2 ply bag side seam. 


Paper to metal strip in 
continuous operation. 


Quick stick, high speed 
bonding of foil to kraft for 
increased merchandising value. 





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Whether it’s for difficult-to-stick materials, quick 
setting, speed, economy, or convenience, you can’t beat 
the new THERMOGRIP Adhesive principle. THERMOGRIP is 
superior because it’s dry comes in cord-like form on a 
reel to offer special adhesive advantages. With the appli- 
cator, only a small amount is melted and applied to the 
stock as your machine runs. With THERMOGRIP you can 
throw out all your problems with conventional adhesives. 
THERMOGRIP Adhesive sets fnstantly. Cuts running 

time. On some jobs, you can save a whole operation ov’ 
special handling. THERMOGRIP is a new idea you might 
well explore. See if you can use it. We’ll estimate your time 
savings and speed increases. Write for a copy of our FREE 
THERMOGRIP Production analysis today. 

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| MATERIALS EXPOSITION | 


SHOE MACHINERY CORPORATION 


140 FEDERAL STREET, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS ATLANT 


MODERN PACKAGING 





See us at booth No. 218 


THE MODEL 635 
SLITTER-REWINDER 
with the 


NEW LOW COST 
MODEL 804 AUTOMATIC 
EDGE GUIDING UNWIND 


featuring the latest in 


WRINKLED, 


OFF-CALIPER ROLLS dined 
tension indicating units 


eSHEAR e RAZOR BLADE 
eBURST ¢ SCORE CUT" 


Our latest development, Model 804 
Unwind, incorporates all the features of 
the larger 704 Unwind Stands. It is 
mounted integral with the slitter, re- 
quiring no additional floor space or 
mounting. The 804 brings you, with no 
loss of accuracy, a more compact unit 
at approximately half the cost of the 
larger unit. 

The 635/804 combination gives ex- 
tremely accurate edge guiding on the 
804 unwind. Highly sensitive tension 
controls on both the unwind and the 
635 slitter-rewinder enable an oper- 
ator to secure maximum yield from 


ANY mill roll. 
*On special applications score cut can be provided. 


MANUFACTURERS OF: 
SLITTERS @ WINDERS 
CONSTANT TENSION UNWINDERS 
KNIVES @ KNIFE HOLDERS @ SLEEVES 


SPECIAL CONVERTING EQUIPMENT DESIGNED 
TO MEET YOUR PRODUCTION PROBLEMS 











VISIT US AT 
THE PMMI SHOW 
BOOTH 238 











JOHN DUSENBERY COMPANY, INC. 
275 GROVE AVENUE, VERONA, N. J. 


ENGINEERED 


CONVERTING 
EQUIPMENT 


MARCH 1958 





SPECIFY 
MORE 
THAN ni “i Model GAB Fully Automatic 
sé } T FILLING AN 
S ATl S FACTIO N ’ x a - ph an 
i compounds, creams, liquids 


SPECIFY ow At and semi-liquids. Exception- 
rez ; ally quiet, with easiest clean- 


es ing and changeover, includes 

: ‘‘no tube, no fill’’ features. 

i Output 2,400-3,000 tubes 
per hour. 


Model GAC Semi-Automatic 
JAR FILLING MACHINE. For 
approximately the same kind 
: Ot ae of products as the tube filler. 
— and for operational convenience! ' 

. ‘ Handles smaller jars up to 
Arenco’s policy has always been to go ' normal 9 cu. in., at 1,200- 
beyond minimum requirements — to 1,500 jars per hour. 


Planned ahead for modern needs .. . 
in design, materials and craftsmanship 


give you the extra value that assures 
dependability and surpasses “satisfac- 
tion”. 


It means painstaking engineering, the use of finer materials 
. always more rigid quality control. That policy has proved 


successful because users know and appreciate the extra value 
that Arenco filling and sealing equipment provides. 
It costs no more to specify Arenco — it does mean a finer, more 
reliable piece of equipment. 
We'll be pleased to tell you about our complete line— and 
help solve any filling problem you may have. Write today for 
Model GAM BOTTLE OR JAR FILLING MACHINE. For up complete information. 
to 1 quart sizes. Suitable for marmalade, apple sauce, 
mayonnaise, mustard, paint, varnish, oil and similar 
products. Output 1,200-1,500 containers per hour. 


Model VUV Fully Auto- 

matic BAG FILLING AND 

SEALING MACHINE. For 

SOS bags or Arenco car- 

tons—'% to 5-pound sizes—ideal for coffee, 

AES COMPANY, INCORPORATED flour, cereals and like bulk materials. In- 
ae Wem Sne event + Mow vorn.20, 6. ¥ . cludes weighing unit. Output 1,200-2,000 
bags per hour, triple folded and tape sealed. 


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FOR PACKAGING 
WITH A LUXURY LOOK 


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For the box maker who would create 
the finest in luxury packaging, 
STYLOUR* offers new horizons. Nota- 
ble packages for your customers can 
be readily achieved with this new plas- 
tic sheet handsomely flocked before 
forming. The superhigh-impact 
Styron® sheet holds its velvety finish 
even at the point of deepest draw. 
Whether you do your own vacuum 
forming or rely on others to produce 
formed parts, STYLOUR will assure 
luxury finishes with sales appeal. 
Stylour is available in brilliant colors 
in cotton or rayon flock . . . a wide range 
of thicknesses and sizes. Wherever a 
hard-wearing, decorative quality ma- 
terial is called for, use STYLOUR. 


Write for information and technical data. 


*Trade Mark 





WHY SHOULD | 


BUY GLASS 
CONTAINERS 
LOCALLY? 


YOUR LOCAL GLASS 
CONTAINER DISTRIBUTOR 
OFFERS: 


Fast service at no extra cost. 


Complete inventories. All sizes, shapes, 
colors and closures. 


Custom or standard glass containers 
from many sources. 


Custom designed labels printed di- 
rectly on your glass container. 


Free advice on packaging problems. 


A eugene it service. 





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CALL YOUR LOCAL GLASS CONTAINER DISTRIBUTOR NOW! 


CHICAGO 6, ILLINOIS 
W. Braun Company 


ATLANTA 3, GEORGIA 
H. Smith Bottle Supply Co. 


CHICAGO 8, ILLINOIS 


Continental Glass Company 


BALTIMORE 2, MARYLAND 
Atlantic Glass Company 


CLEVELAND 4, OHIO 
State Bottle Company 


BOSTON 27, MASSACHUSETTS 
S. H. Ansell & Sons 


CLEVELAND 15, OHIO 
L. S$. Kaufman & Sons 


BOSTON 27, MASSACHUSETTS 
Roxbury Bottle Company 


DETROIT 11, MICHIGAN 
M. Jacob & Sons 


BROOKLYN 17, NEW YORK 


J. Robinowitz & Sons, Inc. 


EAST CAMBRIDGE 41, MASS. 
Israel Andler & Sons 


BROOKLYN 11, NEW YORK 
United Bottle Supply Corp 





JACKSONVILLE 3, FLORIDA 
Smith Bottle Supply Co. 


LOS ANGELES 54, CALIFORNIA 
California-Evreka Bottle Co 


MIAMI 42, FLORIDA 
Magic City Bottle & Supply 


MILWAUKEE 10, WISCONSIN 
A. D. Braun Company 


MINNEAPOLIS 11, MINNESOTA 
Twin City Bottle Company 


MONTREAL 4, CANADA 
Ampak Limited 


MONTREAL 4, CANADA 
Central Bottle Company 


NEW YORK 16, NEW YORK 


Jesselson Sales Co., Inc. 


PHILADELPHIA 46, PENNA 


Zuckerman-Honickman, Inc 


ST. LOUIS 7, MISSOURI 
Northwestern Bottle Company 


TOLEDO 2, OHIO 
Lucas County Bottle Company 


TORONTO 9, CANADA 
Consolidated Bottle Co., itd. 








NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GLASS CONTAINER DISTRIBUTORS 


Sheldon Berman, Secretary, 841 Cermak Road, Chicago 8, Illinois 


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Here’s the answer to your problems of how to— 


Package Wrap with Poly 


Continuous feed CAMPBELL WRAPPER 


automatically wraps and seals 


products in poly at high speeds 


without static interference! 


JUST LOOK AT THESE HIGH 

SPEED PRODUCTION 

ADVANTAGES — 

@ Neat, close fitting attractive 
wraps 


te Me 
without static interference 


Wraps square, round, oval, 
cylindrical or irregular shaped 
products with equal ease 


Saves moterials wraps 
without stiffening boards unless 
desired 


Saves labor with one person 
operation 


Controlled dwell time insures 
positive tube and cross-sealing 


Constant, avtomatically reg- 
ulated heat controls 


a el 





It takes a CAMPBELL Wrapper to handle 
POLYETHYLENE automatically and still 
provide trouble-free, high speed packag- 
ing production. Exclusive “float” wrap- 
ping from continuously fed roll stock is 
the answer. In operation, tubing is formed 
from the Polyethylene web and “floated” 
around the product. Package is then sealed 
lengthwise, ends formed, sealed, and cut 
to length — at speeds up to 90 units per 
There interference 


minute! is no static 


Putting !ldeas to 


een 


See i7- 


WATCH THIS 


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MARCH 25-28 








slow-down or stoppages as in most sheet- 
wrap processes. On the Campbell Wrap- 
per, Poly cross-sealing is controlled to 
provide the dwell time necessary for a 
Investigate this modern, 


positive seal. 


advanced design wrapper. You'll be amazed 


at the wide range of product shapes it can 
wrap — how much it saves in time, labor 
and materials. Send us a sample of your 
product so we can advise how the Campbell 
POLY-Wrapper may solve your paoblem, 


W _0.fok 


FOOD MACHINERY AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION 
FMC Packaging Machinery Division 


Hudson-Sharp Machine Company 
1201 MAIN STREET, GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN 


fOO0 MACHINERY 
AND CHEMICAL 
ePoe ation 





When looking for 
packaging information 


which executive 





Remember, 

if youre a Modern Packaging subscriber 

your new Encyclopedia Issue—the all-in-one 
purchasing tool, production help and “idea bank’- 
is on your shelf. 


So—help yourself’ 


PACKAGING SUPPLIERS: Because the Encyclopedia is the 
only standard reference annual in the field, the single ad 
you place in it works for you a full 52 weeks a year! 


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AEROSOL PACKAGING 


can give your sales “‘steamroller’’ power! 


Here's how General Chemical 
can help you get started... 


If you’ve been watching the aerosol field, you’ve seen 
p: duct after product come out in aerosol form and 
roll over its competition with irresistible force. 

Could you market an aerosol that would have 
similar success? 


A qualified “yes” 


If your products can be sprayed, brushed on, dusted 
or daubed, aerosol packaging may well give them that 
vital “push.” And now’s the time to get started—while 
the field is still growing... while consumers still think 
of aerosols as “new” and exciting. 

General Chemical can help you 


As the producer of ‘“‘Genetron” aerosol propellants, 


i Tfexe| 


atcualiael, 


GENERAL CHEMICAL DIVISION 
40 Rector Street, New York 6, N. Y. 


General Chemical has the basic knowledge and spe- 
cialized experience you need to get started. We will 
be glad to supply market information and technical 
data. We can tell you about promising new types of 
aerosol formulations developed in our laboratories. 
We can tell you about qualified contract fillers—who 
can take over the entire production job for you, from 
test market quantities to commercial production. 

The fact is, you don’t have to invest a cent in 
special equipment or personnel to get into this profit- 
able market! 

These information services of General Chemical 
are available to you without cost or obligation. Why 
not take advantage of them now? Just call or write 
“Genetron” Department, General Chemical Division, 
Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation, 40 Rector Street, 
New York 6, N. Y. 


The right propellant for every aeroso/ need 


® 
genetron 


aerosol! propellants 





Your Bottleneck Is Our Business! 


Whether your containers are glass or tin, 
fill them on International equipment. 


SERIES 50 





There is a machine by International to 
fit every liquid filling requirement with 
a complete range of sizes from the 
high speed rotary, Series +50, to 
the economical and versatile portable 
model, Series +5. We wil! be pleased 
to recommend the best machine for 
your particular production needs. 


SERIES 40 


SERIES 5 


VISIT US AT BOOTH 422 — AT THE PM & ME 
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., MARCH 25th-28th 1958 


| 
TE Vi. INTERNATIONAL FILLING 
MACHINE CORPORATION 


PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA, U.S. A. 


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DESIGNS— ; 
A variety 
in blue or 
flint glass 
i ...imacomplete range of 


: sizes... is ready for im- 


} mediate shipment. 


BUT ESSENTIALLY 


Package design 
begins with an idea 


Every craftsman knows his tools, but the creative package designer 
must do more—first he must bring an idea to life. An idea that 

says Yes to questions like: Is this container distinctive? Will it sell 

on the shelf? Does it pack properly, ship safely? Our design 
department specializes in designs that stop the eye . . . start the sale. 
For an affirmative solution to your design problems, contact 

Maryland Glass Corp., 2147-53 Wicomico St., Baltimore 30, Md. 


PACK TO 
ATTRACT IN 





Flat drop test shows the 
superior toughness of 
Kraftsman CLUPAK paper; 
the regular Kraft multi- 

wall sack failed while the 
revolutionary CLUPAK 
Kraft paper multi-wall sack 
did not—even though made 
with less paper. (X-10 was the 
laboratory designation for 
Kraftsman CLUPAK paper. 


NEW 
KRAFTSMAN 


CLUPA 
iin extraordinary 


The dramatic extra toughness of Westvaco’s revolutionary new 
Kraftsman CLUPAK paper has been demonstrated in hundreds of 
laboratory tests made by Westvaco and converters. In all cases 
Kraftsman CLUPAK paper has outperformed regular Kraft by 
astonishing margins. 

The toughness of Kraftsman CLUPAK paper comes from its 
ability to stretch. This means it will absorb more energy when 
subjected to impact. At the same time Kraftsman CLUPAK 
paper has excellent printability. 

Certain product applications (multi-wall sacks, bags) already 
have been explored. However, the stretchability and toughness 
of Kraftsman CLUPAK paper open up literally hundreds of other 

ee development possibilities for other converters and process users. 
*CLUPAK, Ir wemark for stretchable paper, . 3 . P ons 
Westvaco representatives will be glad to discuss its possibilities 
for your product. Write or call: 


KRAFT PAPER SALES WEST VIRGINIA PULP AND PAPER COMPANY 


MODERN PACKAGING 





PE eee - 


toughness 


FOR EXAMPLE, LOOK AT THESE TEST FINDINGS: 


rular Kraft paper, 


nd 70 lb. stock— 


AVERAGE NUMBER OF DROP 
RVIVED BY 15 SACKS 


sacks of Kraftsman CLUPAK 
} 


basis 


nree plies of 50 |b total 
150 |b. 

F DROP 

ACKS 

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IT’S 


Pfeiffer Food Products, Inc. have recently 
installed a new mayonnaise and salad dressing 
line in their Buffalo, N.Y. plant. For the capping 
operation on this new line they selected a Con- 
solidated CAPEM, Model C-4-F. This machine 
has a capacity of 120 caps per minute on small, 
medium and large caps. It handles jar sizes 
ranging from 6 oz. to quarts. 

This Pfeiffer machine incorporates a special 
Consolidated chuck-arresting device which pre- 
vents the chuck dropping over the jar if no cap 
is present. Thus, the mayonnaise never comes in 
contact with the chuck parts. Split quick-change 


star wheels and an adjustable cap disc are also 


on the New 
Mayonnaise Line 


at 


PFEIFFER’S 


provided to speed up changing from one jar size 
to another. 

Have you considered the advantages of 
Consolidated cappers for your own capping 
operations? They apply any type of standard 
screw cap or cover at speeds of 2000 to 18,000 
per hour . . . Handle jars, cans, bottles or jugs 
of any size or shape .. . Deliver a perfect, LEAK- 
PROOF seal at low cost... Available in 1, 2, 4, 6, 
8 and 10 spindle models. 

For recommendations on improving your 
own capping operation, address Sales Manager, 
Consolidated Packaging Machinery Corp., 1400 
West Avenue, Buffalo 13, N. Y. A representative 
will get in touch with you. 


one CAPEM — THE MODERN SCREW CAPPER 


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MOUDLEN PACKAGING 





ail the CRACKERS you sel 


deserve the protection of 


WAXKEDO 


GLASSINE 


Famous-brand products single out this sales-minded wrap! 


Nore Sales Power PerPackage 
. with Waxed Glassine 


Pre-sold protective packaging steps up action at point-of-sale! Smart shoppers look for, 
reach for brands featuring Waxed Glassine inner wrapper, printed Waxed Paper overwrap! 


@ Flavor protection. Seals in and safeguards all that 
appetizing “just-baked” goodness . . . flavor that brings 
satisfied shoppers back for more! 


Freshness protection. Fights grease penetration, locks out 
moisture, assures a fresher, crisper product with longer shelf 
and pantry life. Double protection, too! Inner wraps of 
Waxed Glassine, or inner and outer wraps of Waxed Paper 
promise freshness of unused sections. Easy to open and 
reclose. Contents won't stale! Fewer returns, fewer lost sales 
to slice your profits! 

Billboards your brand. Every package is a dil//board in the 
store and in the home, sparking impulse sales and pulling 
repeat customers with its strong appetite appeal, powerful 
brand identification, proved selling features! Rugged self- 
sealing wrapper handles easily on the machine, every shipping, 
in-store and consumer handling test. 

Low cost. Ranks high for low initial wrapping expense! Cost 
feature plus steady, dependable supp! and other Waxed 
Glassine advantages add up to bigger met profits! 

Customer preference. A Waxed Glassine wrapper suggests 
a fresher, crispier, tastier product. No wonder customers 

look for it! 


A Waxed Glassine teams up with the experience, facil- 

i ities and services of the nation’s top converters to 

(yw / deliver modern packaging and product protection 
that pays off in Shean business—and 


the job doesn’t stop here! Ww 


Traffic-stopping designs, actual samples, 

proved sales ideas, complete cost sheets show PROTECTS 
how Waxed Glassine pays off in better FRESHNESS AND 
packaging, higher brand profits! See your FLAVOR 
Waxed Paper salesman today. Or write or 

telephone us direct. P 


Waxed Paper Merchandising Council, Inc. © 38 South Dearborn St. ¢ Chicago 3, Ill. « Telephone: STate 2-8115 


MARCH 1958 





LARGEST 
AND ONLY 
FULLY AUTOMATIC 
SCREEN PROCESS 
PRINTING PRESS 
size: sa” x 76" 


COLOR REPRODUCTIONS, INC. 
Garden State Road, Union, N. J. 


Gentlemen: 

1 am interested in knowing more 
about Screen Process Package Printing 
CO Please have representative call 

(C0 Please send FREE booklet 


NAME 





COMPANY 





ADDRESS 





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COLGATE’'S 


-AST 
SELLING 


CHRISTMAS PACK 


DEPENDED ON MECHANIZED 


SCREEN PROCESS 
PRINTING 


by Color Reproductions, Inc. 


Lara’ How It Happaned... 


Exceeding expectations, this fabulous Colgate package 
sold out last Christmas — nationally! 

Because it was Screen Process Printed? That’s part 
of the answer. Take a look at the insert... you 
know there’s only one process capable of these rich, 
brilliant, one-impression whites, metallics, and vibrant 
blues that Colgate designed into this box wrap: 

And that process is Screen Process! 

But, remember: this is national merchandising 

... hundreds of thousands of 3-color wraps! 

The real answer is this: they were Screen Process 
Printed by COLOR REPRODUCTIONS, INC. 

. . . because only Color Reproductions has the huge, 
high-speed, fully automatic battery of 

presses required to turn out this tremendous 

volume of fast-selling wraps. 

Remember: only Screen Process can produce 
brilliant one-impression whites, metallics, 

and fluorescents . . . on any surface. 

And, when it comes to volume package printing, only 
Color Reproductions economically produces 

Screen Process Printing in the millions! 


WRITE FOR FREE BOOKLET ABOUT PACKAGE pantins- TODAY! 


MECHANIZED 


COLOR REPRODUCTIONS, 110 


SCREEN PROCESS PRINTING 


ONE OF AMERICA’S PINEST SCREEN PROCESS PRINTING PLANTS 


Garden State Road, Union, New Jersey 


MODERN PACKAGING 



































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BOXBOARD 


with the Beauty of... PORCELAIN ; 


Visual distinction is a tremendous asset in selling any packaged product. This is 
particularly true of those in small cartons, whose small area must do a big job. Yet 
large or small, cartons made of Ridgelo’s fabulous No. 90 Ultragloss get a big selling 
“assist,” a setting apart from and edge over competition. In addition to the sheer 
beauty of its high-glaze finish, this remarkable boxboard is uniquely foldable, resistant 
to scuffing and discoloration, and printable with microscopic clarity. No other 
boxboard mill makes such a stock... and only boxboard specialists like Ridgelo 
have the “know how” to give such stock the qualities folding boxboard should have. 


See It!...Test It!...Compare I?! 
Write or phone for free samples, in white or color tints. 
We'll send you cartons, or press sheets, or both if asked. 
Then you'll learn first hand ...No. 90 Ultragloss is unique! 


ple ns stroll LOWE PAPER COMPANY - Ridgefield, N. J. 
; An Independent Mill—Serving Industry Since 1906 








KReyvesentalives * Detroit—Joseph P. Giroux «¢ Los Angeles—Norman A. Buist «+ Philadelphia—Philip Rudolph & Son, Inc « St. Louis—A. E. Kellogg 


MARCH 1958 89 





LARDPAK, PITCH-BACKED. 
This combination offers the packer both 


grease and moisture resistance. Example of 
vse: various chemicals. 


LARDPAK LINER. 


Lardpak liner inside, then fibre, and printed 
Lardpak paper used ‘outside. A grease bar- 
rier for scores of materials. Example of use 
caulking compounds 


e There are many sides 


to the R. C. FIBRE CAN 
Packaging Story 


@a complete line to fit your packaging needs 


Have You a Fibre Can Packaging Problem? [was 


Pitch layers between layers of fibre, for 


Contact your nearest R. C. Sales Office for experienced moisture resistance. Convolute can shown 
. , ° here. Example of use: wallpaper cleaner, 
advice. There’s no obligation. 


cold water paints 


> . FOIL PAPER-BACKED. 
PARAFFIN COATING. ; wnich pond gate my containér. 
Parrafin lining obtained two ways: spiral . Ideal for packaging that requires both 
wound from coated fibre, or sprayed in . ‘ moisture and grease resistance. Example of 
convolute can. Example of use: moth : 3 use: ready-to-heat biscuits, and similar food 


crystals, drugs, etc 


wt Factory 9430 Page Bivd., St. Louis 14, Mo. 


Branch Factories: Arlington, Tex.; Rittman, O.; Turner, Kans. 
SALES OFFICES: C. E. DOBSON, 1003 Carondelet Bidg., New Orleans 12, La. ®R. C. CAN CO., 225 West 34th St., New York, N. Y. ®L. C. MORRIS 


CO., P. O. Box 3218 Sta. F., 1156 Dalon Dr., N. E., Atlanta 6, Ga. © S$. W. SCOTT, 608 McCall Bidg., Memphis 3, Tenn. © W. L. BENNETT, 
126 S. Third St., Minneapolis 1, Minn, © CAN SUPPLY CO., 1006 W. Washington Bivd., Los Angeles 15, Calif. 


MODERN PACKAGING 





Automati Tray Forming and l jing 

it in a rigid pocket, collects, stacks and inserts 20 Vicks cough drop boxes through end of tray, ¢ 
| ' 

/ 


Jones Tray Packer automatically feeds flat uy: forms it, inserts 
oses and seals flaps. 


Save Material With the Jones Save Labor Product auto- ave Equipment Separate mia- 
Tray Packer, you use the flat tray, matically inserted thru the end. ‘ — chinery for forming trays and transferring 
the lowest cost container. Ex- Eliminates manual top loading them to the loading stations no longer 
pensive pre-glued, snap-open tray of pre-glued tray. needed. 


is now outmoded. 


Cut tray packing costs automatically 
with the new JONES TRAY PACKER 





\ccelerated packaging line rates emphasize the 
need for a more efficient method of putting 
products into a tray (or shelf) pack. Jones meets 
this need with the new Nova Motion Tray 
Packer, the first machine to combine automatic 
tray forming with automatic loading. 

This Jones machine, using only one operator, 
( ollec ts = 10 \ ie ks cough drop cartons from four 
packaging lines to produce 27 trays per minute. 
It pays for itself out of your immediate material, 
labor and equipment savings. 

If your product is uniformly shaped, and 
moderately rigid, it will pay you to investigate 
the Jones Tray Packer. 


See us at Booth 41 1, PM & ME, Atlantic City, 


Varch 25-28. 


& COMPANY, INC. 


P.O.BOX 485 CINCINNATI 1, OHIO 
Branch Offices 


New York + Chicago + St.Louis + Los Angeles 
San Francisco ° Seattle . Mexico D. F. 


MARCH 1958 91 





print 
and coat 


in one 
high-speed” . 
operation! ait 2 


Cut Costs, Speed Production... 
Improve Quality of your work 


Precise is rapidly setting new standards in the 

packaging industry, Whether you specialize in 1-color 
printing of cartons or multi-color rotogravure packages, 
you can get the Precise press to fit your requirements. 
Printing widths are available from 12 inch units up to 

100 inches in the giant models for those especially big jobs. 
All models are available in multi-unit construction 

with electronic register control, extended dryer, 

automatic splicing and other outstanding high-production 
features. Without obligation, we will be ~~ to 

consult with you regarding your pro lems. 


Whatever your requirements for cartons, 
carriers, wrapper or folding boxes. . . 
get the PRECISE story before you buy! Write for illustrated literature 





@ ROTOGRAVURE PRESSES @ DIE-CUTTING, CREASING LAMINATORS 
12 to 100 inches AND SCORING PRESSES Film @ Foil 


@ SPECIAL CONVERTING EQUIPMENT Paper @ Board 


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the PRECISE ENGINEERING COMPANY “| 


Precision Equipment for Precision Workmanship 


430 W. GRANT PLACE e CHICAGO 14, ILL. 
Plants: Chicago, Ill. @ Green Bay, Wis. 


MODERN PACKAGING 














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FR.HESSER 


Wagner, Dallas 


Represented by: 
Hale, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle 


Geveke, New York 


Packaging Equipment, Toronto Anahuac, Mexico City 








Bracon 


squeeze-to-use packaging... 


More than just a container BRACON poly- 
ethylene tubes, bottles and cans give consumers 
built-in convenience and you greater mer- 


chandising values! 

They're unbreakable, non-toxic offer con- 
trolled dispensing and greater safety. Outstand 
ing printing and eye catching colors capture 
attention at the point of sale. All this at no extra 
cost! 

Look for filling and sealing 
demonstrations of Bracon con 
tainers at the P.M.M.1I 


BRADLEY CONTAINER CORPORATION 


A Subsidiary of American Can Company 


Maynard, Massachusetts 


New York 
Chicago 
Los Angeles 


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Scientific Controls Like These 
Save You Adhesive “Headaches” 


Scientific methods and equipment give absolute control of 
production in Morningstar-Paisley plants. 


Determining the pH of a dextrine with glass 
electrode potentiometer to control uniformity. 


Determining absolute viscosity with 
water-jacketed viscosity pipet. 


Modern laboratories and skilled Adhesive Engineers serve 
Morningstar-Paisley customers from coast-to-coast. 


Thermostatically controlled drying oven testing 
high purity of raw materials. 








NA 


Brabender viscograph gives permanent 

record of viscosity characteristics of ; f 

raw materials. Specimen of every batch is laboratory tested to maintain 
rigid quality standards. 





























HOW 710 GET THE ONE BEST ADHESIVE FOR THE JOB! 


Our Scientific Adhesive Service is nation-wide. Plants and warehouses stretch 
from coast to coast. Here, modern Laboratories and skilled engineers develop 
Adhesives for every purpose, to a degree of perfection beyond anything you 
ever thought possible! All raw materials known to the science of Adhesion are 
used. % Write today for our ‘ADHESIVE OPERATION DATA SHEET.” Return 
it with information asked for. Our experts will study your needs and recom- 
Laboratory coating device tor testing cov- mend the ONE best and most economical Adhesive for the operation you 
erage of Morningstar-Paisley Adhesives. describe. Trial shipment on approval if wanted. Here’s the SURE... the 
modern way to buy Adhesives. 


PLANTS: NEW YORK «+ BALTIMORE + CHICAGO « ST. LOUIS + LOS ANGELES + SAN FRANCISCO 


MORNINGSTAR-PAISLEY, INC. 
J) 630 W. 5lst Street, New York 19, New York 
1770 Canalport Avenue, Chicago 16, Illinois 


MAIL THE Gentlemen: 

COUPON Send me your Adhesive Operation Data Sheet 
foe ai FOR FREE Name 

DATA cone 


Address. 
MORNINGSTAR-PAISLEY, INC. SHEET ee 


630 W. Si1st Street, New York 19, New York 














We Use Adhesives for 


1770 Canalport Avenue, Chicago 16, lilinois 





MARCH 1958 





To Package 


; Anything 
\ That Flows 
: Takea lip 


SS mow ce 
Irom Wheeling 


NASAL 
Collapsible Tubes are the practical packaging for 











TIP NECK 


just about anything that flows. There is a tube neck 
type which will make dispensing of your product 
cleaner, better, easier, quicker. Can we help you? 
Consultation, engineering and laboratory service are 


BREAK-OFF without obligation. 


TIP 


WHEELING ; 


* 


LIND STAM PING COM PANY 
OPENING ' 
WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA | 
SS * Aluminum, Tin and Lead Collapsible Tubes 






THOMAS * Molded Caps for Tubes and Bottles : 


wad * Plastics Specialties 


Consult Your Classified "Phone Directory for 
Sales and Service in These Leading Cities: 
RIBBON NEW YORK BOSTON PHILADELPHIA 
OPENING CHICAGO CLEVELAND CINCINNATI 
ST. LOUIS MINNEAPOLIS LOS ANGELES 





SCREW-EYE NECK 


MODERN PACKAGING 











The split-back folding top, book- 
style construction and rich foil 
cover papers make this set-up 
box a beautiful gift item and an 
outstanding display unit. 

Why not find out now what a 
Dennison package can do for 
your product? 





MARLBORO, MASSACHUSETTS 


FOR PACKAGING THAT REFLECTS THE PERSONALITY OF YOUR PRODUCT 





WI cost curring 


VE — CAN CASER 


NON-SHOCK 


FOOD MACHINERY 
AND CHEMICAL 
CORPORATION ® 


Because of its smaller flaps, the 
end-opening shipping case is 
easier to feed and quicker to 
position for a higher continuous 
operating speed, and is less 
fatiguing for the operator. 


END-OPEN CASE 


With end-opening shipping cases 
showing a savings of about 15% 
in fibre alone, no wonder packers 
using single tier patterns have 
welcomed FMC’s development of 
this continuous, high speed, auto- 
matic caser. Employing many of 
the key design and construction 
features of the FMC Model 3 
Caser for top-opening cases, this 
new machine easily handles 1200 
cases per hour or more, limited 
only by the speed of the operator. 
Cans enter the machine upright, 
eliminating rolling can impact. As 


Putting /ldeas 


a result, there is no tearing of 
labels or scratching of lithogra- 
phy; no body dents or split seams. 
Although used largely for the 
more common can sizes cased in 
single tiers (46 oz. and No. 10 
cans), the FMC Non-Shock End- 
Open Caser may also be built for 
single tier packs of smaller size 
cans. This machine is a truly re- 
markable achievement in the field 
of automatic casing equipment. 
Write today for complete infor- 
mation, or call your nearest FMC 
representative. 


to Work 


FOOD MACHINERY AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION 


Canning Machinery Division 


General Sales Offices: 
WESTERN: SAN JOSE, CALIF. +» EASTERN: HOOPESTON, ILL. 


MODERN PACKAGING 





HOW PLANNED PROGRESS AT KNOX GLASS 


INCREASES CUSTOMER SERVICE 


With an aim toward providing even better service to 
their customers throughout the nation, Knox Glass 
Incorporated has just completed a record year in 
plant expansion and growth. Here is a report of 
some of the results of Knox’s nation-wide program 
of planned progress: 


1. Palestine, Texas: Ground was broken in June, 
1957, for a new plant to produce amber glass. It 
will be in operation within the next few weeks. 


Knox, Pennsylvania: A new unit for the manu- 
facture of emerald green glass containers went 
into operation in April; increased this plant’s 
capacity by more than 40% 


Danielson, Connecticut: A completely new 
glass container plant is now under construction 
and will start producing a very broad line of 
flint glass containers this summer. 


Jackson, Mississippi: An additional 50,000 
square foot storage facility was added to the 
extensive Jackson plant to provide even better 
service to southern customers. 

_ Gas City, Indiana: New and modern batch- 


mixing and storage facilities were completed 
early this year. 


6. Oil City, Pennsylvania: Construction started 
on a new mould shop, designed to improve Knox’s 
operating flexibility, in December, 1957. 


If you would like additional information or how 
Knox can meet your needs for precision, high quality 
containers, write Knox Glass Incorporated, Knox, 
Pa., or contact your nearest authorized Knox 
representative. 


hI 
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KNOX GLASS INCORPORATED 





POTDEVIN 


Packaging Equipment ‘€¥ 


SELF-OPENING-SQUARE 


BAG MACHINES 


High speed production of 11”x6"x21” 
shopping bag or multi-wall baler bags. 


» 4. Reduces Manufacturing Costs! 








fo Speeds-up Production! 


Improves Quality! 





COATING 
MACHINES 


Ductor roller design 


in 6, 9, 12 and 18 inch widths. 


CELLOPHANE 
BAG MACHINERY 


Models for single, duplex, flat-and- 
square, satchel-bottom bags. 





$.0.S. GROCERY 
BAG MACHINES 


Converts rolls of Kraft or sulphite 
paper into finished, trade-marked bags. 
Adjustable for 14 Ib. to 35 Ib. inclusive. 


PRESSES 


Wide range of types and sizes includ- 
ing one to six colors for drinking cup 
paper, coffee, sugar, flour bags, cello- 
phane, glassine, parchment etc. 


STRIP 
GLUERS 


Automatically feeds, 
applies glue, dries 
and delivers to next 
station for further 
processing. Adjustable up to 21” wide. 





FLAT & SQUARE (Tucked) 
PAPER BAG MACHINES 


High speed production of grocery, 
notion, millinery, and large specialty 
bags. Adjustable for large range of 
sizes. 


COATING 
MACHINES 


For any type hot or cold material. 
Sizes up to 54 inch widths and larger 
for sheet or roll coating. 


ROTARY 
COMBINING 
PRESSES 





High speed 
combining of 
glued mate- 
rials up to 44” thick and 42” wide. 
For hand feeding flat sheets or in 
production line for web materials. 





COLLAPSIBLE TUBE LABELERS 


Applies 32 slip labels per min. to 
collapsible tubes. Automatically forms 
label and ejects label on tube. Ma- 
chines for 4%, %, 4, 1 ounce tubes. 





VIAL & 
AMPULE 


LABELER 
& CODER 


Thermoplastic la- 

belers in 1, 2, 3, 5 and 10 ce sizes. 
Hopper automatically feeds vial or 
ampule for labeling and coding. 


POTDEVIN has been designing and building superior quality equipment for the 
packager since 1893. Consult our engineers on any problem. No obligation. 


Write for detailed information on any equipment illustrated in this 


=. POTDEVIN MACHINE C 





SACK (Satchel-Bottom) 
PAPER BAG MACHINES 
Wide range of sizes for making single 


or multi-wall poultry, charcoal, potato, 
flour sacks and shopping bags. 


See us at Booth No. 310 
at the P.M.M.1. Show 


ad 
O. 244 North St., Teterboro, N. J. 


Designers and manufacturers of equipment for Bag, Making, Printing, Coating, Laminating, Gluing and Labeling 


MODERN PACKAGING 





For Glassware 


Keyes molded pulp 


+« Custom fitted protection 
+« Less bulk 
+« Lower cost 


Be Wise eT | ; 


For Lamps 


For Fruits and Vegetables 


OWL, packaging 


Modern contour packaging with molded pulp is being in- 
creasingly recognized as the most effective method of 
protecting a wide variety of items. The most delicate mer- 
chandise can be shipped with greater safety when shielded 
by these form-fitting pulp shapes. In addition to savings 
from reduced breakage, nested contour packaging material 
is well suited to modern automation, saves valuable storage 
and shipping space and is usually less costly. 


Years of experience in the field of molded pulp coupled with 
modern plants and manufacturing skills, are available at 
Keyes to design and produce a more efficient, more eco- 
nomical packing for your products. Our Product Develop- 
ment Division will be glad to supply further information 
and cooperate with you in developing contour packaging 
for your products. 


Product Development Division, Dept. 42 
KEYES FIBRE COMPANY WATERVILLE, MAINE 


105 





MOISTURE C 


The packages shown on this page were produced by Potato Chips by Package Products Co., Charlotte, 
Avisco cellophane converters: Pie by Pie Pack, Hobo N. C.: Mints by The Dobeckmun Co., Cleveland, Ohio. 
ken, N. J.; Bacon by Daniels Mfg. Co., Rhinelander, It's smart to do business with a creative converter. 
Wise.; Rolls by Diaphane Corp., Philadelphia, Pa.; Write us for the name of one near you. 


106 MODERN PACKAGING 





it only with CELLOPHANE 


So many packagers these days insist on cellophane for perish- 
ables. There’s a good sound reason for this. Cellophane is the 
one film that is coated for moisture control. (Vary the coat- 
ing and you vary the moistureproofness.) And, as every 
successful packager knows, moisture control is a key to 
optimum shelf life. For example... 


Some products call for low moistureproofness. Take pies. 
Too much moisture makes them soggy. AVISCO P-1 cellophane 
is uncoated, lets moisture escape fast. keeps pie crusts crisp. 


Some products call for intermediate moistureproofness. 
Bacon, for instance. AVISCO DSB cellophane has a_ special 
lacquer coating that lets moisture escape gradually, keeps bacon 
from molding. 


Some products call for standard moistureproofness. Consider 
frankfurter rolls. Loss of moisture makes them stale. AVISCO 
MS cellophane has a full lacquer coating that holds in moisture, 


keeps rolls fresh. 


Some products call for high moistureproofness. Like potato 
chips. Moisture makes them soggy. AVISCO RS-1 cellophane 
has a polymer-resin coating that keeps moisture out. This keeps 
potato chips crisp and fresh. 


Some products call for superior moistureproofness. Butter 
mints, to be exact. Moisture ruins them. Two plies of AVISCO 
MS cellophane (held together with a wax laminant) keeps mois- 
ture out. Cellophane can be laminated to other flexible materials, 
too, for superb moisture barrier performance. 

If you'd like to know more about these and other AVISCO 
films, write for our free booklet. Or, better still, call your 


Avisco salesman or converter representative. 


CELLOPHANE 


AMERICAN VISCOSE CORPORATION 
Film Division, 1617 Pennsylvania Bivd., Philadelphia 3, Pa. 


MARCH 1958 107 





FIBRE 
TEARING 
ADHESION 


MINUS 30° TO PLUS 160° 
FOR DEEP FREEZE PACK 


Five 
Regular 
Models. 
Specials 

to order. 


Continuous Automatic 
Carton Filler and Sealer 


Packages granular products automatically 
at high speed. 

Special models package powders, long cut or 
bagged products. 


Measures by volume, net weight or auger feed. 


TUC-PAC Loading and 
Cartoning Machine 


Packages bagged or solid 
products. 


Attendants put contents for 
one carton into each con- 
veyor pocket. The machine 
automatically forms and 
loads the carton and tucks 
the flaps delivering a com- 
pleted carton. 


Speed adjustment from zero 
to 70 cartons per minute. 


Furnished for straight, reverse or glue- 
end cartons. 


Automatic loading ot product if desired. 


Literature on request. 


108 


bally sets up, inserts and seals. 
le Seal eliminates overwrapping. 

hen insert is not ready no carton is formed. 
Inserting failure stops machine. 
% H.P. Cooling Unit with recirculating coolant. 
5-foot Compression Conveyor with cooled steel belts. 
Overload protected drive—all ball bearing equipped. 
FIXED Carton Sizes: % x 2 x 4% to 2% x 74 x 9% 
Fully adjustable machines with 20 to 30 minute 
carton change available. Literature on request. 


| 


Automatic Taping Machine 
Tapes top and/or bottom in one pass. 
Can be ettached to your present case sealer for 
fully automatic taping operation or used as an 
independent taping machine. 
Case size range—10 to 22%” long, 5% to 17%” 
wide, 5% to 174” high. Capacity; 4 to 18 car- 
tons per minute. Special machines for larger sizes. 


CLYBOURN MACHINE CORPORATION 
6479 N. Avondale Ave., Chicago 31, Ill. 


MODERN PACKAGING 





complete 


FLEXO INK SERVICE 


LINE OF FLEXO INKS 


IPI continues to pace the package priniing ink field with such great new 
flexo inks as Flexogem and Flexotuf multi-purpose flexo inks, special 
heat-resistant inks and fast-drying water-base inks such as Aqualox. We 
invite you to try them. 


NATION-WIDE DISTRIBUTION 


New IPI flexo inks are available in printing centers from coast to coast— 
wherever you find an IPI branch office and service station. Wherever you 
are located, you will always find IPI flexo inks readily available. 


TESTING FACILITIES 


IPI flexo inks are always thoroughly tested on the press before they are 
released—in Interchemical’s central laboratory headquarters, in IPI labs 
and factories. Tests for color uniformity, performance standards, tough- 
ness and durability assure uniform quality in every batch. 


SERVICE FACILITIES 


IPI branches and service stations are staffed by local technicians who have 
grown up in your vicinity and who know local printing problems. When 
you need flexo inks, turn to the people who know packaging inks best — IPI 
ink men. Priced competitively, IPI inks give best results. Try them today. 


IPI, IC, Flexogem, Flexotuf and Aqualox are trademarks of Interchemical Corporation 


INTERCHEMICAL PRINTING INK 


CORPORATION DIVISION 





EXECUTIVE OFFICES: 67 W. 44th ST., NEW YORK 36, N.Y. 


MARCH 1958 





GRA 


FLEXIBILITY 


Lves| No] 1. Can your present press han- 
dle any type of work, avoiding 
the need for a number of differ- 
ent models to meet require- 
ments? 


2. Is your present press so con- 


structed that maximum pres- 
sures to print board and diffi- 
cult materials be obtained with- 
out damaging your drives and 
shafts? 


3. Can you print cellophane and 


films at 0 Ibs. kiss impression? 


4. Can you obtain and return to 


these pressures automatically 
... without going from one col- 
or station to another and doing 
it manually? 








Yes 5. Can you lift your impression 


without loss of web tension? 


6. Can you adjust your press to 


run its full size range without 
the aid of extra-equipment-size 
feed and pull cylinders or 
change gears? 

7. Can your doctor blade pres- 
sure setting be pneumatically 
controlled for more uniform 
color reproduction and longer 
engraved cylinder life ... and 
instantly adjustable for cylin- 
der size and angle of wipe? 


ee 

ves} NO| 8. Can you see what pressures 
you are printing with so they 
can be recorded for future ref- 
erences? 

les] NO] 9. Can you web your press from 
the floor, without using a step 
ladder or some trick gimmick? 


10. Do you have fully auto- 


matic tension control, to avoid 
having to rely on brake tension 
or friction devices? 

11. Can you purchase inter- 
changeable spare equipment 
for your press? 

12. Will your press have sub- 
stantial resale value after twen- 
ty years of operation? 


E 1.9.? 


Does your present equipment make the grade? 
See how it rates with the requirements that are “musts” 


in modern gravure printing. 


13. Does your press have dy- 


namically-balanced, light-alloy 
idler rollers to reduce web 
drag? 


14. Does your press have ample 
reserve power capacity to han- 
dle the increased loads of addi- 
tional color units or fabricating 
equipment you may require in 
the future? 

15. Can any or all of your units 
be used for back printing with- 
out the aid of turning bars? 


16. Is all of your equipment 
wired to meet the local Under- 
writer’s Code (explosion 
proof) ? 


é 
m 
w 


17. Can you quickly and easily 
withdraw the engraving cylin- 
der assembly to the operator’s 
side of the press? 


18. Is your inking system fully 
enclosed ... out of the work- 
ing area yet easily accessible 
readily removable for 
wash-up equipped with 
secondary ink bath? 


PRODUCTION 


19. Do you have the shortest 
possible web leads? (Long web 
leads add to your waste and 
disturb tension, causing loss of 
register.) 


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20. Do you have the maximum 
amount of web under the dry- 
ers so that most of your web is 
not dead? 


21. Can your pressman register 
the printing units from a single 
central control panel? 


22. Does your press deliver 
face-up, so that sheeter and die 
cutting operations can be done 
inline without turning the web? 


23. Are all your normal press 
operations automatic or push- 
button controlled, thereby elim- 
inating the necessity for an ex- 
perienced pressman to “judge” 
the adjustments. 


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Champlain manufactures a complete line of rotogravure, flexography, ro- 
tary letterpress and allied equipment for packaging and specialty printing. 


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SERVICE 
24. Are local service offices 


readily available to provide 
maintenance and spare parts 
for your impression system 
equipment? 


25. Are factory-trained service- 


men available to aid you in in- 
stallation, maintenance, and 
technical problems? 


SUPPLIER RELATIONS 
26. Do you think your present 


presses are engineered with 
your needs in mind rather than 
engineered to increase the man- 
ufacturer’s margin? 





27. In your experience, Mave 
you found that your supplier 
did not forget you after he had 
completed the sale? 


28. Would you want more of his 
equipment? 


29. Can he supply you with a 
full line of converting equip- 
ment, thereby avoiding a 
“pieced-together” press to do 
your inline work? 


30. Does your supplier have a 


solid background of experience 
in building this type of equip- 
ment? 


31. Does your present supplier 


furnish all the main press com- 
ponents and manufacture a 
complete line of auxiliary 
equipment, eliminating divided 
responsibility? 


IN BUYING EQUIPMENT 
32. If you had it to do again, 


would it now be your opinion 
that a stripped press, lacking in 
automatic and centralized con- 
trol features, would result in 
higher operating cost? 





YES” to all 


these questions, you must own 


CHAMPLAIN GRAVURE 
PRESS EQUIPMENT 


If you can answer 


Write today for your copy of ‘‘Rotogravure and 
Rotogravure Ink.” It's a 122 page textbook on 
the subject. Champlain Company, Inc., 88 Llewellyn 
Avenue, Bloomfield, N. J. Chicago Office: 520 
N. Michigan Ave., Chicago 11, Ill. In Europe: 
Bobst-Champlain, Prilly-Lavsanne, Switzerland. 


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Words? Who needs 'em—when you have the mouth-watering color 
of a true-as-life Milprint illustration to sell flavor and quality? 
Here's appetite appeal in print—as only Milprint craftsmanship 

and know-how put it to work for you .. . in custom-designed or 
syndicated illustrations with territorial protection ...in a series 

of different serving suggestions to increase product use. 


Remember, in addition to the widest variety of packaging 
materials and printing processes available anywhere, 

you get unmatched experience 

—over fifty years’ worth—when you call your Milprint man first / 


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Eliminates need for costly Yes 
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Capable of speeds up to 60 | Yes 
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can help cut your labor costs 
... Increase your unit sales 


Fast trouble-free group wrapping at lower costs per package 


A specialized machine incorporating all the smooth, “Continuous 
Flow” principles of gentle, careful packaging . . . and designed for 
functional performance in today’s automated world. These advan- 
tages have been realized from the bundling operation: by eliminat- 
ing the ordinary cardboard boxes, costs are cut; handling and 
warehousing of stock is reduced for both distributors and retailers; 
unit sales of bundled products increase many fold. 


Food processors, as well as manufacturers of drugs, cosmetics, 
matches, etc. are typical satisfied buyers of the Model 48. Labor 
savings in the packing room are dramatic. 

With properly engineered accumulating and feeding devices, the 
Model 48 may be synchronized with preceding wrapping or car- 
toning machines, for fully automatic operation. 


In the picture below, 114 


oz. raisins were wrapped. Two alternating accumulat 


ing devices each delivered 40 units of six (240 individual items) per minute to 
the Model 48 for wrapping at a speed of 80 groups (480 single packages) pet 
This is one of many cases testifying to the machine's economical, effi 
The wrapping medium can be kraft, book. sul 
Special assemblies 


minute 
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phite or any other paper requiring glue for sealing purposes 
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102 TWELFTH STREET, BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN 


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MODERN PACKAGING 


IC* Paper Coatings Span Every Requirement 


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Overprintability ...High gloss and fullness... 
Sparkling protection... All at low cost! 


That’s IC-7B—the coating used on this page. 
Study it and consider joining the many 
manufacturers who are now using IC-7B for 
canned goods labels, hosiery labels, calendars 
and many other products. Check it against 
the characteristics of spirit varnish and keep 
in mind that IC-7B customers are reporting 
up to 40% lower end-of-line costs. 


IC-7B cures at short cycles, and is water and 
scuff resistant. Gloss and fullness are as high 
as the more expensive synthetics or polyester 
coatings. In fact, you can produce an extra- 
high gloss label at normal film weight, or a 
normal gloss label at reduced film weight which 
helps account for the tremendous savings. 


Interchemical 
Ss Finishes Division 


Headquarters Office: 224 McWhorter Street, Newark, New Jersey 


St Hf . (7B coated Factories: Chicago, Ill. « Cincinnati, Ohio + Elizabeth, N. J. 
U iA page for appearance. Test its resistance Los Angeles, Cal. « Newark, N. J. « Mexico City, Mex. In 
to water, scuffing and blocking (over 140°F). Then call your nearest IC Paper Coatings Specialist to — pot opee ett petty cn leas gua Limited, 


arrange a test run in your plant. . . or write for the new IC Paper Coatings Brochure. "IC is a trademark of Interchemical Corporation 








THEY’RE ALL ROBO-WRAPPED! Biumenthal Raisinettes and Goobers, Federal Plastic 
Tableware, Perm-O-Seal, Schrafft’s Gums and Jellies, Chunky Chocolate Squares, Tom's Corn 
Cheez, General Mills Wheaties and Cheerios, Kraft Miniature Marshmallows sample package, 


Does your product belong in this picture? It does if automatic packaging can 
save you money. Doesn’t matter whether you package solids, powders, granules 


or liquids ... Robo-Wrap heat seals them in a single 
or double wall of cellophane, paper, polyethylene, 
Foil Laminates, Mylar or Saran. Hand-over- 
hand method forms, fills and seals packages 
from a continuous roll for highest efficiency. 
Robo-Wrap changes package size ~ zy 
quickly, too. Write for booklet that — 
gives facts on low maintenance and 

higher efficiency. 

Meet us at PM and ME show, Atlantic City, March 24-26, Booth 401 





MARCH 1958 


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Evenflo Engraved Inking Rolls 


Fast service on flexo and gravure rolls! Apply 
ink and other fluids in uniform volume with mini- 
mum adjustment. Permit higher press speeds 
without loss of quality. Standard equipment on 
modern presses. New rolls to specifications; 
fast re-engraving on used rolls. 

Integral Flexographic Plate Cylinders 


Electronically-balanced for highest press speeds! 
Tubular design for minimum weight, yet integral in con- 
struction for maximum rigidity. All surfaces ground to 
guarantee closest tolerances on diameters and concen- 
tricity. Balancing insures true “‘kiss impression” at high 
speeds. Permit closer printing tolerances, finer printing. 








_ = Micro-Lok Demountabie Cylinders 


—— The industry's fastest, most accurate demount- 
able! Mount and demount in seconds; no skill 
required. Cylinders form solid joint similar to 
integral cylinders. Can be used on any width 
shaft. Foolproof principle guarantees permanent 
accuracy. Available in light weight alloy or steel. 

Precision Rotogravure Base Cylinders 
For high speed, continuous service! Ground finish in- 
sures absolute concentricity, diameters ‘‘on the nose.” 
Proven method of construction and electronic balance 
insure permanent accuracy at highest press speeds, 
eliminate press down-time. Available with or without 
copper plating. 


COMPLETE PLATING DEPARTMENT— Pamarco’s own chrome and 
& copper plating facilities are one of the largest and most modern 
ry in the industry. 


ch. Inc CUSTOM CUT STEEL GEARS — Assure accurate register. All gears 
JERSEY are manufactured in Pamarco’s own plant. Specify when ordering 


stnut 1-1200 plate rolls. 


EXPERT ENGRAVING — Special applicator, printing and embossing 
rolls produced to the highest standards of the trade. 


PAMARCO ADVISORY SERVICE—Our engineers are roll experts. 
Pamarco’s plane provides prompt, nation-wide field service. 


VISIT BOOTH 526— Packaging Machinery & Materials Exposition, 
Atlantic City, March 25th thru 27th. 





ROWELL BOXES 


High in quality... 
production 
to meet your need 


Set-up boxes in a wide range, 
made for Cosmetic & Drug Trade 
throughout the United States. 
Inquiries also invited from 


box users in other lines. 





INC. 
BATAVIA, NEW YORK 


MARCH 1958 














Can you save money 


by sheeting your own 


paper 
board 


film 
foil 
fabric? 


to these and many 
other questions affect- 
ing your material costs 


and operating profits 


SEE THE NEW CLARK-AIKEN 
LIFT TABLE, TOO! 


ESSAI SBir'T 
BOOTH 125 


Packaging Machinery 
and Material Exposition 
Atlantic City 


March 25-28 

















Supercedes Vacuum Packaging By Replacing The Air 
With a Positive Preservative — INERT GAS! 


The Roto “Gas-Pak” provides the efficiencies of a con- 
tinuous rotary motion machine — high speed, low mainte- 
nance as well as the special “Flush-Back” feature that 
assures absolute minimum residual oxygen content. 

The air is replaced by a pressurized gas “flush” while 
the package is being formed and is kept out while closure 
is made because the “Flush-Back” action is operating in 
the opposite direction to the package flow. Moreover, the 
constant struggle of the atmosphere to return to a ‘vacuum- 
ized’ package is eliminated by the equalizing effect of the 
captive gas. Thus positive preservation is accomplished in 
one smooth, high-speed operation. 


ROTO-WRAP MACHINE CORP. 
SALES AGENT 


CONAPAC corporation 


120 EAST 13TH STREET, NEW YORK 3, N. Y. 


MARCH 1958 


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EFFECTIVE PROTECTION 
OF FOOD PRODUCTS 


PRODUCES FUNCTIONAL, FLAT PACKAGES — 
AVOIDS THE PUFFED OR ‘PILLOWY’ LOOK 


AFFORDS ‘TWO-SIDE’ REGISTRATION 

USES COMBINATIONS OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS 
REQUIRES NO TRAYS OR STIFFENERS 
COMPLETE ADJUSTABILITY WITHIN THE SIZE 


RANGE 


EQUALIZED PRESSURES ELIMINATE NEED FOR 
INTERLEAVING SLICED PRODUCTS 





Du Pont announces 

two new 

“K” cellophanes... 

300 K-201 and 300 K-202 


... films designed for high yield 


BETTER PACKAGING FOR THE BAKING INDUSTRY. 300 K-201 was developed specifically as an overwrap for sweetdoughs, ry 


and specialty breads. Machine-handling characteristics are excellent, and its 21,000-sq.-in.-per-pound yield makes K-20] economical. 





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Yiu know the outstanding characteristics of Du Pont’s 
polymer-coated “K” cellophanes . . . their smooth, 
lustrous clarity, superior moisture and flavor protection, 
added durability. Now, two new “K” cellophane types 
have been perfected. 300 K-201—developed especially 
for bakers—offers a bonus yield of 21,000 sq. in. per 
pound. 300 K-202 is a general-purpose film . . . has 
excellent bag-forming and machine characteristics . . . 
provides the advantages of “K” cellophane with the 
economy of a 19,500-sq.-in. yield. 

300 K-201 and 300 K-202 can mean a better-looking, 


better-keeping, better-selling package for your product. 


Get specific information today from your Du Pont Rep- 
resentative or a Du Pont Authorized Converter. E. I. 
du Pont de Nemours & Co. (Inc.), Film Department, 
Wilmington 98, Delaware. 

SPECIFY DU PONT cellophane by code designation when you order. 
That way, you'll be assured highest-quality film, product of Du Pont 


research and expervence. Du Pont manufactures over 100 varieties of 
cellophane to meet your particular packaging needs. 


REG. Us. PAT. OFF 


BETTER THINGS FOR BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY 


.../mproved packaging at low cost 





Where can these advantages of 300 K-201 and 300 K-202 help you? 





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SPARKLING TRANSPARENCY. Both 300 K-20] and K-202 
offer the advantages of brilliant clarity and luster . , : outstanding 
aids to the selling appeal of any product. 





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SUPERIOR APPEARANCE. 300 K-202, like the heavier 450 


version, maintains its smooth and fresh appearance . . . gives the 
sales life. 





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MARCH 1958 











DURABILITY—MOISTURE PROTECTION. Products requir- 
ing maximum durability and protection get it along with the top 
sales appeal of 300 K-202 double-wall bags. 


MACHINE HANDLING. 300 K-202 offers excellent perform- 
ance on make-and-fill and overwrapping equipment . . . seals securely 
at relatively low range of temperatures. 





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March 1958 


Featured in this issue... . 


Packaging machinery: an industry’s triumphs and trials 


Packagers today demand ever-faster line speeds of the packaging machinery they buy. 
But these demands are difficult to reconcile with their equally loud clamor for flexibility 
and versatility. It’s a situation that frequently taxes the ingenuity of design engineers and 
strains efforts to hold down the cost of packaging equipment. But relatively small though 
it is (140 companies, averaging about $1,000,000 each in annual volume), the packaging- 
machine industry is turning out equipment that satisfies today’s need for speed, coordina- 
tion, flexibility and versatility. It’s a job, however, that more than ever demands stronger 
lines of communications among packers, materials and machinery suppliers. 
Read this month's Supplier-industry Survey, ‘‘Packaging Machinery,’’ p. 140 


In private brands, the package is paramount 


Unlike its heavily pre-sold national-brand brethren, the private-brand package generally 
stands or falls on the impression it makes during those few seconds of shopper decision at 
the shelf. That’s wly—despite cost limitations—more and more supermarket manage- 
ments are seeking the skills of top-flight designers to create trademarks and illustrative 
treatment that will make their own products stand out favorably against national brands. 
An outstanding example is the redesign job now being done for the more than 700 dif- 
ferent packages sold by American Stores Co. in its chain of Acme Supermarkets. The 
technique of producing these new labels (many of them with full-color-lithographed 
vignettes) shows how time and money can be saved when there’s close liaison among 
management, lithographer, typographer, photographer and package designer. 
Don't miss ‘‘The Private-Brand Challenge,"’ p. 125 


End-loading can caser cuts board costs by 15% 


In daily operation at IXL Food Co.’s canning plant is a new type of casing machine that 
may well revolutionize corrugated-container design—especially where canned goods are 
involved. Specifically designed for loading end-opening shippers, the new caser effects a 
15% saving in containerboard and operates at the respectable rate of 1,200 cases per 
hour. Match these figures with the fact that most of today’s case-iot corrugated containers 
are longer than they are wide or deep and you come up with this conclusion: the wide 
use of end-opening cases for large-scale packaging operations is just a short step away. 
Be sure to read: ‘‘End-Loading Can Caser,”’ p. 132 


Convenient opening for frozen-food cartons 


A new wrapperless and linerless carton with a tear strip built right into the cartonboard 
has been applied to its frozen-fish-stick packages by Gorton’s of Gloucester. It seems to 
be the answer to the long need for convenience in opening such packs, but there’s another 
plus: economy. A special technique for closing carton end flaps achieves a moisturetight 
seal with a cold glue, thus avoiding the expense of hot-melt adhesives. A new machine 
seals cartons at 300 a minute. See: ‘‘Tear-Strip Carton for Frozen Food,” p. 168 


How a machine company met the ‘flip-cover’ crisis 


When the first “flip-cover” hard box for cigarettes hit the market in 1954 it scored a 
resounding sales success. Results: (1) every major cigarette company rushed to get some 
of their brands into the new boxes; (2) manufacturers of cigarette-packaging machines 





had to incorporate greater versatility into their equipment to maintain sales. Vitally 
affected by the new development was American Machine & Foundry Co., which produces 
virtually all of the machines on which standard domestic cup-type cigarette packs are 
produced. How AMF marshaled its forces to meet a crisis in its market—and to be ready 
to meet future customer demands— is a classic story of machine design and engineering. 
A technical report by J. B. Hoglund. Turn to ‘The Cigarette-Machine Story," p. 


Stretchable kraft paper is a money saver, too 


Multiwall bags made from a tough new stretchable paper that combines light weight 
and pliability with superior strength show promise for the complete scale of bulk- 
packed products. Now being used to make fertilizer bags for Consolidated Rendering 
Co., the kraft paper has a stretch range of 11 to 12%, to absorb better the shocks 
common in handling and shipping bagged products. Because of the lighter-weight 
paper that can be used, the bags are economical, too; Consolidated’s four-ply stretchable 
bags save about 17% of the weight of paper used in conventional four-ply bags. And 
with the same weight of paper, burst strength can be increased five times over that of a 
conventional bag with no increase in cost, because the new bags are available at the 
same price as those made of regular kraft paper. See: ‘Enter Stretchable Paper,” p. 159 


Design overhaul for stronger market position 


The year-and-a-half-old merger of Beech-Nut and Life Savers is beginning to bear fruit 
in a design overhaul aimed at sharpening the merged company’s competitive market posi- 
tion. Costing high into six figures, the program involves 82 Beech-Nut packages— 
70 redesigns and a dozen new packages for new products. The face-lifting job being done 
on labels for prepared baby foods, coffee, peanut butter and stick chewing gum reflects 
management’s sharpened sales strategy. Perhaps most noteworthy is the series of full-color 
animal illustrations printed on wrapless, linerless cereal cartons—tying in with the com- 
pany’s new policy to handle its promotion and advertising in a lighter and brighter vein. 

Read: ‘‘New, Livelier Beech-Nut,"’ p. 


There’s more to packaging than just engineering 


The broad view of packaging better equips the packaging engineer to meet his job 
requirements on the plant production line, whatever his product may be. That, in a 
nutshell, is the philosophy that has convinced the Ohio River Packaging Assn.’s 50 
members to meet once a month to discuss such things as advertising, package design, 
technical film properties, merchandising and a batch of other subjects not directly related 
to their day-to-day engineering or industrial packaging problems. In its work is a lesson 
for all packaging men: the more you are exposed to all facets of this $16'2-billion 
industry, the better you can do your own job. See: ‘‘The Engineer's View,"’ p. 


Now it’s toothpaste in aerosol containers 


Within one week, Colgate, Rexall and Carter Products have introduced toothpastes 
packaged in aerosol cans. Coming as they do on the heels of Bristol-Myer’s Ipana Plus in 
a squeeze bottle and Lever’s Stripe pink-and-white toothpaste in a collapsible tube, it is 
evident that the dentifrice market is engaged in a battle royal over container forms. More 
significantly, the Colgate, Rexall and Carter developments indicate possibilities for open- 
ing up many new avenues for push-button dispersing of viscous products. Each uses 
compressed nitrogen gas as the propellent, which permits dispensing of the product in 
nonaerated form. Details on a packaging breakthrough that will make its impact on 
many products other than toothpaste. Turn to: ‘‘The First Aerosol Toothpastes,’’ p. 156 





Packaged thread: end of a merchandising era 


Grandma’s mother bought Coats & Clark’s spooled thread “loose” and the product has 
remained unpackaged right down to this rock-and-roll age. But now the company has 
moved into supermarket selling, where small-item packaging is a merchandising must— 
not only to discourage pilfering, but to provide instant brand identity. To package its line 
of products, the company has installed high-speed thermoforming machinery at its plant, 
where carded blister packs now are being produced by the millions. To get the full 
packaging story on an industry first that marks the passing of yet another historical mer- 
chandising method, See: ‘‘Now It’s Packaged Thread," p. 174 


MODERN PACKAGING 





Good color work begins with careful preparstion 


label subject in the photographic studio. 


Much time and money is saved for American Stores by photographing fruits and vegetables arranged in 


flat trays. One 


color transparency can be cropped and silhouetted for all label sizes of a particular item. 


PHOTO JOHN MC SHERRY STUDIO 


The private-brand challenge 


Food chains pushing their own economy lines can compete 


against big advertisers only on the appeal 


of the package itself. Here’s what American Stores is doing 


I. big supermarket chains are beginning to 


realize that if their economy-priced private brands 
are to survive against the big nationally advertised 
brands, it’s more than ever up to the package. 

The national brand is pre-sold by today’s super- 
lative quality of full-color graphic arts in multi- 
million-circulation national magazines: by daily 


exposure in newspapers and billboards from coast 


to coast, and by demonstration on network tele- 
vision. The private-brand package has no such in- 
triguing pre-sell. Although it may be supported by 
the stores’ own local advertising, generally it stands 
or falls on the impression it makes in those few brief 
seconds of decision at the shelf. 

Increasingly, supermarket managements are seek- 


ing the skills of top-flight independent designers to 





create trademarks and illustrative treatment that will 
make their own packages stand out favorably against 
the nationally advertised brands. And they are de- 
manding top-quality printing to secure maximum 
results in multicolor reproduction. At the same time, 
they are under definite cost limitations. 

How such requirements can be met—achieving 
uniform quality standards along with outstanding 
economies in full-color reproductions—is demon- 
strated impressively by the colorful family of re- 
designed packages now appearing in the 850 super- 
markets and retail stores operated in seven states by 
American Stores Co., Philadelphia, under the name 
of Acme Super Markets. 


The job already has involved redesigns for more 


than 350 items. with as many more to come. And 


75% of these are labels with full-color-lithographed 
vignettes, The technique of producing them pro- 
vides a striking example of the time and money that 
can be saved when there is closest liaison between 
management, the lithographer, typographer, photog- 
rapher and package designer. 

And it doesn’t take long for a few hundred dollars 
saved here and there to mount up to thousands on 
a label program as big as that of Acme’s. 

American Stores Co.-a merger of five competing 
grocery chains in 1917—~is now rated the country’s 
fourth largest supermarket chain, doing a business 
of about $650 million a year. 

Its principal brand name for products processed 
and packaged under its own label is “Ideal.” In the 


last few years it had become quite apparent that this 


oy 


identifying device is a simple leaf pattern, 
carrying the brand name, “Ideal,” combined wit! 
a dot incorporating “Acme,” the name by which 
the supermarkets in the chain are known. It car 
be used in either one or two colors 


FREE RUNNI™ 


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Strength and memory value of 
trademark is indicated by the bold 
way it is handled on salt packages 
It had to be adaptable to all sizes 


and shapes of containers 


Weakness of old packages i- 
revealed by the lack of family rela 
tionship and lack of distinction in 


the lettering of the trade name 














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Design that can hold its own in midst of strong competition of nationally advertised 
brands. Trademark device is instantly recognizable on all packages. Lavish use of full-color-litho 


raphed vignettes makes for quick shopper selection and appetite appeal. Sales have shown marked 


increase since adoption of new labels, the company says. Note how the elliptical device of the 


trademark is often repeated in other elements of the design, to reinforce recognition 


MARCH 1958 


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Added sell is provided by full-color menu pictorials on back of label, often 


accompanied by recipes of company’s home economist, 
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whole meal suggestions that promote the sale of related foods 


brand name, which has wide acceptance among 


Acme market shoppers, needed strengthening by 
some kind of trademark device which would (1) 
make it stand out more sharply from competitive, 
nationally advertised brands of food products and 


> 


(2) associate the “Ideal” brand name more closely 


with the “Acme” trade name. 
And while it was about it, American Stores man- 
agement felt that vignette treatments needed a com- 
plete overhaul to modernize the appearance of the 
pa’kages and to give the shopper a quicker, more 
authentic pictorial conception of package contents. 

Thus it happened that the designer commissioned 
to do this job received a letter out of the blue one 
day from Paul J. Cupp, American Stores president. 
Mr. Cupp, it seems, had seen an example of this 
Arnold Bakers' in MopeRN 


and decided this was the man he wanted 


designer’s work for 
PACKAGING 
for the American Stores project. 

The approach began with intensive study through- 
out the company’s stores of consumer shopping 
habits, speed of operation, shelf visibility with re- 
spect to product arrangement and relationship to 
competitive designs and colors. 

The designer submitted some 30 design devices 
and, after careful analysis, a leaf pattern carrying 
special sans-serif lettering of the name “Ideal,” com- 
bined with a dot to incorporate the word “Acme,” 


was chosen for its simplicity, retention value and 
flexibility for adaptation to containers of all sizes 


coffee 


and fruit juices; jar and bottle labels for preserves, 


and shapes: cans for fruits and vegetables, 


jellies, olives and pickles; frozen-food wraps, and 
cartons for gelatin desserts, instant puddings, ice 
ream and tea. 

Already the elliptical leaf-and-dot shape has been 
referred to as a football. a fish, an eye! American 
Stores does not mind. Whatever it’s called. company 
and designer agree, is that much more proof that the 
symbol brings a memorable image to mind —one 


I ( for Prea VMopern Pack scive, Mar 154, p. 16 


Virginia Lee, and 


of the essential functions of a strong trademark. 
Once the basic symbol was established, full atten- 
And it 


was in this area that a technical expert from the 


tion was directed to illustrative treatment. 
lithographer—present at all conferences—was so 
valuable in saving time and keeping costs down 
on packaging for products whose success depends 
so much on large-volume sale at the lowest possible 
dollar-profit margin. 

First step was the planning of a distinctive ellipti- 
cal format for the vignettes so that one photographic 
color transparency could be used for all label sizes 
of a particular item, simply by cropping and silhou- 
etting to proper size. 

Thus, instead of making photographs of fruit o1 
vegetables in a dish, which would have to be en 
larged reduced to adjust vignette size to label 
size, the actual products were arranged for photo- 
graphing in large flat trays. The result in each case 
was an over-all bleed picture that could be adapted 
to labels of all required sizes. This technique also 
eliminates any possible deception from the viewpoint 
says the designer, since th 


of the consumer. > subject 


in the portion of the color photograph used always 
retains its original size. 

The photography was entrusted to a photographer 
with 20 years’ experience in making color transpar- 
Through skill de 


veloped in the handling of thousands of food pic 


encies for label reproductions. 
tures, he was able, with proper lighting and other 
studio techniques, to provide transparencies with a 
high degree of color accuracy. 

But. even under ideal picture-taking conditions. 
corrections are often necessary in the making of en- 
gravings to assure the most realistic reproductions. 
Sometimes corrections are made on expensive car 
bro prints. And in lithography, color correction also 
often means time-consuming and costly dot etchine 


on the engravers’ negatives. In this case. negatives 


were made directly from the color transparencies, 


eliminating the cost of carbros. And dot etching was 


MODERN PACKAGING 








held to a minimum through the ingenuity of the 
lithographer in using newly developed techniques, 
such as playing different degrees of colored light 
through the transparencies to achieve richer effects 
or intensifying color by masking techniques, using 
transparent color overlays. 

The color of grape fruit, for instance, was re- 
produced more realistically by adding more green 
than was visible in the color transparency. Reds on 
plates for illustrations of cherries or beets were 
made richer by similar play of the right color over 
the transparency when the negatives were made. 
These color compensations assure greater accuracy 
of the positive used for transfer to the metal plates 
finally used in the printing. 

Before any photography was done, designer and 
photographer carefully screened all items to obtain 
standard product samples for the camera. 

Photographs and finished drawings were presented 
to top management and buyers for comments and 
for checking of the recipes and legal requirements. 
This was always done at conferences attended by 
the designer and lithographer. so that suggestions 
could be made for handling the okayed artwork to 
obtain best effects at economical cost. 

(n important phase of the program was the treat- 
ment of back labels. On practically all canned goods, 
back labels carry menu pictorials—full-color illus- 
trations for a tempting dish or full meal, along with 
recipes using contents. Recipes are personalized by 
the name of Virginia Lee. Acme’s home economist, 
featured in the company’s TV and radio programs. 
Recipes are also keyed by number in case consumers 
wish to write in. On all back panels. the Ideal-Acme 
trademark is repeated for ready brand identification. 

The menu pictoriais, the company beli ‘ves, not 
only give the consumer suggestions for using con- 
tents, but also for whole meals that are designed to 
help se!l related food items. 

Before any labels went into production, a dozen 
or so finished samples were prepared to see how they 
behaved in mass display on the store shelf. 

Okayed press proofs were established as standard 
for the lithographer’s color-control system to main- 
tain consistency throughout each run. These are 
kept in the printer’s quality-control laboratory, 
where samples are taken periodically from the run 
for matching and measuring in a colorimeter, an 
electronic color-control device. 

In addition to instrument readings, the laboratory 
staff watches press sheets visually in order to spot 
all printing defects. 

The end result of this careful procedure is repro- 
duction with amazingly few corrections, effecting 
substantial economies on that score alone, according 


to officials of the American Stores Co. 


MARCH 1958 


129 








Does this kind of improved design pay off? Ameri- 





can Stores reports marked increases in its private- 





brand sales because of the colorful appetite illustra- 





tions and quick recall of the trademark device that 





associates the packages with the quality and value 





that consumers expect to get when they shop in 
\cme Super Markets. 


These products, the company believes, have noth- 







ing to fear from the most potent competition that 





the national brands can muster. 






Supplies and services: Design program by Charles 
C. S. Dean, 521 Fifth Ave., New York 17. All paper 
labels with food pictorials by The United States Print- 
ing & Lithograph Co., 340 Beech St., Cincinnati 12, 
Ohio. Frozen-food Zellerbach 
Corp., Western-Waxide Div., 2101 Williams St., San 
The Great Lakes 
Div. of St. Regis Container Co., 7275 W ent- 
worth St., Cleveland, Ohio. Metal caps for jellies and 
preserves by White Cap Co., 1819 N. Major Ave., Chi 
cago 39. Instant-coffee jar caps by Ferdinand Gutmann 
& Co., 3611 14 Ave., Brooklyn 
by Continental Can Co., Metal Operations Group, 100 
E. 42 St.. New York 17. Foil wraps by Reynolds Metals 
Co., 2500 S. Third St., Louisville 1, Ky. 







wrappers hy Crou n 






Leandro, Calif. Ice-cream cartons by 
Box f 0”... 




































8. Lithographed cans 


Consistent color control is maintained 
throughout the entire run by periodic colorimeter 
readings in quality-control lab. Instrument meas 


ures press sheets against okayed samples. 





PRINTING & LITHOGRAPH CORP 


s. 


PHOTO U. 


Integrated team of three machines at Imperial Brass 


accurately sorts and cartons 


multi-sized brass tube fittings at speeds up to 1,000 per minute 


Electronic counting 


.. of the last strongholds of hand packag- 


ing—counting and cartoning of very irregular prod- 
ucts—has now been assaulted and breached by the 
combination of standard carton forming and closing 
machines with a new counting device that ticks off 
any desired quantity of odd-shaped parts with non- 
chalant electronic speed and accuracy. 

First performance of this integrated team is at 
the Imperial Brass Mfg. Co., Chicago, where hun- 
dreds of different brass tube fittings and accessories 
are packaged at 250 to 1,000 pieces per minute. But 
the technique can be applied to other machine parts, 
too, such as electrical and electronic components, 
pharmaceutical products, hardware items and pre- 
packaged game or toy pieces. 


At Imperial, the entire operation takes but one 


es 


0 Rigs 


Brains of this integrated packaging line, moving 
right to left, at Imperial Brass, is electronic 
counter (center) that not only sorts odd-shaped 
parts into pre-counted quantities, but also regu 
lates intermittent action of carton former (right). 


Carton-closing unit is off photo at left. 


operator and turns out 25 to 30 cartons per minute 

a speed that would normally take at least 10 hand 
operators. In action, folding cartons are set up by 
the forming machine and delivered upright to a con- 
veyor that runs under the counter. Pre-selected quan- 
tities of parts are discharged into cartons, which 
then pass to a third unit, where the top flaps are 
finally tucked in. 

Control of package formation and feed rests with 
the counting machine. Here, the operator dumps the 
fittings into a hopper. A vibratory feeder next 
spreads them on a moving belt, where they are 
organized into a single file by a series of guide vanes. 
Passing in front of a tiny light beam, the parts 
which are to be packaged trigger a photodiode that 


registers the count in an electronic instrument. 


At the heart of clectronic counter, vibrating 
feeder (upper right) deposits parts on a narrow 
belt. Revolving brush helps align them. A pencil 
lead-thin light beam and special, cold-cathode 
electronic tubes sort fittings at rates up to 1,000 
a minute. Grouped parts are finally deposited in 
twin-chambered cartoning hopper (lower left). 


MODERN PACKAGING 









: aie 
4 
Wide range of the hundreds of shapes and ; 
sizes handled by the electronic counter at Im 
perial Brass is illustrated by this group. , 





Passing on down the belt, the parts finally fall into 
one side of a butterfly hopper. When the pre-set 
count is reached, the counter flips the hopper valve 
over, dropping one charge into a carton, advances 
the cartons one station on the conveyor and starts 
the carton former to set up another carton. Due to 
this intermittent action, a carton former with a 
reciprocating action was selected that lends itself to 
start-and-stop operation. 

Because many of the parts handled by the machine 
are very small and because the pieces travel along 
the counting belt with only a tiny space betweex 
them, some rather special properties have been built 
into the photoelectric transducer and counter to cut 
operating time as well as to insure maximum ac- 
curacy in the counting procedure. 

The light beam is necessarily small for this appli- 
cation, being only 145 in. in diameter. A germanium 
diode is used in the photoeye because its triggering 
time of ] 
sensitivity in the tiny space of time between the 


1,000 sec. enables the unit to recover 


stream of parts. 

Not on the machine at Imperial, but available for 
special applications, is a photoelectric unit with twin 
beams arranged at right angles to prevent double 
counting of doughnut-shaped objects. 

Since other applications use a larger light beam, 
the electronic counter must be reliable under both 


high and low output signals. For this reason, the 


MARCH 1958 





unit utilizes special cold-cathode electron tubes with 
an extra-long life—a necessity because of the vast 
number of impulses passed through the unit by the 
small parts. 

Each glow decade tube has 10 successive lumines- 
cent spots inscribed around the outside of the tube. 
Electrical impulses from the photodiode cause the 
glow in the first tube to move around these spots, 
advancing one digit for each impulse. 

At the tenth impulse, the first tube sends an im- 
pulse to the second tube and the counting action 
proceeds, tube by tube, until the pre-set count is 
reached. At this point, a relay activates the hopper 
valve and starts the carton former. The counter 
instantly resets itself and automatically starts an- 
other counting cycle. 

Each tube with its circuitry is mounted on a 
separate strip. These strips can be combined in 
banks to give a wide variation in counting range 
and also simplify maintenance, since defective strips 
can be readily removed for either replacement or 
any repair work that might be necessary. 

Two knob controls on the counter permit adjust- 
ment of operating speed and selection of the num- 
ber of pieces dropped into each carton. 


Supplies and services: Electronic counter by Delta 
Engineering Corp., 126 W. Emerson St., Melrose 76, 
Mass. Convey-O-Mat carton former and closer by 
Bivans Corp., 2431 Dallas St., Los Angeles 31. 






131 


FrooD MACHINERY & CHEMICAL 


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PHOTOS 


Loading of end-opening cases in the automatic line at the IXI 


Food Co. plant in San Leandro, 


Calif., requires one operator. Assisted by an L-shaped supporting arm (between hands), he holds 
sleeve-like corrugated container over the filling funnel. Cans are then forced into the case by 


pusher plate attached to the massive curved arm (background) at right angles to the 


End-loading 


can cCaser 


Operating at IXL Foods 

at the rate of 1,200 cases per hour, 
with a 15% saving in board, 

it suggests an opportunity for packagers 


to use end-flap containers 


can line 


packagers have long been aware 


that maximum economy of board in a corrugated 
container is achieved when the overlapping flaps 
compose the smallest face of the box. Since the 
majority of case-lot shipping containers today, in 
order to form efficient unitized loads, have length 
somewhat greater than width or depth, there is wide- 
spread interest in containers having their flaps at 
the ends. But their use in large-scale operations, such 
as breweries and canneries, has been limited up to 
the present time because case-packing machines were 
applicable only to those containers which have 
openings at the top and bottom. 

It is news, therefore, that there is in daily opera- 
tion today, at the canning plant of IXL Food Co. in 
San Leandro, Calif., a new type of caser specifically 
designed for end-opening cases. It effects a 15% 
saving in containerboard and operates at the highly 
acceptable rate of 1,200 cases per hour. Indications 
are that this machine may revolutionize corrugated- 
container design, particularly where the packing of 
canned goods is involved. 

IXL is handling all of its 24- and 40-0z. cans of 
specialty food products in single-tier, 12-unit cor- 


MODERN PACKAGING 





rugated cases end packed on the machine. It is using 
10-fiute, 200-lb.-test corrugated board. 

As an indication of the saving in board for end 
flaps vs. top flaps, the case used by IXL for its 40-oz. 
cans has a top area of 198 sq. in. and an end area 
of 75 sq. in. A 12-can case for 46-0z. cans would 
be 217 


ends, A six-can pack for No. 10 cans would require 


sq. in. across the top and 89 sq. in. at the 


a top area of 230 sq. in. as against an end area of 
only 87 sq. in. Of course, to the extent that flaps 
overlap the container, the area—as well as the con- 
tainerboard savings—multiply. 

While the IXL machine is rated at 1,200 cases 
per hour, speed, as in most casing operations, de- 
pends somewhat on operator skill. The added rig- 
idity and simplicity of the end-opening case is a dis- 
tinct advantage. With smaller flaps to fold and ma- 
nipulate, the case is simpler to handle, making it 
easier for an operator to hit top speed. 

Knocked-down cases are delivered flat to the op- 


erator, who sets up and fits them over the loading 


funnel by hand while, at the same time, closing the 
end flaps nearest him. 

Cans are fed to the caser through a 90-deg. twister 
that delivers them upright directly from the labeler, 
with no chance of a bead-to-body contact and no 
damage to labels or lithographed surfaces. 

A wire-mesh belt continuously provides a 9-by- 
2-ft. reservoir of cans for the loading end of the 
caser. At the end of each loading cycle, the whole 
reservoir of cans moves forward to fill the loading- 
magazine chamber. 

Approximately 2 ft. from the end of the belt, cans 
enter adjustable divider lanes that orient them into 
straight lines. Oscillating wobble plates on both sides 
of the sliding conveyor belt are designed to prevent 
bridging of cans at the threshold of the divider 
lanes. The number of lenes is determined by the 
arrangement of the cans in the case. At IXL Food, 
a three-by-four arrangement is used for the 12-pack, 
40-oz. cases. So the cans are divided into four lanes 
as they enter the magazine section. To prevent the 
moving bed of cans from interfering with the load- 
ing cycle, a series of pins holds the next-to-last line 


Supporting arm (at closed end of carton) is 


lowering filled box to sealer conveyor belt moving to 
left. Pusher plate (square sheet of metal behind elec- 
tric switch) has just pushed full 12-can load into 
case and is withdrawing to start next loading cycle. 
Two rows of cans remain to start next load. 


Over-all view of casing operation at IXL Food. 
Cans arrive on feed conveyor of the caser by way of 
twister (far right) from labeler. Wire-mesh belt 
moves cans through dividers that keep them in even 
rows. Filled cases, upright on conveyor, move into 
case sealer at operator’s left. Operator now sets up 
and feeds corrugated containers to caser by hand. 


MARCH 1958 





of cans, releasing it only when a pusher arm has 
completed its stroke and has been lifted clear. 

To keep the cans in perfect alignment even on the 
bed of the loading magazine itself, half-round, 34-in. 
rods countersunk in the magazine bed rotate upward 
while new cans are being pushed into the magazine 
from behind. 

As soon as the loading magazine is completely 
filled, the rods rotate downward until they are flush 
with the surface. The cans are therefore free to be 
moved at right angles directly into the waiting ship- 
ping case by the pusher arm, operating at a 90-deg. 
angle from the flow of cans. 

A single microswitch control monitors all four 
lanes of cans to make sure the magazine is com- 
pletely loaded before a loading cycle of the can 
caser actually commences. 

When a shipping case is pushed over the spring- 
loaded funnel, a catch is activated to release a pulley 
counterweight and raise a supporting arm that holds 
the case in loading position. An adjustable right- 
angle plate at the end of this arm closes the last 
flap at the end of the case facing the operator and 
holds the case in position against the force of the 
pusher arm as the cans are shoved through the load- 
ing funnel. The supporting arm also activates a 
microswitch that starts the loading cycle. 

At the end of the cycle, the supporting arm under 
the case pivots downward to lower the loaded carton 
so that one end rests on a conveyor belt connected 
with a sealer specially adapted to handle end-opening 
cases. From the sealer, the cases are loaded on pallets 
for storage until they are ready for shipment. 


The IXL Food Co. has found that the new-type 
caser fits well into its integrated packaging opera- 
tions. The casing unit has an over-all length of ap- 
proximately 12 ft. and is 7 ft. wide. The feed con- 


veyor is 30 in. off the floor, a convenient height for 


inspection and control. This also determines the can- 
feed height. Discharge height for the loaded cases 
is 71% inches. 

This machine is for a single-tier pack only, but 
two-tier machines are reported under development 
by the machine manufacturer. However, the ad- 
vantages of the end-opening style are especially pro- 
nounced in long, flat cases. Obviously, the closer a 
shipping case approximates the dimensions of a 
perfect cube, the less advantage there is in the saving 
of containerboard. 

But board savings are not the only advantages of 
the end-opening case. With smooth, continuous cor- 
rugations running across the top, bottom and sides 
of the package, these cases stack more securely and 
provide a more rigid, shock-resistant structure, 
according to IXL officials. In effect, the package is 
a long corrugated-board sleeve—easy to fabricate, 
assemble and seal. Less adhesive is required to close 
the case and the glue line is required only to resist 
lateral motion of the cans, whereas in a top-loading 


case the adhesive bond is part of the structure. 


Supplies and services: [nd-opening caser de- 
veloped and built by Food Machinery & Chemical 
Corp., Canning Machinery Div., San Jose, Calif. Cor- 
rugated cases by Royal Container Co., 629 Bryant 
St., San Francisco. Case sealer by Elliott Mfg. Co.., 
1735 Ventura Ave., Fresno, Calif. 


Feeder system channels filled cans being moved (leftward) by a wire-mesh belt. Oscillating 


wobble plates on each side of the belt prevent bridging of cans as they approach the adjustable di- 


viders. The number of lanes is dictated by the number of cans in the long dimension of the case. 


MODERN PACKAGING 





Ts 


Pace makers are baby-c« 


already resulting in reported incidents of sales increases up to 


- 


Beec h-Nu SAVE 


Ei 


SAVE 


D 
LA 























NEW 
high-quality 


35% 


Protein 


cartons with full-color animal illustrations, 
30 times the 


previous movements. Tight-seal cartons eliminate the need of former overwrap 


New, livelier Beech-Nut 


Merger with Life Savers company sparks a major overhaul 


of 82 packages in redesign program 


aimed at sharpening market position of consolidated company 


BT aneible results of the year-and-a-half-old merger 


of Beech-Nut and Life Savers are beginning to be 
seen in the current design overhaul of Beech-Nut 
packaging. When completed, the program will run 
dollarwise high into six figures, according to Gordon 
C. Young. executive vice president and director of 
advertising of Beech-Nut Life Savers, Inc. 

Already there are indications that new “picture- 
book” cartons for 8-oz. Beech-Nut baby cereals. with 
full-color animal illustrations, may be pace setters 
in baby-food packaging. 

C. V. Lipps, general sales manager, food division, 
says of the baby-cereal packages, “In my 20 years 


of selling in the grocery trade, I have never seen any 


MARCH 1958 


package or product so well received by trade and 
consumers, Incidents of sales increases up to 30 
times previous movement have been reported.” 

(nd the face-lifting that has been done on labels 
for prepared baby foods, coffee, peanut butter and 
stick chewing gum reflects the sharpened sales 
strategy of new management. The over-all program 
involves 82 packages—70 redesigns and a dozen 
new packages for new products. 

Most noteworthy, perhaps, is the series of full- 
color animal illustrations printed on the wrapless, 
linerless cereal cartons—tying in with the company’s 
new policy to handle its promotion and advertising 
in a “modern and brighter” vein. Although no plans 





8-oz. pictorial packages replace former 
314-0z. sizes as more acceptable selling units. 


Product names get greater emphasis 
on 28 strained and 28 jumior foods for 
easier shopper selection. Illustrative 
treatment distinguishes strained from 
junior foods. Same bold brand and prod 


uct identity now is on fruit-juice cans 


Both sides are same on redesigned 
labels for coffee pac kages so that rece 


1g 
nition is instant no matter how the pack 


q 


ages are placed on retail shelf 


MODERN PACKAGING 





have been announced, company spokesmen intimate 
that the amusing figures, created by a young woman 
artist of Japanese descent, may eventually become 
familiar story characters in the company’s future 
advertising programs. 

They offer a new design approach for baby-cereal 
cartons, in contrast to usual baby illustrations. 

They provide a good example of the pleasing 
printing effects now possible on the bleached white 
surface of w rapless, linerless carton stock, because 
these thermoplastic-coated, heat-sealing, Van Buren- 
eared cartons, filled and sealed on redesigned equip- 
ment in the Beech-Nut plant, prevent sifting and 
thereby eliminate the need for a former overwrap. 

The 8-o0z. cartons replace entirely Beech-Nut’s 
former 314-0z. packages as a more desirable selling 


unit. However, the company expects soon to market 


Butter’ that stands out boldly on the shelf in shades 
of brown, yellow, red and white. 

A major fault of Beech-Nut coffee packages has 
heen corrected. The former labels on cans and jars, 
which had brand name visible on only one side, 
have been replaced with labels which carry duplicate 
brand identification on both sides, so that no matter 
how the containers are placed on the shelf there is 
strong, cleaned-up lettering of the Beech-Nut name. 

In keeping with its ad campaign pushing chewing- 
gum sales to teenagers, and considering the addi- 
tional outlets offered through the Life Savers con- 
nection, the new management makes a bid for 
stronger recognition with a clean-up of all three 
Beech-Nut stick-chewing-gum packages, eliminating 
clutter, simplifying the trademark and strengthening 


color identification of the three flavors. So far, 


Clean-up job done on three stick-chewing-gum packages eliminates Strong design of Beechies pack- 


clutter and strengthens color identification of the three flavors. 


four-in-one packages containing a variety of cereals 


in l-oz. cartons carrying the new design for mothers 


who wish to let their babies try different cereals. 


Labels for 28 strained baby foods and 28 junior 
foods have been strengthened not for brand identity 
(which was already strong), but to give greater 
prominence to the product names so that selection 
is easier for mothers. And new illustrations of a 
small infant and an older baby distinguish strained 
from junior foods. 

Part of the program involved design of litho- 
graphed cans to give strong identity to new canned 
orange juice and apple juice, recently added to the 
baby-food line, as well as new labels for five strained 
and five chopped meats. 

\ radical departure from previous design con- 
cepts is the new striped label for Beech-Nut Peanut 


MARCH 1958 


age is retained except for minor re- 
visions such as change in name from 
“Mello Fruit” to “Fruit Gum.” 


Beechies packages remain unchanged except for a 
switch in the name of “Mello Fruit” to “Fruit Gum.” 


Supplies and services: Cereals—Animal illustra- 
tions by Gyo Fujikawa, 67 W. 44 St., New York 36; 
cartons by Stecher-Traung Lithograph Corp., 274 N. 
Goodman St., Rochester 7, N.Y. Coffee and fruit-juice 
cans by American Can Co., 100 Park Ave., New York. 
Strained-food labels by Stecher-Traung Lithograph 
Corp. Junior-food labels by Wheeler-Van Label Co., 
13-21 McConnell St., S.W., Grand Rapids 1, Mich. 
Glass containers by Anchor Hocking Glass Co., Lan- 
caster, Ohio; Armstrong Cork Co., Lancaster, Pa., and 
Owens-Illinois Glass Co., Toledo 1, Ohio. Rotogravure 
printed gum labels by Forbes Lithograph Mfg. Co., 
Boston 2, Mass., and Continental Can Co., Shellmar- 
Betner Div., Mt. Vernon, Ohio. Tear tapes by The 
Dobeckmun Co., 3301 Monroe Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. 


iSee Mopern Pacxacinc, Dec., 1957, p. 119 





SKIN PACK ON STOCK 


re skin packages now being intro- 


duced by O.E.M. Products Co., Chicago, for its line 
of automotive-service tools appear destined to create 
a bit of a stir in skin-packaging circles. 

Instead of 3- to 5-mil sheet plastic, a film of only 
l-mil thickness is used. Instead of the heat-seal- 
coated and perforated backing board usually re- 
quired for skin packaging, ordinary non-adhesive- 
coated, unperforated, patent-coated board is used. 

The economies and efficiencies implied in these 
innovations are possible because of the film, which 
is 14-mil polyester coated with 1% mil of polyethyl- 
ene. The polyethylene, applied next to the card, pro- 
vides the seal. In effect, the heat-seal surface has 
been simply switched from the card to the plastic 
skin. And because the card is not coated, it has been 
possible to draw vactum through it without perfora- 
tions—right through the fibres of the paperboard. 
The polyester film, even in this very thin gauge, has 
the strength to hold a fairly heavy metal object with- 
out tearing or puncturing, once the film has been 
softened, drawn around the object and sealed. 

The company is using the film for its Bendix and 
Universal Type brake-adjusting tool, packaged by a 
contract packager, who works from roll stock on a 


standard vacuum-drawing skin-packaging machine. 


Heavy tools are skin packed in new film 
(left) to test its strength in relation to conven- 
tional skin-packaging film on perforated board 
(right). Manufacturer is converting packaging of 
its annual 700,000 spark-plug 
wrenches from polyethylene bags to skin packs. 


production of 


Several months of test marketing have persuaded 
0.E.M. to use the film regularly for this tool and to 
start market tests for similar skin packaging of other 
auto accessories. 

The 1-mil film combines the high-melt index of 
the polyester and the low melting point of polyethyl- 
ene. Originally, the film producer used a 2-mil poly- 
ethylene coating, but he has found that the 1-mil 
coating performs virtually as well. 

During the skin-packaging cycle, heat softens the 


polyester film, vacuum draws it into the proper form 


around the tool and at the same time the polyethylene 
heat seals to the 41 ,-by-101%4-in. board. There has 
been no delamination of the film from itself or from 
the board. In fact, it is believed that the heat applied 
during thermoforming strengthens the priming coat 
between the polyester and the polyethylene to form 
a better bond of these two materials. 

The contract-packager’s experience with the film 
shows that heat dwell time and cycling must be de- 
termined for each product being packaged. Gen- 
erally, timing is about the same as that used with 
conventional film and coated and perforated boards. 
Cycling time depends, of course, on a number of 
factors—of which board stock is important. The 
greater the density and the less porous the board, 
the greater the time needed. 

With the new film, O.E.M. reports, there is no 
plasticizer migration and little board curling. The 
sag-resistant polyester does not crack or craze and 
it offers excellent scuff resistance. Also, the film im- 
parts a quality look to the package by adding a high 
sheen to the plain-surfaced board. The new film per- 
mits the packager to obtain printed board from any 
board supplier, probably one he is using for other 
packaging supplies. 

The economics of the package are important to 
O.E.M. One-mil film runs 161 cents per 1,000 sq. in. 
for quantities of less than 500 lbs. and 15 cents per 
1,000 sq. in. for quantities over 500 lbs. This is 
approximately the same as the cost of the plastics 
used, in greater thickness, in conventional skin pack- 
aging. There is a saving, however, in the board, 
which costs only about half as much as coated and 
perforated board. 

Printing can be done either on the board or on 
the top surface of film. O.F.M.’s packages are labeled 
by printing directly on the board prior to thermo- 
forming. The polyester film also can be printed on 
the reverse side prior to the coating operation, so 


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BOARD 






Polyethylene-coated polyester film 
4 I 






not only heat seals to 






economical, non-adhesive-coated, 










non-perforated backing, but 


provides heavy-duty strength in 1-mil thickness 











that printing is entrapped. The film manufacturer 


estimates printing cost at 2 cents per 100 sq. in. 






Availability of films of this type—which can be 






skin packaged to any low-cost board, are thin and 






strong. and can be run from roll stock on standard 






skin-packaging machinery—-will give a further push 






to the movement of skin packaging out of contract 






operations and into packagers’ plants on a high 






volume basis. One Eastern machinery manufacturer 






is prepared to make automatic equipment to handle 






the new film for high-quantity, continuous skin- 






packaging runs. At the same time, contract pack- 











agers will weleome any technique which enables 
them to use plain, uncoated board stock. since Punctureproof despite sharp ends of tool, the 





. 4% olyetl vate ste sed i s 
coated board usually must be bought in quantities new polyethylene-coated polyester film used in thi 





skin package has strength and clarity and adds 





to obtain a good price and may be prohibitively 





brilliance to the low-cost, non-adhesive-coated and 
costly for small runs. non-perforated board stock which is used. 










Supplies and services: “/).0.M.). Film” by Print- 
. 1-Tube Co., 114 Essex St., Rochelle Park, N.J., using 
DuPont's “Mylar” polyester film and “Alathon” poly- 






ethylene. Contract packaging by United States Packag- 


69 fF 






ing Co., 75 St., Chicago 19. 








Test packages of pliers demon 
strate adaptability of new  skin- 






pack film. Note that no delamina- 





tion of the film has occurred. 





SURVEY OF A SUPPLYING INDUSTRY 


KAGING 


No production line speeds output of pack- 
aging machinery. Assembly of each machine re 
quires attention of skilled mechanics and design 
ers. Here, new type of high-speed labeler is being 


checked against blueprints. Machine by MRM Co 


S. peed and coordination are the twin objectives 


of current packaging-machinery development—and 
they are also the problems that are the main source 
of both triumph and exasperation to machine manu- 
facturers. 

For the ever-faster line speeds demanded by pack- 
agers today are hard to reconcile with the equal de- 
mands for flexibility and versatility. And coordina- 
tion has taken an increased turn toward condensing 


packaging-line functions from a series of machines 


into a single unit—a compression that frequently 
taxes the ingenuity of design engineers and strains 
efforts to hold down the cost of packaging equip- 


ment. At the same time, accuracy of filling opera- 


tions and package formation—along with ease of 


maintenance of the equipment—continue to be per- 
ennial specifications. 

In spite of these seemingly conflicting aims, there 
are many striking new examples showing that these 
problems can be reconciled. Some of these machines 
will be polished up for their first public showing at 
the second Packaging Machinery & Materials Ex- 
position to be held this month in Atlantic City, (See 


“Machinery Show Awaits,” p. 178. this issue.) 


The industry 

For all of its importance in the $1644-billion pack- 
aging market, packaging machinery as an industry 
is surprisingly small. There are an estimated 140 
companies doing a major share of their business in 
this field and their combined sales to packaging 
plants last year are estimated, unofficially, at about 
$160 million. Thus the average volume per company 
is only a little more than $1,000,000 per year. Only 
one dollar in a hundred spent for packaging goes for 
new machinery. 

Some of the largest packaging-machinery builders 
are divisions of vast industrial combines, such as 
Food Machinery & Chemical Co. and American Ma- 
chine & Foundry. 

Of those independent machinery companies which 
are identifiable primarily as manufacturers of pack- 
aging machinery, only two have reported annual 
volumes in excess of $8,000,000 a year and tlie ma- 
jority of them probably fall considerably below 
$1,000,G00 a year in volume. 

Geographically, the industry is rather widely 
spread, but with concentrations in the machine-tool 
areas of New England, the Middle Atlantic States, 
around the Great Lakes and with growing impor- 
tance on the West Coast, particularly in the Los 
Angeles area. 

The industry is effectively organized in the Pack- 
aging Machinery Mfrs. Institute, which represents 
66 of the companies. PMMI was one of the earliest 
organizations in the packaging field, having fathered 
the over-all Packaging Institute, from which it later 


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The size of this supplying industry is far outweighed 
pplyinsg g & 


by the importance of its contribution to efficient operations; 


here are some of its triumphs and tribulations 


MACHINERY 


split off as a separate and independent organization 
when PI concentrated its interests in the field of 
users of packaging machinery. 

PMMI has 
throughout the packaging field by its sponsorship 
of the National Packaging Machinery & Materials 


Exposition, which it established at Cleveland in 1956 


Recently made its presence felt 


as a place apart from the over-all AMA Packaging 
Show, where packagers could concentrate on matters 
of equipment and their attendant supplies. As a 
result, there have been renewed ties with the Packag- 
ing Institute, which held its Annual Forum at Cleve- 
land in conjunction with the first machinery show 
and will sponsor special technical sessions at the 


second show in Atlantic City later this month. 


Current trends in packaging machinery can logi- 
cally be considered under the headings of speed, 
coordination, flexibility and accuracy, all of which 


are equally important in the over-all picture. 


Speed 

With a few notable exceptions, the speed of stand 
ard filling equipment seems to have reached at least 
a temporary plateau. And the emphasis has switched 
now to boosting the operating speeds of auxiliary 
equipment, such as overwrappers, cappers, labelers. 
cartoners and casers, to meet the high rate already 
standard in the basic packaging machines. 

Overwrapping machines, because of their com- 


plex. reciprocating mechanical action, have long 


High-speed production in packaging plants is the net result of the ma 
hinery-builder’s skill. These three push-button lines at Bristol-Myers are capa 
ble of producing Bufferin at the rate of 900 packages a minute. 


CORP. 


MACHINE 


JERSEY 


Deaint and 


NEw 


PHOTO 


MARCH 19 


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been a bottleneck in packaging-line flow. But speeds 


have steadily crept upwards. And now overwrap 


equipment has hit a new rate of 150 packages per 


minute in a gift-wrapping application employing 
two successive overwrappers that apply foil and then 
cellophane coverings to holiday whiskey packages at 
National Distillers (Sept., 1957, p. Rio}. 

\ cartoner at a General Electric plant puts up 300 
radio tubes per minute in individual tuck cartons. 
A subsequent multipackager assembles these cartons 
in groups of five and sleeves them in a lock-bottom 
container. 

Closing of rigid containers has taken strides to 
catch up with filling equipment, too. Miniature poly- 
bottles, used by the National 
for a nasal 


ethylene squeeze 
Brands Div., Sterling Drug Co., Inc., 
spray, are now bottom filled and weld sealed at 180 


141). Another long- 


standing production barrier has been broken with a 


per minute (Sept., 1957, p. 


machine at Kroger Co. that applies lug-type vacuum 
caps to glass jars of olives at a production rate of 


140 per minute (July, 1957, p. 98). 


Speeds are rising ever higher in labeling 
operations to match rates now common on filling 
quipment. This rotary cold-glue unit was con 
sidered topnotch when installed a year ago to ap 
ply labels on triangular Pepto Bismol bottles at 
Norwich Pharmacal at 240 per minute. Improve 
ments on feed cams boosted its output to 300 per 


minute. Machine by New Jersey Machine Corp. 


In all packaging equipment, there is a continuing 
trend toward rotary mechanical action for smooth. 
high-speed operation. But where reciprocating action 
is unavoidable, as in many combined forming, filling 
and sealing machines, there is increased use of 
multiple-package formation to increase output. 

\ good example of this trend is a machine that 
makes folding, triple pouches for Nestle’s instant 
coffee, powdered cream and sugar. The horizontal 
unit forms, fills and seals six complete packets in a 
row simultaneously and achieves a production rate 
of 200 packages per minute (Jan., 1957, p. 101). 
Also, at least one vertical bagger is now available 
with up to 10 forming and filling spouts. This ma- 
chine can turn out up to 350 filled bags per minute. 

But sheer mechanical perfection alone is not the 
only way to obtain higher packaging speeds. It can 
also be done by simplifying the package and thus 
bypassing those steps that require slow mechanical 
actions. There is a double advantage here, of course: 
it also reduces the cost of packaging materials. 

An example of this forward thinking is the current 
trend toward single-wall cartons, closed with either 
hot-melt or cold adhesives, which provide in the 
board itself all necessary product protection without 
the need of overwrap or liner (see p. 168, this 
issue}. These cartons are now in use for cereal 
products and frozen foods. For the latter, there is 
a machine that will insert pot pies and other prod- 
ucts into cartons and seal them at 300 per minute. 
The new equipment that sets up cereal cartons, ac- 
curately fills them and closes them is a marvel of 
electronic control and high-speed operation. At the 
start it turned out an exceptionally fast 300 con- 
tainers per minute. But in only a matter of months. 
even this speed has been jumped to a remarkable 
420 per minute. 

The principle of simplification has also been put 
to work in the final packaging operation. End-loaded 
shippers, which save a good penny by reducing the 
amount of corrugated material needed in case con- 
struction, have been fitted to a new high-speed casing 
machine (see “End-Loading Can Caser,” p. 132, this 
issue). And a completely automatic case feeder. 
former, positioner and loader has just been devel- 
oped that attains a rate of 700 to 1,200 cans per 
minute. 

Higher output for labeling machines has been an 
objective for a number of years. Thermoplastic 
labelers have been in existence for some time which 
top 300 per minute. But standard cold-glue machines 
always have been slower. Now there is a machine, 
used by Norwich Pharmacal Co. for Pepto Bismol, 
that employs rotary action and a smooth screw feed. 
Built for 420 labels a minute, it is now capable of 
300 labels per minute (March, 1957, p. 182). 


MODERN PACKAGING 





ini, 


Accurate counting and high-speed filling of 
small tablets are combined with rotary action for 
first time in this new machine, rated at more than 
300 containers per minute. Each of 10 heads on 
turret contains many tracks that are connected 
to feur bottle spouts. Electrical interlocks stop 
machine instantly if any channel delivers a wrong 
count. Machine by The Lakso Co., Inc. 


Some notoriously slow basic packaging opera- 
tions performed heretofore mostly on semi-auto- 
matic machines—are suddenly lifted into the high- 
speed category by new machines. Notable in this 
area are gas and vacuum packaging of such food 
products as luncheon meats and cheese (July, 1957, 
p. 134, and Oct., 1957, p. 155). 

The most striking example is a new rotary vacuum 
and gas packager that employs thermoforming to 
shape one film web in square pockets located around 
the periphery of the packaging drum. After the 
product is inserted, a second film web is partially 
sealed and either a vacuum or gas flush is applied 
to the package. Final sealing follows. At the start, 
this unit was rated at 60 packages per minute. In 
a few short months speed has been progressively 
raised until the machine is now capable of turning 
out 4-by-4-in. pouch packages at a speed greater 
than 90 per minute. 

The spotlight has also been turned on multipack- 
aging of cans, because of the increasing popularity 


of this merchandising technique. In a short 12 


MARCH 1958 


At top of turret, spiral-grooved 
rollers and brushes align pills for 


gravity feed into filling chutes. 


months, equipment speeds have leaped from 600 
cans per minute to a new vertical machine that can 
handle up to 1,200 containers per minute. 


Coordination 

For all its importance, however, speed alone is not 
necessarily the best criterion with which to meas- 
ure the effectiveness of an over-all packaging set-up. 
Speed normally involves limitations in flexibility 
and range of a packaging machine. Also, increasing 
the speed of any one machine does not pay off if 
other units in the line cannot match this pace or 
be multiplied economically to meet the required 
output. Therefore, most packaging men are now 
taking an over-all view of their packaging depart- 
ment—seeking to coordinate a minimum amount of 
equipment with maximum packaging flexibility, as 
well as line output. 

The result of this coordination is evident in three 
striking packaging set-ups that went into action re- 
Avon Products (Nov., 1957, p. 133), 
(Sept., 1957, p. 128) and 


cently at 


Procter & Gamble 





Lambert-Hudnut (May, 1957, p. 109). The fact that 
all three of these examples are toiletries companies 
is an indication both of the competitive pressure and 
the industry’s need for flexibility and versatility. 

These three installations have several things in 
common from a mechanical standpoint. First, all of 
these set-ups package a wide variety of products in 
many different types of packages and with a star- 
tlingly small amount of equipment. 

At Procter & Gamble, six U-shaped lines put up 
home permanents, toothpastes and shampoos in a 


Coordination, however, is not reserved for only 
broad packaging-line considerations. There is a 
strong trend toward condensing separate packaging 
functions into a single machine and thereby gaining 
savings in floor space, personnel and machine in- 
vestment, as well as promoting unified operation. 

This is sharply underscored by a single, new, 300- 
per-minute machine that puts the entire formation, 
filling and sealing of blister packages under con- 
tinuous automatic sequence. Used first at General 
Electric, the unit takes roll-stock acetate film and 


Cartoners have moved into the high-speed category, too. Machine at left, used by General Elec- 
tric, puts radio tubes into tuck cartons at speed of 300 per minute. Companion unit, right, as 


sembles five cartons and slips them into lock-bottom sleeves 


variety of tubes and bottles. At Avon, 135 products 
are packaged on only 25 straight lines. Containers 
range from dram bottles to metal tubes, pouches 
and fibre canisters. Fourteen lines handle several 
hundred products at Lambert-Hudnut. The lines are 
L-shaped, with unscrambling and cleaning equip- 
ment located outside the packaging room. 

The operations on these packaging lines range 
from almost complete hand assembly to ultra-high- 


speed filling and labeling lines. But whatever the 


mode of packaging, all of the machines in any one 
flow. At 


ultimate 


line are carefully geared for smvoth line 
Procter & Gamble this is carried to the 
degree by electrically interlocking all the machines 
in each packaging line. The entire line is thus con- 


trolled from only a single operating panel. 


Vachines by F. B. Redington Ce 


vacuum forms it into cups which are filled with 
flashlight bulbs fed from hoppers by a vibrating 
p. 109). Back 


boards are hopper fed and heat sealed in place, 


feeder and track device (Feb., 1958. 


then the web is sliced into strips that can be per- 
forated or further cut apart. 

Many other machines are making increased use of 
integral cutting and forming components, printers 
and coders, check weighers, fill detectors, counters 
and various other attachments to reduce the number 


of separate machines on a packaging line. 


Flexibility 

Maintaining a wide handling range on ever-faster 
packaging machines is one of the strongest problems 
faced by machinery manufacturers today. It is 


MODERN PACKAGING 







































axiomatic that as speed increases, the refined and 
limited mechanical motions in a machine normally 
do not permit a great range of adjustment. 

Stubbornly ignoring this “rule,” however, manu- 
facturers strive to give their customers both speed 
ind flexibility in the same piece of equipment. Here 
ire some recent successes: 

In the cosmetic field, where handling of a wide 
variety of bottles and closures is an everyday occur- 
rence. there is now a machine at Avon Products, 
Inc., which approaches the ideal of a universal 
capper. Employing a pneumatic chuck and quickly 
changeable insert rings, this unit successfully ap- 
plies plastic or metal caps ranging from 14 to 89 
mm. in diameter at speeds of 120 containers pe 
minute or more (Aug., 1957, p. 125). 

\ new labeler, just announced (photo, p. 140). 
will apply single-panel or wrap-around labels on 
olass, paperboard, plastic and metal containers at 
speeds variable from 40 to 150 units per minute. 
\n even faster model can be obtained by special 
order. 

Within a matter of months, a new unscrambler 
will be announced that handles up to four tiers of 
containers in cases measuring up to 16 by 21 by 14 


n. at substantially increased speeds. 


\ new labeler, just announced (photo, p. 140), 
duplex heads air cleans bottles and jars up to 4 in. 
in diameter at a maximum rate of 250 per minute. 

Flexibility can apply to speed as well as other 
properties, too, where a company starts a line at a 
low rate with the planned intention of later raising 
the output. This is pointed up by a cartoning ma- 
chine installed at the Mennen Co., which is packag- 
ing 5-oz. bottles of skin bracer. The unit has a po- 
tential capacity of 200, 300 or even more bottles per 


minute. 


Accuracy 

With labor costs reduced through the advent of 
all this automatic high-speed machinery, the expense 
of underfills and overfills has been brought into 
much sharper focus. Accordingly, packagers have 
increased their demands for closer filling tolerances 
and for more accurate check-weighing and count- 
ing devices. 

These objectives have been met largely through 
improvements in mechanical, electrical and elec- 
tronic devices. But sometimes even these techniques 
fall short for complex checking jobs. A British 
manufacturer has dipped into the relatively new 
field of radiation to bridge this gap and has come 
up with a nuclear package monitor, employing a 
source of atomic radiation and a Geiger counter that 
counts the number of units in a package even after 


it has been sealed. This checking unit is extremely 


MARCH 1958 








simple in construction and can be applied to a wide 
range of packages, the contents of which are meas- 
ured either by volume or by piece count. Speed of 
inspection ranges to 300 packages per minute ( Aug., 
1957, p. 145). 

\ brand new combined counting and filling ma- 
chine for tablets is a further example not only of 
the improvement in checking equipment, but of 
combined packaging functions and the use of rotary 
action to speed line operation. This automatic unit 
utilizes a turret containing 10 filling heads, each of 
which has 12 tablet tracks that connect to four bottle 
spouts. Filling speed for 100-tablet bottles is 300 
bottles per minute. Electrical controls shut down 
the machine and pinpoint the trouble spot if any 


one of the tablet chutes delivers a short count. 


Problem packages 


Throughout this pattern of improvement in the 
more general lines of packaging machinery, there 
runs a constant thread of special machines designed 
to conquer specific and heretofore unsolved packag- 
ing problems. A few have been mentioned already 
in other connections, but there are many more that 
have appeared just during the last year. 

Handling and sealing of polyethylene film, espe- 


cially as an overwrap, has become the subject of 


Shipping packaging also is being improved. 
as seen by this semi-rigid bagger that tightl: 
compresses retail-sized bags of flour into master, 
multiwall bag at Pillsbury Mills. Mechanically 
improved since original model for semi-automatic 
operation, this machine will soon perform all 
set-up, loading and sealing steps by fully auto- 
matic means. Machine by St. Regis Paper Co. 



























such widespread research and development, now that 
clear polyethylene is actually cheaper than heat- 
sealable cellophane, that it can almost be said to 
have left the special category and become a general 
packaging problem.+ Several new bag and _pillow- 
pouch machines have appeared and packaging-ma 
chinery manufacturers are now vigorously attacking 
the problem of designing polyethylene overwrappers 
that will not only be capable of handling, folding and 
sealing this rather tricky thermoplastic, but will do 
so at high speeds. A solution probably will operate 
to the benefit of other thermoplastic packaging films. 

While this sought-for development must await 
further research and development, other perplexing 
packaging problems have recently met mechanical 
solution. 

\ more common-sense way of shipping retail 
bagged flour is now a reality following development 
of a machine employed at Standard Milling Co. to 
load the unit bags tightly and safely into a master 
multiwall bag (June, 1957, p. 118). 

Polyethylene squeeze bottles face a broader mar- 
ket as a result of fast equipment that automatically 

and swiftly 
breaks a hand-labor bottleneck (March. 1957, p. 


161). The machine is in use at Stanley Home Prod- 


inserts plugs and tubes, and thereby 


ucts, Inc., for toiletries. 


Movern Packactne’s 
D 1957 y 


Flexibility in combination with speed is always 
a continuing goal. This brand-new automatic bot- 
tle cleaner blows out jars at up to 250 per minute 
ind is adaptable to both narrow- and large-necked 
containers ranging up to 4 in. in diameter. Ma 


chine by l S. Bottlers Machinery Co. 


= 2" = f 


] ul 
¢ a: an 


ee 


bis | 
5 


\ supermarket package of three-layered candies 
is practical because interconnected feeders and 
weighers, added to a bagging machine, accurately 
meter the three products into a single pouch with 
split-second timing at Devonshire Cream Mint Co. 
(March. 1957, p. 168 

The list could go on and on. Even foreign imports 
are getting into the act—filling gaps in the domestic 
picture. A unique Swedish container, automatically 
formed from flat, coated roll stock into the shape 
of a tetrahedron and at the same time filled and 
sealed, finally hit the bell last year as a low-cost 
disposable package for ice cream, soft drinks, milk 
and cream because the machinery was adapted to 
American needs (Aug., 1957, p. 116). 

Another Swedish innovation is a pre-lined carton 
now being used by Savannah Sugar Refining Corp., 
which eliminates the slow insertion of conventional 
bags into cartons and gives a tight, siftproof, 
]}29) 


moisture-resistant seal (Oct... 1957. p. 


What’s ahead 

With all this progress and dynamic activity, it 
is obvious that the package-machinery industry is 
growing. And with increased sales there are in- 
creased problems, too. 

Today, the machinery maker feels that he is 
caught between two forces: on one side, the mate- 
rials suppliers who are turning out an ever increas- 
ing number of new and improved packaging mate- 
rials; on the other, the packagers who are forced by 
competitive pressure to come up with more func- 
tional and, frequently, more intricate packages to 
stimulate sales, yet are also trying to do the job at 
even lower cost. 

The machinery man must bridge the gap between 
these two and at the same time tread a wary path 
among all the trends that seem to be leading him 
in different directions at the same time. 

As we have noted, there is a paradoxical demand 
for increased speed combined with greater flexibility. 
More and more functions must be built into a single 
machine, yet maintenance must be kept simple. 

According to the machinery manufacturers, all of 
these demands cost money. And the improvements 
are being made in the face of steeply rising wage 
and materials prices. 

Today there are few truly stock packaging ma- 
chines. Almost every one turned out has to be modi- 
fied to some extent to fit a special job. This forces 
even the biggest manufacturer to operate on a 
machine- or job-shop basis and employ a swarm of 
increasingly high-paid skilled mechanics and engi- 
neers. 

One manufacturer reports that over the past three 


years the average price of [Continued on page 256| 


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te 


Bottles move from filler (left) directly into high-speed, 


in-line, 


screw-capping ma- 


chine, where they are vacuum sealed before wine can cool or airborne foreign particles 


can ent bottles to affect the quality of the product. Speed is 120 pet 


Speed the key to quality 


minute, 


ae MVE ye gy 


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BLACKBERRY 


WINE ia) 


With Mogen David wines, fast pace of filling and capping 


insures that product will be as pure 


and uniform in the bottle as in the wine-making vats 


| case history from Mogen David 


Wine Corp., suggests that painstaking 


manufacturing tradition can be blended with mod- 


Chicago. 


ern, high-speed bottling operations to produce a 
more uniform product at lower cost. 

The company’s problem was this: despite all the 
scientific control and all the time required to proc- 
ess wine to the point of perfection, the slight time 
lag between filling and capping was sufhcient to 
allow minute particles of airborne foreign matter 
to enter the bottles. As a result. stability of the 
product occasionally varied from bottle to bottle, 
thereby undoing much of the careful wine-making 
work that went before. 

At Mogen David's Key Wine plant, the problem 
has been solved by installing five lines of high-speed 
filling and capping machinery, each operating at 
speeds of up to 120 bottles per minute. The auto- 
matic filling machines draw wine (pre-heated in 
coil tubing to more than 145 deg. F.) from giant 
aging tanks into sterile bottles. The filled bottles 
travel to adjacent capping machines, where they are 
screw capped and sealed immediately——before the 
wine can cool to any significant degree. 


The result is an airtight vacuum seal which in- 


sures uniform taste, color and bouquet from bottle 
to bottle, says David Wiernik, Key Wine’s vice 
president in charge of production. 

Reduced production costs also are achieved. The 
automatic machinery requires little maintenance, 
which permits fast, almost uninterrupted operation. 
The filling and capping units can be converted to 
accept any of Key Wine’s three bottle sizes (half 
callons. fifths and tenths) with a minimum of down 
time and supervision, says Wiernik. 

During the capping operation, an automatic cod- 
ing attachment stamps a code number on each clo- 
sure to provide a double check (production date and 
quality control) on every bottle. 

Despite the speed-up, there has been no change 
in the necessarily slow process of fermentation. Even 
when going at full capacity, bottling operations tap 
only a small percentage of the wine in the floor- 


to-ceiling aging tanks at Key Wine’s plant. 


Supplies and services: Automatic bottle-cleaning 
and vacuum-filling machine by U.S. Bottlers Machinery 
Co., 4015 N. Rockwell St., Chicago 18. RU-120 and 
RU-200 automatic screw-capping machines with coder 
attachment by Resina Automatic Machinery Co., Inc., 


572 Smith St., Brooklyn 31. 








No-drip polyethylene squeeze can for syrup 


Che metal-end, polyethylene squeeze can—similar to 
those used for liquid detergents—moves into the food 
field for 


Foundation, Ine., 


Timber Trail syrup, packaged by Food 
Chicago. The easy-to-grip package 
is designed for functional simplicity as well as attrac- 
tiveness on the dining table. Simply by releasing the 
squeeze pressure, the company says, the flow of syrup 
is cut off without drip or mess. 

A red polyethylene snap cap on the top of the 
flexible squeeze-to-use can offers convenient opening 
ind closing. Other advantages cited for the company’s 
new container are its light weight and unbreakability. 

lo give the package stand-out shelf appearance, the 
maple-leaf design which highlights the product name 
is printed a bright red and brown. Green is used for 
accents. Maple-grain paneling overprinted on the yel- 
low polyethylene wall makes up the background. Car 
ends are printed white for extra shelf attention. Pol) 
ethylene squeeze can by Bradley Container Corp., Sub 


{merican Can Co., Maynard, Mass. 


ESIGN HISTORIES 


Formed acetate teamed with a set-up box 


How a set-up box may be combined with thermoformed 
acetate is demonstrated by an improved package that 
is upping sales of Cooper Thermometer Co.'s Litch- 
field brand outdoor thermometer. 

To provide complete product visibility for self-selec- 
tion selling, the die-cut opening in the box cover and 
the formed transparent plastic section match exactly 
the outline of the thermometer and its metal mounting 
bracket. The clear acetate piece snaps securely into 
place through the underside of the box cover with its 
colorfully printed tight wrap. 

The company’s former thermometer package had to 
be opened before customers could inspect the product. 
Increased sales of the outdoor thermometer in its new 
package have more than offset a 5-cent price increase 
that was necessitated by the extra production and ma- 
terial costs of the combination box, the company says. 
Set-up box and 10-mil acetate cover by The Box Shop, 
Inc., 373 Lexington Ave., New Haven, Conn., using 
acetate supplied by the Celanese Corp. of America. 


MODERN PACKAGING 





New tricks with vacuum forming 


There's no waste of material in this thermoformed- 

vinyl display case and home-use package for S. W. 
Farber’s Farberware heat-control unit. Formed of 25- 

mil vinyl sheet, the blue-colored package shell has a 

die-cut opening on top to display the product, which 

is protected and held in place by a blister formed of 

15-mil clear acetate. During the shell-forming opera- 

tion, the piece that will hold the electrical cord in the 
completed package is formed from the blanked-out 
section of vinyl. This flexible cord holder snaps into 

place on studs formed under the package cover. A 
printed paper label is glued on the package over the 

well that contains the electrical cord. Slide tracks on 

the bottom of the waffle-pattern shell hold a heavy 
paperboard card, printed on the bottom with product 

data and on top with a star design. Vacuum-formed 
package by Plaxail, Inc., 5-26 46 Ave., Long Island | ranwenwane 
City 1, N.Y... using Goodrich’s Geon vinyl and Camp 
co’s acetate. Printed paperboard card and paper label, 
{twater Press, Inc., 207 S. 25 St., New York 








DESIGN HISTORIE 


More aluminum foil for Havatampa 


Adoption of aluminum-foil packaging for its “Above 
the Average” brand cigars brings to four the number 
of brands being marketed in foil by Havatampa Cigar 
Corp., Tampa, Fla. 

The company’s four-pack carton is overwrapped 
with a three-ply combination of red-and-white printed 
foil, waxed paper and tissue paper. The heavy paper- 
board box containing 50 cigars is foil laminated and 
can be printed without the characteristic “edging” 
which is found in many cigar boxes, the company says. 
Both methods protect the packaged cigars against 
moisture and aroma loss for long periods, according 
to laboratory tests recently conducted by the company. 

Its other foil-packaged lines are Tampa Nugget 
five-packs, the Hava-Tampa Youth and the Hava- 
Tampa Perfecto. Sales of the Tampa Nugget five-pack 
increased tenfold within five months after switching to 
foil packaging, the company claims. Wraps for cigar 
containers by Milprint, Inc., 4200 N. Holton St., Mil- 


waukee 1, using Alcoa aluminum foil. 


MARCH 1958 





New, low look for a corrugated carton 


How revaluation of package construction can lead to 
multiple benefits is suggested by a streamlined new 
corrugated carton for American-Standard Plumbing & 
Heating’s kitchen-sink faucets. 

\ccording to the company, the new package has 
paid off in six ways: (1) Material costs are down 40%. 
due to the adoption of a die-cut, scored pad which has 
enabled reduction of carton depth from 8 to 31% in. 
and has eliminated a 35-in.-long protective collar 
formerly used to prevent movement in the box. (2) 
Since the former need for screwing the faucet to a 
die-cut board tray has been obviated, packaging time 
has been cut 20%. (3) The new, lower carton re 
quires less than half the storage space of the older 
one. (4) Master-shipping-carton size has been reduced 
10°.. (5) The new carton eliminates packaging delays 
caused by the tipping of top-heavy cartons. (6) It is 
easier to handle and stock in retail stores. Corrugated 
Jackson Box 


Div., 4927 Beach St., Norwood, Cincinnati, O 


container by Mead Containers, Inc., 


ESIGN HISTORIES 


New babies for Libby 


Why make a major label change? Libby. McNeill & 
Libby has four good reasons for redesigning its baby 
food line: (1) to introduce new products; (2) to imply 
product newness in the company’s switch from homog 
enized to strained food processing: (3) to upgrade 
sales appeal in a highly competitive field. and (4) to 
color code its package labels in the interest of faster 
product identification. 

The “Libby twins” have been created as the chief 
design element on the company’s baby- and junior 
food labels. They are shown in a variety of mischievous 
poses, representing a departure from the photo-likenes- 
artwork formerly used by the company. Although the 
cartoon antics of the twins differ from product to 
product (the kids even “age” a little for junior foods). 
strong family identity is maintained. Pastel background 
colors on the labels differ among products. Printed 
paper labels by G. A. Ackermann Printing Co., 1320 
S. 54 Ave., Cicero 50, Ill., and Stecher-Traung Litho 
graph Corp., 274 N. Goodman St., Rochester 7, N.Y. 


MODERN PACKAGING 





More shaver drama 


Another “elegance package” of the kind demanded in si a 7 


haty « Mather, 
the hotly competitive personal-products market (see 


Mopern Packacine, Oct., 1957, p. 132) is this deluxe 
molded polystyrene presentation package for Sunbeam 
Corp.s Lady Sunbeam electric shaver. 

The package opens like a double door to reveal the 
shaver in its molded polystyrene nest. Construction 
of the unit is such that the nest section is automatically 
carried outward to display the shaver as the vertically 
hinged halves of the package are separated (see inset 
photograph). The shaver’s electric cord is concealed 
in a space next to the shaver in the package. 

lhe molded plastic package is covered with a special 
decorative rayon-acetate material designed to increase 
its eye appeal. Vacuum-plated metal door decorations 
idd an extra note of glamour. Volded pac kage by 
Farrington Mfg. Co., Needham Heights 94, Mass.. 
using Koppers’ styrene. Vetal door decorations hy {leo 
lewelry, Inc., Providence, RI. “Facil Fab” covering 
by Facile Corp., Paterson, N.J 


DESIGN HISTORIE. 


Top-grip carrier 


\ self-lo« king paperboard carrier that binds two quart 
milk eartons into one half-gallon unit and adds an 
extra dimension to package design is being used 
successfully by Wm. Colteryahn & Sons Dairy, Pitts- 
burgh, Pa. The company reports that half-gallon sales 
ire up 8% and that material costs for each half-gallon 
unit are down one-tenth of a cent in comparison with 
i previous half-gallon package. 

Che printed carrier, which grips two quart-size, flat 
top paper milk containers under their top flanges, is 
applied manually, requiring no additional equipment 
it the dairy. It stays on tightly during shipping and 
in-store handling, but snaps off easily under gentle 
hand pressure for in-home use, the company says. 

Since it is locked over the normally unprinted tops 
of the two containers, the carrier also affords a bonus 
display area for printing the packager’s product 
message. Milk cartons by American Can Co., 100 Park 
fve., New York 17. Paperboard carrier by Packaging 
Planners, Inc., 60 E. 42 St.. New York. 


MARCH 1958 





Packaging course on diverse subjects is major part of Ohio Valley Packaging Assn.’s monthly 


meetings designed to broaden the 


beckground of member 


engineers and other packaging met 


Guest expert's presentation is followed by panel discussion and question-and-answer period 


The engineer’s view 


10 packaging men in the industrial Ohio River valley meet and travel 


to look beyond their own jobs. 


They discover there’s a lot more to packaging than just engineering 


W.. should an industrial engineer concern 


himself with advertising, package design, technical 
film properties, merchandising and a drumful of 
other subjects not directly related to his day-to-day 
engineering problems or to general industrial pack 
aging decisions? 

For a group of packaging engineers in the indus 
trially saturated Ohio River valley area, the answer 
boils down from many individual reasons to this: 
the broad view of packaging better equips the pack- 
aging engineer to meet his job requirements on the 
plant production line, whatever his product may be. 

To put this theory to work in a practical way, 
these men are organized into the Ohio Valley Pack- 
aging Assn. whose 50 members meet once a month 
in the common interest of packaging, though their 


companies make such diverse products as jet en- 


gines, toiletries, electronics, meat products, greet- 
ings cards, and decorative and industrial high-pres- 
sure plastic laminates. 

As if such diverse interests did not promise 
enough variety in their meetings and field trips, 
these packaging engineers also realize that the un- 
certainties of business may require them individu- 
ally to have and use tomorrow the know-how they 
ignore today. As OVPA president, Cecil D. Young 
of General Electric, explains it: 

“At present we're in military packaging; but to- 
morrow, quite conceivably, we may be in commer- 
cial applications. One of the meetings I have en- 
joyed most concerned advertising and packaging 
design. My job is far removed from such things at 
present. Yet such information gave me a greater 


scope and understanding of the packaging field. 


MODERN PACKAGING 











“The packaging engineer who finds such topics 
a “waste of time’ is limiting his ultimate usefulness 
to his employer.” 
In effect, the 


amounts to this: 


philosophy of the association 
packaging is an industrial and 
business function whose interrelationships cannot 
he logically isolated or separated. The marketing 
man’s package-design demands may obviously pose 
problems on the packaging line, or a cost-saving 
change on an industrial packaging line may have 
to be supported vigorously by merchandising and 
advertising identity programs. 

Thus, OVPA realizes that while a packaging en- 
gineer may be wedded to industrial packaging or 
engineering, he can never divorce himself from the 
requirements of the total packaging picture. 

Underscoring the fact that the packaging engi 
neer is more a corporate function than a job title 
are the membership requirements of the OVPA, 
limited to users, technical men in vendor compa- 
nies and a restricted number of vendor salesmen. 
The “Technical Member (User), 
OVPA, 


quality control, production, purchasing, shipping, 


according to the 


“may hold a position in the engineering. 


trafic or military division.” 

lhe desire to interchange packaging information 
and to obtain a well-rounded packaging picture, 
shared by a group of such packaging men in the 
Cincinnati-Ohio Valley area, developed into an or- 
eanizational effort in November, 1954, that resulted 
in forming the association in June, 1955. OVPA has 
not affiliated with any national specialized pack- 
aging organization in order to maintain the hori- 
zontal outlook on packaging it feels so necessary in 
analyzing its members’ own specialized problems. 

OVPA’s objectives are simply an increased knowl- 
edge of better packaging design and development 
for members through the interchange of ideas and 
information, and the encouragement of research 
through directed programs and education. In a 
broader field, it hopes to increase the prestige of 
packaging both with industry and the public. 

Sales members (vendors) cannot exceed 50% of 
the combined total of technical members and at 
least six of the eight directors must be users. Or- 
ganizationally, OVPA is streamlined to give its 50 
members (eventually 75) the most for their nominal 
annual dues ($7.50 for users; $15 for vendors). 
The business meetings are conducted by the board 
of directors and several committees, leaving most 
regular meetings free to devote time to the associ- 
ation’s carefully planned activities. 

In its short existence the association has come 
a remarkably long way in achieving its goals. 

The packaging-department manager for a toilet- 


ries-goods manufacturer puts it this way: “The edu- 


MARCH 1958 










Cecil D. Young of Gen- 
eral Electric Co., presi 
dent of OVPA. The pack 


aging engineer who finds 


Willard J. Sauer of the 
Crosley Div., Aveo Mfg 


president of 






Corp., vice 
OVPA. This associatior 


provides one means of 






advertising and package 





design a “waste of time” keeping abreast of neu 





is limiting his ultimate packaging concepts and 





usefulness to his firm packaging materials, 





















. , 
+i 





Field trips take members behind the scenes in such plants as Mead 
Jackson Box Div., Cincinnati, where engineer points out 





Containers’ 






for them the design principles of a new glass pack. 









G. J. Grieshaber of Stearns & Foster, secre- 
tary of OVPA. The broad view better equips 


pac kaging engineers to meet requirements 







Shipping container problems of a 
consumer product are explained to mem- 





bers whose daily jobs in package engi- 





neering may be far afield. But they value 





knowledge of other men’s problems. 









Bode, Jt. of 


Harry T. 
Crosley Div., Avco Mfg. 
Corp., OVPA treasurer 








engineer is 





Packaging 





more a corporate func 





tion than it is a job title 











in-plant visit arranged for OVPA shows members how crane shifts jumbo rolls of paper stock to corrugater as 


one step in the manufacture of fibreboard boxes, a typical subject of a monthly meeting and field trip 


cational program is quite worthwhile. Though | 
am not in military packaging, our company might 
quickly get into this in case of a national emer- 
gency. Therefore, no topics discussed are alien to 
my interest in packaging.” 

[To meet such wants of its members, OVPA con- 
ducts a two-part monthly meeting, field trips to 
packaging and materials supplier plants, and some 
other related programs. 

The monthly meeting is divided into two 1-hr. 
sessions. During the first hour an advertising agency 
account executive may discuss the influence of ad 
vertising on package design, an airlines regional 
manager may talk about packaging for air trans 
portation, or a Post Office Department official may 
tell about how this Government agency handles 
packages and claims in parcel post. 

Meetings for 1958 will cover such topics as pres 
ervation methods, quality control, MIL-P-116-C and 
its changes over 116B, unit-pack methods, consumer- 
pac kage constructions and many others. 

In the second hour OVPA’s educational commit- 
tee conducts a packaging course for its members, or 
problem en- 


occasionally analyzes a packaging 


countered by a member. The packaging course usu- 


ally is run on a pre-assigned panel discussion basis 


for broad member-participation purposes. 


Field trips sometimes replace discussion meet- 


ings. In a packager-member’s plant, others can learn 
new production-line techniques. In a_ supplier's 
plant, they can better understand what may be ob- 
tained from such a supplier. 

The vitality of the organization is also evidenced 
by the fact that more than half of the members have 
A talk with 


a cross-section of the membership reveals what has 


non-company -sponsored member ship. 


motivated these packaging engineers to form an 
independent association such as this, geared to the 
total packaging outlook: 

Willard J. Sauer, Crosley Div., Aveo Mfg. Corp. 
“Although I’ve been a packaging engineer for bet- 
ter than 10 years, OVPA provides one means of 
keeping me abreast of new packaging concepts and 
materials,” 

“While 


larger companies have well-organized packaging 


Salesman, a corrugated-box company: 


departments, smaller companies do not always real 
ize packaging’s importance. OVPA can assist the 
packaging engineer in the smaller company to learn 
from his opposite number in larger companies. | 
can also learn the packager’s problems—for ex- 


ample, what score allowance is wanted—an! « 

ultimately serve my customer more efficiently.” 
Joseph E. Schumaker, Formica Corp.. subsidiary 

of American Cyanamid Co.: “OVPA is a medium 


through which contributions to the field may be 


MODE! "ACK AGING 





discussed and evaluated. | am new in the 
OVPA 
has given me a professional understanding and atti 
work,” 

Nor does the interchange of packaging ideas stop 
Phone 
about packaging problems are not unusual: “In my 
“T could 
not freely call on packaging engineers in other 
companies unless I had the framework of the OVPA 


to work within.” 


bresented 
association, but I have found that already 


tude toward my 


between monthly meetings. conversations 


company,” says one packaging engineer, 


\ planning committee helps chart the group’s 


long-range activities. A panel is the source of 
speakers at civic and business organization meet- 
ings. Now under way are plans for OVPA to spon- 
sor a national packaging symposium in conjunction 
with such an organization as the Society for the Ad- 
vancement of Management. And a technica! school 


in Cincinnati is discussing with OVPA the intro- 


Machinery operation ¢ets first-hand 
attention of OVPA group watching fibre- 


board box partition slotter at work. Execu 


tives and operators are on hand to explain 


machine’s action and to answer questions 


duction of packaging technology as a regular course. 

Guiding the association are these newly elected 
Assembly & 
Spare Parts Div., General Electric Co.: vice presi- 
dent, Wihard J. Div.. Aveo Mfg. 
Corp.; secretary, G. J. Grieshaber, Stearns & Foster 
Co.; treasurer, Harry T. Bode. Div., 


Aveo Mfg. Corp.; assistant treasurer, R. L. Hamil- 


officers: president, Cecil D. Young. 


Sauer, Crosley 
it... ( rosley 


ton, Bendix Aviation Corp.; assistant secretary, 


Corp.: 


Melvin R. Weisel, Service Parts Supply 
PI 


program director, A. B. Backscheider of the Seybold 


Paper Co., and publicity director, Joseph E. Schu- 
maker of the Formica Corp., a subsidiary of Ameri- 
can Cyanamid Co. 

Perhaps in this organization is a lesson more 
packaging men are learning every day: the more 
they expose themselves to all facets of this $1614 bil- 
lion industry, the better they will be able to perform 


their daily packaging assignments. 


These committee chairmen plan OVPA’s interchange of packaging information 


\. B. Backscheider of 
Seybold Paper Co., pro 
gram ‘director. Packag 
ng interrelat onships 


annot he varated 


J. E. Sehumaker of 
Corp., pub- 
{ctivi 


Formica 
licity direc tor. 


ties of our group give 


H. L. Mootz (left) of Mead Contain 
ers, Inc., ways and means, and C. F. 
Bardes of Ohio Mechanics Institute, 
While a pac k 


aging engineer may be wedded to in 


education committee. 


dustrial packaging or engineering 


problems, he can never divorce him 


O. J. Kistner of Mead Con- 
8 ee oe tainers, Inc., planning. A 


derstanding marketing 


nan’s pac kage 
design may pose problems 


on the packaging line. 


4. G. Des Marais of 
GE’s Gas Turbine Div., 


membership 


MARCH 1958 


self from the requirements of the 


total packaging picture 





The first 


In non-aerated form, paste is expelled by inert gas, which 
functions like an invisible piston to force product up through dip 


tube and valve opening. Can and valve are standard except that the 


valve and the dip tube 


ow it’s the $160-million dentifrice market 
that is suddenly pitched into a battle royal over 
container torms. 

After more than half a century of being committed 
principally to one package—the collapsible tube 
the makers of toothpaste, like the makers of cos- 
metics, foods and cigarettes, have turned to intri- 
guing new devices and principles of packaging in 
the ever-turbulent fight for top position. 

Close on the heels of Bristol-Myers’ lead with 
Ipana Plus in a squeeze bottle’ and less than a week 
after Lever Bros. announced national distribution of 


“Stripe” (the toothpaste that squeezes out of a tube 


in a pink-and-white stripe*), Colgate-Palmolive 
scored the reported first with its announcement of 
Colgate Dental Cream in an aerosol container. 

But the “first” was only a matter of days. Within 
a week it was revealed that push-button toothpaste 
similarly packaged in an aerosol can is also being 
test marketed by the Rexall Drug Co., Procter & 
Gamble (Gleem), and by Carter Products, Inc., re- 
portedly first to distribute aerosol shave cream and 
now bidding for a toe-hold in the large and competi- 
tive dentifrice market. 

The whole development indicates significant pos- 
sibilities for opening up many new avenues for push- 
button dispensing of viscous products. 

Colgate Dental Cream “with Gardol” in the new 
aerosol container represents extensive testing by 


ze-Bottle Toothpaste ’* Mopern Pacxacine, Oct 1957 


I thpaste,”” Mopern Packactnc, Jan 1957 


are considerably greater in diameter 


Colgate-Palmolive to maintain its high standards 
of product formula. 

Convenience and economy, plus today’s almost 
universal preference for push-button efficiency, are 
the reasons why Colgate believes aerosol toothpaste 
is slated for success. The company expects to back 
this belief with heavy advertising support. 

The invisible “push” of the aerosol propellent gas 
enables the user to dispense just the right amount 
of toothpaste simply by holding the can upright or 
setting it on the washstand and applying the slightest 
pressure to the button. A cellulose acetate cap covers 
the valve for protection in shipment, but need never 
be replaced once removed in the home, it is said. 
There is supposedly no waste due to oozing; release 
of pressure on the valve cuts off flow completely. 
And the red-and-white can, which continues the 
famous color identity of Colgate toothpaste, retains 
its shape and identity until thrown away. 

Priced at 98 cents, the 7-0z. aerosol can offers 
the consumer a slightly better bargain than two 
314-0z., large, economy-size tubes of Colgate tooth- 
paste selling at 49 cents each, the company says. 

The container for “Power-Packed Colgate Dental 
Cream” is a standard aerosol can with a valve as- 
sembly similar to those for products pressure 
packed with compressed gas. It is equipped with 
larger valve ports and a dip tube of large diameter 
to assure steady flow of the viscous product. The 
propellent is tasteless, non-toxic, compressed _nitro- 


gen gas, which permits dispensing of the product 


MODERN PACKAGING 














with a long-awaited development: 


push-button dentifrice propelled in solid stream by nitrogen gas 





Phe 


likened to that of an invisible internal piston that 


in non-aerated form. force of the inert gas is 
forces the toothpaste up through the dip tube and 
valve opening in its original form. This is in con- 
trast to halogenated propellents which expel other 
types of products in the form of a foam or spray. 

Chief interest of the development, according to 
Colgate-Palmolive was the selection of a product 
formula of sufficient viscosity to satisfy consumer 
preferences for a product of paste consistency and 
yet meet the requirements of aerosol dispensing. (In 
repeated consumer tests, the company says, con- 
sumers invariably choose the toothpaste that is more 
viscous.) After considerable study, Colgate has 
come up with a formula for the aerosol which, when 
dispensed on a toothbrush, appears to be only 
slightly less viscous than Colgate toothpaste dis- 
pensed from a metal collapsible tube. 

At present, the aerosol packaging is being done 
one in Jersey City and the 


Ind., 


filling equipment is used for loading the cans, but 


in two Colgate plants 
other in Jeffersonville, where conventional 
special machinery has been added for inserting the 
valves and for the gassing operation. The cans are 
first filled with product, prior to the insertion and 
crimping on of the valves. Under 100 lbs. pressure 
p.s.i.. the nitrogen gas is pumped into the can 
through the valve orifice. 

Due to the voluminous expansion of nitrogen gas. 
less than a gram of the compressed propellent is 


required for successful functioning of each can, 


( 


which reportedly dispenses down to less than 5% 


of product. A feature of Colgate’s aerosol packag- 


Transparent cap is distinguishing feature 


area about Feb. 1 


Phillipsburg, N. J., 


MARCH 1958 


Colgate claims a first, followed in days by Rexall and P & G's Gleem, 


Gleem aerosol dentifrice, introduced in Easton, Pa.- 


aerosol toothpastes 





REXALL 


TOOTH 
PASTE 


se ie aerosol 


Similar in principle is Rexall aerosol 
toothpaste. Cost of nitrogen-propelle d pac k- 















age reportedly is comparable to that of 


squeeze bottle, no greater than large-size 


ollapsible tube and its carton 










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WF p<, 2U) 





| GLEES 


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th nas 
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with GL: 



















ing, therefore. is reportedly a more pre ise method 


of testing leakers than has heretofore been de 
manded in 1erosol packaging to assure the propel 
amount of propellent-—a procedure which Colgate 
has not disclosed at this time. 


Although the package is well 


familiar 


identified with 


red-and-white lithographed labeling as 
“Power-Packed Colgate Dental Cream with Gardol,” 
the company makes doubly sure it is not confused 
with other aerosol products by featuring promi- 
nently a line illustration showing toothpaste being 
applied to a brush. 

(nd to be sure that consumers use the product 
correctly, directions say to “be sure to keep can up- 
right” and not to shake the can, which is customary 
procedure to heighten the foaming action of aerosol 
whipped cream or aerosol shave cream. With the 
nitrogen propellent, too much movement is likely to 
expel the gas too rapidly, thereby reducing the 
“pushing” power. 

Colgate Dental Cream in the aerosol container 
was introduced for sale in the Eastern part of the 
United States early in January, as an addition to 
Colgate toothpaste in tubes, reportedly still the 
largest-selling dentrifice in the world. 

Apparently similar in design and principle is the 


aerosol toothpaste container being test marketed by 


of Los Angeles. According to the 


custom packer of this item, compressed nitrogen gas 


Rexall Drug Co. 


is used as the propellent, dispensing the toothpaste 
in unaerated form without physical disturbance of 
the product. The Rexall package appears to have a 
slightly longer and arched dispensing spout, which 
may be for ease of application. 

Advantages cited by Rexall are: that the tooth- 
paste may be laid directly on the brush without con- 
cern for removal or replacement of caps: that com 
plete protection and maintenance of sterility in the 
container are assured, and that the label with its 
identification remains in full view without distortion 
throughout the existence of the container. It is also 
pointed out that no carton is necessary for shipping 
or merchandising the aerosol container. 

The cost of Rexall’s nitrogen-propelled packag 
reportedly is comparable to that of a squeeze bottle 
and no greater than that of a large-size collapsible 


metal tube together with its paperboard carton. 


Supplies and services: Colgate, Rexall and Procter 
& Gamble— Aerosol cans by Crown Cork & Seal Co 
Inc., Can Div., 9300 Ashton Rd., Philadelphia 36, Pa 
valves by Precision Valve Corp., 700 Nepperhan Ave 
Yonkers 3, N. Y. 
ferosol Techniques, Inc., 111 Silliman Ave., 


ferosol packaging for Rexall by 
Bridge 


port 5, Conn 


Dispenser carton for single-use scouring pads 


A convenient, low-cost carton that suggests in 
teresting possibilities for one-at-a-time dispensing 
has been developed by Rokeach Sales Corp., New 
York, for its new “Dispens-A-Pad” single-use scour 
ing pads with soap. 


The new product and package are designed as an 


| DISPENS-A-PAD 
SOAP 
PADS 


f rad 


= 
calms e we * 
az 


Perforations provide tear-out for dispensing pads one 


by one and tab for wall hanging if desired. 


answer to repeated consumer requests for small, 
readily accessible steel-wool-and-soap pads that can 
be thrown away after one use. 

In selected areas Rokeach is marketing 12 small 
pads in a specially constructed carton developed by 
its own packaging department in collaboration with 
the supplier of the carton. 

The top flap is perforated to provide a punched 
tab that may be raised for hanging the carton in a 
convenient wall location if desired. On the back of 
the carton (which becomes the front in use), a 
perforated section for tear-out near the base permits 
removal of one pad at a time while another falls into 
position by gravity. A paperboard platform in the 
base of the carton holds the pads at the level of the 
dispensing opening. A vertical insert holds the pads 
in separate channels of six each. 

Copy and illustration on the three-color-printed 
cartons call attention to the convenient one-at-a-time 
use of a fresh, new pad. Directions for preparing the 
carton for easy dispensing are printed on the per- 
forated section that the consumer tears out. 
Supplies and services: Curtons by Cleghorn Fold- 
ing Box Co., Inc., 164 Meadowcroft St., Lowell, Mass. 


Happy? Mopern PacKxacine Aug 


MODERN PACKAGING 








Soft and pliable texture of multiwal 
bags made from stretchable paper promotes 
easy handling and sewing. The fertilize: 
packaging operation illustrated here is at 
Consolidated Rendering Co., Lowell, Mass 


stretchable paper 


Because the material gives a bit before it breaks, 


a new principle in papermaking 


saves Corenco fertilizers 16°, of paper 
| 


on multiwall bags of greater strength for weight 


LL ittin. a loaded, 100-lb. paper bag above his 


head recently, a skeptical packager hurled it re 
I I 

peatedly on the floor in a futile attempt to make it 

break. 


and more scientific tests—are taken in stride by 


This dramatic gesture—-and many quieter 
multiwall bags made from a tough, new, stretchable 
kraft paper that combines light weight and pliability 
with superior strength. 

[he paper is not stretchable like rubber. To the 
hand, a sizable piece will not “give.” But under 
load and impact it will “give” just enough to lessen 
creatly the danger of bursting. 

One of the first examples of its packaging use is 
at Consolidated Rendering Co., Lowell, Mass., where 
fertilizer is now packed in two-wall stretchable bags 
that save 16 to 17% of the paper used in conven- 


tional four-wall bags. This is achieved through use 


of fewer and heavier plies that add up to a decrease 
in the total basis weight of paper used. 

On the other hand, with the same weight of paper, 
strength can be increased five times over that of 
a conventional bag and at no increase in cost be- 
cause the new bags are available at the same price as 
those made of regular kraft paper. 

Use of stretchable paper for bagging is spreading 
to such other industries as cement, sugar, industrial 
chemicals, flour, starch and salt, where paper sav- 
ings. sometimes including reduction in the number 
of walls, can run as high as 20 to 25%. 

There are four reasons for this increasing use: 

1. Bags made from the new stretchable material 
have proved their increased resistance to shipping 
damage despite their lighter weight. 


2. The filled bags stack more easily and more 





PHOTO BEMIS BRO. BAC CO. 


Filling operation is conducted on a new pre-batching 
scale that automatically weighs out 80-lb. quantities. 


securely on pallets and in rail cars or trucks be- 
cause their greater pliability makes them conform 
better, increasing the area of contact and so helps 
resist slipping action. 

3. Flexibility of the stretchable paper makes 
heavier laminations practical for special applica- 
tions, and eases closing and handling of the bags at 
the filling station. 

1. Inventories of unfilled bags require less ware- 
house space because the bags are thinner. 

Unlike most basic improvements in paper in re- 
cent years, this one involves no additive. Rather 
than a chemical process, it is purely mechanical. 
The product is made, quite simply, by “shrinking” 
the paper on the paper machine in a process akin 
to the method of producing Sanforized cloth.* 

In fact, the same man, Sanford Cluett, invented 
both processes. By this method, about midway in the 
papermaking machine, the partially processed web is 
run against a huge rubber belt that is held under 
tension. When the belt tension is relaxed, the paper 


contracts too, interlocking the fibres and coiling 


* See “Stretchable Paper Introd Mopvern Packacinc 


Feb., 1958, p. 19 


them like springs. The whole operation is high speed 
and continuous. The shrinkage effect is produced 
almost entirely in the web direction, though some 
shrinkage occurs in the cross direction also. 

The result is a very smooth paper that will 
stretch about 10% and thus better absorb the 


impact shocks common in handling and shipping 


bagged products. Ordinary kraft has a stretch of 


only 114 to 2%. Tear strength of the new paper is 
about equal to conventional kraft in the machine 
direction, but is much better in the cross direction. 
Tensile strength of the stretchable material is ac- 
tually less than that of kraft paper. But here, the 
stretch factor makes possible the extraordinary 
strength of this new material. 

An old physics formula states that “Work is equal 
to force times the distance over which the force is 
applied.” Translated into packaging terms, this 
means that the resistance to breakage of this paper, 
or “toughness” as defined by the paper manufac- 
turer, is equal to the pull on the paper times the 
distance it will stretch under the load. 

In a conventional strength test for paper, which 
measures the stress-strain factors, l-in. paper strips 
are subjected to increased pull until they break. 
Here, the stretchable paper proves to be five times 
as tough as ordinary kraft. When this factor is 
applied to multiwall paper bags, some rather star- 
tling benefits result. 

In the case of fertilizer, Consolidated was using 
two standard multiwalls: a 90-lb. asphalt laminate 
combined with two 60-lb. sheets and a 90-lb. AL 
with two 40- and one 50-lb. sheets. Total basis 
weight of paper in these two types of bags was 180 
and 190 lbs., respectively. 

Now in use are two stretchable paper bags that 
each save 30 lbs. in basis weight; both employ an 
asphalt laminate of 130 lbs. as a base, with added 
single sheets of 50 and 60 lbs., respectively. In the 
near future, these savings may run even higher now 
that a lighter 110-lb. asphalt laminate is available 
in the stretchable paper. Tests show that bags made 
with this combination—at a saving of 50 lbs. in 
basis paper weight—are strong enough for fertilizer. 
However, such a switch has been made cautiously 
because of a fear, now felt to be groundless, that the 
light papers might delaminate when they were sub- 
jected to low temperatures. 

In the past, such heavy stock as the 130-lb. lami- 
nate has seldom been used for bags because of its 
stiffness and consequent difficulty in handling in 
manufacturer and use. But it is now feasible due 
to the new stretchable paper’s flexibility. This 
property has a profound effect on stackability and 
shipping of the filled bags. Because of the pliability, 


palletized bags have an increased area of contact 


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and resist slipping. In freight cars and trucks, load- 
ing patterns can be made tighter and more flexible 
in arrangement. The bag wiil drape to conform with 
space limitations instead of buckling and splitting. 
as frequently happens with conventional bags. 

In some cases minor changes in conveyor systems 
must be made, since the bag is so limber that it 
tends to conform to belt pulleys instead of shooting 
across transfer points as do sacks which are made 
of stiffer papers. ; 

The pliability also makes it easier for the packer 
to form gussets in pleated bags. And the decreased 
basis weight of the material eases the strain on sew- 
ing equipment. Also, it is estimated at Consolidated 
that the thinner bags cut warehouse space for bag 
inventory 20 to 25%. 

In a rapid broadening of application for this 
unique paper-bag material, test packs and shipments 
have been reported successful for a variety of other 
tvpes of produc ts. 

With cement, a standard four-ply bag of 50-, 40-. 
1O- and 50-lb. sheets has been replaced in tests 
with three 50-lb. sheets of stretchable paper. For 
sugar, salt and starch, a five-ply 210-lb.-basis-weight 
bag has given way to a three-ply 150-lb. stretchable 
bag. In a severe test for any paper carrier, a manu- 
facturer of abrasives has employed a four-ply 200-lb. 
hag. The shipping test scored well. with only eight 
bags damaged, none seriously. Average damage for 
a carload of this product in conventional, wire-tied. 
220-lb.-basis-weight kraft bags is 20 bags. 

\ prominent sugar company has its own private 
torture for new sample bags that graphically points 
up the advantages of the stretchable paper. In this 
test, the company ships filled samples of the con- 
tainer and control bags to a branch office 120 miles 
iway by Railway Express. After delivery, they are 
sent back to the home plant by less-than-carload-lot 
truck shipment—a procedure that subjects the bags 
to multiple handling and excessive abuse. Back at 
the plant, the bags are flat-drop tested from 4 ft. until 
failure. In the case of the stretchable paper, the 
company shipped six bags: two controls made from 
ordinary kraft of 210-ib. basis weight. two three-wall 
stretchable bags of 150-lb. weight and two bags of 
four-wail stretchable with 200 lbs. of paper. 

In the test the control bags broke on the first and 
second drop, respectively. One of the 150-lb. stretch- 
able bags broke on the second drop, too, but the 
other lasted through the ninth drop. The 200-lb. 
bags resisted impact for 11 and 23 drops. 

The varied possibilities of this new paper are only 
magined at present and experiments are going for- 


ward rapidly to determine just how much bag weight 


and ply thickness can be reduced and still maintain 


top shipping strength and product protection. One 


1ARCH 1958 


thing is sure from present facts: the stretchable 


paper will put new life in paper bags for the com- 
plete scale of bulk-packed products through substan 
tial reduction in costs due to damaged goods and 


savings in warehouse space and bag weight. 


Supplies and services: Krujisman Clupak extensi 
ble paper by West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co., 230 
Park Ave., New York 17. Multiwall bags by Bemis 
Bro. Bag Co., 408 Pine St.. Box 49, St. Louis 2, Mo 
Bagging and sewing machines illustrated manufactured 
by Union Bag-Camp Paper Corp., 233 Broadway, Neu 
York 


1 VIRGINIA PLLP & PAPER CO 


Flat dropped from 4 ft., these sewn, 100-Ib. 
iultiwall test bags of beans point up the marked 
difference in strength between conventional kraft 


ind stretchab'e paper. Cont: | bag (above) is five 


plies, totaling 210 Ibs. basis weight of paper 
Stretchal ‘ ww) has three plies and 150 


lb. paper weig Test covered 15 bags, the regular 


kratt bag 


iveraging 8.6 drops before breaking. 


the stretchable (X-10) averaging 23.9 drops. 





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Family identity is evident from a glance at this line-up of Mac Fisheries packages. Bold, color 
keyed trademark symbol and stencil lettering are the key design elements on all of the packages. 


Large, full-color product vignettes distinguish the company’s frozen-food line. 


AT THE SIGN 


Br ovcii ans tend to think of British package de- 


sign as something bound by a tradition of stodgy 
reserve. But, if ever so, there are many examples to 
prove it’s no longer true. Many of today’s brightest 
and most refreshing packaging ideas are coming 
from British designers. 

A case in point is that of the Mac Fisheries of 
London, in which redesign with an eye to the con- 
cepts of packaging merchandising and family iden- 
tity has increased both sales and distribution. 

The company operates a chain of more than 300 
fish shops in Great Britain. It supplies these stores 
with fresh, non-packaged fish and a wide range of 
foods under the Mac Fisheries label in cartons, fibre 
cans, bottles and jars, and waxed-paper containers. 
These products include a new frozen-food line (fish, 


fruits and vegetables) and an older line of oils, 


sauces, bread crumbs, and meat and fish pastes. 

While planning the introduction of its frozen 
foods, Mac Fisheries re-examined its old package 
designs and came up with this blunt truth: a de- 
sign that was sufficiently effective at its introduction 
a decade ago had been drained of most of its impact 
over the intervening years. To progress, the com- 
pany decided, it was high time to redesign the 
diverse packages of its product line for greater 
family identity and for enhanced eye appeal in 
modern self-service stores. The company’s adver- 
lising agency, Mather & Crowder, London, worked 
with a leading British designer to formulate this 
packager’s new look. 

How well the redesign program succeeded is 
evidenced by a 63% sales rise for the company’s fish 


pastes in the first three months under the new label 


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and the fact that its products are now sold in three 
of the largest British self-service food chains. 

\s the first step, the company modernized its 
trademark to make it the key element of family 
identity—not only on packages, but on self-service 
price markers and in all promotional media. The 
former trademark—a small blue circle slashed with 
a white cross and featuring a detailed drawing of 
a fish in each quarter formed by the cross—was 
brought up to date with more stylized drawings and 
the removal of extraneous elements, leaving a sim- 
ple yet immediately recognizable symbol in stores 
outside the Mac Fisheries chain. 

This trademark appears prominently against a 
white panel on every Mac Fisheries package, except 
the shrimp container, where it occupies the entire 
surface of the circular lid. For faster product identi- 
fication, trademark labels are cleverly color keyed 
to product character. As an additional step, bold, 
stencil-style lettering on every Mac Fisheries pack 
age serves to tie the company’s diverse line of 
products into one quickly identifiable family. 

But this family look doesn’t end with packaged 
foods, for Mac Fisheries also trades heavily in fresh. 
unpackaged fish 


perhaps a lingering evidence of 


British deep-rooted custom. Here, the company’s 
concept is served simply by supplying its stores 
with circular price markers that duplicate the com- 
pany’s trademark in still more simplified form as 
well as with product signs on which the Mac Fish 
name is printed in the same distinctive script that 
appears on take-home bags and wrappers for fish, 


on wooden shipping crates and in newspaper ads. 


Supplies and services: Design by Hans Schleger, 
14 Avenue Studios, Sidney Close, London SW 3. Car- 
tons by Metal Box Co., Ltd., 37 Baker St., London W 1, 
and Pearlite Box Co., Ltd., West Road, London N 17. 
Overwraps by Bemrose & Sons, Ltd., Wellington St., 
Derby, and Robinson Wax Paper Co., Ltd., Bristol. 
Glass bottles by Johnson & Jorgensen Flint Glass, Ltd., 
26 Farrington St., London EC 4. Neck sleeve by Spicers, 
Ltd., 19 New Bridge St., London EC 4. Glass jars by 
Key Glassworks, Ltd., 7 Fursecroft, George St., Lon- 
don W 1. Metal closures by Metal Box Co. and Ideal 
Capsules, Ltd., Slough, Bucks. Paper labels by Liver- 
more & Knight, Ltd., 62a Pentonville Rd., London N 1; 
Deanery Press, Ltd., 10a Leytonstone Rd., London E 
15; Lowe & Carr, Ltd., Leicester, and W. & J. Jarvis, 
Ltd., 29 Villiers St.. London WC 2. Shrimp container 
by Hygienic Wax Container Co., Waterfoot, Rossen- 


dale, Lancashire. 


Proving that good design is by no means limited to this side 


of the Atlantic, here’s Mac the fish monger 


with a brilliant example of modern British packaging 


THE FISH 


side panels on frozen-fish overwraps. Package 


bottom contains directions and recipes. 


Full visibility in three dimensions is suggested 
by product vignettes that occupy bulk of top and 


Trademark symbol on price markers for 
non-packaged fresh fish quickly tell shoppers that 


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these are Mac Fish products. Informative rec 
tangular signs complete the selling job. 


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1 Now it’s an apothecary jar for Golden 


State cottage cheese in another adapta- 
tion of the store-shelf-to-dining-table 
technique. Product information is con- 
fined to a metal snap-off rim which se- 
cures the glass top to the jar. For use 
on the table, the metal rim may be re- 
moved. The decorative glass containe: 

with a “sunburst” design—is_re- 
usable for spices, candies or other 
items. Glass top and jar, Thatcher 
Glass Mfg. Co., Elmira, N.Y. Litho- 
graphed rim, Sterling Seal Co., Erie, Pa 


J. C. Penney Co. conveys the illusion of 

product visibility for Mary Esther 

brand filled hard candies in a fibre can 

via a lithographed overwrap that repro- 

duces in full color the candies inside 

The can is opened by pulling on a tear 

Packa Ta string located near the top of the con- 
4 4 tainer. The new package minimizes 
breakage, is 20% less costly to produce 

and is lighter to ship, the company says. 

String-opening can, Sefton Fibre Can 

Co., St. Louis. Paper overwrap, H. S. 


Crocker Co., San Bruno, Calif. 


P t Gold-colored foil overwrap adds an ex- 
agean tra measure of eye appeal to this self- 
selection package of Golden Hallowi 
dates packed by Calavo Growers. The 
flexographic-printed design is in blue, 
red, yellow and white. For faster recog- 
nition on supermarket shelves, the let- 
ters of the word “dates” are printed in 
bold copy in individual, different-col- 
ored ovals on the front carton panel. 


Wrap, Milprint, Inc., Milwaukee. 


Full-color illustrations of hot cereal in 
a copper chafing dish and a china bowl 
on General Mills’ Protein Plus package 
suggest a new graphic approach to 
cereal packaging. A metal pour spout 
is incorporated on the side panel of the 
18-0z. carton. Design, Lippincott & 
Margulies, Inc., New York. 


A rodenticide packaged in a key-open- 
ing metal can to lengthen its effective 
storage life is being marketed by Niag- 
ara Chemical Div. of Food Machinery 
& Chemical Corp. Vacuum packaging 
eliminates the former problems of ran- 
cidity, staleness or mold after long shelf 
life, the company says. Printed on top 
of the lithographed can are directions 
for converting it into a self-feeding sta- 
tion for rats, mice and other rodents. 
Can, American Can Co., New York. 


MODERN PACKAGING 


























































6 Transparent polystyrene lids that reveal 
the products inside the package are de- 
signed to stimulate impulse buying of 
Schutter Candy Co.’s new line of Cari- 
oca brand candies in paperboard cup 
containers. Bold, poster-style product 
lettering aids identification. Containers, 
Lily-Tulip Cup Corp., New York. 


7 A timely round-the-world theme is sug- 
gested by the brightly colored ascension 
balloons printed on this “Holiday in 
Fragrance” carton for four Prince 
Matchabelli colognes, each named after 
a famous vacation spot. The balloons 
are die cut to reveal the bottles of co- 
logne inside the package. Bottles, Carr- 
Lowrey Glass Co., Ba'timore, Md. Silk 
screening, Modern Decorating Co., Pat- 
erson, N.J. Closures, Armstrong Cork 
Co., Lancaster, Pa. Carton, Manufac- 
turers Box Co., Bridgeport, Conn. 


8 Fashion appeal for a first-aid product 
is the design theme on these metal cans 
for Johnson & Johnson’s new Sheer 





Band-Aid adhesive bandages, which are 
said to blend with the skin to hide 
small cuts or blemishes. The high- 
fashion illustration on the package is 
calculated to promote the product as a 
cosmetic accessory. Design, Charles 
Magers, Princeton, N.J. Metal cans, 
American Can Co., New York, and J. L. 
Clark Mfg. Co., Rockford, IIL. 


9 By using matte-finish plate as an inte- 
gral part of the design, a metal can for 
American Tobacco’s Half and Half 
pipe tobacco gives the appearance of 
three-color printing with the use of only 
two colors—red and green. The third- 
color effect is actually the unprinted 
surface of the metal. Lithographed 
can, Continental Can Co., New York. 


10 A polyethylene closure with four flex- 
ible prongs is being used by S. E. Mas- 
sengill Co. to hold its vial-packaged 
Conar Troches securely in place. The 
closure eliminates the need for cotton 
plugs, the company says. Vial, Owens- 
Illinois Glass Co., Kimble Glass Co. 
Div., Toledo, Ohio. Closure, Lumelite 
Corp., Pawling, N.Y. Labels and car- 

tons, Lord Baltimore Press, New York. 






A triple-purpose package is this carton 
for Spirling Products Co.’s Viscount 
indoor TV antenna. It serves as shipper, 
counter display and convenient take- 


home unit with built-in handle. Made 
of 0.024 white patent-coated kraft and 
lithographed in four colors, the carton 
has a separate platform to hold the an- 
tenna securely. Carton, Blum Folding 
Paper Box Co., Valley Stream, N.Y. 


Flexible vacuum packaging adopted for 
seafood by San Juan Fishing & Packing 
Co. reportedly maintains product flavor 
and prevents moisture loss for long 
periods. The company’s Ship Ahoy 
brand salmon, swordfish and halibut 
steaks come in color-keyed, printed 
polyethylene pouches with clear areas 
in the front for product visibility. Prep- 
aration instructions are printed on the 
back of the pouch. Polyethylene film 
and “Flexvac” machinery, Standard 


Packaging Corp., New York. 


Seasonal overwraps that can be re- 
moved after the holiday, leaving the 
original package intact for everyday 
sale, are being used by D. L. Clark 
Candy Co. to promote Easter sales. 


The six-bar package has a clear cello- 


phane overwrap and a transparent film 
band imprinted with colored Easter 
eggs and the message “Happy Easter.” 
The full-width overwrap on 24bar car- 
tons of Clark Bars suggests that the 
candies are ideal for filling Easter bas- 
kets. Six-bar-pack band and box over- 
wrap, Milprint, Inc., Milwaukee. 


In a package redesign for greater brand 
identity and appetite appeal, The 
Kitchens of Sara Lee has adopted 
color reproductions of products and a 
“butter-yellow” contemporary logotype 
against a cerise background on the cov- 
ers of its aluminum-foil containers. Re- 
placing a white Colonial-style script, 
the new yellow logo emphasizes the 
company’s “all-butter” claim. Design, 
Jim Nash Associates, Inc., New York. 
Color consultant, Color Research, Inc., 
Chicago. Container covers, Lord Balti- 


more Press, New York. 


Morton’s frozen devil’s food whipped- 
cream cake is packaged by a fully auto- 
matic operation that is reported by the 
company to effect substantial produc- 
tion economies. The baked and frozen 
cake is deposited in a lock-type, oc- 
tagonal, waxed paperboard tray which 
is then placed into a printed carton. 
Trays and cartons, Marathon Div.. 
American Can Co., Menasha, Wis. 











Even standard package forms can be 


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improved for greater consumer conven- 
ience. With its new shaker attachment, 






the 26-0z. fibre canister for Morton’s 





Salt will now shake as well as pour. 
Molded of blue-colored polyethylene, 


the shaker unit has a hinged top that 







snaps down to prevent accidental spill- 






ing when the pour spout is used. Shaker 
device by Korris Products, Inc., Lyons, 
Ill., Victory Mfg. Co., Chicago, and 
Northwest Mould, Inc., Skokie, II. 













Lock-tab waxed cartons mechanically 






formed, filled and overwrapped with 





gold-colored foil provide a fully auto- 






matic procedure for packaging Sophie 
Mae peanut brittle that reportedly in- 
creases output 80%. Red design on the 








carton continues brand identity after 






the wrap is removed. Carton and filling 
machine, Container Corp. of America, 













Chicago. Overwrap, Lord Baltimore 


Press. New York, using Reynolds foil. 











18 A switch to waxed-paper wraps for 18 

Pak-O-8 cone cups has reduced over- 

wrap costs 35% and helped upgrade 

4 package design, says Marr Baking 









Corp. Savings have been invested in 









more appealing design. Overwrap, 
Crown Zellerbach Corp., Western-Wax- 
de Div : 










San Leandro, Calif. / . Re . 








e 19 New protective packages for Holland 


peony roots open up new markets for 







Springtime Bulb Farms. To retain mois- 






ture, the plants are packed in moss, 






“ then overwrapped in 1.5-mil polyethyl- 
ene film. After wrapping. each root is 







placed in a printed chipboard sleeve. 
Film, Continental Can Co., Shellmar- 


setner Div., Mt. Vernon, Ohio. 













Bristol-Myers adapts its successful roll- 






on Ban-type package to Trig, a new 
, product aimed at the man’s-deodorant 
market. Big white block letters on black 
and red give powerful shelf impact. 









Design, Jim Nash Associates, Inc., New 






York. Glass containers, Diamond Glass 
Co., Royersford, Pa., and Owens-Illinois 
Glass Co., Toledo, Ohio. Polyethylene 
plug closures, Owens-Illinois and Sun 
Tube Corp., Sub. American Can Co., 
New York. Polystyrene applicator, 
Orange Products Corp., Orange, N.J. | 
Polystyrene caps, Owens-Illinois. La- 
bels, Lord Baltimore Press, New York. 
Cartons, National Folding Box Co., Div. 
Federal Paper Board Co., Bogota, N.J. 























MARCH 1958 


Tear-strip 


carton for 


frozen food 


Convenience feature for Gorton’s a first 
in its field. Integral opener is built 
into a single-wall protective carton 


that obviates both liner and overwrap 


i, there is one thing that has been lacking in the 
postwar boom for convenience frozen foods, it is 
a convenient way to get at the product. The con- 
ventional folding carton and heat-sealed waxed- 
paper overwrap, for all its protection, has the ob- 
vious drawback that opening it destroys the cooking 
directions and recipes so carefully printed on the 
wrapper. And inner wraps used on some products 
have an annoying habit of sticking to the food— 
frequently complained of by housewives. 

In a surprise move to overcome these disadvan- 
tages, a new, wrapperless and linerless carton with 
a novel tear strip built right into the carton board 
has been applied to a pack of frozen fish sticks by 
Gorton’s of Gloucester, Gloucester, Mass. The pack- 
age, which contains a questionnaire for consumer 
reactions, is now being test marketed in the Chicago 
area by Jewel Tea Co. 

Besides the tear opener—revolutionary enough in 
itself 
closing the end flaps that achieves a moisturetight 


the carton employs a special technique for 


seal with a cold glue and thus avoids the expense 
of costlier hot-melt adhesives. Closure is effected 


Die-cut tab on side joint gives access to the tear tape. 


on a new machine with variable speed up to 300 
cartons per minute. 

The tear strip uses no strings or other extra ma- 
terials. It is formed by an ingenious cutting and 
scoring procedure, whereby the 15-pt., solid sulfate, 
waxed board is scored and partially cut from above 
and below in the area that forms the top and two 
sides of the package. The outer and inner lines of 
the cut are offset on both sides of the tear strip by 
about ¥ in., the top surface of the strip being the 
wider. The actual opening after the strip has been 
pulled from the carton is about 7g inch. 

The outer and inner cuts, of course, do not go 
all the way through the board. The outer and inner 
surfaces of the board resist tearing except along 
the lines on which the partial cuts have been made. 
But the soft, inner core of the paper, between each 
pair of outer and inner cuts, separates easily during 
the opening pull. 

At the overlapping edge of the package, the top 
lap of board has been cut all the way through to 
form an easily grasped tab. The inside flap maintains 
the package seal. An extra wax-blend coating ap- 


MODERN PACKAGING 





wed 


One easy pull on tab opens carton. Tear strip follows track of partial die cuts scored in three sides of carton blank. 


plied to the board after the tear-strip scoring oper- 
ation seals the cuts airtight and adds the extra pro- 
tection which is needed by difficult-to-package prod- 
ucts such as fish sticks. 

\ scored line is applied to the back of the package 
to form a hinge, permitting the end of the package 
to be folded back after opening and giving ready 
access to the product. 

No inner liner or outer wrap is needed. The in- 
side and outside coatings of wax provide excellent 
product protection and eliminate trouble and con- 
fusion for the housewife. Recipes and cooking di- 
rections are preserved intact. 

Effective sealing of the carton’s end flaps, of 
course, is essential in maintaining a barrier against 
moisture and grease transmission. This is accom- 
plished on a special compression sealer attached to 


a standard end-loading cartoner and gluer. Use of 


the prototype sealer at Gorton’s was fortuitous, be- 


cause, unlike most fish-stick packers, Gorton’s was 
already employing the end-loading procedure that 
is necessary in the use of this package. 


In the closing, a specially developed cold glue is 


MARCH 1 


applied to the carton flaps. Then, as the packages 
enter the compression unit, a special heating unit 
welds the glue and wax-blend coating into an im- 
pervious bond. This machine is flexible in both 
speed and handling capacity, and needs no long 
compression section or special refrigeration equip- 
ment. It fits in the space normally occupied by the 
conventional overwrapper. 

Surface design of the Gorton’s package is an 
attractive combination of green and yellow, with 
the trademark and product identification located in 
a prominent oval at the top of the front panel. A full- 
color picture of the fried fish sticks bleeds off the 
right and bottom of the panel. 

Results of the present market evaluation could 

well mark the beginning of a new phase of frozen- 
food merchandising, with accent on package as well 
as product convenience. 
Supplies and services: J ear-strip carton and Con- 
cora compression sealer by Container Corp. of Ameri- 
ca, 38 S. Dearborn St., Chicago 3. End-loading cartoner 
and gluer by R. A. Jones & Co., Inc., 315 E. 15 St., 
Covington, Ky. 





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Double rolls of printed polyester film are fed into both 
sides of machine that fills pouches with Trend liquid de 


tergent. Film is sealable on the unprinted side 


Liquid detergent is fed from large drum in rear and 
is metered in pre-set amounts to four pouches at a time. 
Operator checks each packet to make certain it is properly 
formed, filled and sealed. Two cartons are filled simultane- 


ously by means of double slide arrangement. 


MODERN PACKAGING 


ackaging liquid detergent in flexible film 
pouches requires the solving of several problems, 
as Purex Corp., Los Angeles, discovered. 

The firm is now sampling its Trend detergent in 
a tie-in with Dishmaster Corp., Pontiac, Mich., 
maker of a line of automatic dishwashers. For each 
machine the Michigan company turns out, Purex 
supplies a half-ounce sample of its detergent 
enough to do one “Dishmaster” load. 

After agreeing to participate in the promotion, 
Purex had to decide how to contain the sample and 
in what material. 

Since a half-ounce is fairly small in volume, it 
was thought a flexible plastic pouch or tube would 
be best in cost and in ease of production. 

The film would have to offer low transmission 
rates of water, alcohol and perfumes—or essential 
oils. The wetting action and low surface tension of 
a detergent in aqueous solution puts an additional 
burden on the film. Moreover, a detergent will 
quickly find its way through an area with an in- 
adequate seal, just as it will quickly pass through 
an area of high porosity. 

Purex also had to weigh the effect of a liquid in a 
film pouch. Because of shipping and handling abuse, 
the film would need high mechanical strength. In 
some cases a “hydraulic action”—or the force of 
the liquid continuously washing from side to side 
can result in breaking open a package. 


To choose the best film for the job, film pouches 





for detergent 


High-strength, heat-sealable film 
answers Purex’s problem of packaging 


half-ounce quantities of liquid for 


shipment as samples in automatic dishwashers 


were exposed for a period of 60 days to the following 

two conditions: 

>» 90 deg. F. 

Pp 45 deg. C. 
At the end of the testing, the filled pouches were 


at 90% relative humidity and 


at zero relative humidity. 


to be weighed for loss or gain in weight. 

Purex selected six films likely to satisfy its re- 
quirements: (1) polyethylene, (2) plasticized and 
stabilized rubber hydrochloride, (3) heat-sealable 
polyester, (4) a lamination of polyethylene, alumi- 
num foil and acetate, (5) a lamination of rubber 
hydrochloride and foil and (6) a lamination of 
rubber hydrochloride and cellophane. 

From Purex’s investigation it appears that heat- 
sealable polyester (No. 3), with its strength and all- 
around physical properties, will give packagers and 
converters a wider potential in the products which 
can be contained in flexible pouches. It has excellent 
resistance to most oils, solvents, acids and bases, and 
it has good water-vapor and gas resistance. The film 
combines the exceptional mechanical strength of 
polyesters with a heat seal almost as strong as the 
film itself. In 2.5-mil thickness, the caliper used by 
Purex, it has an extremely low water and vapor 
transmission rate, plus a low odor transmission rate. 

Printed rolls of the film are fed into a slightly 
modified standard filling machine which forms and 
fills two of the single-use packets at a time. The 
filled packets, printed with six-color flexography to 
appear like a miniature can of Trend household 
detergent, are packaged by a custom packager and 
shipped to the Dishmaster company, where one is 


taped to each of the automatic dishwashers. 


Supplies and services: “Scotchpak” heat-sealable 
polyester film and pressure-sensitive tape by Minnesota 
Vining & Mfg. Co., 900 Bush St., St. Paul 6, Minn. 
Printed film by Western Package Products Co., 510 
S. Arrovo Pkwy., Pasadena, Calif. Custom packaging 
by William Bishop Co., 2449 N. Naomi St., Bur- 
bank, Calif., on a Brown Filling Machine Co. machine. 


MARCH 1958 


Pouch of flexible film printed to resemble miniature can 
of detergent is used for sampling tie-in with Dishmaster 


automatic dishwashers. Package is taped to machines. 


Shock force of a hammer blow (above) 
these filled packets have excellent seam strength, almost 


proves 


as strong as the film itself. Bursting pressure exerted in 
a vacuum (below) is, like the hammer blow, one of tests 


made at intervals to maintain a quality check. 





Owens-ILLINoIsS ASSURES 
You A COMPLETE 
PACKAGING APPROACH 


Co-ordinated Research 
Pure research into fabrication of glass, 
packaging research into processing and 
handling methods in customer plants, 
market research into consumer attitudes. 
All add up to greater packaging value. 


soo 


bal! nme 


The Right Container 
There’s an O-I container to meet your 
special needs: Duraglas containers; 
Libbey Safedge packing tumblers or 
premiums; Kimble Ampuls and Vials; 
and a variety of plastic containers. 


Needed Fitments 
O-I specialists are keenly aware of sales 
benefits derived from plastic shaker and 
pour-out fitments which are not “gadg- 
ets” but which increase consumer satis- 
faction with your product. 


Engineered Design 
At Owens-Illinois, your package’s three 
needs are taken into account: 1) Con- 
siderations of its function in the retail 
store, 2) its operating efficiency, and 
3) its consumer utility. 


The Right Closure 


Through long and continuing research 
O-I has developed the most advanced 
metal and plastic closures. Helping you 
choose the right closure is another func- 
tion of O-I’s packaging service. 


Merchandising Cartons 
Modern cartons are developed only 
through systematic consideration of 
their opportunity to serve you in the 
retail store and warehouse . . . as well as 
on your own filling line and in transit. 


An easier package for the con- 
sumer to use is a natural stimu- 
lator of product consumption. 


MODERN PACKAGING 





a 
Prune 
Titers 


Prune} Prune!) P 


Juice | Juice | J 


Emerald Green Quarts—economical and eye-appealing 


It’s sale at first sight when prune juice 
is in Duraglas Containers 


Your propuct should be a “shelf standout” in to- 
day’s self-service selling . . . to make planned pur- 
chases easier and gain full advantage from impulse 
buying. 

Packed in Emerald Green Duraglas Containers, 
prune juice is easily seen by customers—practically 
pops into shopping carts. Smartly designed 
Duraglas Containers have the eye-appeal needed 
for today’s packaging—offer lasting content pro- 
tection—can be easily resealed after partial use. 


DURAGLAS CONTAINERS 


AN () PRODUCT 


MARCH 1958 


What’s more, shoppers know that Duraglas Con- 
tainers always keep taste exactly as produced. 

You can profit from the economy of Duraglas 
Containers . . . containers which shoppers see, se- 
lect, and take home. Call your nearest Owens- 
Illinoi.. office for details on the complete O-I pack- 
aging service—the right Duraglas Container, plastic 
fitment, and closure . . . attractive, sales-catching 
label designs . . . rugged cartons imprinted with 
your sales message. 


Owens-ILLINoIs 


GENERAL OFFICES +» TOLEDO 1, OHIO 





Now its packaged 


Coats & Clark’s carded blister packs for supermarkets, 


produced by the millions on high-speed, in-plant thermoforming machines, 


mark the passing of another frontier in American merchandising 


A packaged spool of thread? Grandma would 


have said, “Land’s sake!” But shopping habits have 
changed a lot since Grandma’s day. 

And nobody knows this better than Coats & Clark, 
makers of sewing threads for generations, whose new 
carded, cellulose-acetate blister packs for O.N.T. 
threads and zippers are making a historical break 
through another merchandising barrier. 

Although there have been a few previous instances 
of spools of thread in film bags and envelopes, Coats 
& Clark claims to be the first distributor of threads 
to sell a line of nationally known packaged products 
in supermarkets. And the company attributes this 
impressive acceptance of approximately 85 packaged 
thread items to the high-speed, vacuum-formed pack- 
aging technique it has developed to produce the 
new supermarket packages by the millions in its own 
plant at Toccoa, Ga. 

The new packaging program is part of Coats & 
Clark’s new merchandising campaign: (1) “to serve 
the American woman where she does more and more 
of her buying—in the supermarket” and (2) to offer 
packaged notions which are sufficiently profitable to 
attract the retailer. 

Selling thread in the giant food stores poses many 
problems, however, which never before entered the 
picture in the merchandising of notions in variety 
or department-store selling. 

Studies conducted by Coats & Clark’s sales and 
merchandising departments were convincing proof 
that a spool of thread by itself is a decidedly un- 
acceptable item for the supermarket. Its small physi- 
cal size is a serious pilferage hazard. And the wire 
mesh in many market carts is not fine enough to 
keep a single, loose spool from falling through the 
mesh openings and getting lost. 


The solution, then, was revolutionary—to package 


Revolving carousel is latest addition to a 


a spool of thread! One step appeared obvious. The 
merchandise would have to be carded—not only to 
discourage pilfering, but also to provide instant 
brand identity of the product. 

But how to attach spools to cards? Staples, 
elastic bands, folding window box and card com- 
binations were considered and abandoned. Only 
plastic skin or blister packaging showed promise of 
sturdy, tamperproof packaging. 

Trial skin packages (film thermoformed directly 
over a spool of thread) were produced, tested and 
finally rejected by Coats & Clark principally because 
of the difficulty the consumer would have in remov- 
ing the spool from the card. 


Pre-formed blisters heat sealed to cards overcame 


wide and 


flexible selection of display fixtures for counter and shelf 


offered free for displaying the new blister packages. 


MODERN PACKAGING 





Carded units were the only answer to supermarket handling, while the thermoformed blister 
proved to be the only efficient method of securing the merchandise to the cards. 


Package assembly begins by placing blisters in aluminum jigs (right) 
which move along on rollers. One operator places thread in blisters, two position 


cards and another transfers the tray to heat-sealing machine (back center). Op- 


erators at left load finished packages into cartons and shipping cases. 


MARCH 








objections to skin packages. The next hurdle was 
how to do the blistering. The company considered 
purchasing blisters from an outside source, but this 
again proved too costly. It appeared most economi- 
cal to make the blisters in the company’s own plant, 
purchasing vacuum-forming equipment and _ heat- 
sealing machines to secure the transparent plastic 
blisters to the printed-card stock. 
The result was the installation 
forming machine with a 20-by-25-in. forming area 
that produces blisters for the company’s mercerized 
sewing thread No. C626 from roll stock at the rate 
of 72 per 22-second cycle, synchronized with two 


of a vacuum- 


packaging assembly lines. Each assembly line is 
equipped with a separate heat-sealing machine hav- 
ing an operating bed of 14 by 22 in. and a sealing 
cycle of 17 seconds. 

Floor plan of the set-up looks something like a 
letter “T” with the two assembly lines located at 
right angles to the vacuum-forming and cutting unit. 
On each assembly line two operators load jigs with 
empty blisters, one places spools in the blisters and 
two more position printed cards over the blisters 
prior to transfer to the sealing machine. Register is 
controlled in the jigs by pins, outlining the area into 
which the cards must be inserted. The heavy alumi- 
num jig trays are on roller tracks to permit quick 
passage along the line. 

Immediately following the sealing operation, the 
completed packages are transferred to packers for 








176 





loading into chipboard boxes and finally into cor- 
rugated shipping cases. 

The blisters are formed of cellulose acetate sheet 
in thicknesses of 0.0075 and 0.010, 
depending on the weight of the items packaged. Both 


(roll form) 


gauges, however, may be produced efficiently on a 
22-second time cycle in the vacuum-forming ma- 
chine, the company says. 

Coats & Clark, in the course of its experience, 
relied on the three “musts” to assure a good perma- 
nent bond between blisters and cards: (1) the use of 
clay-coated stock, which permits a portion of the 
coating to remain on the surface, (2) specially 
blended inks containing a low percentage of wax 
and (3) a heat-sealing coating on the card which is 
compatible with the transparent plastic material 
used for forming the blisters. 

Success of the packaging venture was highly de- 
pendent on proper selection of the numerous zipper 
and thread sizes and styles the company makes. Only 
largest-volume sellers and the most popular colors 
and styles are included. 

Blister-packaged single spools of three different 
items and zipper-and-thread combinations in two 
styles are now beginning to appear in supermarkets, 
where Coats & Clark maintains it is the first to offer 
the shopper that single spool of thread she needs in 
a nationally known brand, neatly carded, clean and 
visible in its transparent package. 

Another industry first is Coats & Clark’s zipper- 





BLISTER 
TROUGH 


LOADING JIGS A FN 100 NGS LOADING SPOOLS 
= —1—- 


BLISTER FORMER 





LOADING CARDS 


——e 


MODERN PACKAGING 





and-thread pac k in dyed-to-match colors. Zippers in 


these blister packs, incidentally, appear in the round 
transparent polystyrene containers which Coats & 
Clark pioneered in 1955. 

lo meet individual store requirements, Coats & 
Clark offers a wide variety of blister packs for thread 
and zippers, plus other types of packages for needles, 
and Bondex iron-on tapes. 

l'ree wire display units are offered to stores with 
the merchandise in several styles geared to space 
problems and selling needs. A revolving “carousel” 
is the latest addition to the wide and flexible selec- 
tion of display fixtures for counter or shelf. All cards 
are punched for hang up 

The company’s entry into the supermarket field 
is backed by a massive national advertising cam- 
paign, with heavy space schedules in Sunday sup- 
plements, women’s magazines. pattern books. super- 


market journals and farm papers. 


Supplies and services: | acuum-forming machines 
by The Auto-Vac Co., 1984 State St. Ext., Bridgeport 5, 
Conn. Heat-sealing machines by Tronomatic Machine 
Mig. Corp., 1881 Park Ave., New York 35. Cellulose 
acetate for blisters by Celanese Corp. of America, 290 
Ferry St., Newark 5, N.J. Printed cards by The Neu 
Haven Board & Carton Co., 259 East St., New Haven 


&. Conn 


Heat sealers operate on a 17-second cycle. Two 
heat sealers are required to match the production 


speed of the vacuum-forming unit. 


« Packacine, Sept 


»”) 


Vacuum-forming machine in Coats & Clark plant produces 72 blisters every 22 seconds from roll stock. Cellu 
lose acetate sheet in either 0.0075 or 0.010 gauge is formed at left and transferred to cutting station (right). 


MARCH 1958 





“44a 
\ ‘ 


| 


achinery Show awaits 


Vore than 150 exhibitors, 8.000 visitors 


are expected for second PMM1 event at Atlantic City March 25-28; 


technical sessions by PI start one day earlier 


T. attention of production-minded people in the 


packaging field turns toward Atlantic City this 
month as the second biennial Packaging Machinery 


] 


and Materials Exposition gets under way at giant 


Convention Hall. This year the four-day show will 
be accompanied by a three-day series of high-level 
technical sessions, starting one day earlier, that will 
point up both progress and problems in new pack- 
aging materials and high-speed machinery. 

The exposition is sponsored by the Packaging 
Machinery Mfrs. Institute and will run from Tues- 
day. March 25, March 28. 


The technical sessions, to be conducted in the 


to Friday. 


main conference room at Convention Hall, are put 
on by the special technical sessions committee of 
the Packaging Institute and will be run in three 
half-day meetings starting on Monday afternoon, 
March 24, and continuing on the following two 
mornings. Their timing is such that there will be 
no conflict with show hours except Wednesday 
morning. The registration fee is $10 per session. 


There is no admission fee for the machinery show. 


PMMI Exposition 


Success of the 1958 show seems assured. with 
more than 55,000 sq. ft. of exhibit space reserved 
by more than 150 companies, according to K. B. 
Hollidge of the Arthur Colton Co.. chairman of the 
PMMI show committee. About 80% of the exhibit 
area has been reserved by manufacturers of pack- 
aging machinery and parts, and most of the re- 
mainder by converters and materials suppliers. At- 
tendance, according to the sponsors, is expected to 
pass the 8,045 who saw 143 exhibits in 41,000 sq. ft. 
1956. 


Carrying on with the theme which inspired the 


of exhibit space at Cleveland 


initial show two years ago, the 1958 exposition will 
concentrate on working exhibits of packaging ma- 
chinery and materials, with qualified engineers and 
technicians available in the booths for on-the-spot 
answers to various packaging problems. 

The complete redesign of machinery, made neces- 


sary by the influence of automation. will be stressed. 


according to William B. Bronander, Jr., of the 
Scandia Mfg. Co., president of PMMI. Scores of 
manufacturers will show new or drastically revised 
models of packaging machinery that point up this 
strong tendency toward completely automatic op- 
eration from raw-material weighing through pack- 
labeling and casing. In line with 


aging, sealing, 


continuing trends in the packaging field, most of 
this new equipment will exhibit greater speed, flexi- 
bility and coordination with other units in the pack- 
aging line. 

\ special “kick-off” 
will be held Monday night at the Chalfonte Hotel. 


dinner for convention goers 


Pi technical sessions 

The Packaging Institute’s technical sessions will 
spotlight problems and developments in the pack- 
aging field. They will feature a group of technical 
experts who will discuss materials, management and 
machinery in a series of individual and panel pres- 


H. Zahn of Ciba Pharma- 


special 


entations, according to L. 
ceutical Products, Inc., chairman of the 
sessions, 

For the opening-day session on Monday after- 
noon, new advances in packaging materials will be 
set forth under the direction of Panel Moderator 
John M. Cowan, executive director of the National 
Flexible Packaging Assn. Mr. Cowan brings to the 
program a rich and varied background in the fields 
of films and film converting that should be of par- 
ticular value in this session, where special em- 
phasis will be laid on the development of polyethyl- 
ene film, improved adhesion for polyethylene and 
the associated problems of high-speed wrapping ma- 
chinery and easy-opening devices for polyethylene- 
overwrapped packages. A panel discussion of these 
subjects will be moderated by Dr. L. E. Simerl, 
manager, research and development, Film Division 
of Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp. 

Maintenance of close tolerances in the manufac- 
ture of cartons on high-speed packaging machinery, 
carton standardization and the resulting problems of 


machinery manufacturers will come under the scru- 


MODERN PACKAGING 








Packaging Machinery & Materials Exposit 


Alphabetical guide to exhibitors 


with floor plan of booth numbers at Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N. J., March 


Exhibitor 


A-B-C Packaging Machine Corp. 
A & M Tool & Die Co., Inc. 
Algene Marking Equipment Co. 
Aluminum Co. of America 
American Viscose Corp. 
Amsco Packaging Machinery 

601, 602, 605, 606, 
Anderson Bros. Mfg. Co 
Arabol Mfg. Co. 


Arenco Machine Co., Inc. 


Armour Adhesives Div. 
Avery Adhesive Label Corp. 
Avion Div., ACF Industries, Inc. 


Balata, Victor, Textile Belting Co. 
Barkley & Dexter, Inc 

Bartelt Engineering Co 

Battle Creek Packaging Machines 
sell Pak Div., Bell Machine Co. 

Better Packages, In 

Brown Filling Machine Co. Inc. 

Burt Machine Co. 

surton, John, Machine Corp. 


Butler Automatic Machine Co 
Cameron Machine Co 430, 
Canadian Packaging 

Chain Belt Co 

Chase Equipment Corp 
Chisholm-Ryder Co. of 


Pennsylvania 

is. Corp. 

slark-Aiken Co 

‘lybourn Machine Corp 

‘olton, Arthur, Co. 

tomet Industries 

conapac Corp. 

‘onsolidated Packaging Ma- 
chinery Corp. 

‘ontainer Equipment Corp. 

Continental Can Co. 

Crandall, Inc. 

Crompton & Knowles Packaging 

Crown Zellerbach Corp., Western- 
Waxide Div. 

Cuban Packaging Machinery Co. 
Inc. (Maquinaria Envasadora 
Cubana, S.A.) 


ee 


-~ 


Delta Engineering Corp. 
Dennison Mfg. Co. 

Derby Sealers, Inc. 
Dobeckmun Co. 

Dodge Fibers Corp. 
Doughboy Industries, Inc. 
Dusenbery, John, Co., Inc. 


118, 


Economic Machinery Co. 
Electronic Machine Parts, Inc. 
Elgin Mfg. Co. 


Booth No. 


617 
638 
614 
202 


321 


609 
730 
907 
906 
129 
903 
130 


725 
210 
533 
406 
742 
621 
114 
622 
629 
902 


434 
705 
534 


733 


213 
909 


113 


133 
217 
803 
418 
137 


405 
726 


Exhibitor Booth No. 
Eriez Mfg. Co. 229 
Exact Weight Scale Co. 713 
Ferguson, J. L., Co. 709 
General Electric Co. 802 
General Packaging Equipment 734 
Geveke & Co., Inc. 425 
Gisholt Machine Co. 737 
Gottscho, Adolph, Inc. 118, 217 
Grifhn-Rutgers, Inc. 209 
Hayssen Mfg. Co 214 
Heinrich, H. H., Co. 410 
Helix Machine Co., Inc 326 
Hi-Speed Checkweigher Co., Inc. 134 
Hollander, Allen, Co., Inc. 234 
Hope Machine Co 117 
Horix Mig. Co. 618 
Hudson-Sharp Machine Co., Sub. 

Food Machinery & Chemical 

Corp 601. 602, 605, 606, 609 
International Filling Machine 422 
International Staple & Machine 717 
Island Equipment Corp. A 
Ivers-Lee Co 811 
Jones, R. A., & Co., Inc. 414 
Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical 426 
Kiefer, Karl, Machine Co. 701 
Kidder Press Co., Inc. 225 
Kingsbury & Davis Machine Co., 

Div. Food Machinery & Chemi- 

cal Corp. 601, 602, 605, 606, 609 
Knowlton, M. D., Co. 502 
KVP Co. 807 
Labelette Co. 810 
Lakso Co., Inc. 702 
Leiman Bros., Inc. 330 
Link-Belt Co. 206 
Lynch Corp. 401 
Machinery Service Co., Inc. 318 
Markem Machine Co. 525 
Marsh Stencil Machine Co. 237 
Mateer, G. Diehl, Co. 233 
Mercury Heat Sealing Equipment 221 
Merrill Machinery Sales Co. 718 
Miller Wrapping & Sealing Ma- 

chine Co. 138, 601, 602, 605, 606, 609 
Milprint, Inc. 301 
Mopern PAcKAGING 322 
Moore, Kenneth J., & Co. 738 
MRM Co., Inc. 510 


Exhibitor Booth Ne 
National Equipment Corp. 42 
National Flexible Packaging Assn. 90 
New Jersey Machine Corp. 33 


Olin Mathieson Film Div. 
Message Cente 


Oliver Machinery Corp. 30 
Package Engineering 90 
Package Machinery Co 314, 41 
Packaging Parade 52 
Packmasters 22 
Pak-Rapid, Inc 80 
Paper Converting Machine Co 51] 
Paper Machinery & Research 52 
Peters Machinery Co 50 
Pneumatic Scale Corp., Ltd 50 
































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th No. Exhibitor Booth No Exhibitor Booth No Exhibitor Booth No. 
429 Popper & Sons, In 625 Standard-Knapp, Div. of Emhart U. S. Automatic Box Machinery 133 
1 908 Potdevin Machine Co 310 Mfg. Co. 306 U. S. Bottlers Machinery Co. 333 
334 Pyroxylin Products, In¢ 230 Stanford Engineering Co 201, 205 
Staude, E. G., Mfg. Co., Inc. 102 . 
° = Ve od Corp. 812 
Redington, F. B.. Co 914, 518 Stein, Hall & Co., Inc. 722 rtrod Corp 
aie Resina Automatic Machine Co 613 Stokes & Smith Co., Sub. Food 
P pene Reynolds Metals Co 313 Machinery & Chemical Walton Laboratories, Inc. 12] 
ew Riegel Paper Corp 806 Corp 601. 602. 605. 606. 609 Warner Electric Brake & Clutch 506 
Swift & Co., Adhesive Products Waxed Paper Merchandising 
904 Scandia Mfg. Co 109 Dept. 1417 Council, Inc. 729 
1,413 Schjeldahl, ©. T., Co 10] Syntron Co 208 Weber, H. G., & Co., Inc. 801 
521 Schooler Mfg. Co 637, 633 Weigh Right Automatic Scale Co. 226 
222 Schroeder Machines Corp 329, 325 eT. 630 Wolverine Paper Converting Ma 
809 Shopsin Paper Co 626 Seat i is chine Co. 634 
517 Simco Co 529 Triangle Package Machinery Co ot Wilmot Castle Co. 703 
526 Simplex Packaging Machinery, Woodman Co.. Inc. 804 
501 Div., Food Machinery & Chemi Union Bag-Camp Paper Corp 610 Wrap-Ade Machine Co., Inc. 637, 633 
505 cal Corp 601. 602. 605. 606. 609 United Shoe Machinery Corp. 218 Wright Machinery Co. 102 
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——— 
Atlantic City Convention Hall 








Progr am: Packaging Institute special technical sessions, Conventior 


Monday afternoon, 


March 24, from 2 to 5 p.m. 


Room B 


Polyethylene . . . promise or performance— Moderator, 
Joun M. Cowan, executive director, National 
Flexible Packaging Assn. 


Adhesion promoters for polyethylene——Sam Gowp, man 
ager, technical development department, Ad 
hesion Div., National Starch Products. Inc 


Automatic packaging with polyethylene—«a pane! —Dr 
L. E. Stmert, manager, research and develop 
ment, Film Div., Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp.. 
moderator 


Potential large user's machinery requirements for 
packaging with polyethylene at high speeds 

Ross A. Easter, head of the packaging branch, 
research and development department, Pillsbury 


Mills, Ine. 


Today's high speeds vs. structure and physical 
aspects of polyethylene—CHarces Fieips, man- 
iger, process development, research and develop- 
ment department, Shellmar-Betner Div., Con- 
tinental Can Co., Inc. 


Machine developments for packaging in polyethy!- 
ene film; present problems and accomplishments; 


future goals HENRY KNOECHEL, sales manager, 
Hayssen Mfg. Co. 


Sealing and opening polyethylene . . . peelable 
seals . . . perforated films . . . tear tapes 
V. M. Norwoop, Bakelite Co., Div. of Union 


Carbide Corp 


Latest packaging developments in the plastic extrusion 
field—Bruce Mitter, development manager of 
plastics, Ludlow Papers, Inc 


Economies and greater efficiency through carton stand- 
ardization—a panel—W. L. Romney, technical 
director of packaging, The Procter & Gamble 


Co., moderator. 


Problems of making cartons to the close toler- 
ances and high standards demanded by today’s 
high speeds—A. Wittiam CHAPMAN, director of 
purchases and chief administrative assistant, The 


Lord Baltimore Press 


Problems of the machinery manufacturer in- 
troduced by today’s high speeds—WicKLIFFE 


Jones, president, R. A. Jones & Co., Ine 


Carton standardization and simplification from 
the user’s point of view—Howarp W. J. Baines, 
department head, industrial engineering, E. R 
Squibb & Sens, Div. of Olin Mathieson Chemical 
Corp. 





SCHEDULE 

Machinery Show 

Tuesday, March 25 12 noon to 5:30 p.m. 
Wednesday, March 26 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 
Thursday, March 27 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 


Friday, March 28 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. 





Technical sessions 
Monday, March 24 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. 
Tuesday, March 25 


Wednesday, March 26 9% a.m. to 12 noon 


9 a.m. to 12 noon 








The 


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Pac 


The 


tion Hall, Atlantic City, N. J., March 24-26, 1958 


Tuesday morning 
March 25, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon 


Room B 


Mobilizing for maximum packaging efficiency— Keynote 


address 
The structure of performance—Dr. Frank C. CAMPINS 
president, Polymer Industries, Inc 


Lioyp SToOuFFER, editor 


Meet the packaging press 


Mopern Packacinc; Curis FirzcGerap, editor 


Packaging Parade Bruce HoLmcreN, editor, 
Package Engine ering 

Moderators of question-and-answer period 
WittiAM B. Bronanper, Jr., of Scandia Mfg 
Co., president, Packaging Machinery Mfrs. In- 


stitute, and A. Dovcias Murpuy of Esso Stand 


ard Oil Co., president. Packaging Institute 


Wednesday morning, 
March 26, 9 a.m. to 12 noon 


Room B 


Packaging machinery—examined by the experts—A. RK 
ScHAEFER, New Jersey Machine Corp., chairman 


The new machine from determination of your needs to 
placing of the order Lowe. Lepcett, 


a pane l 


manager. engineering and construction, Colgate 


Palmolive Co.. moderator 


Defining and developing your need for the ma- 
chine—Epwarp Wixtep, industrial engineering 


manager, Schering Corp 


Choosing the supplier of the machine you need 
Frep BLUMERS, manager, engineering and manu 


General Mills, Inc. 


facturing services 


Specifications, the common language of the order 
L.. A. Curtis, vice president of sales, Package 


Machinery C 


The new machine from the manufacturer's floor to your 
final acceptance and satisfaction—a pane/—R. } 
MILLER, assistant man iger, pac kage engineering, 


Kraft Foods Co 


moderator 


Your machine properly tested in our plant, prop- 
erly installed in yours—CHARLEs Barr, presi- 
dent. F. B. Redington Co 


Instruction of your personnel, obtaining satisfac- 
tory performance and final acceptance—lpwarp 
Wire, Warner Chilcott Labs., Div. of Warner 


Lambert Pharmaceutical Co., In 
What service we users need—Fpwarp W. Love, 
director. machinery research and development, 


Bristol-Myers Co 


What service we machinery suppliers can provide 
Ira GoriscHo, president Adolph Gottscho, 


Ine 








tiny of a second panel, led by W. L. Romney, techni- 
cal director of packaging for Procter & Gamble. 

\t the Tuesday morning mid-point of the meeting, 
management will be the pertinent and exclusive 
Following a keynote address on “Mobilizing 
Packaging Efficiency.” Dr. F. C. 


Campins, president of Polymer Industries, will dis- 


theme 


for Maximum 


cuss “Structure of Performance.” Recognized for his 
“chalk talks” before various packaging groups, Dr. 
Campins is an exponent of the development of tech- 
nical science in pac kaging. 

Third feature this session will be a unique 
meeting with top editors from three packaging 
magazines, speaking from the same platform. On 
hand will be Lloyd Stouffer, editor of MopERN 
PACKAGING, Chris FitzGerald of Packaging Parade 
and Bruce Holmgren of Package Engineering. 

Winding up the editor's program. A. Douglas 
Murphy of Esso Standard Oil Co., president of PI, 
and PMMI President Bronander will moderate a 
special question-and-answer session. 

On Wednesday morning, panelists will get down 
to the fundamentals of how to specify. buy and use 
packaging machinery. Setting the theme will be 
A. R 


New Jersey Machine Corp., vice chairman of PI’s 


Schaefer, customer service manager of the 


special technical sessions committee. He will point 


up the requirements of both suppliers and users of 


equipment. 

\ panel, moderated by Lowell Ledgett, engineer- 
ing and construction manager. Colgate-Palmolive 
Co.. will follow and define the specification and se- 
lection of packaging machinery. 

Winding up the sessions will be a panel discussion 
of personnel training and machine service and test- 
ing under the leadership of R. F. Miller, assistant 
manager, package engineering, Kraft Foods Co. 

(Juestion-and-answer periods following all presen- 
tations will give the attending packagers the oppor- 
tunity to pose their plant problems. 

For the convenience of readers, a complete guide 
to the PMMI show and the PI technical sessions is 
attached. 

The boxed panel gives opening and closing times 
of the show and the technical discussions. 

The following alphabetical roster—including all 


exhibitors who answered MopeERN PACKAGING’s 


questionnaire before the deadline date-—lists details 


of most exhibits, personnel and hotel headquarters: 


A-B-C PACKAGING MACHINE CORP. Booth 617. Dis- 
play of Junior semi-automatic top and bottom sealer; also 
Model RA automatic top and bottom sealer. Personnel: 
O. A. Rupp, H. Kenter, D. Shields. Hote/: Crillon. 


ALGENE MARKING EQUIPMENT CO. Booth 614. Dem- 


onstration of Speedy roller printers which accommodate 


MARCH 1958 


marking areas of 2 by 6, 2 by 9 and 5% by 11%; new 
printer with a marking area of 2 by 11%4; four-way printer 
autoinatically imprinting boxes in production line; also 
flat box printer for complete printing of any size of ship 
ping carton, in the flat, in one pass of the machine on two 
Mann, M. 


sides, two ends and any flap. Personnel M. 


Amin. Hotel: Chalfonte-Haddon Hall. 


ALUMINUM CO. OF AMERICA. Booth 202. Display of 
outstanding aluminum foil packages; new Flavor-Lok clo- 
sure; assortment of collapsible tubes; also new Forecast 
packages designed by Harley Earl Associates. Personnel: 
P. C. Althen, J. S. Hamilton, R. W. Dispennett, R. R. 
Hill, T. M. Hill, H. J. Endean, R. H. Tooker, B. S. Hen- 
derson, R. E. Wenzel, W. C. Williams, H. R. Hunley, 
J. R. Roney, R. C. Squires, E. S. Haverfield, H. 1. Watson, 
W. G. Comstock, J. J. Flannery, R. A. Kuhn, S. C. Gwynne, 
Jr.. B. R. Barstow. Hotel: Shelburne. 


AMERICAN VISCOSE CORP. Booth 321. Exhibit of vari- 
ous delicate pieces of equipment for testing machineability 
of cellophane. Personnel: J. D. Conti, L. E. Stoffregen, T. O. 


Williams, J. A. Anglada. Hotel: Dennis. 


AMSCO PACKAGING MACHINERY, INC. Booth 609. 
Display of Amscomatic 100 rotary sealing machine with 
Amscomatic 100 flat-bed conveyor for edge sealing poly- 
ethylene bags containing multiple-pack soft-goods items; 
Amscomatic 100 sealing machine with Amscomatic §verti- 
cal conveyor for making edge seals on polyethylene bags 
containing rigid products such as phonograph records; bag 
packaging line-up comprising Whiz Lifter materials ele- 
vator and Whiz Packer filling machine, Amscomatic tilt- 
ing angle conveyor and Amsco power jaw sealer-labeler 
machine; also Whiz Packer high-speed rotary filling ma- 
chine for rigid-container filling. Personnel: E. E. Mess- 
mer, J. D. Sylvester, J. D. Keenan, Jr., G. G. Cignoli, S. R. 
Watson, E. H. Watson, H. Weber, F. P. Czifra, J. Kelly, 


G. Weidersheim, E. Primosch. Hotel: Madison. 


ANDERSON BROS. MFG. CO. Booth 730. Exhibit of Model 
134 Speedy bagger; Model 157 Sanitary utility table; Model 
600 rotary filler and capper; also Model 377 power filler. 
Personnel: R. F. Anderson, W. E. 
R. LaForge. Hotel: Claridge. 


Gunnerson, H. Cop, 


ARABOL MFG. CO. Booth 907. Exhibit of adhesives. Per- 
sonnel: E. E. Diedrichs, C. R. Erikson, W. Knobloch, 
W. Godfrey, L. Erchstedt, D. Nolan, J. Stewart. Hotel: 


Claridge. 


ARENCO MACHINE CO., INC. Booth 906, Exhibit of new 
Arenco twin-tube filling machine, Type GAN. 
Personnel: R. E. Johnson, H. F. Morse, L. C. Ericksson, 
T. Gronberg. Hotel 


high-speed 
Shelburne. 


ARMOUR & CO., Adhesive Div., Booth 129. Exhibit of new 
line of Seban polyvinyl resin adhesives; also Armoglu series 
of liquefied bone glues. Personnel: R. Gutheil, L. G. Lane, 
G. Hampl, L. Harkness. Hotel: Traymore. 


AVERY ADHESIVE LABEL CORP. Booth 903. Exhibit of 
pressure-sensitive labels for packaging; automatic labeling 
machinery for pressure-sensitive labels; also electric dis- 
pensers for pressure-sensitive labels. Personnel: . re Torrey, 
J. Dyer, C. J. Lee, R. W. TerBush, R. W. Morris, M. A. 
Contreras, W. P. Webster, Hotel: Shelburne. 


AVION DIV., ACF Industries, Inc. Booth 130. Exhibit of 


high-speed weighing equipment con- [Continued on page 274} 





Screw-feed 
stick 
deodorant 


Vennen builds propel-retract convenience 
into new solid form of toiletry for men, 
taking advantage of a new formulation that 


permits filling in liquid state 


MENNEN 


SPEED 
STICK 


jeodorant 


FOR MEN 


ss entrant in the booming field of grooming 


aids for the modern male is a solid-stick deodorant 
that departs radically in formulation, shape and 
packaging from similar products for either men 
or women. This under-arm panacea—christened 
“Speed Stick” by the Mennen Co., Morristown, N. J. 

has a functional oval shape and is packaged in 
an attractive molded polystyrene plastic dispenser 
case that lives up to its trade name by incorporating 
a quick-acting screw feed to eject and retract the 
deodorant block. 

The present and potential deodorant market is 
well worth the design and engineering effort that 
was put into development of this product. Mennen 
estimates that while only 38% of all men over 15 
years of age used deodorants in 1952, 65% employ 
nearly 36,000,000 men. The 


practical, potential market is placed at 95% of the 


such products today 


male population, which is expected to reach a total 
of 59,000,000 by 1960. 
Heretofore, the alcohol considered necessary in 


Smooth oval shape and single-wall construc- 
tion of all-plastic package are possible because 
deodorant, containing no alcohol, is filled hot, in 
liquid form, and molded to a form-fitting solid as 
it cools. Knurled wheel at base operates propel- 
retract mechanism. Colors are green and white. 


MODERN PACKAGING 














formulation of stick deodorants has been a limiting 
factor and the source of problems. It has restricted 
the type of container material and shortened shelf 
life of these products to a marked degree. 

Part of the secret of Mennen’s success is the fact 
that it has been able to eliminate alcohol from the 
formulation. In previous stick preparations, three 
packaging units were required: a foil covering for 
the stick itself, a glass container (usually with a 
plastic top) and an outer carton. Despite these pro- 
tective coverings, the alcohol would in time evapo- 
rate, causing the stick to shrink. 

When research chemists at Mennen developed a 
stick without alcohol, it became feasible to think of 
new packaging materials. Polystyrene was picked 
for the new package not only because it lends itself 
to colorful and novel container design, but because 
it is relatively impermeable and hence confines the 
fragrance of the deodorant. 

Next came the question of a shape for the stick. 
Because it is possible to fill the deodorant in a liquid 
the conventional round 


state, shapes other than 


form are perfectly practical. An elongated, oval 
block was selected because of its neat appearance 
and functional design. 

Color of the container posed a further question. 
Iwo tones of green have been used for many years 
by the company for its men’s products. Most of the 
containers employ a bright, almost viridian, green. 
However, a darker shade is used for the well- 
established Mennen’s squeeze-bottle spray deodorant. 

Because the new product is a companion product, 
it was decided that the darker green would give 
continuity and familiarity to the line. Lettering on 
the container is in white, completing the color 
scheme pioneered by the spray-deodorant bottle. 

With these decisions settled, designers turned to 
the problem of getting the stick out of the package. 
They conceived the possibility of making the stick 
eject and retract like the lead in an automatic pencil. 
This idea was put to work in the form of a screw- 
feed mechanism that operates efficiently because 
the deodorant block has a low coefficient of friction, 
enabling it to slide easily within the smooth walis 
of the polystyrene container. 

\ milled-edge wheel, built in flush with the bottom 
of the container, protrudes slightly from the nar- 
row sides of the packages for turning. A molded- 
polystyrene screw, attached to this wheel, runs up 
through the deodorant. On this stem is a threaded, 
polyethylene base plate the same shape as the con- 
tainer. This plate, which fits tightly in the case, 
grasps the bottom of the solid stick. To attract the 
attention of the user, the thumb wheel is white. A 
slip-on matching green plastic cover of simple de- 


sign completes the new deodorant package. 





MARCH 1958 

























Turnscrew mechanism, molded of polystyrene plastic, 


runs through the solidified deodorant block, which is held 


securely in place for ejection and retraction by the poly 
thylene base plate threaded to the screw. Because of the 
oval shape of the stick, it does not revolve with the screw. 


Since the product must be kept in the liquid state 
(140 to 142 deg. F.) before the packaging and then 
is rapidly cooled below the congealing temperature 
(138 deg. F.), there have been some important 
changes in Mennen’s packaging line. 

To maintain the liquefying temperature, the prod- 
uct pipeline between mixing kettles and the filler is 
“traced” with a hot-water line, thermostatically held 
at from 160 to 165 deg. F. The filler is water jacketed 
and each filling head is heated by electricity to pre- 
vent the product from congealing. 

At present, the filled packages are cooled by pass- 
ing them under blocks of dry ice that are spread 
on a wire-mesh belt. This will soon be replaced with 
a mechanical refrigeration system. 

An automatic taping machine applies a strip of 

pressure-sensitive cellophane tape that secures the 
slip cap to the body of the container and prevents 
tampering. At this time, line speed is 72 containers 
per minute, but eventual production capacity is ex- 
pected to reach 120 per minute. 
Supplies and services: Design by Design Asso- 
ciates, Ltd., 1 E. 53 St., New York. Molded-polystyrene 
containers and mechanism by Owens-Illinois Glass Co., 
P. O. Box 1035-36, Toledo 1, Ohio. Filler by Hope 
Machine Co., 9400 State Rd., Philadelphia 14, Pa. 
Tape and automatic dispenser by Minnesota Mining 
& Mig. Co., 900 Bush Ave., St. Paul 6, Minn. 





New package, new display 


\ brightly colored, gravity-feed, self-service merchandiser 
is being used by Behr-Manning Co. to promote its Bear 
brand masking tape in redesigned packages. The company’s 
new trademark—a cartoon illustration of a bear’s head—is 
featured prominently on the red, yellow and blue riser of the 
metal counter display, along with copy that suggests general 
household uses for the product. Flanges on the attention- 
getting riser permit the insertion of promotional posters 
carrying seasonal appeals 

The dispenser section of the merchandiser holds three 
dozen rolls of individually boxed tape in three sizes. Its shelf 
is sharply angled forward so that as one box is removed 
from the display, the one behind slides down into selling 
position. To facilitate restocking, the compact counter unit 
has been designed to accept the 12-roll folding paperboard 


cartons in which the masking tape is shipped to retailers. 


) 


Supplies and services: Design by Jim Nash Associates, 527 

Madison Ave., New York 17. Display cartons by Robertson Paper 

Box Co., Inc., Montville, Conn. Metal display rack by Dorsey Dis 
Corp., 480 Lexington Ave., New York 17 


Display Gallery 


Homey touch for household aerosols 


Manufacturers and retailers agree: With in-store display 
space at a premium today. a successful point-of-purchase 
promotion must be geared to do a specific selling job (see 
“The Strategy of Display.” Mopern Packacine, Feb., 1958, 
p. 87). A way to satisfy this modern merchandising maxim is 
suggested by Cities Service Oil Co.’s new counter unit for its 
line of household insecticides in aerosol spray containers. 

Because these products are for use in and around the 
home, the company’s display unit is a “home”—a four-color, 
stand-up corrugated-board display with an actual can of the 
product held securely in each of its five die-cut windows. A 
sixth can is placed in front of the display. The products 
include plant, roach and ant spray, fly and mosquito spray, 
mothproofer and a special chemical preservative. 

Printed on a white “cloud” above the roof of the house 
display is promotional copy that carries out an appropriate 
household theme: “Here it is! Cities Service complete line of 


aerosol products .. . for your home.” 


Supplies and services: Display by Hinde & Dauch, 40? 
Decatur St.. Sandusky. Ohio 


MODERN PACKAGING 





A hidden reserve 


his side-fed counter merchandiser for Ciba’s Pyribenzamine 
Compound antihistamine nasal spray suggests an effective 
way to derive “big-display” benefits from a compact self- 
service unit. Twelve packages of the product project from die- 
cut holes in the left side of the 1744-by-834-by-5-in. display, 
preserving its entire front panel for promotional use. An ad- 
ditional 24 packages are stored for restocking in a gravity- 
feed dispenser built into the back of the heavy-paperboard 
counter-display unit. 

Che 12 packages on open display are given support by an 
inner paperboard strip with die-cut holes matching those on 
the side panel. A divider inserted between the inner strip and 
the side panel holds the packages firmly in place until they 
are removed by customers. To facilitate restocking from the 
reserve supply, this divider is slipped out from the top of the 
sleeve-type display piece and then replaced. 

Lithographed in four colors, the counter merchandiser is 
shipped to retailers fully stocked and in set-up position. 


Supplies and services: Disp/ay by Einson-Freeman Co., Inc., 
Starr & Borden Aves., Long Island City 1, N.Y. 


Multi-tiered carton from one piece of board 


How special constructions help to keep display costs down is 
demonstrated by a_ two-tiered, tilted display carton for or a 
rim,” a reducing-aid é igarette, manufac ture d and pac k- REDUCING AID 
aged for the Cornell Drug Co. The die cutting and scoring 
for this counter carton is designed so that the complete unii 
is made by straight-line gluing from a single piece of board, 
clay coated only on one side. And, according to the supplier, 
the principle is such that a greater number of tiers may be 
incorporated in such a display if desired. 
Similar-type constructions are recommended for promot- 
ing one or more related items on the different tiers, such as 
a toothbrush with a dentifrice or fingernail polish together 
with a lipstick. 
An unusual feature of the Trim packaging is the manner 
in which the design has been printed horizontally across the 
flip-top box, instead of the normal vertical arrangement. This 
is designed, according to the manufacturer, to distinguish 
these reducing-aid cigarettes from regular cigarette packs. 
Supplies and services: Display carton and flip-top box by 
Downingtown Paper Box Co., Downingtown, Pa. 


MARCH 1958 





Thermoform for shipping 


California Originals locks large ceramic pieces to corrugated board 


by heat sealing with polyethylene ‘skin, suggesting 


a new field for thermoforming that speeds production, halves costs 


Cis up another gain for thermoforming in the 
jumbo-size polyethylene skin pack used for the pro- 
tective shipping of large ceramic products by Cali- 
fornia Originals, Manhattan Beach, Calif. It appears 
to herald an entirely new packaging concept for 
manufacturers of fragile objects. Consider these 
three vital factors: 

First, size of the package: One or more of the 
ceramic pieces is held immobile by a 6-mil sheet of 
polyethylene, vacuum formed over the product and 
heat sealed to an 18-by-18-in. coated corrugated 
board. Some of these ceramics are so big that one 


may occupy the entire surface of the backing card. 


So the size of the skin pack itself is enough to raise 
packaging-men’s eyebrows. 

Second, down-the-line savings: Bill Bailey, presi- 
dent of the company, reports that his switch to skin 
packaging for shipping protection has virtually 
eliminated breakage in transit or during storage. 
More than that, the process has speeded up produc- 
tion time, cut labor and materials costs by more than 
half and reduced freight charges by 30 to 50%. 

Third, packaging ingenuity: The use of polyethyl- 
ene sheet in skin packaging is unusual, as is the use 
of corrugated board for backing. Moreover, Cali- 
fornia Originals’ successful application of this tech- 
nique to solve a longstanding problem quite possibly 
is the first time that skin packaging has been em- 
ployed solely for shipping protection and economy. 

At the company’s plant, two machines are in con- 
stant operation forming the skin packages. More 
than one of the bulky ceramic objects may be placed 
in a single pack, depending on their size and shape. 
For greater efficiency, such conforming articles as 
ash trays are nested and separated by a sheet of 
waffle paper to prevent breakage. To protect handles 
or other projections, paperboard tubes are set in a 


Space-saving benefits of skin 
packaging for protective shipping 
of fragile ceramics is illustrated by 
loaded carton, which now holds al- 
most twice as many items as for- 
merly, when unpackaged items 
were protected by interior cushion- 
ing material. Projecting paper- 
board tubes, part of skin pack, give 
extra protection to bulky objects. 


MODERN PACKAGING 





protection 


vertical position on the card before thermoforming. 
The film is formed over these posts as well as over 
the ceramics, to lock them in place. 

After the skin packs come off the machines, the 
rough edges of the film are trimmed off by a paper 
cutter. The completed boards, separated only by 
chipboard inserts, are loaded in upright position 
into corrugated shipping containers. Since the edges 
of the corrugated boards cushion the ceramics 
against vertical shock, they are automatically sus- 
pended and cushioned in all directions. 

Because the former need for great amounts of 
protective cushioning material is entirely eliminated, 
the same amount of merchandise that required 20 
shipping containers under the company’s old pro- 
cedure now can be loaded in 12. The savings in 
freight and material costs are obvious. In addition, 
the new skin-packaging process means that one em- 
ployee can pack the same amount of ceramic ware 
for shipment as three men could under the operation 
formerly employed. 

The company points out that these savings have 
more than offset the costs of skin packaging. As an 
illustration, the average value of each thermoformed 
unit is rated at $5. Per-card costs of board, film and 
labor total 1114 cents. By comparison, California 
Originals says that its previous cost figure ran to 
about 30 cents for each $5 worth of ceramics. 

These are impressive figures, but even they don’t 
tell the whole story. Equally dramatic is the fact that 
breakage of the ceramics during shipping or other 
handling—formerly a real problem—has become 
almost non-existent since the company turned its 
attention to thermoforming. Bailey cites a 30,000- 
unit shipment during which only one piece was 


broken 


inside another without the usual protective sheet of 


an ash tray that had been inadvertently set 


paper being placed in between. 

Just to round out the picture, the transparent skin 
packs offer retailers fast visual inventory in the 
stockroom, with no danger of breakage or soiling 
of the individual items. California Originals says the 


cards can even be hung on stockroom walls. 


“Pak-O-V ac” 
forming machine by Product Packaging Engineering, 
5747 Marilyn Ave., Culver City, Calif. Polyethylene 
sheet by Extruders, Inc., 3232 W. El Segundo Blvd., 
Hawthorne, Calif. Coated corrugatea boards by Mon- 
smith-Sparks, Inc., 155 E. Angeleno St., Burbank, Calif. 
Corrugated shipping containers by Container Kraft, 
801 E. 61 St., Los Angeles. 


Supplies and services: vacuum- 


MARCH 1958 


| 
Variety of shapes and sizes can be handled 
without difficulty in California Originals’ thermo- 
forming procedure. President Bill Bailey holds 
18-by-18-in. skin packs containing sets of nested 
ash trays. The individual ceramic pieces are sepa- 
rated by waffle paper. Figurines on shelf in the 


background offer no packaging problem. 


Hot off the machine, a completed skin pack 
is examined by an employee, who will trim the 
rough edges of the film on a paper cutter. Ready 
for packaging are the ceramics resting on the 


plate of the vacuum-forming machine at left. 





Custom-made appeal of 19h 
century wooden shipping box, com 
plete with simulated wax seal, is 
reproduced by modern, high-speed 


production and assembly methods 





WINNER IN WOOD 


Improved techniques for fast production of Lord Calvert box 


help a traditional package form 


to compete favorably with the most modern decorative packaging 


A packaging medium with a special kind of deco- 


rative appeal, too often overlooked today, is the 


wooden box. Yet, modern, high-speed techniques of 
wood-box manufacture appear to be making such 
packages highly feasible costwise. 

An interesting example is the wooden gift box 
adopted for the new private-mold square bottles of 
Lord Calvert Blended American Whiskey. used to- 
gether with a wooden shipping case——as enthusi- 
astically received for display as the gift box itself. 

In spite of a great deal of custom detail, these 
distinctive wood boxes were produced for less 
money, Calvert says, than most liquor firms spend 
on decanters and decorative cartons. 

And amidst the showy glassware and elaborate 
cartons of its competitors, this wooden box with slid- 
ing cover was a decided stand-out of the last holiday 
season, reportedly sc successful that Calvert is con- 
sidering it as a standard year-round package. 

The box is a faithful reproduction of a hand-made 
19th century wooden shipping box, complete with 
simulated red wax seal. Stark in its functional sim- 
plicity, it was planned to conjure an image of the 
fine wood boxes traditionally associated with the 


shipment of expensive imports and precious goods. 

It was made in two of today’s modern wooden- 
box factories, which have produced wood gift boxes 
and packing cases for products as diverse as barbe- 
cue sets and cheese. Despite the necessity of design- 
ing special woodworking equipment to meet speci- 
fications and shipping deadlines, these two firms, 
were able to deliver three-quarters of a million boxes 
within six weeks. And many more could have been 
sold, according to Calvert, if time had permitted. 

The boxes were made of kiln-dried ponderosa 
pine—grooved, locked and glued automatically. A 
specially built, heated conveyor assured a rapid dry- 
ing cycle, after which box corners were sanded. Bot- 
toms of the boxes were automatically nailed. Inte- 
riors were lined with flocked red paper. Printing 
imbedded below the surface to give a burned-in 
antique look was done on a high-speed rotary press 
before the boxes were assembled. The seal, molded 
of polystyrene, and ribbons were applied by hand. 
Supplies and services: ood hoxes by J. H. Dun- 
ning Corp., 1950 Post Rd., Darien, Conn., and Bogert 
& Hopper, Inc., 101 W. 31 St., New York. Seals by 
Mack Molding Co., Ryerson Ave., Wayne, N.]. 


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Worlds Most Expensive Package? 


! N THE 14th CENTURY, A.D., Chinese artisans 
under the rule of the emperor Ming, worked 
their first miracle of ceramics. They used a par- 
ticular native clay, kaolin and a small amount of 
silica. When fused together at high temperature, 
this mixture produced a hard, translucent ware 
known to modern collectors as Ming porcelain— 
the most beautiful and expensive in the world. 
Early in the 16th Century, European manu- 
facturers obtained the secret. Johann Bottger, of 
Dresden, Saxony, adapted the technique to pro- 
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Methods 
sod Technical Editor 
Engineering Technical Charles A. Southwick Jr. 


Testing 





7 it 


Conferences by the hundreds correlated all-out laboratory and field work by which AMF quickly adapted standard U. S 
garette-packaging machines to new hard box. Here, discussing problems resulting from field testing, are (from left): T. E. 
Grade, project supervisor; Author J. B. Hoglund, manager of Tobacco Product Engineering Laboratory; C. Robustelli. 


project engineer for two-piece, flip-cover pack, and J. Cascio, assistant project engineer for slide top case 


The cigarette-machine story 


How AMF organized its design and engineering forces 
to meet a crisis in packaging machinery caused by sudden popularity 


of the imported ‘flip-cover’ box By J. B. Hoglund* 


WW... the first hard-box pack for popular-priced 


When Philip Morris & Co. combined heavy pro- : : 
cigarettes suddenly hit the market about three years 

motion for its new Marlboro cigarette with an in- : : 
a i ago, the public response and interest were so great 
triguing new “flip-cover” hard-box package late in ; ; ; ' 
that all major cigarette companies rushed to get 
1954, it scored an astounding sales success, much ; ; h ; ‘i RB 
some of their brands into “flip-cover boxes. Since 
of which had to be attributed to consumer interest , ; 
; ' then, experience has shown that public acceptance 
in the package. The cigarette industry, heretofore . igre : 
of the flip-cover box was initially overestimated. 

hidebound in its packaging methods, was shaken to +o ; 
; Cigarette companies have therefore been forced to 
its depths. Every major producer began clamoring , 
produce both the hard and soft packs. It now appears 

for this type of package, which at that time could : : ; 
that the two types of packages will co-exist and there 

be produced only on machines imported from Eng- nae PT ct 
: : are definite possibilities that other types of pack 

land. Vitally affected was the American Machine & ‘ 
' ; will be put on the market. 
Foundry Co., which produces virtually all of the Nab i : ; ; 
; : These significant changes in market requirements 
machines on which standard American cup-type ; ' E . q 
i drastically revised the demands made on cigarette- 

cigarette packages are produced. How AMF mar- : : ae ae 
2 packing machinery manufacturers. To maintain 

shaled its forces quickly to meet this crisis in the : pate 
; sales, they had to incorporate greater versatility 
cigarette market forms a classic story of machine 


design, engineering and production.— kp. Winneses, Tabacco: Prodect Eaciaccting Laboratory, American SMa 
& Foundry ( 


MARCH 1958 
















METERING ANDO CUTTING 
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EJECTION OF PACK FROM 
TURRET FOR FINAL 
FOLDING AND SEALING 


NSERT OF CIGARETTES 
IN THE ARBOR 


FEEDING, CUTTING AND SCORING 
OF INSERTS 


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ASSEMBLY OF INSERT 


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APPLICATION OF 
ADHESIVE TO HOPPER 
FED BLANKS 


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BLANK WRAP AROUND 
END FORMING AND 
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Early work resulted in « opment of a successful one-piece blank, hinged-lid box as shown at lower left. This could be 


run on modified standard | cup-package machines and is n in wide use. Continued research now has produced the 
I 


iproved two-piece blank, sing the t costly blank known: this is just now ing into use 


Result of prompt and intensive engineering work is this 
] | 
prototype of modified 3-79 AMF cigarette packaging m 


chine, operating on original U. S. hard-box blank 


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into their equipment, As the manufacturer of the 
world’s most widely used cigarette packing ma 
chine, the standard of the American cigarette in 
dustry, American Machine & Foundry had to act. 
The new hard box package had to be made ol 
paperboard and metal foil rather than paper and 


foil. Phe 
problems in that the blank had to be cut, scored 


bleached-sulfate board created several 


and formed to very close tolerances to assure uni- 
form corners and edges. And, because board is 
much springier than paper, the adhesive problem 
was particularly severe. At a production rate of 


more than 130 cigarette packs per minute, the 
adhesive used to glue the paper packs was wholly 
inadequate for the resilient cardboard boxes. 

\ high-speed method of applying a new type of 
idhesive effectively had to be devised to form the 
pack by the same basic packaging method. 

When it became apparent that we would have to 
enter the hard-box field to maintain our standing 
is a majo! producer ol cigarette equipment, the 
company was faced with two design alternatives 
kither (1 

) 


signed and marketed, or (2) the existing pa ker 


a complete ly new mat hine could be de 


could be converted through the development of a 
spec ial attachment to make the hard pat k. 


Later work has resulted in further modifications being made 


Designing a completely new machine has basic 


advantages. There are fewer chances for a compro- 
mise between an optimum design and the param- 
eters imposed by converting existing equipment, In 
addition, the designer is subject to fewer conceptual 
restrictions and through a “fresh look” has a better 
chance of arriving at a successful design. 

On the other hand, by converting existing equip 
ment to make hard packs, it is possible to meet 
market requirements faster. In the case of the AMI 
cigarette packer, the basic structure of the machine 
would remain unchanged. This would simplify train- 
ing of operators and maintenance personnel. It also 
would protect the customer’s previous investment in 
soft-pouch packing equipment, since conversion 
would cost much less than did the original machin 

Our decision to produce the hard pack on a con 
verted Type 3-79 packer was based on evaluations 
of existing pack designs and the fact that the con- 
version of the machine to handle new materials had 
real possibilities for success. 

lhe physical demands on a cigarette package are 
unusual, because while the pack must be quickly 
and economically produced, it must withstand han- 
dling at least 20 times. Aesthetic considerations, 


too, are of particular importance, because the effect 


in the standard machine to produce a two-piece slide-top 


ise. A cigarette pack of this nature is currently undergoing market evaluation. 


METERING AND CUTTING 
OF FOIL 


NSERT OF 
CIGARETTES |! 
THE ARBOR 


BLANK WRAP AROUND END 
FORMING AND SEALING 


FIGURE 2 


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TURRET FOR FINAL FOLDING, 
AND SEALING 


POSITIONING OF BLANK ON 
FOIL WRAPPED ARBOR 


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Figure 3. Organization chart shows how AMF’s many resources are brought into play on continuing “Operation Hard Box.” 


of cigarette packaging is largely dependent on in- 
tangible appeals. The pack must be visually attrac- 
tive, easily handled and opened, and have a pleasant 
“feel” 


edges. The basic design of the pack would also have 


without overly square corners or rough 
to lend itself to whatever future modifications pub- 
lic preference might dictate. 

The hard-box package figured to be from two to 
three times as expensive as the soft pack because 
of the additional cost of the paperboard; metal foil 
costs would be virtually the same. The additional 
expense could be offset in various ways by the 
cigarette manufacturer and somewhat decreased by 
minimizing the size and weight of the blank. 

The most significant question regarding the me 
chanical feasibility of converting a machine from 
the soft to the hard pack was whether the paper- 


board blank could be folded about a 


hollow arbor. The sequence of operations (dia- 


accurately 


grammed in Figure 1) had to be fast enough to pro- 
duce up to 135 packs per minute. In addition, it 
would be preferable to avoid a radical change in the 
method of applying the adhesive, even though the 
adhesive must be of a new type, sufficiently strong 
and quick drying to bond the resilient blank. 

The immediate or short-range requirements that 


had to be met in converting the existing machine 


were to develop a means of producing a hard-box 
pack 


various respects. These included package quality. 


in quantity—that surpassed competition in 
over-all efficiency, quantity production with mini- 
mum cost in operation, blanks, rejects and main- 
tenance. At this early stage it was considered 
practical to make a product that was superior in 
these respects in the over-all sense; superiority of 
all the individual factors would have to be accom 
plished over the longer term. 

In this initial stage several problems had to be 
overcome. Among these were the development of a 
satisfactory adhesive, finding a different system for 
feeding the paperboard blank and establishing new 
techniques for handling the board blanks. 

How this program was organized and carried out 
is shown in the organization chart above. 

Once the basic blank configuration had been 
determined, several concepts for approaches to the 
problems were established. Due to the extreme pres- 
sure of time, jury rigging of all mechanisms was 
carried on concurrently and, in the case of the ad- 
hesive applicators and blank-feeding mechanism. 
the jury rigging was done in multiplicity. The re- 
sults of the jury-rigging stage were immediately 
poured into the prototype design which was in turn 


overlapped by its fabri- [Continued on page 268) 


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Test methods for aerosols 


1 compendium of methods now in use 


for analyzing the spray characteristics of pressurized packages, 


including a new spray-pattern technique 


MI......: and techniques have now been de- 


veloped for analyzing the spray characteristics of 
aerosol products—a long-felt need in this rapidly 
growing field of packaging. The characteristics of 
the spray which can be measured include (1) pres 
sure, (2) delivery rate, (3) spray pattern (particle 
size) and (4) spray angle. 

1. Pressure. The pressure in the container deter- 
mines the forcefulness of the spray and, therefore, 
is an important consideration in analyzing the 
spray. Furthermore, certain Government regula 
tions make it imperative that the pressure be meas- 
ured by a standard technique. 

\ tentative method for internal pressure deter- 
mination of aerosol products in lightweight metal 
containers has now been adopted by the Aerosol 
Div. of the Chemical Specialties Mfrs. Assn. This 
method prior to adoption was checked by 18 co- 
operating laboratories in various parts of the coun- 
try. The method uses a standard type of Bourdon 
pressure gauge attached to a standard can-piercing 
device. The container is pierced and then the gauge. 
through an appropriate valve, is pre-pressurized 
with nitrogen to approximately 5 lbs. per sq. in. 
below the estimated container pressure. The can is 
immersed in a water bath that can be controlled to 
Accuracy of this method has 


within 0.5 deg. F. 


been shown to be 1.5 p.s.i. at 70 deg. F. and 
3.0 p.s.i. at 130 deg. F. 
For the measurement of the internal pressure of 


CSMA 


method utilizes a standard Bourdon gauge and an 


glass aerosol products another 


adapter for taking the pressure through the valve. 
Another method which is being used in at least 
three laboratories for measuring the pressure in 
lightweight metal containers is based on a Bourdon 
diaphragm gauge. The use of the diaphragm makes 
it possible to take the pressure through the valve 
without the danger of getting liquids into the Bour- 
don tube. This method is especially useful for 
quality control, since it does not necessitate destruc 
tion of the package by piercing. and the pressure 


measurement is rapid. 


MARCH 1958 


tentative 


By Morris J. Root* 


Still another method which has been used utilizes 
a mercury manometer. The line between the mano- 
meter and the container in which it is desired to 
measure the pressure is evacuated. The container is 
then opened to the manometer and the pressure is 
measured in inches of mercury. Although this is an 
extremely accurate method of pressure determina- 
tion, it is rather cumbersome since a very large 
column of mercury is needed (30 in. for each 14.7 
p.S.1.). 

2. Delivery rate. The delivery rate of an aerosol 
product is of importance since it measures the quan- 
tity of material atomized in a given time. A tenta- 
tive standard method for delivery rate of aerosol 
insecticides and room deodorants which has been 
adopted by CSMA is adaptable to cosmetic aerosols 
as well. 

The container is weighed and the valve activated 
for a period of 10 sec. while the container is kept 
at a temperature of 80 0.5 deg. F. The loss in 
weight is then recorded. The results of this test are 
reported as delivery rate in grams per second and 
calculated as. follows: 

A 


Delivery rate, grams/second 
5 10 seconds 


where A loss of weight in grams 
3 Spray pattern ( partie le size). Although several 
methods have been devised for measuring particle 
size of aerosol products, most have been found 
unsatisfactory because they are tedious, time con- 
suming, require elaborate equipment, or are diffi- 
cult to carry out. 

\ tentative official method for determination of 
the particle-size distribution of space insecticide 
aerosols has been adopted by CSMA. The aerosol 
is drawn into a wind tunnel so that the individual 
particles deposit on a rotating microscope slide. 
The particles on the slide are counted and classified 
by size. A suitable correction is applied in order to 
calculate the particle sizes in the original spray. 

(nother method previously described,’ which is 
adaptable to all types of products, is now being 


Root, Morris Aerosol Spra eedin 
f tion of the Toilet Goods Asst e 1955 





Figure 1. 
CSMA 
pre 


pressurized with nitrogen to abe 


tentative standard method, using a standard type 


ssure gauge 


rut 


5 Ibs p s.1 


pressure. Can is controlled to within +0.5 deg. F. in a 


checked by the Personal Products Committee of the 


Scientific Section of CSMA and the Aerosol Stand- 
ard Methods Committee of the Society of Cosmetic 
Chemists. This method gives a spray pattern rather 


than a particle-size distribution. The method is 


based on the impingement of the spray on a piece 


of paper that has been treated with a dye-tak 
mixture. 

A 5% 
a 60-lb. vellum paper stock. 


mixture of the dye in tale is brushed onto 
A small, but known, 
burst of spray is allowed to impinge upon the 
treated paper. 

Wherever the spray partic les strike the paper, the 
dye goes into solution and is absorbed. The size 
and the number of the dye spots are in direct rela- 
tion to the size and the number of liquid particles. 
The dye used must be soluble in the spray particles. 
In the case of alcoholic sprays such as hair lacquers, 
a water-soluble dye such as Du Pont Crystal Violet 


must be used; in the case of oil-soluble sprays such 


ge 


rf 


\pparatus for internal-pressure determination according to 


Bourdon 


ge attached to a standard can-piercing device. Gauge is pre 
below estimated container 


water bat} 


as insecticides, an oil-soluble dye (for example, Du 
Pont Oil Red Powder) 


This spray-pattern technique is particularly use- 


must be used. 


ful for comparing spray characteristics obtained 
with different valves, actuators and formulations. 
The method is rapid, easy and gives a visual record. 

1. Spray angle. Of importance in many aerosol 
products is the angular projection of the spray from 
the orifice. This may vary with different actuators 
from an 18-deg. angle to one of more than 50 deg. 

{An adaptation of the previously described spray- 
pattern technique is used. Paper treated with dye 
as described is held against the valve stem directly 
under the orifice of the button so that the paper 
forms a 90-deg. angle with the valve stem. The 
valve is activated so that a quick burst of the spray 
is directed on the paper. The spray forms a tri- 
angular pattern from which the angle of spray can 
be obtained by measuring the angle of the triangle 
which has the orifice of the button as its vertex. 


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Questions & EY answers 


This consultation service on packaging subjects is at your com- 
mand. Simply address your questions to Technical Editor, Modern 
Packaging, 575 Madison Ave., New York 22, N. Y. Your name or 
other identification will not appear with any published answer. 


Sealing poly-coated pouches 
Q: We pack a spec ial cleaning 
powder in small, printed, heat- 
sealed pouches. The product needs 
moistureproofness. Formerly, we 
used a paper with an interior hot- 
melt coating. Our new package is a 
polyethylene-coated paper with im 
proved printing and a dry waxed 
surface. We notice that there is some 
effect by the heat sealer on the ink 
and that the product tends to cake 
along the heat seals. What can be 
done to correct this seal problem in 
a package which is otherwise entire- 


ly acceptable? 


A: Your problem of the heat sealing 
affecting both the ink and the mois- 
tureproofness of a_ polyethylene 
coated paper pouch should not be 
too dificult to correct. The change 
from a hot-melt coating to a poly- 
ethylene coating would require a 
higher temperature of the _heat- 
sealer surfaces. This higher temper- 
ature would cause the ink and sur- 
face wax to interact and to stain and 
penetrate the paper. The fused ink 
and wax may also form a tacky 
mass which would exert a pull on 
the fused polyethylene as the seal- 
ing faces move away. This action 
could destroy the continuity of the 
resin in the seals and result in chan- 
nels through which moisture could 
reach the product. 

You should try to determine the 
lowest sealing temperatures and 
pressures which can be used and 
yet result in a strong seal. Very 
often excessive temperatures and 
pressures can force the fused resin 
into or even through the paper and 
this results in seals which can show 
excessive moisture penetration. Also, 
a non-melting coating such as a 
press-applied varnish could be 
used in place of the wax. You 
should also try other ink formula- 
tions that are more resistant to heat 
and are not affected by the wax. A 


heat sealer with a moving band or 
d = 


204 


belt could result in better seals, 
since the resin is cooled before the 


package is released. 


Polyethylene-film variations 

Q: We would like to compare the 
various physical properties of 2-mil 
polyethylene film with other com- 
mercial films. We have found ac- 
ceptable published values for the 
other films, but the polyethylene 
film values vary greatly from differ- 
ent sources, or are given as a wide 
range. How or where can we obtain 
reliable and more precise values of 
the physical properties of polyethyl- 


ene film? 


A: Polyethylene film is made from 
many different types of resins, from 
many sources, and by two types of 
film-making processes. Both the type 
of resin and the film-making process 
can seriously affect the physical 
properties of the film. 

For example, resins with a den 


sity of about 0.95 can have approxi- 


mately twice the tensile strength o 
resins having a density of about 
0.92. To confuse the picture further, 
new resins are constantly coming on 
differ 


from the older resins not only in 


the market and these may 


density, but in other characteristics. 
Also, the newer resins may perform 
differently in the two film-making 
processes and thus can result in 
films of different physical properties 
being made from the same resin. 
The best answer to your problem 
is to secure samples of several films 
from a few competent film makers 
and secure specifications on the 
resin and film-making process for 
each sample. You can then have 
tests made of these films, both 
lengthwise and across the web. This 
data should give you reliable values 
for the important physical proper- 
ties of these specific polyethylene 
films. You can then select the film 
best suited to your use, then inform 


the film maker of the specification 


you have selected. In this way, you 
should obtain continuing supplies of 
film of commercial uniformity to the 


values you have selected. 


Sealing liquid-holding pouches 


Q: One of our products is a liquid 
detergent and we are trying to pack- 
age it in single-use packages of 
polyethylene-coated paper. Our tests 
have been made on three-side-sealed 
pouches and we find that the prod- 
uct slowly leaks from the top seal 
if the pouches are lightly squeezed. 
{/l the seals appear strong and well 
heat sealed; only the final seal 
shows this leakage. How can we 
make a seal that will eliminate leak- 
age of the product? 


A: It is apparent that the closure of 
your pouch has some discontinuities 
that allow the product to leak out 
when pressure is applied to the 
package. The liquid must not be 
splashed or smeared on the sealing 
surfaces of the pouch during the 
filling operation, since this will in- 
terfere with heat sealing the resin. 

You should also determine the 
lowest temperature and 
that will reliably make a fused seal. 


pressure 


Excessive temperature or pressure 
can force the resin into the paper, 
which can result in a seal with 
enough porosity to allow liquid leak- 
age. You should also be sure the 
freshly made seal is not disturbed 
mechanically until the resin has 
cooled. Even slight movement of the 
closure surface while the resin is in 
a molten state can interfere with the 
continuity of the seal. 

In some cases a ribbed or grooved 
sealing surface will be of benefit. 
since such a surface tends to make 
multiple barriers which could resist 
the penetration of the liquid. 

A liquid detergent is a very diffi- 
cult product to package in a pouch 
because it has a low surface tension 
and can react physically to affect 
the polyethylene pouch surface. 


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mand. Simply address your questions to Technical Editor, Modern 
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other identification will not 


Sealing poly-coated pouches 
Q: We pack a special cleaning 
powder in small, printed, heat- 
sealed pouches. The product needs 
moistureproofness. Formerly, we 
used a paper with an interior hot- 
melt coating. Our new package is a 
polyethylene-coated paper with im- 
proved printing and a dry waxed 
surface. We notice that there is some 
effect by the heat sealer on the ink 
and that the product tends to cake 
along the heat seals. What can be 
done to correct this seal problem in 
a package which is otherwise entire- 


ly acceptable? 


A: Your problem of the heat sealing 
affecting both the ink and the mois- 
tureproofness of a_ polyethylene- 
coated paper pouch should not be 
too difficult to correct. The change 
from a hot-melt coating to a poly- 
ethylene coating would require a 
higher temperature of the _heat- 
sealer surfaces. This higher temper- 
ature would cause the ink and sur- 
face wax to interact and to stain and 
penetrate the paper. The fused ink 
and wax may also form a tacky 
mass which would exert a pull on 
the fused polyethylene as the seal- 
ing faces move away. This action 
could destroy the continuity of the 
resin in the seals and result in chan- 
nels through which moisture could 
reach the product. 

You should try to determine the 
lowest sealing temperatures and 
pressures which can be used and 
yet result in a strong seal. Very 
often excessive temperatures and 
pressures can force the fused resin 
into or even through the paper and 
this results in seals which can show 
excessive moisture penetration. Also, 
a non-melting coating such as a 
press-applied varnish could be 
used in place of the wax. You 
should also try other ink formula- 
tions that are more resistant to heat 
and are not affected by the wax. A 


heat sealer with a moving band or 


204 


appear with any published answer. 


belt could result in better seals, 
since the resin is cooled before the 
package is released. 


Polyethylene-film variations 

Q: We would like to compare the 
various physical properties of 2-mil 
polyethylene film with other com- 
mercial films. We have found ac- 
ceptable published values for the 
other films, but the polyethylene 
film values vary greatly from differ- 
ent sources, or are given as a wide 
range. How or where can we obtain 
reliable and more precise values of 
the physical properties of polyethyl- 


ene film? 


A: Polyethylene film is made from 
many different types of resins, from 
many sources, and by two types of 
film-making processes. Both the type 
of resin and the film-making process 
can seriously affect the physical 
properties of the film. 

For example, resins with a den- 
sity of about 0.95 can have approxi- 
mately twice the tensile strength of 
resins having a density of about 
0.92. To confuse the picture further, 
new resins are constantly coming on 
the market and these may differ 
from the older resins not only in 
density, but in other characteristics. 
Also, the newer resins may perform 
differently in the two film-making 
processes and thus can result in 
films of different physical properties 
being made from the same resin. 

The best answer to your problem 
is te secure samples of several films 
from a few competent film makers 
and secure specifications on the 
resin and film-making process for 
each sample. You can then have 
tests made of these films, both 
lengthwise and across the web. This 
data should give you reliable values 
for the important physical proper- 
ties of these specific polyethylene 
films. You can then select the film 
best suited to your use, then inform 


the film maker of the specification 


you have selected. In this way, you 
should obtain continuing supplies of 
film of commercial uniformity to the 
values you have selected. 


Sealing liquid-holding pouches 
Q: One of our products is a liquid 
detergent and we are trying to pack- 
age it in single-use packages of 
polyethylene-coated paper. Our tests 
have been made on three-side-sealed 
pouches and we find that the prod- 
uct slowly leaks from the top seal 
if the pouches are lightly squeezed. 
All the seals appear strong and well 
heat sealed; only the final seal 
shows this leakage. How can we 
make a seal that will eliminate leak- 
age of the product? 


A: It is apparent that the closure of 
your pouch has some discontinuities 
that allow the product to leak out 
when pressure is applied to the 
package. The liquid must not be 
splashed or smeared on the sealing 
surfaces of the pouch during the 
filling operation, since this will in- 
terfere with heat sealing the resin. 

You should also determine the 
lowest temperature and pressure 
that will reliably make a fused seal. 
Excessive temperature or pressure 
can force the resin into the paper, 
which can result in a seal with 
enough porosity to allow liquid leak- 
age. You should also be sure the 
freshly made seal is not disturbed 
mechanically until the resin has 
cooled. Even slight movement of the 
closure surface while the resin is in 
a molten state can interfere with the 
continuity of the seal. 

In some cases a ribbed or grooved 
sealing surface will be of benefit. 
since such a surface tends to make 
multiple barriers which could resist 
the penetration of the liquid. 

A liquid detergent is a very diffi- 
cult product to package in a pouch 
because it has a low surface tension 
and can react physically to affect 
the polyethylene pouch surface. 


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‘ Question: What are Du Pont **Cel-O-Seal” cellulose bands are decorative and protective neck- 
/ % Cel-O-Seal"’ cellulose bands? band seals which may be used as a secondary closure or label—or both—on 
i glass packages. Applied wet (by hand or machine) to the bottle neck, they 
: shrink dry to form a snug-fitting, eye-catching seal. Transparent or opaque, 
; they can be printed in a variety of designs and colors. 
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safety”? assurance can be highlighted on every package . . . without waste of 
| shelf space, without major packaging changes. 
i 
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nfluence sales? glass-packaged products topped off with “‘Cel-O-Seal” bands outsold un- 
banded containers of the same products—/for every product tested. Average 
sales increase was 17.9°;7! Such results are a strong indication of the new 
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sonalized ‘“*Cel-O-Seal”’ bands. 
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P no obligation. We will work with you to determine how ‘‘Cel-O-Seal’’ bands 
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Equipment and materials 


New polyester films 


[wo new high-transparency packaging 


materials—one a laminating film, the 


other an unsupported film—are an 
nounced by Goodyear. The polyester 
laminating film, trademarked Videne A 
ind marketed in widths up to 54 in 
ind thicknesses from 2 to 7 mils, is an 
amorphous, nonoriented, stretchable film 
said to have excellent abrasion, chem 
ical and low-temperature resistance. It 
can be stretch laminated to paper and 
paperboard, foil and other plastics with 
out the use of an adhesive. In the dry, 
heat-and-pressure laminating 
the film is “thinned down” by as much 
as 10 to one (a 3-mil film ends up as a 


process, 


1o-mil laminate) to produce a strong, 
easily heat sealed surface that is eco 
nomical enough to be considered for a 
wide range of cartons, bags and pouch 
packages. The 
film, Videne TC, is an oriented, thermo 
plastic-coated, heat-shrinkable product 


unsupported polyester 


being made initially in 0.4-mil thickness 
nl The surface treatment and the 
film’s rigidity and dimensional stability 
enable it to be sealed on automati 
packaging machines, reportedly without 
shrinking away from the hot platens 
Shrinkage of up to 75% of the original 
film area is accomplished in standard 
hot-water or air equipment. This ma 
terial is projected principally for use on 
frozen meats and poultry. Goodyear Tir 
& Rubber Co., Akron 16, O 


20-spout filler 

(\n automatk 20-spout gravity-vacuum 
filling machine for foamy or still liquid 
products will be introduced at the Pack 


. 

aging Machinery & Materials Exposi 
tion this month by MRM. Shown here, 
the machine is said to be adjustable to 
fill vari-shaped glass, metal or plastic 
containers ranging in size from less than 
l oz. to 1 gal. at speeds of 39 to 200 per 
minute. It features an automatic intake 
and discharge conveyor, variable-speed 
drive and an automatic overflow attach 
ment which is designed to prevent waste, 
the company says. MRM Co., Inc., 191 
Berry St., Brooklyn 11 


Package-making machine with new principles 


Package Machinery’s new Model TWB 
[ranswrap forming, filling and sealing 
machine incorporates what is said te be 
in improved impulse polyethylene 
sealing mechanism and a new type of 
net-weight scale. It will be exhibited at 
the PMMI Exposition this month. In 
the bag-sealing operation, electric cur 
rent pulses through a narrow heat-seal- 
ing plate covered with a web of Du Pont 
Teflon. The polyethylene is automati 
cally pressed against a cold wire which 


M4-in 


severs the material, resulting in a 
bag seal on either side of the wire. Be 


cause of the reduced sealing area, the 


company says, substantial film savings 
can be realized. Another 
cited by the supplier is that the sealing 
unit’s simplicity of design minimizes 


advantage 


down time and maintenance. Bags up 
to 6 in, wide can be produced on the 
new machine. 

The machine’s net-weight scales are 
constructed on a cantilever design prin 
ciple that reportedly insures accurate 
weights by eliminating “bouncing.” A 
rolling pivot action is said to effect a 
substantial reduction of wear and down 
time. Package Machinery Co., East 
Longmeadow, Mass. 


Three-stage vacuum former 


A new model of its Rotary-Vac vacuum 
forming machine, with a double-platen 
molding station, has been introduced by 
Comet. The semi-automatic machine re 
portedly permits the forming of deep 
drawn products fabricated by male as 
sist on snap-back forming and is said 
to give high-production thermoplastic 
forming on containers made of heavy 
gauge plastic sheeting. The machine 
works on a three-stage principle. The 
operator remains at one station where a 
finished form is unloaded and the clamp 
frame is reloaded with a plastic sheet 
During this operation, a sheet is heated 
it the second stage and a heated sheet 
is vacuum formed at the third stage 
Comet Industries, Franklin Park, Il 


Fast blister packaging 

\ machine that forms and fills blister 
packages of flashlight bulbs at speeds 
of up to 18,000 an hour has been de 
veloped by Packaging Industries in co 
operation with Celanese Corp. of Amer 
ica. It is being installed at General 
Electric’s Seaboard Lamp plant at New 
ark, N. J. The flashlight bulbs to be 
pac kaged travel from hoppers down two 


converging inclined conveyor units, 
which feed the bulbs to a web of trans 
parent acetate cavities, previously 
formed by the machine from a roll of 
cellulose acetate sheet One bulb is 
placed in each cavity. The filled cavities 
are heat sealed in units of 10 to printed 
paperboard strips, which are then per 
forated to permit easy removal of one or 
more of the blister packages in retail 
stores, Pa kaging Industries Ltd.. Ine . 


Vontclair, NJ 


New polystyrene jars 

Lermer Plastics has introduced a new 
line of dry round, wide-mouth polysty 
rene jars with metal screw caps and 


liners. They are available in 1'%-, 2-, 


3- and 4-0z. sizes, packed 72 to a case 
[he transparent jars come in crystal, 
emerald and amber shades. Lermer Plas 


tics, Inc., Garwood, NJ. 


No-twist multiwall thread 
“Zero-twist” rayon thread that spreads 
after sewing to fill needle holes allevi 


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Plus values in economy, staying qualities and merchandising tipped the scales for 
VISQUEEN film as a packaging material at Belden Manufacturing Company, Chicago. 
This top-flight manufacturer of cables and wires who formerly used paper, found 
important advantages in selling and economies in wrapping its consumer products in 
moisture proof VISQUEEN film. 

““VISQUEEN film’s transparency provides better merchandising at the point of 
sale and stimulates impulse buying,” said Warren Stuart, sales development manager 
for Belden. 

VISQUEEN film provides a superior package wherever a flexible material can be used. 


Write us, or mail the information request tag for details. 


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the longer experience and outstanding 
research of VISKING COMPANY Division of CD oo resin 
P.O. Box 1410, Terre Haute, Indiana 

In Canada: VISKING COMPANY DIVISION OF UNION CARBIDE 

CANADA LIMITED, Lindsay, Ontario. 

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Equipment and materials 


ates the sifting prob!em in sewn multi 
wall bags, says Avisco, its manufacturer 
The thread is avai'ab!e in 1100 and 
1780 denier sizes on 10-!b. knotless cones 


yie'ding 4,058 and 2,536 yds., 


tively. Reported to have great strength, 


respec 


the rayon thread is specially coated to 
assure trouble-free sewing of the multi- 
wall bag material, the company says. 
{merican Viscose Corp., 1617 Pennsyl 
vania Blvd. Philadelphia 3. 
Automatic bottle cartoner 
Bottles are fed from an in-feed conveyor 
and inserted automatically into reverse 
tuck cartons by Container Equipment’s 
new Model 45-9% TI 
justab'e cartoner. The machine will be 
PMMI 
this month. Container Equipment Corp., 


Bloomfield. \ J 


automatic ad 


introduced at the Exposition 


15-oz. metal can 

Based on research into consumer needs, 

Crown Can is introducing this 15-o0z. 

metal can. The company suggests its 
use as the 
package for a 
variety ot 
products that 
can be mar 
keted in 
amounts of 
less than a 
full quart. 
The first test 
application 
of the “Ful- 
Safe 15” con 
tainer was in 
packaging 

automotive oil, At a typical service sta- 

tion, three out of five drivers who 


Thermoforming equipment for containers and lids 


Conopac Corp. has been named exclusive 
distributor in the U.S. and Canada of 
the Formvac and Formpack line of 
thermoforming machinery manufactured 
by Hydro-Chemie, Inc., Zurich, Switzer- 
Airslip” 


series of automatic vac uum-forming ma 


land. The company’s “Formvac 


chines forms containers and lids in a 


variety of shapes, including round, 


square, rectangular and tapered for 
nesting. In making deep, straight-walled 
items, the airslip technique is said to 
offer these advantages: uniform gauge 
distribution, improved mechanical prop 
erties and lower cost. Because the sheet 
is automatically stretched uniformly in 
two directions, the finished article is 
said to be equally strong on all sides, 
with no weakness of vertical walls. 
There is no need for incorporating edge 
trim, which represents a cost saving. 


Also available are the Formvac Roll 


form, for automatic feeding of plastic 
sheet from a roll, and the Formvac 
Planetary trimmer, designed for auto 
matic, clean separation of formed boxes 
and closures from the base sheet, ac 
cording to the supplier. 

The company’s new and improved 
Formpack series of thermoforming ma 
chinery offers a fully automatic produc 
tion line for containers and lids. The 
Formpack R-7 is a six-station rotary ma 
chine which operates on full automa 
tien. Forming area can be as large as 


When multiple-unit 
1 


24 by 36 inches. 
molds are desired, only 4 in. is required 
between units. Container walls can_ be 
is thin as 0.004-0.006 in. it is said, 
with adequate strength because of the 
bi-directional orientation of the sheet 
during the production process. (See 
Mopern Packacine, Aug., 1957, p. 150.) 
Conopac ¢ orp., 120 E 13 St.. Veu Yor/ 


Complete Formvac automatic production line in operation. 


needed less than a quart of oil to bring 
their crankcases up to a safe level pur 
chased the 15-0z. container, the company 
says. The can is the same height 
standard quart oil cans, so it can 
stocked on existing shelves, racks 
dispensers. Crown Cork & Seal Co., Can 
Div., 9300 Ashton Rd., Philadelphia 36 


End-opening-case loader 

\ 28% reduction in shipping-container 
costs plus savings in labor costs are 
claimed by Ferguson for its new Packo 
matic end-loading can caser. In a fully 
automatic operation, the unit feeds 
knocked-down corrugated shipping con 
tainers into a mechanical case-forming 
mechanism from which the cases are 
positioned and end loaded. The machine, 
which reportedly loads 46-0z. cans into 
shippers at a capacity of twenty 12-can 
cases per minute, is equipped with an 
automatic filled-case up-ender and dis 
charge conveyor. It will be introduced 
this month at the PMMI Exposition. 
J. L. Ferguson Co., Joliet, Lil 


Two from Dilts 

\ two-roll gravure press and a gumming 
machine have just been introduced by 
Black-Clawson’s Dilts Division. Shown 
is the Model 2-CG gravure press for 
high-speed coating and printing. Avail- 


ee 
able in standard widths up to 80 in., 
rubber 
covered rolls and gravure cylinders. The 


the model features removable 


gravure cylinder is in fixed position and 
the top rubber-covered pressure roll is 
air-cylinder actuated through a_ rack 
and-pinion device, permitting the use of 
gravure cylinders from 7 to 14 in. in 
diameter, the company says 

The company’s Y-type, variable-speed 
gummer reportediy permits the applica 
tion of a variety of adhesive coatings by 
direct-squeeze or reverse-roll methods at 
speeds up to 800 ft. per minute on 
gummed base stock. The applicator roll 
is in a fixed position, with the top rub 
ber roll and the bottom metering roll ad 
justable to permit close nip tolerances, 
according to the company. Black-Clau 
son Co., Dilts Div., Fulton, N.Y 


Foil bread wrap 

“Wrapseal,” a heat-sealable lamination 
of aluminum foil, paper and wax, has 
been introduced as a bread wrap by 
Reynolds Metals. According to the com 
pany, the wrap is economical enough to 
be competitive with transparent film and 
also provides maximum product protec 
tion during storage and after the first 


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Color and design in lures attract fish—and cus- 


tomers. That’s why this Florida company wanted 
to get their lures out of boxes and bags and place 


them on display cards. 


In the change to carding, Bostitch stapling was 
chosen as the fastening method because stapling is 
fast and easy. And the narrow round wire gives 
the lures high visibility. 

Using a Bostitch stapler, one operator easily 
attaches 6000 lures to cards in an eight-hour day. 
This is not unusual for Bostitch. 


Fasten it better and faster with 


BOSTITCH 


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MARCH 1958 


apling helps attract f 


STAPLES 


ishing lure buyers 


In another operation, lures are placed in plastic 


tubes. Elastic strips stapled to cards hold the tubes. 
3000 of these lures are carded in a day. 

What do you need most in carding? Speed? 
Stapling beats other methods. Economy? Stapling 
costs less. And staples give your product maximum 
visibility and security, too. 

Can Bostitch carding help attract more buyers 
for you? A Bostitch Economy Man will help you 
find out. He’s listed under “Bostitch” in your phone 
book. Or you can mail us the coupon. 


Bostitch, 483 Briggs Drive, East Greenwich, R. |. 


Please send FREE information on ways stapling will 
improve my carding. 


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identifies a new quality brand 
of Bleached Sulphate Board 


produced in a most modern, fully integrated plant, located at 
St. Marys, Ga. Bleached virgin pulp produces board of the highest 
brightness, maximum purity, utmost strength. , 


We'll gladly 

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Equipment and materials 


opening. The wrap is periorated by a 
skip-scoring” process which is said to 
result in consistent sealing of end folds 
where foil-to-foil contact is made. An 
Eastern bakery has adopted the foil 
wrap for its bread products. Reynolds 
Vetals Co., 2500 S. Third St., Louis- 


ville 1, Ky 


Anti-leak closure 
Dixie Cup is offering a two-piece, trans 
parent plastic closure for food cups 
which reportedly prevents leakage and 
ae. enables the 
package 
to withstand 
rough han 
dling and 
shipping over 
long dis 
tances. A 
heavy poly 
styrene ring 
fits snugly in 
side the skirt 
of the flexi 
ible, oriented-styrene lid (see photo) to 
impart rigidity to the closure and make 
it virtually impossible to remove without 
first breaking the ring, the company 
says. Once the ring is broken by the 
housewife, the regular lid can be used 
and re-used in the normal manner. The 
two piece ¢ losure, whic h is espe ially de 
signed to fit both pint and quart Dixie 
packages, is being made available to 
food packagers by the company. Ameri 
can Can Co. Dixie Cup Coe Dir 100 
Park Ave., New York 17 


Automatic foil hooder 

A fully automatic foil-hooding machine 
that applies and crimps light-gauge foil 
covers to rectangular or round contain 
ers of various sizes is available from 


Ekco-Alcoa. Shown here, the Model H-1 
features straight-line flow that enables 
fast handling and uninterrupted prod- 
uct flow in a minimum of floor space, 
the company claims. The unit is re- 
ported to operate at speeds up to 60 
containers per minute. A positive level- 
ing device maintains any predetermined 
product height, according to the com- 
pany. Ekco-Alcoa Containers, Inc., 
W heeling, Il. 


MARCH 1958 


Marlex 50 film available 

Phillips Chemical announces the avail 
ibility of a packaging film made of its 
Marlex 50 
formance of a New Polyethylene,” Mop 
ERN Packacine, Oct., 1957, p. 167). 
Designed for overwrap applications, the 


polyethylene (see “Per 


film’s cited advantages are low cost, 
strength and sparkling clarity. The com 
pany claims that the film maintains re 
sistance to moisture, greases and gases 
over a wide range of temperatures with 
out becoming tacky or brittle. Suggested 
uses are as overwraps on packaged 
cigarettes, candy and toiletries. The ma- 
terial can be heat sealed and printed by 
conventional methods and is sufficiently 
stiff for easy handling on automatic 
packaging machinery, according to the 
supplier. Phillips Chemical Co., Bartles 
ville. Okla 


Cartridge printer 

Automatic feeding and printing of glass 
containers, such as those used by drug 
manufacturers, are offered by Markem’s 
new Model PAM machine. The machine 
is equipped with a holding unit (left), 
which releases cartridges through a gate 
at a bottom of the case into the loading 


chute for automatic printing and ejec- 
tion. Printing plates are of molded rub 
ber. Individual control or date code 
numbers can be inserted and removed 
independently of the rubber plates, the 
company says. The machine has a maxi- 
mum imprint area of 2% by 6 in. 
and accommodates 14-to-24-in.-diameter 
cartridges. Markem Machine Co., Keene 


11, N.H. 


Three from Triangle 

Triangle reports the availability of three 
new packaging machines, which will be 
shown for the first time at the PMMI 
Exposition this month. They are: (1) 
the Model DS1 single-line automati 
filler for dairy products, salads and 
other viscous products; (2) a single 
tube, automatic bag-making, filling and 
sealing machine that handles film pack- 
aging materials, and (3) a scale feed 
that works in synchronization with the 
supplier’s Elec-Tri-Pak net weighers. 
Triangle Package Machinery Co., 6633- 
55 W. Diversey Ave., Chicago 35. 


Coated, collapsible shipper 

\ collapsible, cylinder-type paperboard 
shipping container with an inner pro- 
tective coating of polyethylene is avail- 
ible from Sealright. Called Sealkan, it 
is designed for shipping and storing 


bulk quantities of frozen eggs. Shipped 
knocked down, the container consists 
of four parts: metal base, metal top 
ring, lid and lightweight paperboard 
cylinder (left photo). The interior parts 
are coated with moisture- and chemical 
resistant Bakelite polyethylene for pro- 
tection. After filling, the lid is snapped 
in place (right) and the unit is frozen. 
The container opens easily by slitting it 
with a knife, the company says. Seal 
right Co., Inc., Div. Oswego Falls Corp., 
Fulton, N.Y. 


Recycling attachment 

An electronic recycling attachment to 
its Filamatic liquid-filling machine per- 
mits the filling of containers up to 1-gal. 
capacity, reports National Instrument. 
Called the Multi-Fill, the attachment 
can be pre-set for any desired number 
of strokes of the filling unit’s pumping 
mechanism. To fill a 1-gal. container, 
the Filamatic is set to dispense 8 oz. per 
stroke and the Multi-Fill dial is set for 
16 strokes. National Instrument Co., 


2701 Rockwood Ave., Baltimore 15, Md 


Container imprinter 

Its new dual-offset printing unit elimi 
nates the necessity of stocking a variety 
of pre-printed containers, claims Jas. H. 


Matthews. The device (shown) incorpo 
rates two offset-printing heads which 
print the desired data on two sides of 
such flat containers as 1]-gal. oil cans as 
they move through the machine. The 
product information which is to be im- 
printed on the 
changed quickly and easily, the com- 
pany says. Jas. H. Matthews & Co., 3800 
Forbes St., Pittsburgh 13. 


containers can be 


Automatic tape sealer 

An automatic tape-sealing machine for 
speedy sealing of shallow slide boxes 
has been introduced by General Cor- 


211 





Equipment and materials 


rugated Machinery. The unit also car 
be used for sealing such objects as re 
ord mailers, folders and book wraps 
General Corrugated Machinery Co.. In 


Palisades Par! VJ 


Filler for vials 

Designed for filling iall quantities of 
is Arenco’s new 
Adjustable fo 
quantities 


powder into vials 
“Alite” 


filling machine 


ranging trom 

25 ml. to 8 

gm., the unit 

is claimed to 

De particu 

larly suitable 

for sticky or 

hygroscopic 

powders The 

machine as 

sures accu 

rate volumet 

ric filling at 

ee speeds up to 

32 fills per minute, according to the 

company {renco Machine Co., Inc., 25 
W 13 St.. Neu 


Faster cylinder service 

Inta-Roto has installed Poschel Process 
equipment to supply gravure-etched cyl 
inders to converters mere quickly. This 
process enables the etching of roto 
gravure cylinders without the use of 
carbon tissue paper, to assure evenly 
etched cylinders and exact repeat etch 
ings, the company says. Inta-Roto Ma 


hine Co., Inc., Richmond 3, Va 


Neck-band applier 
Gisholt’s Sealamatic Jr. reportedly can 
apply tubing or pre-cut cellulose neck 
band seals at line speeds up to 85 bot 
tles per minute, The automatic unit can 


oii 
e #\ 


‘ 
\ 


be changed over in less than 5 min. to 


iccommodate glass bottles up to '4-gal 


capacity, the company claims. Illus 
trated here, it will be introduced this 
month at the PMMI Exposition and 
then will be installed at Bardstown Dis 
tilling Co.’s plant in Bardstown, Ky 


Gisholt Machine Co 351 E. Washing 
(ve., Madison 10, Wis 


Fast-setting adhesives 

\ line of fast-setting polyvinyl resin 
adhesives developed specifically to meet 
high-speed packaging requirements has 
Called 


Seban, the adhesives are designed for 


been announced by Armour 
a variety of sealing applications using 
coated or uncoated boards. Properties 
cited by the supplier include keyed rate 
of tack and set, controlled penetration 
stability, freedom from excess foaming 
{dhe Site 


and long pot life. Armour 


Div.. 1355 W. 31 St... Chicago 9 


New two-line filler 

Hope Machine announces a new twe 
line piston-filling machine said to fill 
liquid or viscous products at a rate of 
10 to 60 containers per minute. Model 
ISNH2 in the company’s line, it will be 


shown for the first time at the PMMI 
Exposition this month. Head height is 
adjustable so that the filler can be set 
to accommodate containers of various 
heights without changing the nozzles 
Empty containers are fed to the filling 
nozzles by a chain-driven conveyor. A 
rising table automatically elevates the 
bottles to be filled and positions them 
in pairs under the filling nozzles to per 
mit bottom-up fill. Hope Machine Co., 
9400 State Rd., Philadelphia 14 


Interlocking steel drums 

Savings in storage space and reduced 
handling and shipping costs are the re 
ported advantages of a new 55-gal. steel 
drum developed by Signode Steel Strap 
ping Co. in conjunction with Vulcan 
Containers, which will manufacture and 
market the container. Called Uni-Drum, 
it features built-in interlocking rolling 
hoops which are slightly offset (alter 
nately raised and lowered) on opposite 
sides of the drum. This is said to permit 
secure interlocking of adjacent con 
tainers. Vulcan Containers, Inc... Bell 


wood, Ii 


Medium multipacker 

Container Corp.’s CB-VI multipack ma 
chine, especially designed for small and 
medium-sized packaging operations 
loads cans into six-pack carry cartons 
it reported speeds of 300 to 600 cans 
per minute. Shown here in operation at 


Philadelphia, Pa., 


Gretz Brewing Co., 


the unit is designed specifically for use 
with the supplier's six-pack Can Bands 
lt is adjustable to various can heights 


and will accommodate either handle or 
no-handle carry cartons, the company 
savs. Container Corp. of America, 38 S$ 


Dearborn St.. Chicago 3 


Versatile laminator 

John Dusenbury has added an all-pur 
pose laminating-equipment line to its 
film- and foil-converting machinery. Op 
erated by one man, the equipment re 
portedly will laminate onto both sides 
of the base web in one operation and 
can handle a variety of materials. Othet 
cited advantages of the new machine are 
interchangeable key rolls and sectiona 
construction, Standard parts are used 
wherever possible » facilitate changes 


te 
ind maintenance. John Dusenbury ( 


J erona VJ 


Automatic labeler 
Derby Sealers reports that its new 
ipplicator will automatically dispense 


ind apply pressure-sensitive labels to 


a variety of surfaces. To be shown for 
the first time at the PMMI Exposition 
this month, the machine can be mounted 
in almost any position and can be en 
gineered to fit existing conveying sys 
tems, the company claims Derby Seal 
ers. Inc... Derby. Conn 


High-density polyethylene 

Resistance to a wide range of tempera 
tures makes its new high-density poly 
ethylene adaptable to a variety of pack 
aging applications, claims General Tire’s 
Bolta Products Division. Called Bolta 
thene, the plastic is said to retain its 
properties in boiling water as well as 
during long exposure to freezing tem 
peratures, suggesting adaptation of the 
material to surgical or frozen-food pack 
aging. Other reported advantages are 
rigidity, high impact strength and re 
sistance to acids and alkalis. It is avail 
able in sheets up to 70 in. wide, in 


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HIGH SPEED 


MACHINES 








Now, you can have a fast, efficient packaging 
line with built-in versatility to meet changing 
market requirements. The Bartelt machine 

can produce a variety of sizes and combinations 
of packages such as those shown on the right. 
Pouches can be made from whatever heat sealable 
materials your product requires. Cartons can be 
filled with the desired number of pouches and 
with premium items. Write for new literature 
describing these latest advancements 

in automatic packaging. 


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PACKAGING LINES 





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om FOOD 
Cake Mix 


. 


Spee ieee ; 


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Machinery for Cuaaitte Packaging PACKAGING MACHINERY AND 


BARTELT ENGINEERING CO., ROCKFORD, ILL MATERIALS EXPOSITION 


New York Office, 370 Lexington Ave B TH 5 3 3 


MARCH 1958 





Equipment and materials 


Vass 


aluminum tubes 
I llation ne extrusion chinery 
has made 
ongated 


psible« 


uring 

vas the difhculty 
w in nozzle 
lor machir 
experimer 
problem and 

1igh-quality pro 

pany claims. Venes 


Ny Place 


Twist-wrapping machine 
\ machine applying twist wr 
hard aie t pee ‘ up 


introd 


*"ackage Machinery illed the 
grove Model 22-B, nade by 
Machinery Leeds, Eng 


removable iutomatic candy 


rgrove 
ind \ 
feed mounted on the machine 
butes to higher 
ibor costs, the supplier says. Other re 
ported advantages of the 


contri 
speeds ind also cuts 


machine 
ude modified movements that per 
mit higher insure gentle 
handling of filled candies, and the in 
troduction ot y-off gear with an im 
ved paper-p nent for more 
sfactory feedi of candy wraps at 
Package Ma- 
Mass. 


speeds 
Longn 


lé adou 


Packaging irregular objects 


\ two-piece unit from Amsco is designed 


or wrapping irregular, round or oval 
shaped products The 


photo) 


s of packaging film. The 


printed web forms the inner wrap; the 


narrow 


becomes the 
pulled out 
whe re the 


wide transparent web 
rap The two films ire 

i stationary platform, 

t is wrapped Downward pressure 

ilted platform brings the film 

with a heated cutting wire 

ther heat seals the 

ngthwise To 


wrap 


close-fitting end 


secure 


the operator grasps the overlap 

ends of the film and places the 
product on the endless belt of a twister 
machine (bottom photo), which spins 
the product around and causes the film 
ends to form a spiral which wraps the 
film tightly around the product. {msco 


Vachinery, Inc., 31-31 48 
{re Long Island City 1. N. jy 


Packaging 


Battery-acid bottle 
\ $5-0z.-capacity bottle 


ide of aig tor ane and featuring a 


battery-acid 
sniy off plug designed to guarantee safe 
pouring has been developed by the Plas 
tic Container Div. of Continental Can 
The hollow pour plug, heat sealed to 
the neck of the bottle, has a narrow tip 
so that the contents can be poured into 
the battery without accidental spillage 
Plastic Container 


Di 100 E. 42 St., New York 17 


Continental Can Co.. 


Feed-bag filler 

\ filling and weighing unit for open 

mouth bags is available from Chase Bag 
illed the Southland Feed Packer, it is 


said to accommodate feed ranging in 
size from fine granules to %-in. pellets 
for pat king into 25-, 50- or 100-lb. bags 
The unit fills predetermined amounts of 
speeds of up to 20 bags per 
Chase Bag 


Chicago 6. 


produc t at 
minute, the 


Lo 09 


company says 


Jackson Blovd., 


machine (top 
accommodates either one or two 


Piston-or-gravity filler 

A high-speed filling machine for pack 
ing liquid or viscous products into vari 
ous-sized glass, metal or plastic con- 
Girdler Process 
which has purchased the 
Glendale 


tainers is offered by 
Equipment, 
rights from Librascope, Inc., 


te Biv cm, 
pers “" 


4 


Calif. Called the Votator filler, 
ivailable in piston or gravity types with 
up to 36 stations. Shown is an 18-station 
piston-type filler that reportedly fills up 
to 600 containers per minute. Top rated 
1,000 per minute by 
piston fill, 425 per minute by gravit 
fill Girdler Process Equipment Dir 
Cylinder Gas Co., 224 FI 


Louisville 1, Ky 


filling 


speeds are 


Vational 


Broad way, 


Rechargeable aerosol 
\ rechargeable 
Thomas J 


portedly can be 


medical aerosol devel 
Mahon, Inc., re 
ipplied to 


oped by 
other prod 
cosmetics, insecticide 


Cited advar 


ucts in the drug 
paint and cleanser fields 
tages of the item (shown here in con 
plete form and broken down by con 
ponents) are: it achieves complete sepa 
ration of propellent and product during 
storage; since only gas is drawn off 


from the liquified propellent during op 


eration, 
is eliminated, thus lengthening the aero 


dispersal of liquid propellent 
sol’s service life and minimizing the 
effect 
pre ssure pac ke d 


chilling” common with most 


medical preparations 
used internally or topically; the aerosol 
“shell” can be refilled with product and 
propellent cartridge. Thomas J. Mahon, 


- Englewood Cliffs, N. J 


CORRECTION: In our 
month on Bathurst Power & Paper Co.'s 


report last 
tester for determining the strength of 
the manufacturer's joint in corrugated 
containers (p. 154 of the February is 
sue), we said that the unit exerts force 
on a 6-ft. section of the joint. Actually, 


the sample tested is 6 in. wide 


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PACKAGES TWO 


Always Measure Up’ : iLER 


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TYPE 15 NH 2 
Phe built in consumer ss i al e@ Simple adjustment for dif- Accurate positioning 
of a Zumbiel created package will put the ferent height containers (no Micrometer quantity ad- 
changing of nozzles) justment 
Rising table ‘bottom up 15 to 30 cycles speed 
fill” range 

For liquid, viscous or 
Diagonal filling saves semi-viscous products 
obligation—*‘Sales-measured” design space, easier handling Lowest priced 2 line 
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each line 


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9400-90 STATE ROAD « PHILA. 14, PA, 
2339 Harris Ave., Cincinnati 12, Ohio, Established 1876 


MARCH 1958 














Robert P Jensen | 


es mana r of the ‘ ind contall 
sion of Kai 

ser Aluminum 
& Chemical 
Sales, Ine 
Chi 
Nicholas 
Cooke 


I rancis 
Frederick ¢ 
! I Ashton Smith, 


William H 


\. Curtin, N 
lones, 
Oaklar “ims, Cl 


George H Sollenberger 
nag ‘ 
ind Henry ¢ 

lL) 
Koppers | 


Bemis Bro. Bag 
at th 
any 
irrent preside 
Moss Bemis, 
ganizatior ot 
paper and 
isthe packaging I cotton ind 
paper mills that produce ore than one 
ion bags and other forms of flexible 
packaging every year. Bemis Bro. em 
oys more than 8,500 people 
F. G. Bemis, president of the 
vear old company, reports that a pri 
gram of anniversary activities has been 
veloped to include participation by 
company personne The activities 
directed by a centennial plan 
ittee headed by retired 
A. H. Clarke. Theme of 
centennial-year observance ‘s “Ent 


of skill VISIOT 


E. N. Funkhouser, Jr., has been elected 
executive vice of the Cryovac 
Co., Div. of W. R. Grace & Co., Can 
bridge, Mass. David H. Taylor is nov 
vice-president for marketing 


president 


Richard W. Koch has 
been elected vice president 
ind corporate sales mar 
~ iver of Standard Packag- 
ing Corp., New York. Mr: 
Koch was formerly a vic 


president of Dixie ¢ up Co 


é 


ind, most recently, served 
is marketing consultant to 

Koch top management at Cont 
nental Can Co 


Kenneth R. Mull, John L. Wilson and 
Ceorge Dlesk have been elected vice 
presidents of American Box Board Co., 
Grand Rapids, Mich Gordon B. Bon- 
field, Robert K. Stolz and Frederick 


216 


rate mm er-ve) eo) (= 


W. Oldenburg become 


S « the company 


Ferguson, Jr.. 


manet 
quipment He 
ho pecomes treasure! 


Ferguson has been ap 


Paramount Packaging Corp., Philade 
shia, has d the Flexible Pack 
iging Div. of Container Corp. of Amer- 
ica, Chicago. I} ivision was tormerly 
Corp. The acquisi 
Di f Para 

int, Wil supervision of 
Irvin Isen, with Joseph 
(,auss as sales 

Clifford R. Schaible 

heen na 1 director of 
idvertising for The Mead 


Corp.. Dayton Oh He 


~ a 


‘ ad t subsidiaries 

Dayton 
is been 

ind 1d 


er 10 years 


Schaible 


British Cellophane, Ltd., London, Eng 
ind, ne company Brit- 
ish Cellophane (N.Z.), Ltd. to dis 


yany’s hims and 


i, has tormed a 
tribute the parent ny 
wrapping aids in New Zealand 
Faustin J. f 
Owens-Illinois Glass Co., 


Solon, vice president o 
Toledo, O 
has been elected vice president of Na 
Foundation 


tional Freedom Shrine 


Washington, D.C. He will continue with 
O-I on a curtailed basis, the company 
reports. Mr. Solon joined the company 
then known as Owens Bottle Machine 
Co.) in 1910. In 1929 he was named 
sales manager tor pharmaceutic al, pro 
prietary and prescription-ware sales. He 
became general sales manager for the 
Glass Container Div. in 1931 and was 


elected vice president in 1934 


Shulton, Inc... New York, manufacturer 
of toiletries 
chased the Aer-A-Sol division of Bridge- 
port Brass Co.. Bridge port, Conn 


ind cosmetics, has pur 


York, has 


formed a Dixie Cup Div. to handle the 


American Can Co., New 


operations of the former Dixie Cup Co. 
which merged with Canco last year 
C. L. Van Schaick, Canco vice presi 
dent and former Dixie president, has 
been appointed vice president and gen 


eral manager of the new division 


Marshall FE. 


pointed manager of the pharmaceutical 


Hartless has been ap 


and proprietary division of Brockway 
Glass Co., Brockway, Pa. 


The Gummed Products Co. Troy, 
Ohio, subsidiary of St. Regis Paper 
Co., New York, has appointed Frank A. 
Winninger as assistant sales manager 
The Chester Packaging Products 
Div. of St. Regis has named Harold M 
Belmuth to manage its Cheslam Di 


Winters ha- 


ippointed executive 


y Russel H. 

ey it: 

vice president for sales for 

National Can Corp., Chi 

cago. Mr. Winters is a 

director of the National 

Canners Assn. and the Na 

tional Assn of Frezen 

Food Packers. Most re 

Winters cently, he was vice presi 

lent and production man 
en Co., Green Bay, Wis 


John A. Sutherlin bas been appointed 
nanager otf the New Orleans sales office 
f Chase Bag Co. Chicago. He suc 

de FP. § Nelson, now Southeastern 
sales nagetr in Atlanta (a Bill 
Midwestern 
and K. I 
Moore, Eastern sales manager in Buf 


alo, N.Y 


Sheets has been med 


sales mal 


The Dow Chemical Co., Midland 
Mic! has opened a sales ofhce in 
Dallas, Tex., at 1505 Elm St. Donald P. 
Camp has been named manager 

The Dobeckmun Co. Cleveland, 
Ohio, a division of Dow, plans to invest 
more than $500,000 to increase plant 

ipacity and equipment at its Berkeley, 


Calif.. location 


William M. Riegel has 
been named product man 
f packaging 
for Riegel Paper 
Corp.., New York. He suc 
ceeds Winthrop Endicott, 


who has been promoted to 


materi 


manager of merchant and 
industrial sales. Thomas 
F. Donoghue has been as 
signed to promotion and 


sales for the firm’s Carolina Papers 


Henry W. Rigby has been elected 
president of Vaculite Corp., Cambridge, 
Mass., a concern jointly owned by Na- 
tional Research Corp. and Champion 
Frederick H. 


Greene, Jr., is now vice president and 


Paper & Fibre Co. 
general manager The company will 
soon start large-scale commercial pro 


duction of metalized paper 


Nathan G. Osborne, Jr. has been 
named sales manager for the container 
division of Cornell Paperboard Prod- 


ucts Co., Milwaukee, Wis 


Dr. Norman A. 
named assistant director of manufacture 


Copeland has been 


MODERN PACKAGING 





New shipping box for battery acid... 


Corrosive liquids ship safely, economically in easy-to-handle polyethylene bottle and 
H & D corrugated box. Lightweight unit fills and dispenses quickly without opening box. 


For your packaging problem, better see H &.D. /} DE & pave 


Division of West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company 


Authority on Packaging * Sandusky, Ohio * 42 Sales Offices * 15 Factories 


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MARCH 1958 





of the Film Dept. of E. 1. du Pont de 
Nemours & Co., Inc., Wilmington, Del 
George G. Holman has been appointed 
manager of production for cellophane 


and acetate film 


W. R. Grace & Co., New York, has 
formed a Grace Paper Co. Div. to 
handle its $50-million expansion pro 
gram in Latin America. Wentworth 
Brown has been named president of the 
division, which will be part of the Latin 
American Paper & Chemical Group 


F. J. Kress Box Co., Pittsburgh, Pa 
has created a department of research 
ind development for work in improving 
corrugated fibreboard packaging and in 
vestigating potential uses of fibreboard 
in conjunction with other materials 
J. B. Mueller will head the company’s 


new department 


it’s PEERLESS for mag let rape 


been 
e ' American Machine & 
| d é Foundry Co., New York 
Qua ify an conomy He was formerly president 
of Trans World Airlines 
Mr. Burgess has he!d many 
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Dials, Gauges, Rulers, etc. must be marked clearly and sitions, including that of 
permanently. The Peerless Process of Roll Leaf Marking n Assistant Secretary of De 


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provides an easy, economical method. 
sonnel. He is also a director of AMI 


IDENTIFICATION ... speed up assembly operation... 
avoid mistakes. 

. _ Reynolds Metals Co. Richmond, Va., 
Small or large plastic parts and products, wiring, perfor- ae sonia’ wh ented oak Geeden tend 
ated panels, numbered and lettered diagrams, etc. lend markets for the packaging division. Hi. 
themselves to Peerless Roll Leaf Marking. succeeds Stephen H. Garnett, who has 
‘ . bee appo ited Vu aget of bever ge 

LABELLING ... lifetime protection for your trade name. ae an ma - poet ied 
A Peerless Roll Leaf ‘‘label'’ does not wear or rub off eas- 

ily because it is engraved into the surface of the material, General managers for two of its divi 
forming a permanent, integral part of the product. sions have been named by Continental 

Can Co., Inec., New York. 

DECORATION .. . add distinction and buy-appeal to your J. Gordon King becomes general 
producf. | . manager of the 
Monochrome or multicolor designs may be faithfully and meses - Atias 
Glass Div., 

permanently reproduced by the Peerless Process of Roll Wheelinc. W 
Leaf Marking. Submit your problem to us. * Saggegpen nee 


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. Lewis, who has 
The Peerless Process of Roll Leaf Marking produces engraved and embossed | Wil 
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ond a copy of Peerless Folder PL54. . general man 
ager of the Gair Boxboard & Folding 
Carton Div., New York. He succeeds 


Frederick H. Fleischman has joined 


Norman F, Greenway, newly appointed 


PEERLESS ROLL LEAF «| se preside of The Rb ‘ate Pars 


Products Greup 


COMPANY, INC, C. U. Harvey has been made general 
sales manager of the newly formed 
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INSIDE OR 


THE WORD FOR CANDY V9.7. ite 


Rhinelander Glassine keeps candy fresh . . . both in - 


pearance and taste, is attractive, sanitary, economical — s 
and works smoothly on automatic packaging equipment. 


INSIDE: Fluted cups, layer pads, trays and dividers made 
of crisp, glossy glassine provide greaseproof protection 
from the high oil content of chocolate. 


OUTSIDE: Ideal as a bar candy wrapper . . . glassine seals 
flavor in and retards rancidity. Its smooth surface permits 
sharp, colorful printing with ease of handling. 
Rhinelander Glassine is available in a wide variety of 
colors in embossed, opaque and translucent grades. 


RHINELANDER 


Rhinelander Paper Company - Rhinelander, Wisconsin 
Subsidiary of St. Regis Poper Company 


MAKCH 1958 





FOLDING CARTONS 
CORRUGATED BOXES 
SOLID FIBRE BOXES 

k 0 fe SPECIALTY PAPERBOARDS 


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and base. All units driven from| common drive shaft @ 1, 2, 3, or 4 colors 
@ Up to 40” maximum width 
© Speed up to 300 ft. per minute 
© Standard repeat lengths 9”-251/.” 
@ Anilox inking cylinders, heat 
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color driers available 
@ Remarkably low priced 


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G EVE 4 E & COMPANY, INC. New York 4, N. Y 


WHitehall 3-8696 





dle corrugated-box sales. Raymond J. 
Kautz has been named manager of sales 
planning, and A. B. Winterer, manager 
of customer service and box develop 
ment 

In the Central Metal Div., packer-can 
sales are now handled by William H. 
Dietrich, who succeeds Clay B. Nichols 


Cc. L. Von Eg 
loffstein has 
been elected 
president of 
Continental 
Paper U0., 
Ridgefield 
Park, N. J. He 
succeeds Wil- 
Von Egloffstein Alford liam J. Alford, 
who has been 
elected chairman of the board and 
treasurer. Continental is parent com 
pany of the Alford Packaging Group. 


Smith, Kline & French Laboratories, 
Philadelphia, has appointed Howard 
Berger to the newly created position of 
promotional package developer, assigned 
tothe advertising department. Mr 
Berger will evaluate the firm’s packag 
ing designs and techniques and study 
new concep or drug containers and 


shipping cartons 


Gerald E. Amerman has 
been named president of 
Clupak, Ine., an organiza 
tion created to license 
paper manufacturers t 

use the stretchable-paper 
process developed by 
Cluett, Peabody & Co. 
ind West Virginia Pulp 
& Paper Co. (See Enter 
Stretchable Paper.” this 


Amerman 


issue, p. 159.) Mi \merman was tor 
merly a vice president of Cluett, Pea 
body. The new company will be located 


at 530 Fifth Ave New York 


Charles B. Broeg has been named head 
of the new-products planning depart 
ment at American Molasses Co., New 
York. He was formerly with the U.S 
Dept. of Agriculture 


G. . Holt has been appointed man 
ager of market development and W. A. 
Wiedersheim, manager of market anal 
ysis, by Fibreboard Paper Products 
Corp., San Francisco, Calif. 


Norman A. Olson, formerly with the 
packaging department of Sears, Roe 
buck & Co., has joined the Chicago sales 
staff of Lassiter Corp., New York. 


Rheem Mfg. Co., New York, has com 
pleted arrangements for manufacture 
and distribution of company products 
in Canada and Belgium. Travail Me- 


[Continued on page 225) 
I 


MODERN PACKAGING 





Self-Service 
gets a boost from Kodapak Sheet 


" 
Easies now than ever for people to buy “Vaseline” 
Lip-Ice, product of Chesebrough-Pond’s Inc., N.Y.! 

Pre-formed loops of transparent 20 mil Kodapak 
Sheet attached to the four sides of a special counter 
merchandising column hold 60 Lip-Ice sticks. (No 
need for printing on the loops, the printing on the 
container shows right through!) 

Shoppers recognize the merchandise, stop, obey 
the impulse, and help themselves / 

Why did the display’s produce? use Kodapak Sheet ? 


Because Kodapak Sheet is tough and durable, the 
display is assured of lowest effective cost. 


Because Kodapak Sheet is clear as crystal, 

“Vaseline” Lip-Ice sticks exert maximum sales appeal. 

Because Kodapak Sheet is stable, uniform in gauge 

and width, it is easy and economical to work with. 

For further information about this and other appli- 
cations, call our representative or write: 
Cellulose Products Division 

EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY, Rochester 4, N.Y. 


Kodapak Sheet 


MAKES GOOD PRODUCTS SELL BETTER 


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Sales Offices: New York, Chicago, Atlanta. Sales Representatives: Cleveland, Philadelphia, Providence 
Distributors: San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle (Wilson & Geo. Meyer & Co.); Toronto, Montreal (Paper Sales Ltd 


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See the Oliver 
in action at 


BOOTH No. 305 


for the Frozen Food Package! hi tu siow, 


ATLANTIC CITY 
Straight sided rigid foil pans or trays permit full , AUDITORIUM 
package so compact that they are profitable is 
items to handle in retail stores. The full package 
pleases the housewife and builds repeat sales. 
“American” straight sided trays permit packages 
that save counter space, freezer capacity, truckin 0 5 t d | 

space and general storage space and tock n Ss or runs an ong runs eee 
neatly ... . All money saving features! 


e 
They handle easily on your automatic conveyers, the versatile OLIVER wraps and 


filling machines, wrapping machines, etc. 


Let us help you develop the best package for your labels products to sell and save 


product. We can easily fit your present package 
or a new design. The quick adjustability of the Oliver 
SIZES 7%" to 134" deep and from 3}%" x 31%" saves hours and dollars every day. 


to 11" x 11", all without die cost to you. And you know that your products are 
wrapped and labeled to look their 


best. Many products are wrapped and 
labeled on the Oliver: paper special- 
ties, textile items, baked goods, meats, 
and preducts only remotely similar. 
It wraps them rapidly, securely, neat- 
ly. Using modern wrapping materials, 
it heat-seals or glue-seals packages for 
utmost protection. Infeed conveyors 
in various lengths. Printed wrappers 
registered by electric eye. Foolproof 
cardboard folder-feeder. Eight models 
—speeds up to 50 a minute. Its one- 
man operation and versatility make 


WRITE US FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION 


With Handles 


Oliver Roll-Type Labeling the Oliver indispensable on short and 


long runs. Write for details. 


System saves dollars daily 


Automatic Labeler heat seals 
A . . a roll-type label (printed by 
merican foil pans or trays are perfect for use Oliver) to the wrapper. Label 

. . can be imprinted with essen 
in any form of carton or type of wrapping. m. Siiemetion iach tateve 
‘ it is applied Imprint items 

changeable in a few second 
Labeler—with or without In 
printer—can be attached to 
ther makes of wrapping ma- 
hines Get all the facts, 


. Shallow trays slip easily into 

carton and fit snugly. 
bin Leak Proof 

. Deep pan for candied yams or 
any product with sauce. Rigid Bead 

. Rigid pan in sleeve and over Smooth Straight Side 
wrapped makes excellent 
package. 

. American straight sided pan 
makes beautiful package in 


printed or labeled carton. m= #1 


Strong beaded pan in cardboard 0 | | y F . 


ring, = —_ yo gg makes 
rugged visual package. ° . i 
| Oliver Machinery Company aA Fe! TT TELE AM with Roll-Type 
THE AMERICAN PAN DIVISION Grand Rapids 4, Michigan Machine Labeling 


of THE AMERICAN TOOL WORKS COMPANY 
System 


No Sharp Corners 


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with 
engineered inks by 





Engineered Inks by S&V provide you with the two fundamental 
requirements for increased profits—economical production costs 
and higher, more effective sales results. 

By utilizing the most advanced scientific techniques 

in development, and a rigid quality-control system in manufacture, 
S&V produces only the finest premium-quality inks. These inks 

work with dependable, peak performance and consistently greater mileage. 
The net result is a lower unit cost—a real economy for you! 

S&V projects this same engineering approach beyond the economical 
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specific consideration is given to the end-application of your product. 
This individualized service insures maximum impact at the point 


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If you would like to brighten your sales picture economically, remember — 
Engineered Color by S&V gives you lower costs and higher sales everytime! 
Call S&V today and discover the unlimited opportunities for dramatic, 


sales-winning results —available only with S&V inks! 


Sinclair and Valentine Co. 


DIVISION OF AMERICAN-MARIETTA COMPANY 
Main Office: 611 West 129th Street, New York 27, N. Y. 


Canadian Affiliate: Sinclair and Valentine Company of Canada, Ltd. 240 Madison Avenue, Toronto 7, Canada 





[Continued from page 220) 


canique de la Tole of Brussels has 
been licensed to make and market 
Rheem water heaters and interior pro 
tective drum linings. Rheem-Interna- 
tional, Ltd., will market the products of 
Rheem-Canada, Ltd., Hamilton, Ont. 


The Worcester Paper Box Corp., Med 
ford, Mass., has purchased the building 
and land of the New England Bedding 
Co. in Medford and will use the loca- 
tion as part of its current over-all ex 


p insion program. 


Eastman Chemical Products, Inc., New 
York, has re-organized field sales activi- 
ties of its Chemical Diy. into three re 


Cannon Sanders Campbell 
gional areas. Robert H. Cannon will 
handle sale of chemicals and dyes in 
the New England-Middle Atlantic states. 
John H. Sanders will cover the South 
and Southeastern states. Decatur B. 
Campbell will direct the division’s sales 
in the Midwest 


George H. Beaton has been elected vice 
president and general manager of Cera- 
graphic, Ine., Hackensack, N. J. He will 
head the company’s newly expanded ap 


plied-color-label plant 


we Robert B. Donnelly has 

been elected vice president 

and director of sales of the 

Coates Board & Carton 

Co., Ine., Garfield, N. J. 

Mr. Donnelly was formerly 

vice president and a di 

rector of Edwin J. Schoet 

tle Co., and most recently 

Donnelly was creative supervisor for 

Campbell-Mithun, Inec., a 
Minneapolis advertising agency. 


Joseph A. Groden has been named 
Eastern sales manager of the Bagpak 
Div. of International Paper Co., New 
York. He succeeds Lee Turner, re 


cently deceased. 


Richard F. Forster has been named ad- 
vertising and promotion manager of 
June Dairy-Ehlenberger Co., Jersey 
City, N. J. 


Franklin H. Cooper, formerly of Con- 
necticut Chemical Research Corp. and 
Standard Aromatics, Inc., has formed a 
new company in New York. Embassy 


MARCH 1958 





'EVEREADy 
MERCURY 
BATTERIES 


SLIDE TO Open = 
WITH THis Gatioma, carton 
SOG up ° ’ 


Assy ss 


Y visible, safe! 


another smart use of 


SLIDEPLAX 


The battery industry needed a compact package 
to enable hearing aid users to carry a generous 
reserve supply of miniature mercury batteries in 
their pockets or purses, yet strong enough to 
protect the tiny batteries from damage. Created 
by Plaxall, Inc. this handsome Slideplax pack 
met all their requirements. 


STRENGTH... combines stiff cardboard with clear 
thermoformed plastic to make a strong, rigid 
package. 


COMPACTNESS... requiring little more space than 


the batteries themselves. 


VISIBILITY ...“at a glance inventory”, especially 
important to hearing aid users, is a feature of all 
Slideplax packages. 


ACCESSIBILITY . .. just slide the card back with the 
thumb and drop the battery into the hearing aid.. 
with one hand. 


UNIFORMITY ... through Plaxall’s exclusive proc 
ess of precision thermoforming. Millions made with 
no rejects...no delays in assembly. 


LOW COST...achieved by production of up to 
50,000 units per day on high speed continuous 
automatic machinery. 


VERSATILITY ... in addition to batteries, Slideplax 
type packages are used for such diverse products 
as brushes, twine, carbide tips, baby pants, bow 
ties, lingerie, hosiery, handkerchiefs, belts, phar- 
maceuticals, cosmetics, electronic parts, hardware 
items, and many others. t 


JSLIDEPLAX| 


THE PACK WITH THE TRACK 


Why not find out what “Slideplax” packaging can 
do for your product. Call or write 








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LVOT(/ | NEW HIGH SPEED 
ALPHA A-206 ROTO-SHAKE| 


combines gassing and shaking at up to 
60 cans per minute constant feed 


For liquid foods and related products requiring mix- 
ing of gas with product. Aerosol cans are automati- 
cally gassed and shaken during rotary feed cycle. 
Eccentric action provides superior mix. Special de- 
sign eliminates exhaust gas waste... saving many 


dollars a day in gas alone. Simplified design for min- 


imum maintenance. Requires no compressed air or 


timing devices for machine operation. Conveyor flat- 
top nylon pallets cannot snag cans. Precision built 


for high speed operation with 12 and 16 ounce cans. 





Your inquiry for complete information is invited. 


BRIEF SPECIFICATIONS 


15 station gassing and mixing 
rotary-feed head. 


stainless steel gassing valves. 
“"No-can—no-charge” automatic 
control 


12 seconds shaking cycle per can 
at 60 cans per minute. Adjustable 
for longer shaking cycles as de- 
sired 


* extremely compact . . . overall 
size only 15° long x 3’ wide x 4’ 
high. 


Laboratory single station also available. 


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Bag your products faster and easier 
with the Anderson Model 134 
Bagger. The stainless steel bag trough 
will hold up to 200 bags... 

adjusts quickly for bag size. 

Blower, equipped with air filter, opens 
bag and keeps it free of foreign 
matter. Adjusts for height, and will 
tile to the most convenient operating 
position. Quality made, of the finest 
materials for long life. 





Write for Bulletin 3-29 Today! 


ANDERSON BROS. MFG. CO. 
ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS 





GEAR UP YOUR PACKAGING 


for LABELS, BOXES & DISPLAYS 


ELMIRA 


PENNSYLVANIA 


The Quality and 
Character of Howell 
Made Packages are 
identified instantly. 


F.M. HOWELL & CO. 


79-95 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, ELMIRA, N. Y 


MODERN PACKAGING 





Laboratories, 125 Fifth Ave., will con 
centrate on private label manufacture 
and filling of cosmetics, perfumes, toilet 
ries and related items 

H. T. Seordas has been appointed tech 
nical advisor to the board-sales division 
of Union Bag-Camp Paper Corp., New 
York Frank J. Webster has been 
named bleached-board representative for 


the company’s Franklin, Va., mill 


Richard J. 
Walters and 
Raymond P. 
™ Kane, vice 
a presidents, 
h ave b ¢ en 
elected to the 
board ol di 
rectors of the 
Walters Kane United States 
Printing & 
Lithograph Co., Cincinnati, Ohio 


Frank B. Fairbanks, Jr. has been ap 
pointed 1dministrative assistant by 
Horix Mfg. Co., Pittsburgh Pa He 
will be associated with all departments 
of the business, particularly planning 


for new lines of manufacture 


Elvin E. Hallander, former president of 
the company, is no longer associated 
with Lynch Corp., Anderson, Ind., ac 
cording to an announcement from board 
chairman Will Freeman. Operations of 
the company, which make sutomaty 
processing machinery for the packaging 
industry, are in the hands of a five-man 
policy group consisting of these com 
pany officers: Thomas C. Werbe, Jr.. 
Lyman L. Campbell, Wendell D. 
Jones, Andrew V. Petersen and John 
H. McGivern. 


Expansion of facilities in the Cleveland 
plant of Colton Chemical Co., Div. of 
Air Reduction Co. Inc., Cleveland, 
Ohio, have been completed and will pre 
vide increased capacity for the produ 
tion of emulsions used in coatings and 


adhesives. the company says 


Carl W. Sippel has been named super 

visor of specialty sales at the St. Louis, 

Mo., plant of Western-Waxide Div., 

Crown Zellerbach Corp., San Leandro, 

Calif. Clayton 

K. Hayes has 

bee n appointe d 

supervisor for 

bakery and 

os frozen food 

vad products at the 

} - St. Louis plant. 

George W ° 

Sippel Haves Donald, dire« 

tor of sales for 

Western-Waxide, has retired after 30 
years ol service 

Harold C. Kavalaris is the newly ap 

pointed sales manager for Crown Zeller- 


MARCH 1958 


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Packaging 


made to your exact 
specifications 
for faster packing 
' 
on, at lower cost! 


WRITE, PHONE or WIRE 
for QUOTATIONS on 
YOUR REQUIREMENTS 


PETER PARTITION CORP. 


Manufacturers of Cardboard Partitions 


124 BOERUM PLACE BROOKLYN 1, N.Y. 


Telephone: TRiangle 5-4033 


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Nails, Screws, Bolts, Nuts, Lockwashers 
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The | =: ae Packeting Machine 


does the entire job automatically.. 


Counts or measures the product — 

Forms the packet from a single roll of heat-sealing material — 
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Imprints or codes each packet — 

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/ Leading manufacturers every- 

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their volume printing and imprint- 

ing needs with the Apex S301-3 ( Prints @ 10,000 

series. pieces per hour. 

Achieving very high production pol ype 
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colors for decorations, trade marks one easy 
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bach’s consumer products sales division 
Charles H. MeCarthy has been 


product waxed 


named 
manager to paper 


distributor sales 


Gaylord Container Corp., Div. of 


Zelle 


Detroit for the 


Crown rbach, has acquired facili 


lies In manutacture of 


rrugated shipping containers 


Dr. Nat C. Robertson has 


been ippointed — general 


of research and 
development tor Spencer 

Kansas 
eeds Dr. 


Jr. re 


Chemical Co., 
City. Mo. He sues 
John R 


signed 


Brown, 
Before 


joInin 


Spencer, Dr. Robertson 


was vice president of re 


arch for Esea 


Robertson 
bia Chem 


iny 


center 


The Warder Paper Box Co., Ine., 
Niagara Falls, N. Y has purchased 
Tonawanda, N. Y¥ 

' 


sident of 


Ranburn Co., In 


Henry I 


Ranburn 


Burns, 
now is Warder sales 


former pre 


manage! 


named 


K. Moffett, Jr., 


) 
manager of Pe 


John 


issistant trothene sales 


for U. S Chemicals Co., 


Industrial 
Div. of National Distillers & Chemical 
( orp.. New York 

U.S.I.’s Mass., sales 


ite at 150 Causeway St 


office is 


Boston 


John R 


pre siden 


Tamm has been appointed vice 


n charge of sales for Lawson 


Packaging Corp., Englewood, N. J 


Matthew \ Oliver ha beer named 
Pacific regior if Lily-Tulip 
Cup Corp., New York. witl 


San Francises 


Mnanagel 


headquar 


Blowney h = beer na ied 


Robert i 
cific Coast Div.’s 


of the P 


sales manager 
irboneted beverage division of Owens- 
Illinois Glass Co. Toledo, Ohio. Nor- 
man C. Marsh succeeds Mr. Blowney as 


Seattle branch manager 


Ralph O. Mar- 
tin has been 
= elected 
dent ot Pa- 


per Machin- 


presi 


7 ery Corp., Mil 
waukee, Wis 
Donald W. 
Baumgartner, 


formerly even 


Martin 


' 
Baumgartner 
; 

ral manager, 


succeeds him as PMC’s vice president 


Flock 
name of the former Claremont 
Miz. Co. of Claremont, N. H 


new 


Waste 


Claremont Corp. is the 


Balmer has been appointed 
Detroit 
Earl, 


James G. 
executive vice president of the 


industrial design firm of Harley 


MARCH 1958 





EDERA 


NATIONAL 
FOLDING BOX 
DIVISION 


NEW HAVEN AND 
MBUS AND STEUBENVILLE, O 


SALES Orrices: NEW YORK. N.Y; CHICAGO, ILL 


PALMER, MASS ; CLEVELAND. COLI 


FOLDING BOX PLANTS: BOGOTA. N. J 
STEUBENVILLE, OHIO; PITTSBURGH, PA 
CONN 


MORRIS, ILL.; MARION, IND 


MONTVILLE AND VERSAILLES MORRIS, ILL READING 


VERSAILLES, CONN BOGOTA. N 
PHILADELPHIA AND PITTSBURGH, PA 


NEW HAVEN AND VERSAILLES 


PAPER BOARD 
COMPANY, INC. 


MA ORRIS 


PAPER MILLS 
DIVISION 


BOSTON AND 
MARION, IND 


CONN OLUMBUS AND 
* PAPER BOARD MILLS: BOGOTA, N.J. NEW HAVEN 
PA STEUBENVILLE. OHIO: WHITE 


PALMER. MASS 


HALL, MO 


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eye-appealing, 
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BAND-AID Plastic Tape 


TRADE MARK 


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Produced by 


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Inc. William H. Armstrong and 
Jerome C. Earl become vice presidents. 


Warner-Lambert Pharmaceutical Co., 
Morris Plains, N. J., has formed a new 
marketing division to be known as the 
Family Products Div. J. S. Hewitt has 


been named division president. 


Edwin R. Hoyt has been 
appointed manager of pro- 
duction and engineering 
for Nichols Paper Prod- 
ucts Co., Green Bay, Wis 
In addition to supervising 
production activities, Mr. 
Hoyt will also devote time 
to research and develop- 
ae ment of new paper pack- 


aging products. 


Jerry Slavin has been named sales man 
ager of the H. B. Fuller Co., manufac- 
turer of adhesives, St. Paul, Minn. 

Miehle-Goss-Dexter, Inc., Chicago, is 
negotiating to purchase Mercury En- 
gineering Corp., of Milwaukee, maker 
of in-line folding-carton equipment. 


The Champion Paper & 
Fibre Co., Hamilton, Ohio, 
has acquired an interest in 
a new Brazilian company 
now erecting a bleached 
kraft pulping plant in 
Brazil. M. C. Walsh has 
been elected president of 
the new firm. The new 
facilities will be in pro- 
duction early in 1959. 

Champion has appointed George D. 
Kennedy as manager of its New York 
City sales office. 


Walsh 


The Baltimore, Md., branch of the 
Printing Ink Div. of Interchemical 
Corp., New York, has moved to new 
quarters at 700 S. Kane St. 


Mosinee Paper Mills Co. Mosinee, 
Wis., will spend $500,000 to rebuild its 
No. 2 paper machine as part of the 
company modernization program. 


H. E. Brumder has been elected vice 
president of engineering and manufac- 
turing of Pressed Steel Tank Co., Mil- 
waukee, Wis. 


Robert B. King has been appointed 
sales engineer in the Chicago office of 
Arthur Colton Co., Detroit, Mich. 


Hoerner Boxes, Inc., Keokuk, lowa, 
has commenced operations at its new 
plant in Des Moines, Iowa. Al Blake is 
in charge. 


Donald K. Tressler has resigned as 
scientific director of the Quartermaster 
Food & Container Institute for the 
Armed Forces and has returned to his 





"a 


MARKED IMPROVEMENTS in 
IDENTIFICATION 
AND DECORATION 


t 


Fifteen thousand 

kinds of “ink’’? ... 
Since 1911, Markem has developed more than 
15,000 different marking compounds, and about 
10,000 are currently in use. Why so many? Con- 
sider the applications: what will “stick” on poly- 
styrene won't on cellulose acetate; what makes 
clear, lasting imprints on glass drug ampules is 
a distant chemical relative of the right marking 
compound for pressure -sensitive tape; and so it 
goes, from shoe linings to instrument dials, lipstick 
tubes to lollipop sticks. With all the possible com- 
binations of drying speed, opacity, toxicity . 
liquid, paste and semi-paste forms ... air dry, 
baking or high temperature . . . colors by the score 
—15,000 doesn’t seem so fantastic. But it shows 
Markem’s close attention to the “what” —as well 
as the “how” —of good marking. 


Customer's name in lights . . . 

A “special” version of our 20A 

cylindrical object marker has — 

recently gone to work at 

a leading electrical 

plant, imprinting miniature tubular lamps with 
trademark, wattage, etc. Noteworthy are the feed 
and marking speed of these rather fragile items: 
up to 750 (from 4" to 7" long) are put into a 
hopper, then imprinted at a rate of about 2000 
per hour; discharged down a chute to a firing 
chamber, where imprint is “baked” on. Here 
again, the right method provides clear marking at 
production rates. 


Don’t keep the inspectors waiting... is a cardinal 
rule on any production line, especially at Congress 
Sportswear where the final inspectors also do the 
packaging. But boxes were being laboriously 
hand stamped with the result that a whole room- 
on ful had to be kept on hand—a costly, 
~ unpleasant situation from every 

angle. Now with a Markem 

4| 45A box marker, imprints 

are made twice as fast 

and look far better; $5.00 

a day in labor alone is saved, and 

the space problem is solved. Orders 

are printed individually, as they are needed. 
Goes to show how good marking can help all 
along the line, from production to point of sale. 


Providing better ways to decorate or identify 
products, parts and packages is Markem's entire 
business. Write Markem Machine Co., Keene 1, 
N.H., when you need help. 


MARKEM 


MODERN PACKAGING 











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consulting practice as manager of Don- 
ald K. Tressler & Associates of West 
port, Conn. 


The Western Paper Box Div. of Stone 
Container Corp., Chicago, has bought 
one unit of the Studebaker-Packard 
plant in Detroit for expanded box 
making operations. 

Russell R. Kynoch and Martin Bau- 
mann have been appointed to the new 
posts of divisional sales managers for 
Stone’s corrugated-box plant in Chicago. 


Pollock Paper Corp., Columbus, Ohio, 
has appointed Harold J. Ruhl as pack 
aging-materials representative in the 


company’s New York office. 


Howard J. Soriano has 
§ been assigned responsibil- 
ity for all sales activities 
of the Sinclair & Valen- 
tine Div. of American- 
Marietta Co., Chicago. 
S&\ headquarters are 
located in New York City. 
Mr. Soriano has appointed 
Thomas Buchanan as gen- 
eral sales manager; James 
McNamee, assistant general sales man- 
ager, and John McGuigan, national 


Soriano 


sales coordinator. 


Following its purchase by Canning Ma- 
chinery Co., Portland, Ore., the Tite 
Cap Machine Co., Inc., New York, is 
now being operated as the Tite-Cap Ma- 
chine Div. of Camco Sales. 


Derby Sealers, Inc.. Derby, Conn., has 
opened a branch office in Boston, Mass., 
at 313 Huntington Ave. Jack C. Berg- 
mark is in charge 


The Kennedy Sewing Machine Co., 
Pittsburgh, Pa., has been appointed 
agent in the Pittsburgh-Eastern Ohio 
area for Errich International Corp.'s 


Speedy Bag Packager. 


Federal Tool Corp. Chicago, has 
opened its first direct sales office at 230 
Fifth Ave. in New York. Woodrow H. 


Pereira is sales manager 


Lawrence V. Stapleton, general man- 
ager and director of marketing at Lip- 
pincott & Margulies, Inc.,. New York, 
has been appointed first vice president 


of the design company. 


Phillip E. Moonan has been appointed 
advertising and sales-promotion manager 
of TCF of Canada, Ltd., Montreal. He 
succeeds Oliver L. Niehouse, now with 


Yardley of London. 


Kleen-Stik Products, Inc., Chicago, has 
acquired the plant, equipment and per- 
sonnel of the Press-On Div. of Rippolite 
Plastics. The division is now being op- 


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California, and is located at 8626 S. 
San Pedro, Los Angeles. 


Three new district sales managers have 
been appointed for the Central Pack- 
aging Div. of Fibreboard Paper Prod- 
ucts Corp., San Francisco. They are: 
Warner E. Berg, San Francisco; C. F. 
J. Arrasmith, Oakland, and Garth H. 
Miller, Fresno. 


B. E. Meyer has been 
named manager of can- 
machinery sales by the 
E. W. Bliss Co., Canton, 
Ohio. Mr. Meyer, who suc- 
ceeds Roland H. Johnson, 
resigned, has been associ- 
ated with the company for 
more than 30 years in vari- 

Meyer ous engineering and sales 
capacities. 


Alfred M. Johnsrud has been named 
sales engineer of the plastics-extrusion 
division of Frank W. Egan & Co., 
Somerville, N. J 


Robert C. Piggott has been named sales 
manager of the Cleveland corrvgated 
shipping container plant of Container 
Corp. of America, Chicago. He was 
formerly assistant sales manager. 


Charles M. Baker, Jr., has been named 
vice president and general manager of 
The Cottrell Co., Westerly, R.L., a sub- 
sidiary of Harris Intertype Corp., 
Cleveland. Mr. Baker succeeds Albert 
J. Graf, who has been appointed senior 
vice president of the company. 


Rex Packaging Machinery Co., Rah- 
way, N. J., recently completed construc- 
tion of new manufacturing facilities as 
part of an expansion program. 


Intaglio Service Corp., New York, has 
opened a pilot plant in Cincinnati, offer- 
ing complete packaging-cylinder repair 
service in the Ohio Valley. 


Obituaries 


Maxson A. Eddy, director of packaging 
for E. R. Squibb & Sons Div. of Olin 
Mathieson Chemical Corp., New York, 
died Feb. 13. He was 54. Mr. Eddy 
joined Squibb in 1955 after several 
years as head of his own firm, the Eddy 
Glass Co. Prior to that, he was general 
manufacturing manager for the Kimball 
Glass Div. of Owens-Illinois Glass Co., 
and then general manager of the Whea- 
ton Glass Co. He was an associate 
member of the Packaging Institute. 


J. E. Hanny, former vice president in 
charge of manufacturing for Crown 
Zellerbach Corp., San Francisco, died 
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Portrait by Fabian Bachrach 


34.500 Lockheed Employees 
Regularly Buy U.S. Savings Bonds 


“We in the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation family are 


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It is important... particularly in these times . . . for 
all Americans to support our nation’s programs and 
policies in every way. I know of no better way than the 
regular purchase of Savings Bonds. 

“Our records show Bond-buying employees are sav- 
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approximately $9,000,000. 

“This thrift, practiced regularly, is a vital keystone 
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the dollar and the prevention of inflation. 


Each of our new employees is given the opportunity 

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MARCH 1958 





For your information | 


A new closing date for recommenda- 
tions to be received for the 1958 Annual 
Awards of the Packaging Institute for 
outstanding contributions to packaging 
technology has been announced by 
Roger V. Wilson, Continental Can Co., 
Inc., chairman of the awards committee. 
This year’s recommendations, covering 
both the corporate award as well as the 
professional award, must be received by 
PI no later than April 1. Presentations 
of the awards will be made at the 20th 
Annual Forum of the Packaging Insti- 
tute at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in 
Chicago, Oct. 13-15. Application forms 
and award brochures are available from 
the Packaging Institute, 342 Madison 
Ave., New York 17. 

Jerome J. Kipnees of 
Laboratories, Inc., has been 
1958 chairman of PI's Corrugated and 
Solid Fibre Shipping Container Com- 
mittee. Ralph M. Audrieth is chairman 
of the organization's formed 
Sereen Process Committee. 


Container 
named 


newly 


Robert J. Williams, vice president and 
general manager of Cadillac Products, 
Inc., Detroit, Mich., has been appointed 
assistant director of the Containers and 
Packaging Div., Business & Defense 
Services Administration, U.S. Dept. of 
Commerce, Washington, D.C. He is on 
six-month leave from his company, 
which makes industrial packaging ma- 
terials. For Cadillac, he was a produc- 
tion engineer, then production manager 
before assuming his present job in 1955. 


The Bachner Award for outstanding 
centributions to the practical applica- 
tion of plastics will be inaugurated this 
year at the National Exposition and 
Conference of the Society of the Plas- 
tics Industries. Sponsored by Chicago 
Molded Products Corp., the award will 
be presented every 244 years. Competi- 
tion is open to all manufacturers of 
products that employ plastic compo- 
nents or are totally plastic and are 
molded, extruded, vacuum formed or 
pressure formed. 

The award will be administered by a 
committee under the chairmanship of 
Arnold E. Pitcher, retired general man- 
ager of the Plastics Div., E. I. du Pont 
de Nemours. Members are: Charles A. 
Breskin, Chairman of the Board, Bres- 
kin Publications, Inc.; Herbert S. 
Spencer (retired), Durez Plastics; Ed- 
ward Gudeman, Sears, Roebuck & Co.; 
Arthur J. Schmitt, Amphenol Elec- 
tronic Corp. William T. Cruse, execu- 
tive vice president of SPI, is secretary 
of the committee. 


At the recent annual meeting of the 
Aluminum Foil Containers Mfrs. 
Assn., officers and directors were elected 
for the current fiscal year. These in- 


clude: president—R. D. Cleaves of 


240 


Cochran Continental Container Corp.; 
vice president—George J. Buff, Jr., of 
Penny Plate, Inc.; re-elected secretary- 
treasurer—Stuart J. Swensson of Pitts- 
burgh, Pa. Elected to serve on the board 
of directors are: John B. Bowman of 
Ekco-Alcoa Containers, Inc.; Mr. Buff; 
Glenn E. Carter of Reynolds Metals 
Co.; Mr. Cleaves and N. A. Cooke of 
Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Sales. 


To meet the need for standard specifica- 
tions and test methods in flexible bar- 
rier materials, the American Society 
for Testing Materials has set up a new 
technical committee which met for the 
first time in New York on Dec. 12. The 
scope of the new committee is: “the de- 
velopment of definitions of terms and 
nomenclature, methods of test and speci- 
fications for flexible barriers, including 
basic and composite materials and their 
application, and the promotion of re- 
search in the field. Standards covered 
by other committees shall be used when 
applicable.” Committee officers are: 
chairman—Clifton Sutton, General 
Foods Corp; vice-chairman—L. F. Swee, 
Polymer Chemicals Div., W. R. Grace & 
Co.; general secretary—-T. M. Hill, 
Aluminum Co. of America. 


At its 27th annual meeting recently in 
New York, the Glassine & Greaseproof 
Mfrs. Assn. re-elected its chairman, 
Benton R. Caneell, president and gen- 
eral manager of the Rhinelander Paper 
Co., and its vice chairman, Frederick 
S. Leinbach, executive vice president 
of the Riegel Paper Corp. Other re- 
elected members of the association’s ex- 
ecutive committee include Paul E. 
Hodgdon, chairman of the Deerfield 
Glassine and Canadian Glassine Co.; 
Elmer H. Jennings, president of the 
Thilmany Pulp & Paper Co.; Aaron P. 
Mitchell, senior vice president of Riegel, 
and Paul F. Moore, president of the 
Westfield River Paper Co. 


The eleventh edition of The Packaging 
{nnual Catalogue of Great Britain, a 
214-page guide to suppliers of contain- 
ers, packaging materials, packaging ma- 
chinery and equipment, contract pack- 
aging and services, has been published 
by The Tudor Press Ltd., publisher of 
Packaging magazine. It also contains a 
directory of packaging trade names. 
Copies are available from Tudor Press 
Ltd., Tudor House, 75, Carter Lane, 
London, England, at $2.50 per copy. 


Canada’s first Package Research Forum 
is a highlight of the Canadian National 
Packaging Conference, being held 
March 11-12 at Toronto’s King Edward 
Hotel. Sponsored by the Packaging 
Assn. of Canada, the two-day program 
is composed of forums prepared by the 
association’s Technical Institute, the 


Point-of-Purchase Advertising Institute 
and the Design Council. 


The Cosmetic Industry Buyers & Sup- 
pliers’ Assn. has elected William L. 
Jaeger of Park & Tilford as its new 
president. John Duncan of Hazel-Atlas 
Glass Div. of Continental Can Co. is 
first vice president and Lamson Scovill 
of Scovill Mfg. Co. is second vice presi- 
dent; Eugene C. Roberts of Lanvin 
Parfums, Inc., treasurer; Allen T. 
Stewart of Parfait Promotional Pack- 
aging Co., corresponding secretary; and 
Jay Stephens of Daggett & Ramsdell, 
Inc., recording secretary. New directors 
are: James E. Beyer of Lehn & Fink 


Events 


March 14-16—National Assn. of Glass 
Container Distributors, annual meet- 
ing, Bismark Hotel, Chicago. 

March 19—Folding Paper Box Assn. 
of America, annual meeting, New 
York. 

March 24-26 
cial technical 
Hall, Atlantic City. 

March 25-28—Second National Pack- 
aging Machinery & Materials Exposi- 
tion, sponsored by the Packaging Ma- 
chinery Mfrs. Institute, Convention 
Hall, Atlantic City. 

March 26-28—The Society of the Plas- 
tics Industry, Inc., 15th annual 
Pacific Coast section conference, El 
Mirador Hotel, Palm Springs, Calif. 

March 30-April 2—National Paper 
Trades Assn., convention, Waldorf 
Astoria, New York. 

April 4-5—Society of Industrial Pack- 
aging & Materials Handling Engi- 
neers and the American Material 
Handling Society, San Francisco Bay 
groups conference, University of Cali 
fornia, Berkeley, Calif. 

April 15-17—Point-of-Purchase Adver- 
tising Institute, 12th annual sympo- 
sium and_ exhibit, Sheraton-Astor 
Hotel, New York. 

April 21-23—Fibre Box Assn., spring 
meeting, Edgewater Beach Hotel, 
Chicago. 

April 27-May 10—Industrial Manage- 
ment Center, first annual packaging 
training conference, Lake Placid 
Club, Essex County, N.Y. 

April 28-29—The Society of the Plas- 
tics Industry, Inc., 16th annual Cana- 
dian section conference, Royal Con- 
naught Hotel, Hamilton, Ont. 

April 28-May 1—Lithographers Na- 
tional Assn., Inc., 53rd annual con- 
vention, Arizona Biltmore Hotel, 
Phoenix, Ariz. 

April 30—Mfg. Chemists Assn., 1958 
precautionary labeling conference, 
Shamrock Hotel, Houston, Tex. 


Packaging Institute, spe- 
sessions, Convention 


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George Lueders & Co. Ine 


The Constitution and By-Laws Commit 
tee of the Society of Industrial Pack- 
aging & Materials Handling Engineers 
has approved a canon of ethics to guide 
prefessional engineers in the field of 
packaging and materials handling. It is 
to be submitted to SIPMHE chapters for 
ratification as the organization’s code 
for its more than 2,000 members. De 
signed to help assure ethical personal 
ind f ional conduct among those 
vered, the canon has been cited by the 
wiety’s board of directors as “a defi 
nite indication that the profession of in 
dustrial packaging and materials has 
come of age.” The 18-section document 
wers “Professional Life,” Relations 
with the Public” and “Relations with 


Clients and Employers.” 


Iwo new booklets are available from 
Bakelite Co. Div. Union Carbide 
Corp. “The Role of Polyethylene in 
Creative Packaging and Successful Sell 
ing” is 16 pages long and is illustrated 
‘1958 Guide to Improved Packaging” is 
in eight page booklet describing low 
cost pac kaging with plastic s. Copies are 
ivailable from the company, 30 E. 42 


St.. New York 17 


The Paper Bag Institute, Inc. has an 
nounced the election of Sydney K. 
tradley of Union Bag-Camp Paper 
Corp. as president, succeeding William 
M. Allin of Continental Can Co. George 
S. Runyan of Crown Zellerbach Corp 
is the new vice president Newly elected 
executive committee members are: Marx 
Eisenman, American Paper Co.; D. P. 
Stout, Continental Can Co.; G. A. Weis- 
berger, Equitable Paper Bag Co.; A. W. 
Aron, Hudson Pulp & Paper Corp.; 
F. John, International Paper Co.; Wil- 
liam R. Kohl, Sr., Lincoln Bag Co.; 
C. G. MeGehee, Southern Maid Paper 
Co.; E. A. Jacobs, Triangle Paper Bag 
Mig. Co., and C. H. Kimball, Waltham 
Bag & Paper Co 


“Off io the Races with Multi-Pack,” an 
illustrated booklet telling the story of 
multiple packaging, its advantages to 
packer, retailer and consumer and _ its 
vital role in today’s mechandising pi 
ture, is available from the Gair Box- 
board and Folding Carton Div., Con- 
tinental Can Co. The booklet is divided 
into two sections. Copies may be ob- 
tained by writing Multi-Pack Booklet, 
Boxboard & Folding Carton Div., Con 
tinental Can Co., 530 Fifth Ave., New 
York 36. 


A 32-minute color film produced by 


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cialist. Among the guest lecturers is 
Charles A. Southwick, Jr.. Technical 
Editor, Mopern Packacinc, who will 
discuss “Protective Packaging Barrier 


Materials.” 


The Super Market Institute reports that 
its Non-l oods Conterence will become 
an annual affair. The next conference 
has been scheduled for Jan, 12-13, 1959 
at the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago. 
Discussion at the recently concluded 
first conference revealed that a majority 
of the supermarket men present plan to 


expand non-foods business during 1958 


Container Laboratories, Ine., Washing 
Dd. has scheduled three special 
sses to accommodate requests from 
persons in’ Western and Midwestern 
ireas who want to take the company’s 
five-day course on The Management 
Aspects of Government Packaging but 
who find it inconvenient to travel to 
Washington. The special classes will be 
held in Los Angeles starting March 31; 
in San Francisco starting April 7, and 
in Chicago starting May 5 


The National Potato Chip Institute has 
launched an engineering research study 
for the development of new techniques 
in the processing and packaging of po 
tato chips. According to NPCI president 
Olen C. Turner, the project was made 
possible by a special fund set up by two 
of the industry’s suppliers, the Wright 
Machinery Co., Durham, N.C., and the 
J. D. Ferry Co., Harrisburg, Pa 


Approximately 250 representatives of 
industry and government are expected 
to attend the 1958 Precautionary Label- 
ing Conference of The Manufacturing 
Chemists’ Assn. on April 30 at the 
Shamrock Hotel, Houston, Tex. Prob 
lems and requirements in the labeling 
of packaged products of the chemical 
and related industries will be discussed. 


A directory of board mills is available 
in the “Official Board Mill Directory” 
in the December 1957 issue of Fibre 
Containers and Paperboard Mills. Cost 
is $1.50 per copy, with orders for copies 
to be addressed to the company: Board 
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BOTTLE SEALERS. Leaflet describes semi- 
automatic and automatic machines built 
to heat-seal polyethylene bottles (particu- 
larly the “Bracon” type) with diameters 
from 11 mm to 60 mm, and from 2 to 11 
inches high, at speeds from 5 to 80 per 
minute. Carbert Mfg. Co. (C-850) 


ADJUSTABLE BAG SEALER. Data sheet shows 
a machine for double-folding and sealing 
bags fabricated from heat-sealable papers, 
foils, etc., and adjustable from 250 to 750 
lineal inches per minute. Specifications 
are listed. George H. Fry Co. (C-851) 


SCALES CATALOG. 16-page general catalog 
lists 40 different business, home and in- 
dustrial scales and gives features and 
specifications for each. Detecto Scales, 
Inc. (C-852) 


ELECTRONIC COUNTERS. Illustrated bulletin 
shows lines of electronic counters, elec- 
tronic controls, and industrial photo heads 
and accessories. Electronic Products Div., 
Post Machinery Co. (C-853) 


AUTOMATIC HEAT SEALER. Literature de- 
scribes unit for heat-sealing light or heavy 
plastics. Also lists features of improved 
types of dies. Cosmos Electronic Machine 
Corp. (C-854) 


SEALER LABELER. Illustrated folder presents 
the features and specifications of an auto- 
matic heat sealer and labeler said to han- 
dle up to 60 bags per minute with one 
operator. Doughboy Industries, Inc. 
(c-855) 


PACKAGE MACHINERY LEASE PLAN. Release 
tells of leasing plan for high speed, auto- 
matic bakery and packaging machinery. 
Peters Machinery Co. (C-856) 


LABEL GLUE SOLVENT. File folder describes 
“Stik-Gum”, a solvent to be mixed with 
water and used in sealing machines for 
moistening water-soluble adhesive sur- 
faces of gummed tape, labels, stamps, en- 
velopes, etc. Said to eliminate foul odors 
and curling in sealing operations. Service 
Industries. (C-857) 


PLASTICS TRIMMER. Illustrated folder de- 


METALLIC COATED PAPERS. Sample book 
shows and specifies gold, silver and cop- 
‘aed pyroxilin metallic-coated papers and 
yoards available for box wraps, labels, 
Artcote 
(C-861) 


pin tickets, seals, tags, etc. 


Papers, Inc. 


COLLAPSIBLE TUBES. Booklet describes com- 
pany’s services, including manufacturing 
and filling, supplying caps, originating 
tube and carton designs, Standard tube 
sizes and capacities are charted. Sheffield 
Tube Corp. (C-862) 


MULTI-PURPOSE FILM. 8-page illustrated 
brochure discusses clear film suitable for 
window cartons, bags, and overwraps. 
This film is now being used in packaging 
foods, toys, pharmaceuticals, hardware, 
etc, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. 
(C-863) 


TUBE PACKAGING. Illustrated 32-page 
manual describes selection and use of 
collapsible metal tubes. Includes data on 
tube design, manufacturing and merchan- 
dising; lists specification factors. A. H. 
Wirz, Inc. (C-864) 


PLASTIC FILM BAG MAKER AND SHEETER. 
Illustrated brochure describes combina- 
tion polyethylene bag maker and sheeter. 
Machine makes bags and sheets up to 100 
inches long, up to 24 inches wide. Lectro- 
matic Devices, Inc. (C-865) 


PACKAGING LINE FOR POUCH PACKAGES. 
Folder describes equipment that forms, 
fills, and seals pouches; makes the car- 
tons; inserts the pouches into the cartons; 
then seals and dries the flaps. Handles 
50 to 80 packages, and up to 70 cartons, 


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per minute. Bartelt Engineering Com- 
pany. (C-866) 


COUNTER-IMPRINTER. Illustrated 10-page 
booklet describes unit that counts up to 
1000 labels, coupons and other pieces a 
minute while imprinting dates, codes, etc. 
Also describes other equipment including 
package imprinting machines and paper 
collator. Pitney-Bowes, Inc. (C-867) 


CASE SEALERS. Illustrated folder describes 
automatic adjustable equipment for glue- 
sealing tops and bottoms of paper ship- 
»ing containers simultaneously (or top or 
oe hn only) at a rate up to 3000 cases 
per hour. Gives specifications; lists other 
packaging equipment. J. L. Ferguson Co. 

(C-868) 


COUNTER-INSERTER. Booklet describes auto- 
matic counter and tab inserter for use on 
printing presses; metal, plastic and paper 
converting equipment; die-cutting and 
box-making 2 nna packaging, filling 
and inserting machines, etc. Gives fea- 
tures, specifications, installation data. 
Miller Lauffer Printing Equipment Corp. 

(C-869) 


EASY OPENER TAPE. Folder discusses an 
opening tape for cellophane-wrapped 
packs, bags and boxes. Dobeckmun Co. 

(C-870) 


BREAKAGE-PREVENTON WRAPS. Leaflet de- 
scribes value of single-face corrugated 
bottle wraps in preventing glass breakage 
and promoting cleanliness. Chippewa 
Paper Products Co., Inc. (C-871) 


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scribes a thermo-trim press and thermo- 
trim dies. Press trims vacuum-formed 
plastics to a finished edge; eliminates 
hand finishing. Boston Die Cutting Co. 

(C-858) 


MULTI-UNIT PACKAGING. 4-page brochure 
tells advantages of packaging multiple 
units of frozen foods in water-resistant 
paperboard display cartons. Mead-Atlanta 
Paper Co. (C-859) 





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WRAPPING MACHINE. 8-page illustrated 
brochure describes unit for prepackaging 
meats, fish, poultry, produce, and Sakon? 
goods at a rate of up to 32 packages per 
minute. Line of hot plates and hand irons 
is also described. Miller Wrapping & Seal- 
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CLOSURE FOR PHARMACEUTICALS. 28-page 
catalog illustrates and describes line of 
biological and pharmaceutical closures, 
including pipettes, dropper assemblies, 
plastic wraps, mo caps and closures, 
polyethylene vial closures, closure-dis- 
penser combinations and applicators. The 
Plastic Assembled Products Co. (C-872) 


MARKING DEVICE. Leaflet describes func- 
tion of a semi-automatic marker for ship- 
ing cartons, labels, boxes, names, num- 
ers, trademarks, etc. Gives details of a 
felt-tipped marking pen and a line of 
marking inks. Force Western, Inc. (C-873) 


INFRA RED DRYING SYSTEM. 7-page booklet 
explains infra red system for quick drying 
of prints, lacquers, coatings and aqueous 
sizings on paper, film, foil, etc. Converters 
Machine Co. (C-874) 


POLYETHYLENE BAG MAKER. 4-page illus- 
rated folder presents features a side- 
weld bag making unit with production 
rates of 180 bags per minute from tub- 
ing, 65 bags per minute from flat stock. 
Specifications listed. Food Machinery & 
Chemical Corp. (C-875) 


SEALING TAPE HANDLES. 3-fold illustrated 
leaflet gives details on 5 sizes of gummed 
tape used as carrying handles and as 
closures for bags, boxes, packages. Carry- 
Pack Co., Ltd. (C-876) 


ELEVATOR CONVEYOR. 4-page illustrated 
brochure discusses features of compact 
elevator conveyor now in use with pil- 
low-style or four-side-seal packaging ma- 
chines. Also gives information on an auto- 
matic single-cycle packaging machine 
with a packing rate up to 75 per min- 
ute. Hayssen Manufacturing Co. (C-877) 


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PACKAGE WRAPPERS. 12-page booklet de- 
scribes line of automatic machines that 
wrap products and packages of varying 
shapes in films, foils, or papers. Machines 
rapid positive changeover is featured. 
Wrap-King Corp. (C-878) 


ROLL SHEET CUTTERS. Illustrated 16-page 
catalog of automatic roll sheet cutters de- 
scribes models with nominal roll widths 
of 36, 45, 55 inches. Also describes photo- 
electric cutoff register control and sheet 
cutter attachments. Charles Beck Ma- 
chine Corp. (C-879) 


AUTOMATIC PAPER BANDING MACHINE. 

illustrates line of auto- 

‘ per and 
pa products from 2% to 12 
inc in banded direction and 2% inches 
to 24 inches in unbanded direction. W. O. 
Hickok Mfg. Co. (C-880) 


PRINTED TYING TAPE. 4-page brochure ex- 
plains colored, non-stretch, imprintable 
string tape for industrial tying, banding, 
identifying, or use as a rip tape. Chicago 
Print String Co. (C-881) 


FIBREBOARD BOX CLOSURES. Illustrated 16- 
page manual descri closure methods 
for fibreboard boxes and includes sections 
on machine and hand gluing, gummed 
tape, stapling and stitching, sealing slot- 
ted and double-wall boxes. Detailed illus- 
trations show steel-wire stitching ma- 
chinery. Acme Steel Co. (C-882) 


TYING MACHINE. Folder describes 3 
models of a tying machine with 6, 10, 
and 16-inch bundle capacities, and speeds 
up to 30 bundles (cross-tied) or 50 bun- 
dles (single tied) per minute. Felins Tying 
Machine Co. (C-883) 





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LIFT TRUCKS. Brochure describes a line of 
palette, Dwg stacker and tractor type 
rider-walkie trucks. Uses sectionalized 
views and die-cut pages to pictorially dis- 
assemble a truck and thereby point out 
the re features. Yale & Towne 
Manutacturing Co. (C-884) 


ODD-SHAPES PACKAGING EQUIPMENT. |!- 
lustrated folder describes a line of semi- 
ye agro ge wo which twist-wrap 
such irregular s items as meats, 
balls, rope hanks, etc. in plain or heat- 
shrinkable films at speeds up to 1,000 
per hour. Amsco Packaging Machinery, 
Inc, (C-885) 


POLYETHYLENE DRUM CONTAINERS. File 
folder describes company’s molded poly- 
ethylene drums for bulk ckaging of 
corrosive materials. Available in 5 to 55 
gallon sizes. Includes properties chart and 
price list. Delaware Barrel & Drum Co., 
Inc. (C-886) 


FIBRE PARTITIONS. 4-page bulletin gives 
features of pre-assembled fibre partitions 
for packaging multiple units of glass, 
plastics, or other fragile materials. West- 
ern Partition Corp. (C-887) 


WATERPROOF TAPES. Illustrated brochure 
describes uses, lists properties of line of 
waterproof tapes. Colors, properties, com- 
position ormance characteristics 
are included. Polyken Sales Div., The 
Kendall Company. (C-888) 


FOIL CONTAINER CATALOG. 8-page catalog 
provides specifications and descriptions 
of available foil trays, pans, pie plates, 
and specialty items. Kaiser Aluminum & 
Chemical Corp. (C-889) 


PRINTED PRESSURE-SENSITIVE TAPES. 4-page 
sample shows line of cellophane, 
acetate fibre, paper, waterproof cloth 
a for package sealing, labeling, iden- 
ification, etc., in widths one-half to 
eight inches. Prices included. Bro-Dart 
Industries. (C-890) 


PRODUCE CRATES. 4-page illustrated bro- 
chure presents features of nailed lug 
boxes for shipping fruits and vegetables. 
Cites ease o dling, stacking, protec- 
tion of perishables, etc. The Wooden Box 
Institute. (C-891) 


CASE SEALERS. 4-page folder gives details 
of line of automatic and semi-automatic 
case sealers in models able to handle up 
to 20” x 16” x 18”. Specifications and 
floor plans are included. A-B-C Pack- 
aging Machine Corp. (C-892) 


LABEL CATALOG. 24-page catalog illus- 
lescribes 


trates and gee. un ed, 
pressure-sensitive roll-fed and fat labels 
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Variable speed drive gives you up to 150 smartly- 
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drive. Sealed ball bearings eliminate maintenance, and 
centralized lubrication keeps grease fittings away from 
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This digest includes each month the more important patents of interest to those 
who are concerned with packaging materials. Copies of patents are available 
from the U. S. Patent Office, Washington, at 25 cents each in currency, money 
order or certified check; postage stamps not accepted. Edited by H. A. Levey. 


Method of Packaging, Merritt I. Dar- 
row, et al., Chicago. U.S. 2,814,920, 
Dec. 3. In a method of packaging an 
item contained in a first tray, the steps 
comprising: placing a thermoplastic 
film over the open side of the tray to 
form a large margin of film along each 
edge thereof, placing an inverted shal- 
low second tray over the first tray, in- 
terchanging the positions of the two 
trays to place the second tray beneath 
the first tray, folding the film margins 
and securing said margins, thereafter 
heat-sealing the later-folded margins to 
close the package. 


Machine for Packing Articles into Car- 
tons and the Like, William Pechy (to 
American Can Co., New York, a corpora- 
tion of New Jersey). U.S. 2,814,922, 
Dec. 3. In a machine for packing articles 
into carriers, the combination of a 
plurality of vertically spaced fixed sup- 
ports extending past a plurality of ad- 
jacently disposed packing stations for 
supporting an initial vertical tier of 
articles in superposed rows, means for 
mounting a plurality of juxtaposed car- 
riers, means for advancing the articles 
to fill the same, movable means for 
directing the articles to said supports 
in succession as the latter are filled to 
stack said articles in said vertical tier 
with said supports disposed between ad- 
jacent superposed rows of articles, 
pusher means at each of said stations 
and means for actuating said pusher 
means in succession. 


Machine for Applying Cutter Strips to 
a Dispensing Carton for Rolls of 


Wrapping Material, James E. Annen 
(to Sutherland Paper Co., Kalamazoo, 
Mich.). U.S. 2,815,061, Dec. 3. Cutter- 
strip-applying mechanism for carton 
blanks, comprising: a driven roll ar- 
ranged to feed a continuous length of 
metal strip stock and form the same 
into a shallow channel with inclined 
sides and a flat bottom, a perforating 
roll, a coiled flexible guide member, a 
switch, a pair of driven feed rolls and 
shiftable co-acting pressure rolls, a cut- 
ter, a stop shiftable into the path of 
said strip, a plurality of forming rolls, 
a conveyor, a shift member and drive 
means. 


Depressible Drip Guard for Closure- 
Top Liquid Containers, Julian Silver, 
Scarsdale, N.Y. U.S. 2,815,146, Dec. 3. 
4 closure-top container and a depres- 
sible drip guard for said container, com- 
prising: an arcuate attaching portion 
fixed to the interior of the container, an 
inwardly bent offsetting portion, an up- 
standing portion on the inner end of 
the inwardly bent portion and an in- 
clined loop portion. 


Cap-Feeding Apparatus, Carl L. Day, 
et al. (to Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc., 


250 


Baltimore, Md., a corporation of New 
York). U.S. 2,815,148, Dec. 3. In a cap- 
orienting mechanism for caps including 
a skirted body and a skirt-carried lock- 
ing lever, a disk rotatable about a 
central axis and including a planar sur- 
face on which the caps will be sup- 
ported, a cap-receiving chute including 
side walls with overhanging flanges, the 
planar face of said disk being provided 
with magnetic inserts, means to rotate 
said disk and two guide means. 


Squeeze Container with Tear Opening 
and Automatic Closure, Albert M. 
Herzig, Los Angeles. U.S. 2,815,150, 
Dec. 3. A squeezable container com- 
prising: a generally tubular body hav- 
ing a discharge portion, at least said 
discharge portion being formed of an 
elastomeric plastic material and com- 
prising flattened opposed walls in sur- 
face abutment and .sealingly joined to- 
gether at their opposed edges to define 
a discharge passage, a transverse seal 
across said passage, shallow cuts in the 
outer surfaces of said walls, said cuts 
terminating in a side cut extending 
through and inwardly from the sealed 
edges of said walls on at least one side 
of said passage. 


Valved Measuring Closure for Con- 
tainers, Gilbert E. Smith, Green Haven, 
Md. U.S. 2,815,154, Dec. 3. A measur- 
ing and dispensing closure for a coffee 
jar or the like, comprising: a readily 
attachable and detachable primary cap 
having at least one opening through 
which the product is gravity discharged, 
an endless screw-threaded attaching rim 
having an outstanding annular gripping 
ring, said lid also having a centrally 
disposed bearing hole and being pro- 
vided on its under side with circum- 
ferentially spaced stop pins, a second 
cap embodying an imperforate lid, an 
endless depending rim fitted telescopi- 
cally over said first named rim provided 
at a prescribed place with a product- 
emptying and dispensing slot, an arcu- 
ate flange fixed atop said first lid func- 
tioning to cover and uncover said slot 
and a sector-shaped flat plate valve 
serving to cover and uncover said dis- 
charge opening. 


Dispensing Bottle, Joseph P. Moy, Mel- 
rose, Mass. U.S. 2,815,156, Dec. 3. A 
dispensing bottle comprising: a threaded 
neck, a ~oncave seat fixed in the neck 
and having a centrally located threaded 
opening therein, a removable cap 
threadedly mounted on the neck, a dis- 
charge nozzle on said cap, a concave- 
convex valve in said cap and an in- 
tegral, threaded plug depending from 
the valve. 


Bag, Leslie E. Little, Sr., et ai. (to 
Bemis Bro. Bag Co., St. Louis, Mo., a 


corporation ot Missouri). U.S. 2,815,- 
165, Dec. 3. In a bag; a valve extending 
into the bag at one corner and adapted 
to receive a filling spout, the valve in- 
cluding an inwardly extending flexible 
valve sleeve, the bag having a closure 
at the respective end thereof. 


Manufacture of Packages with Detach- 
able Registered Printed Appendages, 
Edward Prodigo, Dumont, NJ. U.S. 
2,815,620, Dec. 10. In a method of 
manufacturing packages from web ma- 
terial having a series of recurring im- 
prints on a surface thereof with a heat- 
sealed attached appendage forming strip 
having another series of recurring im- 
prints on a surface of said strip: print- 
ing said package imprints in pre-spaced 
recurring series side by side with said 
second strip imprints on a web of pack- 
age-forming sheet material, dividing 
said printed webs, producing a tube 
formation and in unison drawing the 
second web to extend along said tube 
formation, simultaneously locating a 
complete imprint of each of the webs 
in registered alignment. 


Machine for Packing Articles in Cases, 
Kaye B. Holstebroe, et al. (to Emhart 
Mfg. Co., Hartford, Conn., a corpora- 
tion of Delaware). U.S. 2,815,623, Dec. 
10. In a machine for packing containers 
into cases, a framework structure, in- 
cluding a table provided with a loading 
opening, a stationary platform, a mov- 
able platform, a horizontally recipro- 
cable pusher and means operatively 
connecting said movable platform strips 
to said pusher. 


Banding Machine, Wolfgang B. Fahren- 
bach (to Edlo, Inc., San Francisco, a 
corporation of California). U.S. 2,815,- 
626, Dec. 10. In a banding machine for 
applying an elongated band around an 
article, a pair of longitudinally spaced 
band supports, means for feeding a free 
end portion of a continuous strip of 
banding material from one support to 
the other across said space and a feed- 
controlling mechanism for stopping op- 
eration. 


Package-Metering and Stacking Mech- 
anism, Wickliffe Jones (to R. A. Jones 
& Co., Inc., Covington, Ky., a corpora- 
tion of Kentucky). U.S. 2,815,848, Dec. 
10. A machine for grouping individual 
articles in stack formation one above 
the other, comprising: a plurality of 
conveyors, a respective shiftable article- 
metering device and actuating means, a 
pair of opposed transfer elements and 
actuating means, and means supporting 
the metered groups of articles in stack 
formation. 

Package, Harry F. Sester (to Saranac 
Machine Co., Benton Harbor, Mich., a 
corporation of Maine). U.S. 2,815,857, 


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Purity is safeguarded until the critical moment of use— 
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Dec. 10. A package to be used as a 
carrier for cans and other receptacles, 
comprising: opposed-spaced horizontal 
walls including a top and a bottom; op- 
posed-spaced vertical walls connected to 
said horizontal top and bottom walls and 
forming an open-ended tubular 
tainer. 


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Container, Albert V. Blatz, et al. (to 
A. O. Smith Corp., Milwaukee, Wis.. 
a corporation of New York). U.S. 
2,815,880, Dec. 10. A collapsible ship- 
ping container comprising: a rectangu- 
lar base pallet, support means, a plural- 
ity of socket members, a plurality of 
vertical wall panels, a tongue member 
on the lower edge of each of said 
panels, means for sealing said contain 
ers to prevent leakage and means to 
vertically align said containers. 


Metering Device Controlling  Dis- 
charge of Fluids From Aerosol Con- 
tainers, Robert J. Stetz, et al. (to The 
Engine Parts Mfg. Co., Cleveland, Ohio, 
a corporation of Ohio). U.S. 2,815,889, 
Dec. 10. An aerosol container having a 
spring-closed valve with passages lead- 
ing from the interior to the exterior of 
the container and means forming a 
chamber at the inner end of the pas 
sage through the valve. 


Flexible Container, Wallace H 
Shapero, et al. (to Wallace Container 
Co., Santa Ana, Calif., a corporation of 
California). U.S. 2,815,896, Dec. 10. A 
container having a laminated wall com- 
prising an outer body layer of relatively 
tough, flexible thermoplastic resin; a 
middle layer resistant to chemical de 
terioration from contents and an interior 
layer of thermoplastic resin. 


Collapsible Carton, William H. Inman 
(to Bloomer Bros. Co., Newark, N.Y., a 
corporation of New York). U.S. 2,815.,- 
897, Dec. 10. A collapsible carton hav- 
ing a self-erecting bottom, comprising 
a blank which is cut, scored and folded 
to form foldably connected side walls 
and a closure wall. 


Stiffening Panels for Flexible-Walled 
Containers, Jay D. Thompson (to Bemis 
Bro. Bag Co., Minneapolis, Minn., a 
corporation of Missouri). U.S. 2,815,- 
898, Dec. 10. A container composed of 
relatively thin flexible material with a 
stiff panel for reinforcing a portion of 
the area of said thin flexible material 
which forms one of the sides of the 
parallelepipedon-shaped container when 
the container is filled and closed. 


Combined Container and Applicator, 
Henry Worth, et al., New York. U.S. 
2,816,309, Dec. 17. In a combined con 
tainer and applicator for creamy mate 
rials, a cylindrical body with a central 
outlet opening, a disk-shaped closure 
member for said open end of the body, 
an operating disk fitted against the bot- 
tom of the closure member, a central 
boss provided on the operating disk, a 
threaded stem having a non-round end 
secured at one end in the boss, a flange 
on the stem, a_ piston threadably 


mounted on the stem within the body 
and a closure cap. 


Dispensing Cap, Gilbert Hudson (to 
Milton A. Lapin, Los Angeles, Calif.). 
U.S. 2,816,550, Dec. 17. A dispensing 
cap for a vial having at one end peri- 
pheral walls defining an opening, an 
inwardly extending lip at one end of 
slotted walls, a hollow needle, means 
to support said needle with one end in 
the vial, a diaphragm and _ syringe- 
guiding and holding means. 


Container, Howard J. Burton (to Cres- 
cent Paper Box Factory, Inc., New 
Orleans, La., a corporation of Louisi- 
ana). U.S. 2,816,651, Dec. 17. In a con- 
tainer, a front and rear panel, a side 
panel connecting one side of the front 
panel to a side of the rear panel, a side 
panel on the other side of the front 
panel secured to a side panel on the 
other side of the rear panel, closing 
flaps including a bottom panel and a 
plurality of extension panels, an aper- 
ture in said front panel, said rear panel 
being provided with a U-shaped slit, 
ears engaging said slit and one of said 
extension panels engaging one of said 
closing flaps. 


Paper Containers, Walter E. Amberg 
(to Lily-Tulip Cup Corp., New York, 
a corporation of Delaware). U.S. 2,816,- 
697, Dec. 17. A two-piece paper con- 
tainer of the nestable type, comprising 
a side-wall member and a bottom mem 
ber secured together in liquid-tight en 
gagement. 

Process and Apparatus, 
Henry T. Holsman, Santa Barbara, 
Calif. U.S. 2,816,837, Dec. 17. An 
aseptic method of packaging a sub- 
stance, said method including the steps 
of: extruding a tube of plastic material 
with sufficient heat in the extrusion 
operation to make the tube sterile, 
sterilizing the substance, introducing 
the sterile substance aseptically into 
the extruded tube and compressing the 
extruded tube at intervals with appli- 
cation of heat to seal together the op- 
posite walls of the container, thereby 
forming the tube into a series of sealed 
containers, 


Packaging 


Method and Apparatus for Processing 
Materials in Sealed Containers, Law 
rence E. Kaap (to Food Machinery & 
Chemical Corp., San Jose, Calif. a 
corporation of Delaware). U.S. 2,816, 
841, Dec. 17. The method of sterilizing 
material confined with headspace in 
sealed containers that comprises: re- 
volving a sealed container of the ma 
terial about a horizontal axis, continu 
ously sensing the temperature of the 
material, subjecting the revolving con 
tainer to the influence of an atmosphere 
of fluid heating medium under pressure, 
increasing the pressure of the fluid heat 
ing medium in response to increases in 
the temperature of the material being 
sterilized, then subjecting the revolving 
container to the influence of a fluid cool- 
ing medium in an atmosphere under 
pressure, decreasing the pressure and 


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stopping the revolving and heat-exchang 
ing operations as the final step 


Can-Packaging Machine, William A. 
Ringler (to The Gardner Board & Car- 
ton Co., Middletown, Ohio, a corpora 
tion of Ohio). U.S. 2,817,196, Dec. 24. 
The method of enclosing a group of flat 
ended, cylindrical cans in erect position 
within a one-piece wrapper blank, pre 
senting a bottom panel, a pair of side 
panels and a pair of top panels. 


Mechanical Drive for Paperboard Bot- 
tle Filling Machines, Norman W. Lyon 
(to Package Machinery Co., East Long 
meadow, Mass., a corporation of Mass.). 
U.S. 2,817,201, Dec. 24. In an automati 
container-filling and capping machine of 
the type having a container-filling sta 
tion, a cam fixed to the drive shaft hav 
ing cam tracks at each side thereof, a 
common support having said mechanism 
operating shafts mounted thereon, a re 
ciprocable rod, both tracks of said com 
mon cam being arranged to complete 
the operative strokes of said shaft and 
rod during the dwell of said intermit 


tently operated conveyor means 


Closure for Containers and the Like, 


Jeremiah D. Giles, et al. (to Cellu 
plastic Corp., a corporation of New 
Jersey). U.S. 2.817.451, Dec. 24. A 
closure for a vial or similar article 
which comprises a top cover member 
having an annular flange that projects 
below the cover for closing the vial. 


Sealed Package, Harry E. Stover (to 
Anchor Hocking Glass Corp., Lancaster, 
Ohio, a corporatien of Delaware). U.S. 
2.817.454, Dec. 24. In a sealed package, 
the combination of a relatively deep, 
metal cuplike shell having a circular 
cover portion and a depending cylin- 
drical skirt, an annular bead projecting 
inwardly from the skirt, a generally 
cup-shaped gasket bonded to said clo 
sure and a glass container 


Paper Bags, Alvin A. Abramson (to 
Central States Paper & Bag Co., St. 
Louis, Mo.. a corporation of Missouri). 
U.S. 2,817,474, Dec. 24. A bag for ship- 
ping cans and similar bulky articles, 
comprising an open-topped tubular shell 
having overlapping seams and a flat, 
rectangular paperboard bottom wall. 


Blank-Feeding Apparatus, Bruno A. 
Wittkuhns, et al. (to The Gardner Board 
& Carton Co., Middletown, Ohio, a cor 
poration of Ohio} US 2.817.517, Dec. 
24. A methed of successively removing 
the endmest blank from a stack of 
blanks, which includes supporting the 
bottom edges of the blank stack and 
(while releasably supporting the end 
edges of the endmost blank) applying a 
forwardly directed blank-compressing 
force against the upper horizontal side 
edge of the endmost blank at only edge 
points, to effectuate separation of the 
endmost blank from the next blank. 


Blank-Feeding Apparatus, Russell W. 


Anness (to The Gardner Board & Car- 
ton Co., Middletown, Ohio, a corpora- 


MARCH 1958 


tion of Ohio). U.S. 2,817,518, Dec. 24. 
\ method of successively removing the 
endmost blank from a stack of blanks, 
which includes supporting the bottom 
edges of the blank stack, releasably sup- 
porting the end edges of the endmost 
blank, applying a_ blank-compressing 
ind forwardly directed force against a 
horizontal edge of the endmost blank, 
suction-gripping the flattened midsec- 
tion of the endmost blank and forcibly 
withdrawing the endmost blank. 


Material-Inserting Machine, George H. 
Dimond (to Consolidated Packaging 
Machinery Corp., Buffalo, N.Y.. a cor- 
poration of New York). U.S. 2,817,934, 
Dec. 31. In a machine for inserting in- 
dividual lengths of fibrous material into 
containers, the combination of means 
for continuously moving a series of con 
tainers, means for supplying a series of 
individua! lengths of fibrous material, a 
guiding plate, means for directing each 
fibrous strand in succession against the 
vertical face of said guiding plate, 
means for folding and inserting an in 
dividual folded length of fibrous mate 
rial into each successive container. 


Holder for Stick-Type 
Cosmetics and Toilet 

Walter E. McKinley (to Crown Cork & 
Seal Co., Baltimore, Md., a corporation 
of Maryland). U.S. 2,818,167, Dec. 31 
An appliance adapted to contain a 
projectable stick comprising a tubular 
body, a cap for sealing one end, an end 
wall on the other end of said body, the 
enter portion of said end wall project 
ing inwardly, an axial opening through 
said center portion, a stem extending 
axially in said body and being jour 
nalled in said opening, an annular ridge 
around said stem, abutment means in 
tegral with said stem and external of 
said body, nut means in said body and 
screwed on said stem, guide means, and 
a truncated conical lower portion en 
gageable with said end wall and with 
said annular ridge for sealing said other 
end of said body. 


Tear-Strip Metal Receptacle with 
Welded Lapped Side Seam, Fred A. 
Pagels (to Continental Can Co., Jne., 
New York, a corp ration of New York). 
U.S. 2.818.194, Dec. 31. In a metallic 
receptacle, a tubular body having a 
lapped and welded side seam, end- 
closure means on said body, a tongue 
extending from the outer edge and 
adapted to receive a winding key, said 
body also having a tear strip. 


Plastic Nozzle and Screw-Cap_ As- 
sembly, John Henchert, et al. (to Con- 
tinental Can Co., Inc., New York, a 
corporation of New York). U.S. 2,818,- 
204, Dec. 31. In a container structure, 
a plastic nozzle comprising a tubular 
body having an outwardly extending 
abutment flange at its lower-end ex- 
tremity, a metal container wall having 
a neck upstanding therefrom and a clo- 
sure cap threadedly mounted on the 
nozz!e body and including a skirt. 


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More than 250 converters and sup 
pliers elected T. J. Norman, Jr., of 
Package Products Co., Inc., to the 
presidency of the National Flexible 
Packaging Assn. at the recent sey 
enth annual meeting in New York. 

David J. McKay, Jr., Central 
States Paper & Bag Co., Inc., was 
placed in the newly created ofhce of 
executive vice president. Other vice 
presidents elected at the same time 
were: T. E. Bruffy, Western Pack 
age Products Co.; R. E. Hanson 
Milprint, Inc.; S. J. Perlman, Dura 
pak Mfg. Co. and M. Wagner, Acme 
Backing Corp. The new NFPA treas 
urer is S. Y. Carnes, Arkell & 
Smiths. J. M. Cowan continues a- 
managing director and secretary 

Numerous services and projects of 
interest to converters and suppliers 
that were launched or expanded 
during 1957 were called to the at 
tention of members during the meet 
ing by Mr. Cowan. The recently com 
pleted converting-waste survey was 
covered in detail. Mr. Cowan empha 
sized such gains as the recent initia 
tion of a product-evaluation policy 
for testing new packages, stating 
that this will be recognized soon as 
a major step forward. 

Also announced were two general 
meetings of the NFPA, scheduled 
for Los Angeles June 11, and Boca 
Raton, Fla., Oct. 15-18. NFPA will 
exhibit a series of “idea packages” 
in its booth at the Packaging Ma 
chinery & Materials Exposition in 
Atlantic City, March 25-28. 


Packaging machinery 


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his machines has risen by $1,500, 
just from increased wage and ma- 
terials costs alone. 

Because of the high price of 
American skilled labor, machine 
manufacturers in this country in 
some lines are under heavy competi- 
tive pressure from foreign equip- 
ment makers. But, at the same 
time, there is a demand from abroad 
for certain types of big-volume, high- 
speed, continuous-action machinery 
in which American makers excel, and 
this demand is likely to increase as 
the European Common Market comes 
into being, enabling packagers over 
there to produce not only for their 


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common market as big as that of 
the United States. 

Foreign competition is calculated 
to keep American machinery makers 
on their toes. It is bound to result 
in increased expenditures for re- 
search and development—an area 
that has been somewhat neglected 
during the postwar years of full pro- 
duction and bulging order books. 

This research drive is now shift- 
ing into high gear and takes two di- 
rections: toward opening up new 
applications for existing machine 
models and toward development of 
brand-new packaging machines. 

Modifying existing machines is 
the most popular move, of course, 
because despite the intricacy of the 
gadgets that have to be added to 
increase the versatility of a partic- 
ular machine. these variations on 
basic machine design are less costly, 
at the moment, than development 
costs for a totally new machine. And 
volume sales of a fairly standard 
model of machine offer the manu- 
facturer’s chief hope of building a 
profitable business 

Engineering new machines is a 
rather nerve-wracking enterprise. 
The manufacturers frequently are 
not sure just what ultimate direction 
will be taken by either the materials 
suppliers or packagers. And they are 
afraid that by the time they get a 
new machine ready for market, an 
unforeseen turn in packaging ma- 
terials or consumer fancy will make 
it obsolete. It is just this sort of 
quandary that has led to the present 
lag in development ot polyethylene 
overwraps 

While competitive pressure and 
alert engineering will always over- 
come such temporary stalements, 
industry spokesmen see a real need 
for even stronger lines of commu- 
nication among the three members of 
the packaging triangle—packagers, 
materials suppliers and machinery 
manutacturers. 

All three of these groups have a 
common interest in the development 
of better packaging machines 
equipment that can create exciting 
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aging materials and extract maxi- 
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in BAG MAKING & PRINTING! 


Join the many firms who are discovering how H & H DRY- 
SPRAY saves time and money in “bagging” their products! 
Easily installed on your present equipment, H & H speeds 
up production—completely and permanently prevents stick 
ing, without affecting heat sealability. Fully adjustable 
nozzles permit full or partial coverage. Bags are easier to 
form, count, open and fill. Production goes up 

costs go down! 


HAMMER 


Tailor-Made Papers for 
Protective Packaging 
for High Speed 
Automatic Machine Operation 


GLASSINE and GREASEPROOF 
for CONVERTERS 


for — 

CRACKERS Plain 
COOKIES Waxed 

DOUGHNUTS Treated 

a CANDIES Laminated 

Bags CHIPS 

Boxes FOOD MIXES 

Cups POWDERS 

Corrugated NUTS 

Liners SNACKS 

Trays COFFEE 

Wraps TEA 


Inquiries invited from Converters 


H & H DRYSPRAY also greatly improves printing of 

polyethylene and other plastic bags. On all types of 

presses, H & H stops sticking, ink offsetting and smudging. 

Production is faster, smoother, more profitable—because 
stly spoilage of plastic film stock is eliminated. 


ALSO IDEAL FOR DOZENS OF 
INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS! 


H & H DRYSPRAY units are easily adapted to many dry 
ing and finishing operations in manulacturing and proc 
essing. Starch, soapstone, powdered mica, graphite, talk 
and many other powdered materials can be applied in a 
fine or heavy spray. Write us about your problem . ex 
perienced H & H Engineers will develop a set-up to solve 
it 


Fits all popular types of Bag-Making and Printing 
Equipment 


Write Today for Prices and Information! (State make and 
size of equipment) 


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81 Years of Quality and Service 


AMERSLEY MFG. CO. 
PAPERMAKERS 


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VACUUM FILLER 


erplaind 


“U. S. AUTOMATIC ROTARY VACUUM FILLER” 
is the name of a great filling principle. It is built in a 
series of Basic Models that differ in size and capacity. The 
Model chosen is custom-engineered to meet the user’s spe- 
cific requirements. Thus, the user gets a universally en- 
MODEL SHOWN dorsed long-life machine, that is custom-built to his entire 
is the new hi- needs and insures dependable operation at minimum cost. 
speec - 
ov sallogg wate FORTY-FIVE YEARS OF SPECIALIZATION have per- 
as end: oot petuated U. S. leadership in the filling of liquid products. 
products. Mod- Today, the most famous brands in pharmaceuticals, wines, 
athe adh taty liquors, foods, condiments, household and industrial chem- 
icals, waxes, and detergents pass through the filling tubes 


U. S. MODEL B-49 STRAIGHT- of these great machines. 

LINE VACUUM FILLER. Most ; r ' 

automatic one-man filler. With or Whatever your liquid filling needs may be, 
without discharge conveyor. For ite f . * dati ; 

all liquids. Changeover for all types write lor engineering recommen ations or 
containers. Contact parts stainless Ki Ua request the “Rotary Filler Bulletin.” 

steel, or plastics. Get Bulletin B-49. : - ' 


U. S. SIPHON FILLER 

For all liquids, foamy prod- 

ucts or products that do not 

permit agitation. Stainless 

steel tubes, acid resistant 

glass lined tank. Write for the 

Siphon Bulletin. 

U. S. MODEL B-2 
VACUUM FILLER ¥ ? 
Continuous production, filling 
two containers at a time Auto- , uU. S. BOTTLERS MACHINERY CO. 
oe ee an oe 4017 North Rockwell Street Chicago 18, Illinois 
liquids and semi-liquids. Port- BOSTON e NEW YORK ¢ PHILADELPHIA #¢SAN FRANCISCO «LOS ANGELES ¢ SEATTLE ¢ DENVER 


able. Write for Bulletin B-2 . PORTLAND, ORE. ¢ OGDEN ¢ JACKSON, MISS. ¢ KANSAS CITY ¢ TUCSON ¢ ATLANTA ¢ HONOLULU 
SANTIAGO ¢ SAO PAULO ¢ MONTREAL ¢ TORONTO # VANCOUVER # WINNIPEG @ TOLEDO (export) 


SPECIALISTS IN LIQUID FILLING AND CONTAINER CLEANING EQUIPMENT 


MARCH 1958 259 





ae) 
COSTLY LABEL 


as 
with The ROTO KIMCO 


SAVE SAVE SAVE 


e Ends time-consuming, costly hand-marking operations. 

e Prints your own labels—exact quantity and kind you need. 
e Faster « more versatile « cleaner © inexpensive. 

e Answers all pre-pack labeling requirements. 


e Prints labels, bag tops, box-end labels, tags and tickets at 
rate of 150 per minute. 


Prints on all types of paper stock—heat-seal, pressure 
sensitive, gummed, ungummed, as well as heavy tag board. 
From 1 to 23 lines of copy—6 pt. to GIANT 36 pt. type— 
or plates. 


KIMBALL 


A. KIMBALL COMPANY 
444 Fourth Ave. New York 16, N. Y. Dept. MP 


Offices in Principal Cities in U. S. A. and Canada 
A. KIMBALL, LTD., 85 Advance Rd., Toronto 18, Canada 


meee ee wane 


[) Please send illustrated brochure 


[) Please arrange for demonstration. 


Name 








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Address 








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COHN 
DROPPING PARTS 


. 


*“Repeat-Sale Insurance’ 
for Liquid Preparations 


The New Perfection line of functionally designed drop- 
ping parts gives satisfaction where satisfaction counts 
—in the hands of the user. To make sure the cus- 
tomer’s first reaction to your product is 100% favor- 
able, specify New Perfection. Our rigid inspection 
system assures the cleanliness and uniform high quality 
of every shipment. 

New Perfection dropping parts will fit your bottle or 
ean be furnished in combination with 
our Modernistic bottles in Amber, 
Blue, Green or Clear glass. Bottle sizes 
—%, 4, %, 1 and 2 oz. 


AMEKINE (OIL-RESISTING ) 
Synthetic Rubber Bulbs 

are recommended for use with oil 

preparations, such as nose and ear 

drops and vitamin products. Even after 
long exposure to oil, Ame- 
kine closely retains its orig- 
inal shape and functions 
perfectly. 


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Wo. 1 Non 

rolling, extra 

depth Bakelite 
cap; thick 
flange rubber 
bulb; Saftee 
ball glass 


Ne. 2. Non-rolling 
extra-depth Bakelite 
cap; thick flange 
rubber bulb; special 
bent glass (CALI 
BRATED IN COLOR) 








No. 3. Regular plastic cap; thin Mange 
rubber bulb; semi-blunt glass. 


We can give prompt serv- 

ice on your special require- 

ments for large or small 

quantities of droppers 

made from glass or plastic iia di sania 
and in special packaging il - resisting Ame- 
such as cellophane-wrap. kine synthetic rub 
Write for samples and  '". bulb: blunt 
prices. 


PENNSYLVANIA 


GLASS PRODUCTS CO.,INC. 
430 N. Craig St., Pittsburgh (13), Pa., U.S.A. 








MODERN PACKAGING 





Packaging show in May 


Several firsts will mark the Ameri 
can Management Assn’s 27th annual 
National Packaging Exposition and 
Conference, scheduled for the New 
York Coliseum, May 26 to 30. 

It will be the first time in 14 years 
that the AMA show has appeared in 
New York City and, of course, the 
first appearance in the new Coli 
seum. New packaging machinery 
materials and methods of interest to 
the entire packaging field will be 
highlighted in some 365 exhibits 
overing 125,000 square feet. All four 
floors of the huge exhibition build 
ing will be occupied. 

lo enable the estimated 40,000 
visitors to see this informative dis 
play, the show for the first time has 
been lengthened one day to a new 
five-day schedule, with a total of 41 
hrs. of exhibition time 

For the first time, also, a registra 
tion fee of $2 will be charged. Pro 
eeds. will go to projects for the 
idvancement of packaging technolo 
gy, possibly for scholarships in 
packaging and certainly for the re 
duction of booth space charges in 
the 1959 show. 

Exhibit hours are: Monday, May 
6, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Tuesday, 10 
im. to 9 p.m.; Wednesday, 10 a.m 
to 6 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m. to 6 
p.m.: and Friday (Memorial Day) 


10 a.m. to 4 p.m 


Packaging sessions 


Running concurrently with the 
Exposition, AMA will hold its usual 
National Packaging Conference, set 
up this year for three half-day ses- 
sions at New York’s Hotel Statler, 
May 26 to 28 

This meeting will explore the com- 
plete packaging programs of three 
top industrial firms 

Representatives of Gerber Prod- 
its Co. will give details on the 
precise engineering that has enabled 
this baby-food firm to boost its 
glass-packaging equipment te a high 
peak of efficiency. 

In a case study to be presented 
bv the Lewis-Howe Co., a discussion 
of “systemation” will show how this 
drug manufacturer has been able to 
avoid increased product prices 

Speakers from the Ford Div. of 
Ford Motor Co. will describe a new 
integrated moaterials-handling  sys- 
tem and its effect in reducing indi- 


rect labor costs. 


MARCH 1958 


A-B-C Short Case Sealer 


saves 
floor space 


This A-B-C Short Case Sealer really increases packaging efficiency. 
Glues, folds and seals either or both top and bottom flaps in one 
operation—automatically. Speeds up to 30 cases a minute. Finest 
welded construction. Ball bearing construction reduces maintenance. 
Guaranteed not to get out of “time”. 


WHATEVER YOUR PACKAGING PROBLEM, there's a proved 
A-B-C machine to solve it—case sealers, unloaders and un- 
scramblers, side sealers and hand gluers. 


WRITE TODAY FOR DETAILS— 
FLOOR PLANS & SPECS 


B- PACKAGING MACHINE CORP. 


TARPON SPRINGS. FLORIDA 











PLASTIC ARTISANS’ 
SLIDON* Puts 


A SHOWCASE wm. 


astix 


platfors 


ON A CARD 


Here’s another example of the versatility of 
Plastic Artisans’ SLIDON* display packaging. 

This sampler for Pfizer Laboratories has a 
clear plastic track-edged SLIDON* Dome for 
its transparent outer case. Inside the dome, a 
taised, opaque plastic platform holds the prod- 
uct in a contoured cavity. The printed card is 
inserted into the tracks to hold all elements 
in place. 

For further information on Plastic Artisans’ 
sampler and sales packaging send for P.A.’S. 
“Display Packaging” booklet. 


PLASTIC ARTISANS, INC. 
Dock Street & Martin Place 
Port Chester, New York 


Custom-designed, mass produced packages, package nts, 
samping devices, etc., in clear, opaque and colored oP hong 


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Foods + Pharmaceuticals 
Powders + Liquids +« Tablets 


Excellent Facilities 
Quality Control the 


way you want it 


Norman Packaging is a relatively 
new company directed by individuals 
experienced in every phase of cus- 
tom packaging 


We are pledged to an operating 
philosophy under which our cus 
tomers’ requirements on housekeep- 
ing, inspection, quality control, de 
livery—are the controlling factors 


We are ably equipped and staffed to 
handle both routine and unusual 
packaging assignments 


And we are already serving several 
fine, nationally known products. 


Write us today regarding your pack- 


aging needs. We'll be pleased to 
serve you 


NORMAN 


PACKAGING 


By 





AMA Clinic 


Through workshop presentations and 
the give-and-take of informal discus- 
sions, about 30 registrants at the 
second American Management Assn. 
Packaging Clinic in New York, Feb. 
10-12, had opportunity to hear first 
hand what “the other fellow” is 
doing about “Planning the New 
Who, When and How.” 


Speakers and their subjects were: 


Package 


Vernon L. Fladager, president, Com- 
munication Development Corp., Dar- 
ien, Conn.—“The Advertising Man 
William Capit- 
man, president, Center for Research 
& Marketing, Inc., New York 

“Market Researching the Package”: 
Ralph H. Thomas, director of pack- 
Bristol-Myers Co., 


“Planning and Creating 


and the Package”; 


age research, 
New York 
New Packages for Competitive Prod- 
ucts”; Maxwell Rogers, in charge of 
package design, Avon Products, Inc., 
New York 
and the New 


Holloway, 


“The Package Designer 
Package”; George 
director of purchases, 
Chesebrough-Ponds’s, Inc. “The 
Purchasing Department and_ the 


New Package.” John Warren of 
AMA was chairman. 


Containers market 


Supplies of virtually all containers 
and packaging materials are more 
than adequate and prices are ex- 
pected to remain steady during 
1958, according to a recent packag- 
ing report by the Container Com- 
mittee of the National Assn. of Pur- 
chasing Agents. 

In plastics, increased production 
has boosted supply and _ stabilized 
prices. Manufacturers are continu- 
ing to improve quality, which should 
strengthen demand from packagers. 

In tinplate, mills are looking for 
business as users continue to cut 
inventories. Prices of these contain- 
ers are expected to remain steady, 
unless there is a rise in base plate 
costs. Some suppliers anticipate a 
rise in the latter of from 3.2 to 
5% in the near future, but general 
business conditions make this un- 
likely. 

Prices of corrugated containers 
jumped about 5% in November, 
1957, but with some soft spots in the 
market and general reduction of in- 
ventories, there is doubt that these 


higher prices have held firm. 




















THE ST 
MACHINES 
DESERVE 


"KNIVES 


For longer life and less down 
time specify Coes Knives on 
your new original equipment. 
These knives give you clean, 
true cuts that mean more pro- 
duction, finer quality and con- 
sistent performance 


COES 


KNIFE COMPANY 


62 COES STREET 
WORCESTER, MASS. 








MODERN PACKAGING 





New aerosol timer 


Accurate control of the discharge 
from aerosol cans for any predeter- 
mined period trom one to 30 seconds 


is reported possible with a new 


1utomatic timing device (illustrated 
ibove) that sharpens the testing pro- 
cedure for discharge rates of aerosol 
products ~ 

Che timer, developed by Sun Tube 
Corp.. a subsidiary of American Can 
Co.. is used in daily tests at Sun 
Tube’s Hillside. N.J.. laboratories, 
where it is said to eliminate the pos- 
sibility of human error. 

Previously used testing methods, 
employing a stop watch, were sub- 
ject to variations in the operator’s 
reaction time. As a service to the 
1erosol industry. the company will 
release drawings of the automatic N@ matter what you call it= 
timing instrument on request 
—when you order a prepared ADHESIVE = from your regular 
supplier, be sure to specify a product based on performance- 
proved animal glue—or 


Seeks new bag test e , 
—if you use dry, granulated animal GLUE in formulating 


your own adhesive mixtures, take advantage of the quality 


The search for a simpler and more 
I 
and economy of DARLING’s Improved Bone Glues. 


accurate method of testing the 
strength of paper bags has won for 
i Government packaging expert a ‘ GREEN STRIPE..........196-220 grams 
special fellowship at Michigan State One of these 7 \ «ss ORANGE STRIPE........ 171-195 grams 
University should do %& ORANGE STRIPE........ 146-170 grams 
John O. Younger. container tech- } RED STRIPE 121-145 grams 
nologist at the Quartermaster Food your job most RED STRIPE............101-120 grams 
& Container Institute, Chicago, is ° ee 81-100 grams 
acelin tliaiiiieed mecha tal economically 
one of 21 civilian employees selected j BLACK STRIPE . .30-80 grams 
from more than 1,500 applicants i 
since 1956 to receive a Secretary of Shipped in 100 lb. multiwall bags. For prices and technical 
the Army fellowship, which wil! pay information see your Darling representative or write 
ill college expenses in addition to 


the employee's regular salary. 
Describing his research project. oe 

Mr. Younger says he will try to de- eA DARLING & COMPANY 

velop a test that can set up economic » GLUE DIVISION 

perp vedectiar ange nghheniieeet 4201 South Ashland Avenue, Chicago 9, Illinois 


wall shipping bags. At present, he 


contends, many bags are made much Auimal By- Prducts 
stronger than is necessary. 0s Our Wlain Business 





263 





tack on 
your 
caboose! 


Up front, the diesel sings 
along the rails, and a mile- 
long string of cars goes 
highballing behind it. 

It’s like that in plastics. The 
plastics market has doubled 
in a quick five years... 
and many a business has 
raced right with it! 


Chemists help by cooking up 
new plastics for every 
purpose. Engineers find a 
thousand new applications. 
Designers toot the horn for 
plastics—loud. 


Result . . . you can weigh 22 
pounds of plastics in a car; 
30 in a refrigerator. 
Someone’s testing a plastic 
plane wing. Instruments work 
from the tropics to the 

arctic as they never could 
before . . . with plastics. 


Point is, what do you make 
that the galloping plastics 
market can use? Materials? 
Machinery? Instruments? 
Supplies? It’s worth 

looking into. 

Ask MODERN PLASTICS 
Magazine for details. For 
many years, its business has 
been to help other businesses 
go highballing along, 

with plastics. 


MODERN 
PLASTICS 


A Breskin Publication 
575 Madison Avenue 
New York 22, N.Y. 


Member ABC—ABP 














New polyethylene overwrapping machine 


The widespread interest in over- 
wrapping machinery that will han- 
dle polyethylene now extends over- 


seas, where British engineers have 


come up with a fast overwrapper 
(illustrated above) that is packag- 
ing sponges in this material at Spon- 
cel, Ltd., in Swansea. While this is 
not the first British or American 
polyethylene overwrapper, its re- 
ported speed of 50 packages per 
minute probably makes it the fastest 
machine now on the market in either 
country. For some time, Carreras, 
Ltd., London, has employed a con- 
verted American wrapper to bundle 
cigarette packages.* 

Sealing temperature on the new 


*See What , olve ene?"" Mopean 


Packacine, D 


unit is held under strict control by 


special electronic governors that 


limit fluctuations to 0.5 deg. C. Me- 


chanical action is said to be very 


quiet, because conventional cam and 
spring actions are replaced with 
lever-arm components. 

Displaying an unusual amount of 
flexibility for a polyethylene over- 
wrapper, this machine can handle 
packages ranging from 3 to 8 in 
long, 24% to 5 in. wide and 1. to 3 in 
high, with a minimum amount of 
change-over time. Over-all machine 
dimensions are: length, 14 ft.; 
width, 5 ft.; and height, 5 ft. 
Supplies and services: Overwrap 
per made by Clavell, Bate & Nephews, 
Velson, Lancashire, in cooperation with 


British } isqueen, Ltd 


British Institute of Packaging conference 


Top-flight packaging experts from 
the United States and Canada will 
add an international flavor to an im- 
portant packaging conference to be 
staged by the British Institute of 
Packaging, April 2426, at the 
Grand Hotel, Eastbourne, England. 

Speakers will show how up-to-date 
packaging can reduce overhead ex- 
penses and cut production costs, 
thereby making the important pack- 
aging function a subject for top- 
level executive decision. 

Lloyd Stouffer, editor of Mopern 
PackacincG, will fly to England to 
address the delegates and will de- 
scribe how American firms boost 
profit margins through packaging 
ingenuities that produce economies 
in production and increase the vol- 
ume of sales. 

He will be joined on the speakers’ 
platform by J. Henry Richmond, 
president of Potdevin Machine Co., 


Teterboro, N. J.. a leading United 
States manufacturer of paper-bag 
machinery, and roll and sheet-cutting 
equipment. 

Completing the North American 
contribution with a discussion of 
surface design will be James Pil- 
ditch, general manager and director 
of marketing for Jim Nash Associ- 
ates, Inc., Toronto. 

Announcement also has _ been 
made of the decision of the British 
Institute of Packaging to apply for 
membership in the European Pack- 
aging Federation. EPF, according to 
its president, W. P. A. Ditmar, now 
represents all Western European 
countries except Portugal, which 
has no official packaging group. 
Purdue University is an associate 
member. The federation operates for 
the exchange of technical and 
economic information on packaging 


among member countries. 


MODERN PACKAGING 





make her Lager fo Btu” 


with FOIL LABELS! 


E.. appeal means stimulated sales! That’s 
why you put first things first when you pack- 
age with boldly-colored, sharply-printed Ro- 
togravure Packaging foil labels and wraps. 


Rich-looking Rotogravure foil labels 
arouse housewives’ curiosities and raise their 
eagerness to the buying pitch! Result: your 
sales volume starts climbing to new and rec- 


ord levels ! 


Check these 6 big features of 
Rotogravure Packaging’s foil labels: 


@ Six-Color Printing in Brilliant Colors 

@ Lower Production Costs—through fast, sim- 
ple, accurate handling 

@ Precise Registration on Containers and 
Wraps 


For complete service, Rotogravure produces 
heat seal and pressure sensitive labels on foil 
and paper, offering: 


@ Firm, Neat Anchoring of Corners, Dye-Cut 
Edges 
@ Smooth, Unwrinkled Bonding 


@ No Smears or Smudges on Containers and 
Wraps 


Overwraps are run on foil, paper and lam- 
inated stock. Jobs can be run in up to six col- 
ors. And to help design your sales-sparking 


MARCH 1958 


labels and wraps, you can call on our expert 
Design Division. 





NO MINIMUM RUNS 


A highly unusual feature of our service is 
our policy of no “minimum run” require- 
ments. We look on each job as a challeng- 
ing merchandising project—not just another 
production order. We believe this is sound 
business because this is the way our busi- 


ness has grown. 











See the striking look of Rotogravure cost- 
cutting, sales-boosting labels for yourself! 
Ask any question you may have, or send us 
samples of your present package and let our 
Design Department show you what can be 
done. There is no charge for this service. 


Offices in principal cities 


Rotogravure 
P ackaging INC 


ADDISON, ILLINOIS 
Telephone: KINGSWOOD 3-9555 





are you acquainted with 


the manufacturers’ literature page 


You ought to be. It’s the page, in every 
Moprer» PACKAGING Magazine, 
that describes a wide variety of pam- 
phlets 


issue ot 


brochures, and other manufac- 
turers publications which are currently 
available without charge. 

To obtain any of the literature which 
is listed, you merely fill in and mail the 


A Service Of 


postage-free reply card. We do the rest. 
Look for the Manufacturers’ Literature 
Page in each issue of MopERN PACKAG- 
ING. It is easy to recognize because it is 
printed on heavy yellow paper. It is 
your key to detailed information about 
packaging equipment, 
services 


supplies and 


MODERN PACKAGING 
N. Y. 


575 Madison Avenue e 


New York 22, 








A LOW COST—EASY TO OPERATE 
Drape and Vacuum Forming Machine 





Maize): 
AUTOMATIC 


BLISTER AND SKIN PACKAGING 


PRODUCTION THERMO-SHEET 
FORMING 


Completely Automatic 
Adjustable Clamping Frame 
Draw to 15 


Fabricotes all Thermo-Plastics from .001 


250 
Special Skin-Pok Feature 
Wired for two-handed activation 


Write for bulletin MP3 


INDUSTRIES 





Other Standard Comet 
Three Station ROTARY, COMET TWIN, STAR- 
Thermo Forming Press, MERCURY Continuous 
Vacuum Forming and Packaging Machine, Auto- 
matic Skin-Pak and Slitting Unit. 


Machines: LAB-VAC, 


FRANKLIN PARK 
ILLINOIS, USA 


Progress in Plastics 





Polyethylene carbcy 


with a 


High-density 


much 


polyethylene 


lower permeability than the 


conventional low-density material 


has been converted into this large 


carboy and funnel, shown in use in 
the 
The 


lent 


acid area of a chemical plant 


new plastic, which has excel 


resistance to corrosion and is 


light weight, yet rigid and virtually 
is expected to find in- 


the 


unbreakable, 


creasing use in manutacture of 
acids and chemicals 

Supplies and services: Carbo) 
molded of “Hi Fax” poly 


Hercules Powder Co., Wi 


and funnel 
ethylene by 


mington, Del 


Hardware packaging 


In spite of the trend toward self 


service, most hardware packaging 


does not stimulate the customer to 
buy on impulse. Such is the charge 
leveled at the industry in a year-end 
survey conducted by the National 
Retail Assn. 


tainer Corp. of America. 


Hardware and Con- 

The survey found that a majority 
of today’s hardware packaging is 10 
It also 


needs in 


years behind current times. 


turned up these current 


hard-goods packaging: multiple 


packaging of small items, more at- 


tractive display packaging, pre- 


pricing, display compactness and 


more feminine appeal. 


MODERN PACKAGING 











BREWSTER SOLVES 
COATING PROBLEMS! 


WE FORMULATE 

Adhesives Pressure-sensitive @¢ Heat-seal 
Diathermic 

Coatings Release e Lacquer ¢@ Blush 
Carbon e Plastic 


Fluid Inks 


WE COAT 

by Solvent e Hot Metal e Water emulsion 
on Paper e Plastic Films e Urethane Foam 
Cloth e any other self-supporting web 


WE ALSO Slit and rewind from 1/64” 
to 42” width e Sheet Cut e Die-cut e Skin- 
wrap @ Vacuum-form ¢ Perforate ¢ Print 
one or two colors ¢ Laminate 


Let Us Help You With Our Specialized 
Ex pe rience, Knowle dge and Equipme nt! 


Write or call: 


BREWSTER ENTERPRISES, INC. 


22 Greenleaf Street, Rochester 9, New York 
Phone: HUbbard 2-3460 














YOUR machinery. ~ 
Be holding you back 
Pig from the efficient pro- & 


duction that will mean 
> profits for YOU in the 
aes. VERY highly compet- 
itive market that 
exists today? 


We have solved bag machinery problems 
since 1919. Let us help make your pro- 
duction profitable. 

Baling Presses @ Multiwall Bag Printing 
Presses @ Multiwall Bag Sewing Machines 


Designers and Builders of Bag Machinery Since 1919 


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Dept.M1, Vawter Ave. on C & O Ry. © 
Richmond, Virginia 
Phone MILTON 4-3057 











MAKCH 1958 


the GED 


method 
for profit-happy 
packaging 


(1) Trouble-free automation. 


(2) Precision efficiency — 
no rejections. 


(3) Jet-speed changeover. 


(4) Minimum maintenance. 


FULLY AUTOMATIC 


FILLERS 


FULLY AUTOMATIC 


LABELERS 


OVERHEAD DRIVE—Vacuum, gravity and volu- 
metric type ROTARY FILLERS. 


Models from 8 to 40 spouts handling all types 
of foamy and still liquids such as brines, vine- 
gars, chemicals, drugs, perfumes, syrups, cos- 
metics, shampoos, detergents, wines, liquors and 
food products. 


CONTINUOUS MOTION — fully automatic 
Model CM LABELING MACHINE 


Handles all sizes and shapes of labels and con- 
tainers from fractional ounces to gallons. Ap- 
plies a complete wrap-around label on square, 
round, oval or rectangular containers or a panel 
label on flat, curved or recessed surfaces. Pro- 
duction capacities from 40 to 150 per minute. 


Write Dept. MP-3 for complete literature. 


MiNi COMPANY, INC. 


191 Berry Street, Brooklyn 11, N. Y. 


s of a line of fully automatic 
and ‘somi-automatie liquid filling and labeling equiment. 


See us at the PMMI Show—Booth #510 


let, 








, oss-tape 
on on ct 

operat 

oth, fast 


For smo 


Ss and attach 


ax type tea 


ments, specify Proxmelt. 


machine 
r-tape 


Where molten or W | a 
re needed, Proxmelt is OU 
ives a 
eae and freedom 


a deal 
in color viscosity, setting tt | 
1 ! 
t omy 
dor Proxmelt tacks tapes N° 
from odor. | ‘ 
lms, bu 
Jlophane and transparent fi 
to cello 
well. 
foil and waxed papet as 


WRITE OR PHONE FOR SAMPLES 
AND DATA SHEET, SPECIFYING THE KIND OF WRAPPING 


MACHINE YOU USE, 


CHICAGO 32 PAOLI, PENNA. 





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Virginia 7-4800 eS a PAOLI 4141 


~ PRODUCTS, INC 





Packaging moving up 


A new, important position in top 
management—Director of Packag- 
ing—will develop in the next decade, 
the executive director of the Folding 
Paper Box Assn. of America told 
Chicago advertising men recently. 

“Just as advertising is integrated 
with packaging,” said Gustav L. 
Nordstrom, “so will this new mem- 
ber of the management team work 
with the advertising manager and 
advertising agency to speed the flow 
of goods from factory to home.” 
Creation of this key job, he told the 
Chicago Federated Advertising Club, 
will underscore a growing conviction 
that “packaging is the new dimen- 
sion in advertising and merchandis- 
ing.” 

Anticipating a 40° growth in the 
dollar volume of advertising in the 
same 10-year period, Mr. Nordstrom 
predicts an even greater growth for 
packaging, from $12 billion a year 
to $18 billion. “As the competitive 
battle joins more fiercely,” he said, 
“the survivors will be those who use 
the power of packaging to make 
their advertising and promotion 
more effective.” To this end, he pro- 
posed three areas for joint effort: 
market research, creative selling and 


cooperative copy. 


Cigarette machine 


[Continued from page 200 


cation in a further effort to reduce 
the calendar time requirements for 
the over-all project. 

Progress on the prototype was 
evaluated for the purpose of cal- 
culating the risk involved in em- 
barking on the production design 
prior to completion and testing of 
the prototype. This calculation was 
made by weighing market require- 
ments and the technical potential of 
the project as it stood. The decision 
was made in favor of immediately 
undertaking the Phase I production 
design concurrently with the de- 
velopment of the prototype. 

After shop testing, the prototype 
machine was demonstrated to the 
industry. The favorable reception 
increased the pressure to complete 
the production design to the extent 
that a production lot of machines 
was begun. At this stage the addi- 
tional work of modeling the packer 
for seven different package sizes 


MODERN PACKAGING 





a RESCOTT 


Niagara #600 Automatic 
Polyethene Bag Filler & Sealer; 
Speed 30 bags per minute 


Trescomatic Model C Special with Trescoloader 
Trescomatic weighing & filling equipmert, belt and vibratory feeds; 
made in three weight ranges: 4 oz. to 1 Ib., 1 oz. to 6 Ibs., and 
8 oz. to 25 Ibs. 


Niagara Machinery Fillers and Sealers. Completely or semi-automatic— 
let us solve your weighing problems 


Write for complete information on your requirements. 


SEE US AT BOOTH +630, P.M.M.I. SHOW, ATLANTIC CITY 


THE TRESCOTT oO. INC. 


Dept. MK Fairport, New York 


MARCH 1958 


MAKE YOUR OWN 


S 


WELL FORMED 
CORRUGATED 




















e economically 
e wide range of sizes 
¢ low cost maintenance 


Corrugated trays can now be assembled auto- 

matically from standard slotted blanks, ranging 

up to 28” x 34”, at speeds up to 35 per minute. 

Cold process resin adhesive sprayed from eas- 

ily adjustable air guns eliminates the clean-up 

problem of glue rolls. 

Minimum of floor space required — base of ma- 

chine measures only 101” x 64”. 

ADDED FEATURES: 

¢ Telescope boxes are easily made on this ma- 
chine. Set-up is simple and fast. 

¢ Simplicity of design permits this machine to 
be modified to handle custom requirements. 

Write for details and let us engineer your needs. 


precision machines * precision made 


by 


untingdon j|ndustries, inc. 


BETHAYRES, PENNA. (SUBURBAN PHILADELPHIA) 








YOUR PRODUCT INA 
NIEMAND INDUSTRIES [E 
> PACKAGE... 





Do you need a tubular package that’s 
durable, economical, easy to fill, handle 
and store —one that’s attractively 
printed and handsomely styled with dec- 
orative papers or your label for effective, 
eye catching appeal? 


You get every one of these features 
and lots more all in one package — if it's 
a Niemand Industries tubular package 


Manufactured to your exact specifica- 
tions, Niemand Industries tubular pack- 
ages come in a wide range of sizes, with 
many convenient closures of metal, 
paper or plastic — with shaker or sifter 
dispensers where needed. 


Let us design a sample package for 
your line of products. There’s no obli- 
gation, of course —write for detailed 
literature. 


4 NIEMAND 
m INDUSTRIES, INC. 


= 





ss 


® Manufacturers Y 
Laper Lube Products 


2502 TAYLORSVILLE RD. 
STATESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA 











was immediately begun to meet 
customer requirements. 

Up to this point all effort was ex- 
pended to equal the position of com- 
petition. It was now time to embark 
upon a concurrent program of ob- 
taining superiority in all aspects of 
producing a hard pack. The pro- 
gram then became Phase II produc- 
tion design. It must be remembered 
that when this move was made, units 
from the production lot of Phase | 
machines had not been completed. 
The Phase II production design 
covered improvements to the basic 
design as well as development of 
accessories such as stamping mech- 
anisms for applying the stamp in 
four different positions on the pack, 
a new means of cutting the foil to 
enable the user to remove the upper 
portion of the foil easily, provision 
for adding the wrap-around feature 
shown in Figure 1 and a mechanism 
for applying a cigarette-lifting tape 
to the package 

As customer interest grew, it be- 
came apparent that another ap- 
praisal of risk was necessary before 
ordering additional units into the 
manufacturing stage. Again the ap 
praisal resulted in the decision to 
go ahead. 

As the hard-pack project pro- 
ceeded through the final stage of the 
Phase I and the early stages of the 
Phase II, Phase III, the long-term 
program, began to make itself felt 
This involved the development of a 
conversion unit tor producing the 
slide-top case, shown in Figure 2. 
Interest in this pack quickly 
dictated development and _ produc- 
tion of conversion units for both 
Phase I and Phase II machines. Al- 
most simultaneously we found our- 
selves with Phase I flip-cover and 
slide-top case-packing units in the 
field and only a short step remaining 
to complete the installation of 
Phase II units 

At this juncture there were nine 
customer locations requiring field 
service on the equipment. Operation 
in the field set up the need for fur- 
ther improvement, particularly in 
the handling of the adhesive and 
feeding of the blanks. The major 
dificulty with the flip-cover pack 
that of blank cost, was now being 
pursued by means of a_ two-piece 
blank for maximum economy. 

The long-range program is now 
progressing through the testing 


stages of prototypes tor new types of 





Lolo iam eo} gele le leat 


‘Soll Whe Hot Cohen 


with CAMEO 


foil 

paper 

printed 

embossed 

die cut 

gummed 

heat seal 
pressure sensitive 


THE MARK OF QUALITY 


MODERN PACKAGING 











FASTER 
FILLING 


FOAMLESS 
DRIPLESS 


FASTEST 
CHANGEOVER 


PERL FILLING MACHINES 


FOR VACUUM, GRAVITY OR PRESSURE 
ALSO AVAILABLE WITH 


ELECTRO PNEUMATIC CONTROLS 


New design model COS-K, illustrated, operates by 
vacuum, in a range of sizes and filling speeds from 20 
to 100 bottles per minute and capacities up to | gallon. 
Other models up to 5 gallons available. No foot pedals, 
no hand levers, just a touch of a button! Even the most 
unskilled operator immediately attains full production 
speed. 


Write for Circular P-3 


(i); PERL MACHINE 
MFG. CO., INC. 
68 Jay Street, Brooklyn 1, N. Y., MAin 4-0165 











AUTOMATION—Standard PAK-RAPID machines have At- 
tachments and Mechanisms available for drawing a vacuum 
in normal atmosphere with automatic inspection of each 
package, precise electronic temperature control, automatic 
parts control interlock system, printing, counting and feed- 
ing into package made from roll stock all in ONE packaging 
operation. For information write: 


PAK=RAPID * 
ih = o “EA =i = 1945 
Phone: TAylor 8-3511 


1802 Elizabeth Street, West Conshohocken, Pa 


Midwest office 











The “TECH SERVICE” man from WILSOLITE 


> In a new art such as printing with flexible materials it’s a great help 


to have a head start. Wilsolite technical service representatives are 


here to give you this help. These men make it easy for you to know 


what has come before in this particular kind of application or what 


has been accomplished in that class of materials. 


Wilsolite Technical Service is organized to give you the kind of help 


or information you want. Ask for this help, you are most welcome to it. 


MARCH 1958 


owe ¢ al, a a? ee a eo 
1827 Niagara Street, Bulfaio 7, New York 





hard packs. This program must ot 
necessity have as one of its major 


Does your product functions the constant improvement 


: | and updating of all equipment in the 
pose a specia field. To this extent, emphasis is 
placed on the adaptability of the new 
designs to all the previously devel- 
oped equipment. 

The interlacing and overlapping 
of the three-phase program may be 
seen in the organization chart, Fig- 
ure 3. In many cases the overlap 
borders on concurrence, which 
makes the control problem extreme- 
(what you want out) ly difficult if duplication is to be 
staleness—rancidity— kept to a minimum. 
bacteria—etc. As for making the machine readi 
ly adaptable to long-term develop 
ments in the packaging art and to 
(what you want in) market demands, the packer is al- 
freshness—flavor—aroma—ete. ; ready showing its versatility. Pro 
with Protective Bags and Pouches j vision has been made to incorporate 
oud tae ow . a lifter tape to raise the first few 
cigarettes from the pack. In addi- 
® Saran, Poly-Cello and Poly-Mylar Bags tion, the covering metal foil can be 
lapped into the box top so that, 


@ Government Specification Pouches 
when it is opened, the foil is raised 


@ Pouches of Custom Laminations Write us your problem today. 


from the cigarettes to ease their 


, Seal Bag Company inc removal by the consumer. 
, . 


Completely different-style boxes 
37 Charlotte Street, Rochester, N.Y. | can also be handled on the improved 


packer. The slide-top case shown in 


@ Specialized Films for Special Product Protection | ‘.. as 
Figure 2 has a loose sliding panel 


actuated by two slide tabs. 
OFITABLE PACK AGING There are indications that many 
of the desirable features of the hard- 


PROFITS GO UP WHEN pack designs will be incorporated 
PRODUCTION COSTS GO DOWN into soft packs. These might include 
... AND COSTS GO DOWN a quick-opening pack designed so 
WHEN YOU USE MODERN, that the foil is not exposed on the 
EFFICIENT FRY BAG CLOSING pack top. Such a package would be 
MACHINES. of particular advantage to both the 





consumer and producer if the Fed- 
eral Government system of requiring 
a tax stamp on the top of the pack is 
replaced by a method of taxing on 
the basis of pack production as re- 
ported by cigarette manufacturers. 
The foregoing demonstrates that, 
having made the basic decision to 
MODEL CSG MODEL GS-54 convert their universally accepted 
Semi-Automatic Continuous Continuous Motion Bag Closer packaging machine to hard-pack 
Operation . . . Easily Adjustable Double Folds, Glues, Heat Seals. production, the company was, by in- 
to Bag Height. tensive engineering and design pro- 
é ; cedure, able to meet a major change 
If the bag you use is plain paper, or if it is coated or lined on in market demands and also to pre- 
the inside, FRY Models CSG and GS-54 are the proven master closing pare for future customer needs. 
machines for strong, safe, sift-proof closures. They are fast, 
jam-proof, precision-made and will eliminate your down-time. Send 


us bag and product samples and let FRY prove it to you! CORRECTION: A compositor who 
WRITE FOR NEW, INFORMATIVE LITERATURE ON ALL FRY MODELS — | ™U*! have been thinking ebout another 
famous date in American history was 
ee Se ee es responsible for the statement on p. 92 
ej] Se], ie] H. mae 4 COMPANY of our February issue that S. F. Whit- 
man & Son began using cellophane in 


42 East Second Street, Mineola, N. Y. — Ploneer 6-6230 1812. The date should have been 1912. 





MODERN PACKAGING 








Acetate Sheeting... 


the perfect plastic material for better packaging. JODA extruded 
I r h 


acetate sheets, rolls and film in light to heavy gauges — translucent, 
or opaque — are excellent for vacuum forming. The 
unusually attractive stock-size round containers shown are among 
many made of .0075 JODA acetate by MIRO CONTAINER CoO., 
Brooklyn, N. Y. Note the rich design in the vacuum formed cover — 
an extra touch that adds to their sales appeal. Increased sales of 
products packaged in these containers are further proof that ‘Products 


Seen Better Sell Better 


BUTYRATE and LINEAR POLYETHYLENE available in standard sizes. 


For information and samples, contact 


JOSEPH DAVIS PLASTICS CO. 


430 Schuyler Ave., 
Kearny, N. J. 


Sales Representatives 


Phone KEarny 2-0980-0981 
Conveniently Located. 


N. Y. BArclay 7-6421-6422 


C able <= incet 


MARCH 1958 





SEE THEM IN ACTION! 


Forms and Glues Up To 
175 Cartons Per Minute 


Peters new Model SG-P heat-seals poly-coated 
blanks to produce cartons and trays that are 
highly resistant to grease and moisture without 
liners. Where this added protection is not re- 
quired, the Model SG-P forms and glues cartons 
and trays from low cost non-coated blanks. For 
packaging cookies, crackers, 
confections. frozen foods. cigarettes. fruits. vege- 
tables and others. | 


PETERS MODEL CCY FOLDS AND 
CLOSES 150 OR MORE CARTONS 
PER MINUTE 


This machine automatically folds 
and closes lined or unlined cartons 
at high speeds . 


many products: 


. . handles a wide 
range of carton sizes by means of 
easy-to-operate hand-wheel adjust- 
ments. It features a positive carton 
timer and self-retiming flap tucker. 


BOOTH 501, PM & ME of 1958, March 25-28, Atlantic City, N. J. 


° 


’ 


at 
\p 
Pi : 
Cuts and Stacks Cellophane, 
Foil, Kraft, Waxed, Gift Wrap 


papers, etc., at High Speeds ~<s 


Peters Model UD Cellophane Sheeting and Stacking Machine automatically cuts 
up to 5760 full width sheets per hour from rolls and stacks sheets for easy pick 


90" 90o"" 


up. Sheet size range—4” x 4” up to 28” x 28”, square or rectangular. 


4712 Ravenswood Avenue, Chicago 40, Illinois 
Phone: LOngbeach 1-9000 





PMMI exhibitors 


[Listing continued from page 183) 


sisting of the company’s weighing cells, 
controls, classifiers, counting units, 
demonstrated under a wide variety of 
conditions. Personnel: J. O. Alexander, 
R. Mezger, S. Blodgett, J. H. Fournier, 


D. Stueck. 


BARKLEY & DEXTER, INC. Booth 
210. Exhibit of moving pictures show- 
ing complex engineering developments 
in operation; gallery of frames showing 
exploded and progressive arrangements 
of operations; unit assemblies wherein 
rapid and accurate automatic machine 
adjustment, counting and control would 
be of interest and valuable to packaging 
Personnel: J. R. Stoddard, 
M. M. Newman, R. G. Dexter, R. A. 
Tetrault, J. M. Moran, T. A. McGill. 
Hotel: Chalfonte-Haddon Hall. 


people. 


BARTELT ENGINEERING CO. Booth 
533. Introduction of the company’s new- 
items. Personnel: H. L. Bartelt, 

. ze fartelt, W. T. Boston, J. R. 
Uebler, R. W. Cotta, R. H. Baker, J. D 
Lamb, R. D. Lamb, R. G. Meyer. Hotel 


Claridge. 


CREEK PACKAGING MA 
Booth 406. Exhibit of 
bundling machine 


BATTLE 
CHINES, INC. 
new semi-automati 
handling polyethylene; also new flexi 
ble-pouch-forming machine especially 
for use in the handling of polyethylene 
B. H. Redner, K. H. Redner, 
J. W. Smith, F. M. Willbrandt, A. H 
Axberg, A. J. Winhusen, C. West, A. F 
Dietrich, R. H. Watkins. Hotel: Chal 


fonte-Haddon Hall. 


Per sonnel 


BETTER PACKAGES, INC. Booth 621 
New Tape-O-Matic line of electronically 
controlled carton-closure equipment to 
be exhibited, the method being designed 
to save time and costs; also Boxize #5 
conveyor, demonstrating semi-automatic 
carton sealing in a conveyor line, which 
allows the box itself and 
feed its own tape length automatically. 
Personnel: N. 3. Chilton, 
J. Murphy, K. Ellison, A. Smith, 
C. Wishner, H. L. Putnam, D. Smith, 
B. Stallings, J. Valestin, M. Waggoner, 
i 


James. 


to measure 


Campanaro, | 


BROWN FILLING MACHINE CO., 
INC. Booth 114. Demonstration of BFM 
Packeter for packaging powders on one 
side of machine and liquids on the 
other. Personnel: W. E. Balzer, C. L. 
Williams, R. I. Perault, R. LeBlanc, 
M. LeBlane, J. A. Lipberg. Hote/ 
Claridge. 


JOHN, MACHINE CORP. 
Booth 629. Demonstration of Model 
2M130 Automatic Cellubander register- 
ing and applying bands to wine bottles, 
using cellulose material in tubing form. 
Aguilar, B. Rice, T. A. 


Dennis. 


BURTON, 


Personnel: J. 

Haskell. Hotel: 
C.LT. CORP. Booth 909. Personnel: 
E. T. Neville, W. H. Connery, G. E. 
Allis, J. A. Fitzgerald, D. V. McCarthy, 


MODERN PACKAGING 





¢ Oo qT) - 7) ¢ + The Patronage of Well Known Names Is Significant 


LABEL DATING AND CODING MACHINE 


CODES 2,000 LABELS PER MINUTE 
..... ALL SHAPES e ALL SIZES 
EVIDENCES POSITIVE PRODUCT CONTROL ; a 
SAVES LABOR e TIME « MONEY applying seals automatically 
COSTS ALMOST NOTHING TO OPERATE with the Gisholt Sealamatic. 


If you use cellulose neck 
band seals, and your lines 
NO SERVICE 
PROBLEM 


run 80 or more BPM, then 
get the facts on: this fine 
machine. Write... 
GISHOLT MACHINE COMPANY 
Madison 10, Wisconsin 


HIRAM 
WALKER 


eee ee ee ee | 


FOR DETAILS : PAYS FOR ITSELF 
WRITE TO: .-. AGAIN AND AGAIN 


GRIFFIN-RUTGERS, INC. 
Dept. MP 3, 41 E. 42 St., New York, N.Y. 
BOOTH 209 PM&ME SHOW, ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., MARCH 25-28 








ONE-PIECE PLASTIC PACKAGE 
SOLVES MERCHANDISING PROBLEMS 








Fabulously successful in Europe. 





Perfected for mass production here. 


This non-breakable package 

of specially compounded P.V.C. 

is a complete low-cost unit. 

Custom-filled in sizes up to 8 ozs. 
Suitable for all Free-Flowing Liquids in: 


COSMETICS - FOODS - DETERGENTS - PHARMACEUTICALS 


Examples: Shampoos, Rinses, Bath Bubbles 
and Essences, Sunscreens, Cleansers, Fresh- 


IF YOUR PROBLEM IS ANY OF THESE: eners, Colognes, Tinctures, Antiseptics, Mouth 
‘ <i ‘ ; 7 Washes, Balms, Lotions, Oils, Emulsions, 
Sampling of New Product (easily enclosed with another product) Insect Repellents, Lubricants, Flavorings, 
Introducing a New Size; or a Smaller Size Colorings, Food Dressings, Syrups. 

Item Safe and Suitable for Travel 


and printed to specifications. 








Product Measured for One-Time-Use : ic 

Unbreakability or Transparency Important Direct Inquiries to: 

Small, Attractive Package for Gift or Give-Away Purposes BO ANDREW M. MARTIN CO. 
Westerly Road 


Already adopted by these outstanding Canadian com- Ossining, New York 
panies: Lever Bros. Ltd.; Colgate-Palmolive Ltd.; Warner Lambert 
Canada Ltd.; Fuller Brush Ltd.; Familex Products Ltd.; W. T. 
Rawleigh Co. Ltd. 





Plants also in Montreal and Los Angeles 


MARCH 1958 





here is YOUR : 
mid-west plant! 





———__~T 
eS § 


FEDERAL FILLS THE BILL 
ON ALL YOUR NEEDS 


e Warehousing 
® Routing 
Shipping 
Distributing 


e Formulating 
e Filling 

e Packaging . 
e Lakeling © 


FOR ALMOST ANY TYPE 
OF PRODUCT YOU SELL 


Here under one roof, you have com- 
plete contract packaging facilities, 
giving you the most economical and 
most efficient packaging service in 
the Mid-West area. Whatever your 
needs may be—from ounces to 
drums; for any type of product — 
liquids, creams, powders, chemicals; 
you owe it to yourself to investigate 
Federal Service. 


NEW! PACKETTES! 


With our new equip- 
ment, we can give you 
the new increasingly 
popular PACKETTE 
packages in either 
cellophane, foil, 
polyethylene 
film, or kraft. 

Write today. 


PACKAGING CORPORATION 


12100 SOUTH PEORIA STREET 
CHICAGO 43, ILLINOIS @ PUllman 5-2272 


276 





f ... The Most Dependable Line 


EN. 


CASE SEALING with 
TAPE ond/or GLUE 


A carton Tape Sealer. Top 
and/or bottom flaps, also 


onto end panels as required < 


Carton-Maker. Bottom Flap a 
Gluer and/or Taper before 
filling. Can also seal top 
flaps after filling 


General's Carton Maker is a bottom flap-gluer 
and/or taper of unfilled cartons. Has “U” 
return delivery to common roller table. (Pat. 
Pend.) Has closed-system for gluing. There's 
no need for “clean-up”, it’s always ready. 
Saves 1/, hour production time daily per line. 
CLOSED-SYSTEM CAN REPLACE GLUE 
POT METHOD IN OTHER MACHINES 
NOW IN USE. ALSO IT’S A TWO PUR- 
POSE MACHINE because it can SEAL TOP 
FLAPS AFTER FILLING. 


SAVES PRODUCTION TIME 


General's Tape Sealer, a natural for rule 41, 

tape seals automatically up to 25 or more 

cases per minute, single-strip, top and/or bot- 

tom flaps only, plus end-panels, as required. 

Easier to open. Permits re-use. Makes dust 

and pilfer-proof seal. A great cost-saver. 
HAS NO EQUAL 


General's case sealers have all the design 
features that engineered the un-equaled “Gen- 
eral Line” for taping or gluing the “manu- 
facturers-joint” in container manufacturing 
plants throughout the industry. 


It costs to put off ... Wire or Phone Now... 


GENCO, Palisades Park, N. J. and 
Hamburg, Germany. 


GENERAL CORRUGATED 
MACHINERY CO., INC. 


PALISADES PARK KE Windsor 4-0644 NEW JERSEY 


MODERN PACKAGING 





odd shapes—plain or 
.. «with free-flowing 
liquids . . . automati- 


FILLERS 


FILAMATIC AUTO-FILL 





Heeneeeenenenennnnnanies 


= Capacity: 1 dram to 16 ounces 
= Filling Speeds: Up to 60 or 120 per 
: minute 
Conveyor 
filler for 


type, positive displocement 
free-flowing or semi-viscous 
fluids. Automatically fills round, square 
oval or odd shaped vials of plastic, 
alass or metal. No con’ainer No 
filll 1% accuracy. Models from $2680 
WRITE FOR BULLETIN JR5 





FILAMATIC PORTABLE FILLERS 





0.01 drams to 1 gallon 
Up to 90 per minute 
Semi-automatic type, positive displace- 
ment filler for free-flowing or semi-vis- 
cous fluids. ideal for short run or pro- 
duction filling. Easy to set up and use. 
Available with single, double or mul- 
tiple nozzles. 1% accuracy. Models from 
$215. 

WRITE FOR BULLETIN AD8 
SE EERIE EL STO 


FILAMATIC ROTO-FILL 


Capacity: 
Filling Speeds: 








treceeneenanenenens 


nee 


serneenes 


in | 

Capacity: 1 dram to 16 ounces 
Filling Speeds: Up to 35 per minute 

Semi-automatic, positive displacement 
filler for semi-viscous or viscous fluids. 
Volume change at the turn of a dial. 
Clean, sharp cut-off even with ‘‘stringy’’ 
materials. Conveyor attachment for auto- 
matic filling available. Models from 

85. 





WRITE FOR BULLETIN SR6 


NATIONAL 


INSTRUMENT Co. 
2701 ROCKWOOD AVE 
BALTIMORE 15, MD. 


MARCH 1958 





W. M. 
Post. 


Schilling, G. E. Flaherty, H. A. 


CAMERON MACHINE CO. Booths 
130, 434. Introduction of Model 420 two- 
machine for han- 
dling various paper; also 
Model 620 duplex-wind machine for 
handling plastic films. Personnel: E. J. 
Ward, L. Rockstrom, H. W. Smith, P. 
Chessare, R. Scheverman, T. Crowe, G. 
Velez, P. B. Withstandley. Hotel: Den- 


nis. 


drum, surface-wind 


grades of 


CANADIAN PACKAGING. Booth 
705. Display featuring a picture story 
showing an article from birth to publi- 
cation. Personnel: J. W. McLean, J. M. 
Daley, P. Falkner, G. Clark. Hotel: 


Shelburne. 


Exhibit 
machin- 


CHAIN BELT 


of chains, 


CO. Booth 534 
power-transmission 
ery, bulk material-handling equipment 
Per- 
and division sales 
Chalfente-Haddon 


self-aligning roller bearings. 


Kennedy 
Hotel: 


and 
sonnel: B. 
engineers 


Hall 


CLARK-AIKEN CO. Booth 125. Exhibit 
of newly developed hydraulic lift table; 
featuring a motion-picture film 
showing a continuous-operation layboy 
in operation. Personnel: J. C. Hart, 
D. R. Grody, J. J. Waddock, E. A. 
Lowry, J. Marby. Hotel 


also 


Claridge. 
COLTON, ARTHUR, CO. 
Featuring new No. 172 polyethylene 
tube filler and sealer; new No. 60 
Blister-Pak merchandising-card display 
sealer; new No. 249 high-speed double 
rotary tablet press; No. 175 standard 
tube filler, closer and crimper; No. 113 
combination liquid and paste tube filler, 
closer and crimper; No. 117 “Little 
Giant” single liquid filler; No. 119 twin 
liquid filler; No. 106 six-nozzle multiple 
liquid filler with conveyor and straight- 
line bottle No. 126 six- 
nozzle multiple liquid filler with index- 
ing rotary head for multiple bottle or 
can filling; also No. 710 special tablet 
counter and bottle filling machine. Per- 
sonnel: K. B. Hollidge, W. A. Doepel, 
W. I. Smith, E. V. Kistner, G. Kohler, 
J. Reid. Hotel: Chalfonte-Haddon Hall. 


Booth D. 


escapment; 


COMET INDUSTRIES. Booth 126. Dis- 
play of automatic skin-packaging and 
unit; Meteor automatic 
vacuum- and drape-thermoforming ma- 
chine. Personnel: R. E. Kostur, J. E. 
Kostur, E. Ryan, E. Lyle, G. Day. 
Hotel: Dennis. 


slitting also 


CONAPAC CORP. Booth 302. Featur- 
ing Roto Pak equipment, which 
produces functional flat packages with 
two-side registration using a combina- 
tion of different materials and requiring 
no trays or stiffeners, with complete ad- 
justability within size range and with 
equalized pressures to eliminate need 
for interleaving sliced products. Per- 
sonnel: J. H. Brezinski, R. H. Schnoor, 
J. C. E. Williams, A. Gans, F. L. Wal- 


Gas 





Post Decitron 
electronic products 


Model $D-1T 





This new Post elec- 
tronic counter out- 
modes all mechani- 
cal counters. Capa- 
ble of operating at 
speeds up to 100 
units per second, a 
single “count” is in- 
dicated on the six 
digit totalizer as 
each tenth item 
breaks the light 
beam. For counting dozens or gross 
a 12 place counting tube can be sub- 
stituted. May be operated from micro- 
switch, photohead or Post magnetic 
switch. 

Standard SD-1T 


Model SD-1 


.. $140.00 





Same as above, 
without totalizer. 
Boosts service life 
of mechanical reg- 
isters 15 times by 
counting in units of 
10. Can be placed 
several hundred feet 
from switch con- 
tacts, 

SD-1 

With Remote Totalizer 


Model MH-2 


$125.00 





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Magnetic Switch ... 
high speed — ideally 
suited to sensing appli- 
cations — will actuate 
electronic counters, me- 
chanical counters, con- 
trols, solenoids, relays 
and many other cir- 
cuits. Capable of speeds 
up to 100 cycles per 
second. Long service 
life. 

Feature . . . sharp, 
clean make or break — 
no lag, no bounce. 


Thousands in use . 


ssesssnens QUDOND 


POST ELECTRONICS 


Division of Post Machinery Co. 
159 Elliott St., Beverly, Mass. 


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Division of Post Machinery Co. 
159 Elliott St., Beverly, Mass. 


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Creative Printed Specialties 
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Line Cartoning 
hy BIVANS 


CONVEY-O-MAT Carton-forming, 
conveyorized 
for ease of loading, 
and CARTON CLOSER 





... provides a complete 
cartoning system. 

Broadest range 

of carton sizes. 

Unlimited number of 

filling stations. 
Pre-determined rate 

of production, 

30 to 60 cartons per minute. 
Our installations prove this. 


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BIVANS CORPORATION 
2431 DALLAS ST.. LOS ANGELES 31, CALIF 
Distributed by New Jersey Machine Corp. 
Hoboken, Cincinnati, Chicago, Los Angeles 




















CLAREMONT 


The Country’s Largest 
manufacturer of 
Natural and 
Synthetic ... 


NEW, EXPANDED MANUFACTURING 
RESEARCH and LABORATORY FACILITIES 


Over the years, the technological demands 
of industry have caused this company, in its 


development and expansion, to devote its 
qannounces operations exclusively to the conversion of 


a change of name 


from 


cotton, rayon, nylon and other synthetic 
fibers into. decorative and industrial flock 
The new name, therefore, is logical. and 
appropriate 

Personnel, policies, facilities and location 


‘4 f/ } Uh, fy he ‘ GG remain unchanged, Our aim, as always, will 
Ola emont W ii td Co. be to strive continually for still better quality 


to 


of product and service to the many customers 
and friends in the plastics, packaging, paper, 


CLAREMONT FLOCK CORPORATION chs hove helsed tain tis compeny $i 


CLAREMONT, NEW HAMPSHIRE country’s largest producer of flock 














MODERN PACKAGING 





ton, E. E. Miranda, C. T. Kane, F. R. 
Di Franco, K. R. Fritts. Hotel: Shel 


burne. 


CONSOLIDATED PACKAGING MA 
CHINERY CORP. Booth B. Operation 
of Model O-Mark-II bagging scale and 
Model ET-Mark-II bag closer mounted 
together; Model H-O-FV machine for 
sorting and applying aerosol valves; 
close-coupled, four-spindle Kottoner and 
combination capper on a common con 
veyor equipped with parts for applying 
both Wheaton snap-type caps and regu 
lar threaded closures. Personnel: E. L. 
Kuhn, J. C. Raymond, N. R. Secor, 
J. E. Baum, L. F. Maurer, R. F. Heller, 
W. F. Kruse, H. L. Duhart, R. L. 
Rogers, Jr., A. T. Atkins, D. V. Lyttle 
ton. Hotel: Dennis. 


CONTAINER EQUIPMENT CORP. 
Booth 309. Exhibit of new Model 
45-914 TT fully automatic cartoner de- 
signed for a bottled product; Model 
40-1514 GG adjustable cartoner for tis 
sue products; also Model 3901-12 ad- 
justable carton glue-sealing machine. 
Personnel: Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Kuck- 
linsky, A. D. Farnow, R. W. Walters, 
C. Ashe, T. Bradley, R. L. Taylor, W. E. 
Haberland. Hotel: Dennis 


CONTINENTAL CAN CO. Shellmar- 
Betner Div. Booth 513. Display of com 
plete line of flexible packages and 
materials; new metallized paper devel- 
opment; polyethylene “Zip Cord” bags; 
ilso “Flex-On” film for close-fitting 
poultry packages, and other recent pack- 
iging developments. Personnel: F. P. 
Winslow, F. S. Hinkle, M. L. Schecht- 
man, N. S. Hewitt, W. C. Curtis, R. ¢ 


Buchanan, G. Haney. 


CROMPTON & KNOWLES PACKAG. 
ING CORP. Booth 509, Operation of 
Model B bundling machine taking small 
packages of raisins from one infeed in- 
coming line, accumulating and pre-form- 
ing them inte two rows, feeding them 
into machine infeed, then overwrapping 
them in printed cellophane at speeds of 
72 completed bundles of six packages 
per minute; Model DW for wrapping 
coils of stamps, using Mylar as over- 
wrapping film and label applied to 
sealed side of the coil; case opener and 
positioner which receives knocked-down 
corrugated flat cases into a magazine 
and then individually erects cases, con- 
trols flaps and automatically moves the 
opened cases into pesition over a pack- 
ing funnel so that packer can load con- 
tents into the case, at which time loaded 
case is automatically moved to infeed of 
gluer and sealer for completion of 
loaded case in sealed condition at speeds 
up to 25 cases per minute. Personnel: 
W. W. Anthony, Jr., F. W. Howe, Jr., 
E. H. Schmitz, L. D. Kniffin, Jr., E. T. 
Melle, C. A. Dumas, T. E. Dombroski, 
E. G. Brigante, L. Lakey, L. P. Wight. 
Hotel: Haddon Hall. 


CROWN ZELLERBACH CORP., West- 
ern-Waxide Div. Booth F. Demonstra- 


MARCH 1958 


HIGH SPEED. 


(UYnY1 YT MPYAYCYRYAYcYELR) 


This Wrap-Ade Unit Packager was selected by a 
¥s PENCIL MANUFACTURER 
Shown is only one of many to speed production and cut costs 
Wrap-Ade Unit Packagers. 
Other models available for 


TABLETS 

FOOD PRODUCTS 
HARDWARE | 
or any reasonably flat 
small product 





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MACHINE CO., INC. 


Renkcaag Packs Seamed ak treeries te Pein 
83 VALLEY STREET, BELLEVILLE 9, NEW JERSEY 








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PROTECT BEAUTIFY SELL! 
Give Your Product That Luxurious Look 


A secondary seal to insure product freshness and appearance. 
Oyster white, opaque, matte finish, vinyl—impervious to alcohol, moisture, oil 
or hot-packed products. Keep jar lids clean and dry. 

Your logotype embossed or hot stamped for beauty—printed 
directions or sales message on flat discs often eliminates a label. 

Jar Discs cost surprisingly littie—come in flat or formed, embossed 
or printed styles. Write for samples and quotations on your letterhead. Indicate 
sizes and quantity if possible with sample jar for exact fit. 


THEE WALTER FRANK orcanization 


Design and sale of packaging components. Box 111C, Elmhurst, Ill. 


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YOU CAN JUDGE 
A FIRM BY THE 
CUSTOMERS IT 
KEEPS 


THESE “BLUE RIBBON” FIRMS 
USE KEHR PRODUCTS COM- 
PANY FOR COST-WISE AND 
SALES-WISE FLEXIBLE PACK- 
AGING! 


. FANCY CREST BAGS — 
National Biscuit Company 
450 K 202 Cellophane. 


COTTAGE WAFFLE WRAP 
— Cottage Products, inc., 
45¢ PROTO-PAQUE. 


PECAN SANDIES BAG — 
with window. Keebler Bis- 
cuit Company, Div. of 
United Biscuit °., 300 MST 
liner Bleach Kraft ovter 
sheet. 

. LONG TREAT ICE CREAM 
SANDWICH WRAP — Burry 
Biscuit Company, 27% Spe- 
cial Lynch Wrap. 


YOU TOO WILL FIND KEHR 
PROFITABLE AS AN ECONOM- 
ICAL, DEPENDABLE, QUALITY 
FLEXIBLE PACKAGING RE- 
SOURCE FOR: 


@ Plain and Color-Printed 
Bags, Pouches and Tubing. 


e se pe and Color-Print- 
- A. liophane, Poly- 
Eutcne, etc. 

Coating, Laminating and 

Printing by the Flexographic 

or Rotogravure Process. 


419 N. Broad Street, Phila. 8, Pa. « WAlnut 5-3356 


Designers and Manufacturers of: Bags, Pouches, Tubing, Can- 
valopes, Sheets ard Rolls from Fiexible Films, Foils, and 
Papers printed by the Flexographic or Rotogravure Processes. 


WRITE TODAY! FOR CONVENIENCE, USE COUPON BELOW! 


KEHR Products Company 
419 N. Broad St., Phila. 8, Pa. 


Gentlemen: I'm interested in learning more about your Flexible 
Packaging Services. 


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Company 
Address 


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INDUSTRIES 
293 Hudson St., Hackensack, N.J 
Diamond 2-3684 








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CODING 
THE MULTIPRESS 


MARKINGS OF PRINTING -PRESS-QUALITY ON 


FOLDED CARTONS ~ LABELS + MATERIALS - 
PAPER PRODUCTS - BAGS + ADVERTISING 
LITERATURE + FLAT CONTAINERS 


IMPRINTING 
LOT NUMBERS + DATES + FLAVORS ~ SIZES - 
PRICES - CONTENTS « COLORS + STYLES - CATALOG 
NUMBERS + BLOCKOUTS + DEALER IMPRINTING 


CONSULT VERNER ON IMPRINTING PROBLEMS 


B. VERNER & CO., INC. 


52 DUANE STREET, NEW YORK 7,N.Y. BA7-1466-7 


MODERN PACKAGING 





tion of new C-Zip tear-string pouch; 
cook-in pouches; waxed and foil over- 
wraps and bread wraps; printed cello- 
phane; foil, glassine, polyethylene-lami- 
nated and waxed bags; Mullinix 
packages; also various specialty pack- 
ages for the bakery, dairy and meat 
industries. Personnel: H. T. Holbrook, 
O. R. Johnson, R. A. Ehlers, C. P. Ol- 
stad, J. S. Barton, C. W. Sippel, W. E. 
Townsend. Hotel: Chalfonte-Haddon 
Hall. 


DENNISON MFG. CO. Booths 118, 317. 
Demonstration of a full line of new 
Therimage labels being applied on pack- 
aging equipment. Personnel: R. B. 
Hulett, H. E. Webster, H. C. Weeks. 
Hotel: Mar\borough Blenheim. 


DERBY SEALERS, INC. Booth 803. 
Display of regular line of electric and 
hand-operated dispensers for gummed 
tape, pressure-sensitive tape and pres- 
sure-sensitive labels; also new mechan- 
ism for dispensing and applying pres- 
sure-sensitive labels. Personnel: A. P. 
Krueger, W. J. Eilerman, M. B. Fabian, 
H. C. Schluter. Hotel: Shelburne. 


DOBECKMUN CO., Div. of The Dow 
Chemical Co. Booth 418. Exhibit of 
flexible packaging materials, with spe- 
cial emphasis on “Zip-Tape,” Durafilm 
(cellophane-polyethylene and  Mylar- 
polyethylene), Metalam and printing on 
all types of materials. Personnel: K. E. 
Prindle, R. Reed, D. Burton, W. W. 
Clark, W. J. Bader, W. L. Lenox, R. S 
Jones. Hotel: Dennis. 


ECONOMIC MACHINERY CO. Booth 
105. Exhibit of World Super C. M. 
labeler equipped with bottle-spotting 
mechanism to orient a bottle to accept 
a label in precise register with raised 
lettering at a speed of 320 bottles per 
minute. Personnel: G. L. N. Meyer, Jr., 
J. F. Parsons, S. T. Carter, R. C. Poore, 
W. J. Kastner, W. K. Clarke, A. O. 
Frykholm, R. J. Geiger, A. R. Johnsen, 
R K. Larrabee. Hotel Chalfonte 
Haddon Hall 


ELECTRONK MACHINE PARTS, 
INC. Booth 726. Display of photo- 
electric registration-control equipment, 
including a complete line of units cover- 
ing applications for intermittent or con- 
tinuous rotary machines involving local- 
ization, spot cutting or sync hronization ; 
also feed-roll mechanisms applicable to 
equipment presently in production to be 
actively demonstrated. Personnel: W. T. 
McAdam, A. E. Handal, G. Geras. 
Hotel: Traymore. 


ELGIN MFG. CO. Booth G3 Exhibit of 
new H-1 hooding machine for applying 
covers to  frozen-food-dinner trays; 
Model GSA wrapping machine which 
wraps with foil, cellophane, waxed 
paper and other heat-sealable films; also 
standard line of piston fillers for filling 
liquid and semi-liquid products into 
glass or tin. Personnel: G. R. Stevens, 
A. R. Stevens, E. E. Johnson, W. Jen- 


MARCH 1958 





“PRODUCTION 
DOLLARS!” 


VERSATILITY 


Liquids, creams, powders or semi-liquids can be packaged 
accurately and at HIGH SPEED on a single BELL-pak machine. 


FLEXIBILITY 


Whether you use film, foil, or any laminated material, 
including PVA, the pouch is made and filled simultaneously. 
Packages are clean — fresh, made directly from roll stock. 
Delivered tandem, side by side, or individually. 


SPEED 
Dependent upon product and size of package, packages can 
be filled at rates up to 400 PER MINUTE. No cams or dies 
to adjust, package size changes are simple. 


FLOOR SPACE 


BELL-pak is a vertical machine requiring a floor space of only 
42” x 41”. Fits easily into a variety of packaging lines and can 
be moved from department to department by fitting on casters. 


Low initial investment, and the pack- 
aging of two, three, and four units 
simultaneously —at high speeds — 
cuts unit production costs to a 
minimum! 

Handles an untold variety of pack- 
age sizes. Automatically-controlled 
heat sealing — electric eye registra- 
tion — unskilled supervision. 


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mM Action at the Packaging Machinery and Materials 
Exposition Booth 742. 


BELL hk: A DIVISION OF 


THE BELL MACHINE COMPANY 


Designers and Builders of Precision Machinery since 1907 
os urusHh, WtLSCOnsiwn 





Multicolor Web Printing Presses and Bag-Making Machines 


Manhasset manufactures a broad range of 


precision-built, top-producing u b_ printing 
presses flexographic gravure, letterpress 
lithographic—for finest quality roll-to-roll 
printing of cellophane, polyethylene, paper, 
board and other flexible materials. Manhasset 
also makes cost-cutting bag-making machines 
for notion, millinery and specialty bags. 


JUNIOR 12” STACK PRESS. Prints up to three colors on webs up to 
12” wide at 400 f.p.m. Highly compact (2’ wide by 15’ long). Ideal 
for commercial production or test runs. Equipped with double cas 
cading electronic system. Perforating, slitting and sheeting equip 


ment optional 


AVN SENS ay 
CENTRAL IMPRESSION PRESS. Four color stations i laleaaaels 
grouped around large central cylinder. Provides ac- : hes MACHINE CO., INC. 


cl e regis ce ol fe S | S rush nd or 
irate register control for films and paper ~ ' AmITYVIGEE, aeee el 


button operated with electronic variable spee¢ 





For new money-saving package imprinting IDEAS or : 


visit echo 


at the PM&ME 
Atlantic City, March 25-28 


Hea 
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ban od 


wre: 


BOOTH 118-217 


'g Va Find out how to save 
t ee ied . money by 


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ei = > ... cutting package inventories 


. printing your own package wraps 


. avoiding waste of packaging 
materials 
= ... minimizing production schedule 
interruptions 
. Saving storage space 


j y ; ... eliminating label and labelling costs 


IMPRINTING machines In Canada: Richardson Agencies, Ltd. - Toronto & Montreal ce 


f Bring along your package-imprinting problems and discuss 

First and foremost in them with our factory representatives . or write to... 

‘ automatic production-line Uk Ky 2 
CODING, MARKING and 0 GOTTSCHO, >-»:. 4+ HILLSIDE 5,N.J. 





MODERN PACKAGING 





sen, D. M. Webster, T. Hoshall, W. B. 
Sanford, P. Sanford, H. G. Manley. 
W. Reimer. H. Fehrs. H. Hahm. Hote/ 


Dennis 


EMHART MFG. CO., Standard-Knapp 
Div. Booth 306. Demonstration of new 
bacon line which takes sliced bacon 
and automatically registers it on pape 
board, weighs the package, indicates 
needed corrections in terms of a frac 
tion of a slice and conveys package to 
correction stations and then to flap 
folding stations; also Model 830 bottle 
packer wih new automatic case feed 
Personnel: W. W. Lauer, C. V. Nichol 
son, J. H. Walter, A. J. Hetzel, S. W 
Capper, A. L. Johnson, L. E. Johnson 
Hotel: Chalfonte-Haddon Hall 


ERIEZ MFG. CO. Booth 229. Demon 
stration of newly designed V3B Hi-Vi 
vibratory electro permanent magnetic 
feeders. Persennel: J. Sigafoos, \N. Hiet 
Hotel: Shelburne 


EXACT WEIGHT SCALE CO. Booth 
713. Demonstration of new Selectrol 
Model 145; automatic check-weighing 
machine; basie-weight classifier; Selec 

trol Model 1200 automatic check 
weighing machine; 4600 NW automati 
net-weighing machine: Model 610 NW 
1utomatic net-weighing machine; Model 
103 center-tower scale; 213 end-towe1 
cale Shadograph scales; also over 
ind-under predetermined mechanical! 
weighing models, Personnel W. \ 

Scheurer, R. M. Rapp, W. J. Schieser. 
R. M. W hite, W. Hecox, a Fk. Baldwin. 
W W. Jones, B. | . Pric e, 2 | Brewer. 
E. A. LeVay, V. Manno, K. Courtney. 
\. Nelowet, R. D. Roberts, J. E. Konkle 

Hotel: Ambassador 


FERGUSON, J. L.. CO. Booth 709 
Exhibit of shipping-container feeder, 
former, positioner and case packer with 
automatic off-bearing conveyor for end 
loading-style corrugated shipping con 
tainers. Personnel: D. O. Ferguson. 
W. E. Gary, J. Knight. R. E. Paul. R 
Schunk, R. Darling. Hotel: Claridge 


GENERAI PACKAGING EQUIP 
MENT CO. Booth 734 Display ot gen 
eral automatic packager which forms, 
fills and seals packages from roll stock 
of heat-sealable films, such as cello- 
phane, polyethylene, ete. Personnel: 
G. A. Perlitz, J. C. Wylie. Hotel: Marl- 


borough-Blenheim 


GEVEKE & CO. INC. Booth 425. 
Display of fully automatic macaroni 
packaging machine; also light-bulb 
packaging machine. Personnel: A. Hey 
broek, C. S, Feld, P. M. Pottetti, H 
Kappus, E. Baisch. Hotel: Chalfonte 
Haddon Hail. 


GISHOLT MACHINE CO. Booth 737. 
Demonstration of new Sealamatic Jr. 
operating at speeds up to 85 bottles per 
minute, automatically applying pre-cut 
cellulose neck-band seals on Barton Dis 
tilling Co. products; also single-dis 
charge, in-line bottle-spotter unit. Per 


MARCH 1958 





Founded 1920 


Your packages 
deserve the best... 


Gravure and 
Flexographic Inks 
by Flint 


QUICK SERVICE... COAST TO COAST 


Howard Flint Ink Co. 
Gravure» Letterpress» Lithegraphie» Fle fe 


ATLANTA ¢ CHICAGO e CLEVELAND e DALLAS e DENVER e DETROIT ¢« HOUSTON 


INDIANAPOLIS « KANSAS CITY e LOS ANGELES e MINNEAPOLIS e NEW ORLEANS e NEW YORK 


Flint Ink Corp. of Vermont 


BENNINGTON, VERMONT 





BEAUTIFUL 


POLY 
PAC KAGE. ..iS a tight- 


to-product Edge-Sealed 
Polyethylene Package! 


produced automatically on the 


AMSCOMATIC 100 
CONVEYOR / SEALER 


A new, exclusive development for tight-to- 
product poly bag packaging. 


Illustrated is an 
AMSCOMATIC 100 Sealer and Swivel 
Bed Conveyor feeding soft goods horizontally. 


e Low operating costs. (No operators at sealing 
machine. ) 

e High production speeds (variable to over 1000 
linear inches per minute. ) 

@ Quick changeover sealing head for cellophane bag 
sealing available. 


@ Swivel mechanism provides for sealing 
rigid materials vertically. 
AAMSCO) PackacinG MACHINERY, Inc. 


31-31 48th Avenue e Long Island City 1, N. Y. 
REPRESENTATIVES IN PRINCIPAL CITIES 


Write for details and list of users. 


See us at Booth No. 609 at the PMMI Show 





New line of LERMER 
plastic 
wide-mouth jars! 


THREADED AND SHELL TYPES IN 
POLYSTYRENE AND POLYETHYLENE 


1/5 the weight of glass, effecting great 
savings in shipping costs. 


Crystal clear, transparent, and opaque colors 
available. 


Reusable, again and again. 
Shatterproof, assuring long, trouble-free life. 
May be handsomely decorated and printed 


during manufacture. 


Write for catalog today. 


LERMER PLASTICS, INC. 


502 South Avenue 
Garwood, New Jersey 


PIONEERS AND SPECIALISTS IN 
PLASTIC CONTAINERS SINCE 1919 


MODERN PACKAGING 





sonnel: M. B. Hanks, W. E, Erickson, 
W. B. Eddison, A. L. Salzwedel, A. A 
Ebel. Hotel: Shelburne. 


GOTTSCHO, ADOLPH, IN¢ Booths 
118, 217, Exhibit of Imagraph wrapping 
or bag-making machine attachment for 
automatically applying a four-color Den 
nison Therimage label to a wrap; Rola 
printer wrapping, bag-making or bun- 
dling-machine attachment for over-all 
printing or code dating, in one color, on 
1 wrap; Markocoder conveyor attach 
ment for automatic code dating the bot- 
tom of jars, bottles, cans, ete., as they 
travel in a production line; also Rola- 
coder conveyor attachment for code 
dating or marking shipping cartons or 
cases on tops, sides or ends as they 
travel in a production line. Personnel: 
I. Gottscho, A. Jacks, M. Hirschey, E. 
Coughlin, W. Tofel, C. Plasko. Hotel: 
Castle Rock 


HAYSSEN MFG. CO. Booth 214 Dem 
onstration of new polyethylene overwrap 
machine wrapping unsupported enve 
lopes and stationery; also new fully 
automatic Model G Compak equipped 
with a potato-chip scale feed, producing 
i standard 10-cent-size — potato-chip 
package, featuring new glassine folding 
assembly and quick change-over for 


package size 


HAYWOOD PUBLISHING CO. Boot/ 
921. Exhibit of Haywood packaging 
publications: Packaging Parade, Box- 
hoard Containers and Industrial Pack 
aging Personnel M. Haywood, Jr., 
M. O. Pottlitzer, G. Hamilton. C. Fitz 
Gerald. C, S. Abbott. G. O. Manvnenny 
L. B. Bergstrom, J. H. Wilcox. Hotel 


Shelburne 


HEINRICH, H. H., CO. Booth 410 
Demonstration of bag machine produ 
ing heat-sealed cellophane bags which 
ffer airtightness and protection to as 
sure long store and shelf life: also 
roll-to-roll flexographic printing press 
Personnel: H. P. John, H. Kuck, M 
Schaule, K. R. Sunderhauf, R. H 
Winkler. Hotel: Shelburne 


HELIX MACHINE CO., IN¢ Booth 
326. Display of Model A flexographic 
printing press Personnel J]. Herrmann. 
E. C. Herrmann, P. M. Pottetti. Hotel 
Chalfonte-Haddon Hall. 


HI-SPEED CHECK WEIGHER CO., 
INC. Booth 134. Exhibit of Modei B-100 
100-lb. bag check weigher; Model H-9 
can check weigher; also Model PA-57 
pouch check weigher. Personnel: C, R. 
Pettis, Jr.. V. DelRosso, F. W. Mead, 
L. R. Corbit. Hotel: Dennis 


HOLLANDER, ALLEN, CO., INC. 
Booth 234, Exhibit of complete line of 
labels—gummed, ungummed,  grease- 
proof, insert, pressure sensitive, heat 
sealing, tags and bag tops, with special 
emphasis on automation; marginally 
punched pin-feed labels for use in ad- 


MARCH 1958 











See the new features 
on the latest high 
speed Model CM-2 at 
the PM & ME, Atlan- 
tic City, March 25-28 








STANDARD BRIGHTWOOD 


“Versatility” is the word 


... for the Brightwood Box Machine. 
If you have one box size or 100 sizes, 
you can make them profitably on the 
Brightwood. Well squared, perfectly 
glued boxes are formed in one opera- 
tion from flat printed blanks — one- 
piece hinged cover, two-piece tele- 
scope or lid, trays, tapered cartons, 
etc. — for a multitude of uses — 
screws, hardware, cigarettes, bakery 
goods, candy, cheese, playing cards, 
wax paper, etc. Write US today and 


get the facts. 


uU. S. AUTOMATIC BOX 
MACHINERY CoO., INC. 


122 ARBORETUM ROAD, ROSLINDALE, BOSTON 31, MASS. 


Branch Offices: New York . Chicago ¢ Springfield, Missouri 
James C. Hale Co., Los Angeles, San Francisco « R.S. Gold, Toronto 


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VULCAN HEATING UNITS - 
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LABELING 
re 
BOTTLE CAPPING 
on 
PLASTIC 
SEALING 
7. 
PACKAGE 
WRAPPING 
+ 
CAN SOLDERING 
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PACKING AND 
SEALING 


Vulcan Electric Units provide low cost efficient heating for 
any application in packaging and sealing equipment. Flat or 
strip, cartridge, tubular, and band type heaters are available 
in a wide range of sizes, shapes, sheath and insulation mater- 
ials, voltage and wattage ratings. 


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Make certain your product isn't alone 
lost on the shelf because of unattractive 
packaging. From the most eye-appealing design 


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to the finest finished package, each creative A 


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step will lead to better packaging. You will have Ui 
the BEST reproduction when you “specify” 
ACME GRAVURE cylinders. Ideal for foil, cellophane, U 
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it’s acme 


plastics, paper and paper boord products 


Your inquiry will receive immediate attention 


ac rr e gravure services inc. 


CHesapeake 3-1377 


«/ 4 
Chicago 7, Ill 


1501 West Congress St 


if it’s Quality — if it’s Delivery — 





dressing mailings, preparing stock and 
parts lists and bin markers, as well as 
for labels on packages. Personnel: S. A 
Hollander, A. L. Berman, M. Antoville, 
H. Klafter, H. Siegel, A. Rosenthal. 
Hotel: Shelburne. 


HOPE MACHINE CO. Booth 117. Dis 
play of new Type ISNH-2 piston filling 
machire filling at speeds of from 40 
to 60 per minute; 
19A with filling speeds of from 75 to 
110 per minute. Personnel: L. H. Kin 
sley, R. J. Keller, J. Barry, C. McLaugh 
lin. Hotel: Chalfonte-Haddon Hall. 


also four-line Type 


Booth 618. Opera 
high-speed filler 


HORIX MFG. CO. 
tion of new 2\1-valve 
designed to give exceptionally low fill 
height in several sizes of private-mold 
bottles with specially constructed valves, 
new type of “floating” bottle guides and 
exceptionally high lift track necessitat 
ing lifter “boots.” Personnel: Mrs. F. B 
Fairbanks, F. B. Fairbanks, Jr.. W. H 
Buleao, J. W. Basler, J. L. Scanlon, 
R. Reno, R. McWilliam. Hotel: Dennis. 


HUDSON-SHARP MACHINE CO., Div. 
Food Machinery & Chemical Corp. 
Booth 60!. Display of Campbell wrap 
per automatically wrapping and sealing 
socks in polyethylene at high 
literature and personnel to dis 


men’s 

speeds; 
cuss converting equipment including 
flexographic and rotogravure presses and 
embossers, folding 
equipment and winders. Personnel 
A. J. Olsen, R. E. Jansing, C. A. Wetli, 
C. Gurlach, W Raymakers. Hotel 


Chalfonte-Haddon Hall 


waxers, laminators, 


INTERNATIONAT FILLING MA 
CHINE CORP Booth 422 
Mrs. B. G. Crosby . i 
J R. Mansoa Hotel 


Per sonnel 
Dennison 


Shelburne 


INTERNATIONAL STAPLE & MA 
CHINE CO. Booth 717 


machines and 


Industrial sta 
Vac-U-Lifting 
equipment on display. Personnel: G. P 
Heilman, V. Zike,. \ W oodceoc k. P 
Crawford, P. Hotel 


pling 


Capps Claridge 

ISLAND EQUIPMENT CORP. Booth 
{. Exhibit of Styl-O-Vac automatic car 
Walkie 
container un 
bottle con 
round and 


ton unloader for glass jars; 
Pushie 


scrambler; 


walking beam 
Styl-O-Mati« 


veyor; power twister for 


square glass containers; also combina 
tion rotary container unscrambler and 
or accumulator. Personnel: J. W. Stiles, 
N. W. Gross, H, R. Frankle, W 


Hotel Ambassador 


Grilli 


IVERS LEE CO. Booth 811. A general 
exhibit. Personnel: L. 1. Volckening, 
J. R. O'Meara, J. P. Measday, R. W. 
Miller, F. E. Doran, B. N. Dwor, J. J 
Creighton, J. R. Strang, W. L. Sullivan, 
W. L. Battistella, R. K. Hoffmann, J 
Arcudi, S. Koziel, F. J. Lefebvre. Hotel 


Shelburne. 
JONES, R. A., & CO., INC. Booth 414. 


Exhibit of semi-automatic Model CM\ 


constant-motion vertical cartoner which 


MODERN PACKAGING 





















(OF Ol — 1 SB | 3 =i — 








...they pay their way on retail display 
3 because 


they offer fine appearance plus 
opening convenience to the shopper 


Since 1881 ot 
BERNARDIN BOTTLE CAP CO.INC. 
EVANSVILLE. INDIANA 


protect 
your products, 
parts, prints 
in the amazing 





polyethylene bags 
seal with only finger 
pressure * open easily 
with thumbnail .. . 


TO OPEN 


' 


TO CLOSE 


re seal /r ope n[repe atedly 


Thousands of consumer and industrial 
products can be packaged better 
and Sold Easier in these moisture- 
proof, dust-proof, Zip-Lip “See Thru” 

bags. Either printed one or two 
sides or plain, they are unexpectedly 
low priced. 
What do you package that can be 
better protected, shown and SOLD 
in the bags that seal, reopen, 


reseal, r¢ pe ate dly? 


Offices in Many Principal Cities 


CAR LINER and BAG CO., INC. 
3000 Prospect Avenue, Dept. C, 
Shelbyville, Ind. 








automatically forms a tuck carton, 
closing the bottom, then the top after 
product is manually inserted into car- 
ton; also Model CMC, constant-motion 
cartoner handling Bristol-Myers Ban 
carton at speeds of 300 per minute. 
Personnel: W. Jones, A. Motch, E. Min- 
neman, J. A. Dieter, S. Thomson, C. 
Clause, D. MacCallum. Hotel: Claridge. 


KVP. THE, CO. Booth 807. Genuine 
vegetable parchment and waxed paper, 
plain and printed (aniline, letterpress 
and gravure), for food-product pack- 
aging will be on display. Personnel: 
\ Weston, M. Wood, G. Stewart, F. 
Van Keuren, P. Taplin, R. Hardy, R. 
Case, W. Martin, T. Roy, R. Bauer. 
Hotels: Claridge and Traymore. 


KAISER ALUMINUM & CHEMICAIT 
SALES, INC. Booth 426. Exhibit of 
newly developed Foilcrimp machine for 
applying aluminum top sheets to various 
rectangular aluminum foil trays and 
containers ; Rotocrimp unit for auto- 
matically lidding foil containers; also 
representative line of foil containers, 
and bare and laminated foils. Person- 
nel: M. D. Eisele, R. P. Jensen, N. A. 
Cooke, J. W. Purvis, Jr.. R. H. Lucas, 
R. A. Zuercher, W. H. Yost, F. X. Cur 
tin, D. C. Mitchell 


KIEFER, KARL, MACHINE CO. Booth 
701. Exhibit of bottoms up bottle cleaner 
with new features for high speed and 
maximum cleaning efficiency; stream 
lined mono-piston filler for liquids and 
creams at limited production rates with 
maximum efficiency: also aerosol “Gas 
Jet” pressure gassing equipment. Per 
sonnel: J. A. Rheinstrom, P. R. Fech 
heimer, J R Barnes, R He ller, J E 
Baum, R. Bacon, R. Stone, R. Schrader, 
1). Lyttleton, N. C. Phillips, F. Jeffrey, 
\. Robertson, W. Scanlon. Hote/: Den 


LABELETTE CO. Booth 810. Exhibit 
of Model-l1A  Lab-L-Round labeler; 
ilso Mode 1-12A I ab I Round labe ler. 
Personnel J. G. Wesley. A Mecken 
berg, W. S. Hett, T. Lewis, T. Hoshall, 
S. J. Groudel. Hotel: Chalfonte-Haddon 
Hail. 


LAKSO CO., INC. Booth 702. High 
speed tablet and capsule counting and 
inspection machines and Model 52 cot 
toning machine on display. Personnel 
E. Lakso, R. Zeidler, G. Lakso, R. Hen 
drickson, T. O. Hallfors. Hotel: Shel 


burne 


LEIMAN BROS., INC. Booth 330. Ex 
hibit of air pumps, vacuum pumps and 
gas boosters. Personnel: J. R. Whipp, 
F. N. Haskell, R. Parmley. Hotel 


I raymore 


MRM CO.. INC. Booth 510. Exhibit of 
automatic 20-spout gravity-vacuum filler 
for filling all types of foamy and still 
liquids with automatic intake and dis- 


charge conveyor, variable speed drive, 


and automatic overflow which is adjust 
ible to fill glass, plastic and metal con- 





Booth D 
P.M.M.E. 
Atlantic City 


NEW Polyethylene Filler and 
Sealer 


NEW Blister-Pak Precision 
Sealer 


NEW Miultiple Tablet Filler 
Multiple Bottle Liquid Filler 
Multiple Tube Paste Filler 


ARTHUR COLTON CO. 
DETROIT 7, MICH. 


MODERN PACKAGING 











fabricated transparent containers and vacuum-formed bases 
of Celanese acetate crown Prince Matchabelli a leader among 
merchandisers 


The psycholosy | nd Prince Matchabelli merchandis- bases .. . have vou looke 


ul ckaging? Perso 
n request. Celanes 


sion, Dept. 108-C, 744 





tainers from a fraction of an ounce up 
to a gallon at 30 per minute for gallon 
containers and 200 for fractional-ounce 
containers; semi-automatic “Universal” 
Straightline with motor and vacuum 
pump fully adjustable to fill glass con- 
tainers up to a gallon and metal to a 
quart, in 5- to 12-spout models having 
a capacity range of from 50 to 75 per 
minute for fractional ounces to six to 
eight per minute for gallons; portable 
Model B filler with four to six spouts 
for filling directly from floor-level reser 
voir for either gravity or vacuum filling 
at speeds of 35 to 40 for fractional 
ounces and 10 to 12 fillings per minute 
for quarts; automatic Model “CM” 
labeling machine for applying wrap 
around labels to round, rectangular, oval 
or square containers or panel labels up 
to 6 by 8 in. at speeds from 40 to 150 
per minute; also “Uprite” semi-auto- 
matic labeling machine for integration 
with automatic packaging production, 





Variety of Cessna parts tied on Bunn Tying Machine range from 
3 to 15 inches in diameter, 4 inches to 12 feet in length. 


Machine compensates automatically for varying sizes, shapes. automatic discharge of labeled contain 


ers permitting speed adjustment to meet 
production needs in which capacity of 


40-50 per minute is sufficient. Personnel 

H. D. Manas, F. Rossetti, R. J. Manas. 

better, faster [re i es 
e burne 

DY FACING | sscinexd seanct co. 


Booth 318, MS feeder-cleaner and ro 
tary vacuum filler on display. Hotel 
At Cessna Aircraft Co. Bunn automatic tying beats Claridge. 
hand-taping 5to1...cuts material costs 84 percent 
tiles MARKEM MACHINE CO. Booth 525 
Exhibit of unitized printing machines 
Formerly, the bundles you see above were hand-fastened with cloth-backed wal Tiernst: aioe ‘ceili 
industrial tape. Today, this plant does the same job better, faster on an auto- Personnel: R. C. Mensel. S. W. Rav 
matic Bunn Tying Machine Result? An 80° saving in labor coupled with snond. Hotel: Wtenie 
an 84% reduction in direct material costs (genuine Bunn twine vs. tape) 
Completely documented, these figures typify the savings your plant may MERCURY HEAT SEALING EOUIP 
well realize with Bunn automatic twine-tying For almost anything you now MENT CO. Booth 221, Exhibit of Strip 
tie by hand can be tied faster, better and at far lower cost on an easy-to-use O-Mati 
Bunn Package Tying Machine p k 
Operation is simple, positive and completely safe. All you do is position ' 
the object to be tied, step on the trip, and presto: you have a complete wrap 
and tie—neat and secure—in 2 seconds or less! (About 10 times faster than cel and laminations; also VLS-12 for 
ordinary hand-tying.) And remember—size or shape of the item to be tied attaching labels and sealing bags. Per- 
makes no difference. The Bunn Tying Machine adjusts automatically to handle sonnel: J. Dreeben, L. Black, O. May. 
anything from mail to machine parts from cartons to laundry bundles W. Scanlon, W. Green. Jr.. S. Dreeben 
Why not learn how Bunn automatic twine-tying can speed production Hotels: Ritz and President. 
and reduce costs for you. Return the coupon today 


unit packaging machine; Verti 
for forming, filling and sealing 
bags of polyethylene, cellophane, poly 


MERRILL MACHINERY SALES CO 


Booth 718. Exhibit of new small table 

PACKAGE model tablet-counting machine produ 
TYING ing 30 to 50 bottles per minute of 100 
MACHINES ct. in semi-automatic and fully auto 
Since 1907 matic models; also new high-produc tion 
tablet-counting machine producing 150 


to 200 bottles per minute, or up to 300 


B. H. BUNN CO., 7605 Vincennes Ave., Dept. MP-38, Chicago 20, Ill. per minute of 100 ct. on some small 


' tablets or capsules. Personnel: L. H 
: w ‘ s 
Export Department: 10406 South Western Ave., Chicago 43, Ill. Merrill. C. F. Bross. E. Cassidy. Hotel 


MAIL COUPON NOW FOR MORE FACTS ceneene. 


MILLER WRAPPING & SEALING 
B. H. BUNN CO., Dept. mp-38 MACHINE CO. Booths 138, 601. Dis 


7605 Vincennes Ave., Chicago 20, Ill. play of Model MPS wrapping machine 
which wraps a wide variety of packages 


GET THE 
WHOLE STORY 


Send today for 
this fact-packed 
booklet, which 
illustrates the 
many advantages 
of Bunn Tying 
Machines. 

Or let a Bunn 
Tying Engineer 
show you. 

No obligation. 


Please send me a copy of your free booklet. in heat-sealable or glue-sealable mate 
Please have a Bunn Tying Engineer contact me rials; Airtronic bag maker featuring 
high-speed production of large liner 


Name . 
bags; Stor-Rap machine for store-level 





Company wrapping of meats, fish, poultry, fresh 
4 produce and bakery items. Personnel: 
Address M. Corley, J. Corley, B. Freeman. 














City Hotel: Madison. 


[Listing continued on page 292] 


MODERN PACKAGING 








ERE’s acleaner without a single dial, star, helix or screw 
i in its entire design. There are no cams, no links, no 
ocking nor reciprocating motions. ! wonder PNEUMA 
CLEAN is so far ali the field in automatic air cleaning 


[he containers ride an endless air cushion that holds them 
safe and sure, and carries them swiftly through the cleaning 
Ope rauion., They're inverted for he cleaning « blast, 
righted again and out they go, without even a momentary 
pause Speed, up to a fabulous 0 per minute, depending 
On Ssizc,. 

gulletin 134 has a he information on this smoothest, 
speediest method of inverted air cleaning. Your copy is 


waiting just write tor it, 


PNEUMATIC SCALE Corp., Ltp., 82 Newport Avenuc, Quincy 
71, Mass. Also: New York; Chicago; is; San Francisco; 
Los Angeles; Seattle; Leeds, England. Subsidiaries: Delamere & 
Williams Company, Lid., oronto; Carbert Mfe. Co., Inc., 


Cambridge, Ma 
AUTO 
€ p \" = U M fy T | * Packaging and Bottling Equipment 


a ‘are 7s JAN () C) a a () c) a BOOTH 505 at P M and M E of 1958, Atlantic City— March 25-28 
Oe fe 


MARCH 1958 














Packaging 
For 
Profit 


with the new 
TRONOMATIC 


BLISTER 


PACKAGING 
HEAT SEALER 


Packages products of 
any shape between 
plastic blisters and 
coated cards. 


For information, 
call or write: 


PACKAGING SHOW 
Booth 411 


MACHINE MFG. CORP. 
1881 Park Avenue N.Y. 35, N.Y. 


SAcramento 2-0075 





Did YOU Know... 


... that for 18 years we have 
been supplying various types 
of laminated and coated box- 
boards to carton manufactur- 
ers throughout the East and 
Midwest? Our technical and 
modern manufacturing facili- 
ties enable us to serve you 


with the highest quality prod- 


ucts designed for specific end 


uses, 


Whether it’s for grease- 
proof lined board for bakery, 
candy, or detergent cartons, 
glassine lined partition stock, 


or polyethylene or heat seal 


coated boxboards, our facili- 
ties are designed to give you 
highest quality and prompt 
and courteous service. Our 
success is the natural result 
of making superior products 
at competitive prices. 


May we supply you with 
further information? 


J.D. Cahill Co. 


191 Merrimack Street 
Haverhill, Massachusetts 
Tel: DRake 44797 


@ Plants: Haverhill, Massachusetts, and Buffalo, New York 





{ Listing continued from page 290) 


MILPRINT, INC. Booth 301. Display 
of all types of flexible packaging ma 
terials and printing processes; litho 
graphed cartons; various laminations 
and extrusions with new applications 
for such items as “boil-in” pouches; 
also on exhibit, the latest in the trend 
to appetite appeal, including new uses. 
Personnel: R. Hanson, B. Hefter, 5. 
Rosen, L. Zimmerman, W. Heller, Sr., 
R. Ewens, A. Snapper, P. Hultkrans, 
B. Billeb, W. Hullinger, R. Becker, G. 
Everitt. F. Harris, R. Lundberg, H. 
Jones, T. McAllister, D. Faulkner, H. 
Rosenfeld. Hotel: Claridge. 


VODERN PACKAGING. Booth 322 
Mopern Packacinc Magazine, Modern 
Packaging Encyclopedia and_ other 
Breskin publications featured; maga- 
zine staff present for discussion and 
assistance. Personnel: A. S. Cole, M, A. 
Olsen, J. M. Connors, R. C. Beggs, 
P. H. Backstrom, B. Gussow, S. 

Siegel, R. C. Nilson, B. R. Stanton, L. 
Stouffer, P. Hagens, T. M. Jones, W. ¢ 
Simms, R. J. Kelsey. Hotel: Shelburne. 


MOORE, KENNETH J., & CO. Booth 
738. Several new machines on display 
also Fischer & Krecke bag and paper 
converting equipment, Personnel: K. J 
Moore, F. J. MacBratney, A. C. Orman 


H. Pecard 


NEW JERSEY MACHINE CORP 
Booth 334. Operation of Pony Label 
Dri semi-automatic labeling machine, 
using thermoplastic labels, at speeds 
up to 65 per minute; also Challenger 
Label-Drt automatic labeling machine 
for speeds up to 150 per minute. Per- 
sonnel: G. vonHofe, D. Wellbrock, A 
Schaefer. K. Leeson, B. Droge, R. Kel 
ler, H. Voltmer. Hotel: Dennis. 


OLIN MATHIESON CHEMICAI 
( ORP., Film Div. Booth: Vessage Cen- 
ter. Exhibit featuring facilities for han 
dling and delivering messages to ex- 
hibitors and guests; Dow-Jones ticker 
tape; phones and messengers; also liter 
ature on Olin cellophane and polyethy! 
ene as well as Olin merchandising serv 
ices. Personnel: A. T. Safford, G. R. 
Johnson, G. W. McCleary, E. L. Hollo 
way, E. B. Beeks, R. L. Corbett. Hotel 


Shelburne. 


OLIVER MACHINE CO. Booth 305. 
Exhibit of automatic wrapping machine 
799-899 series; 804 package top label 
ers; 806 imprinter cut-stacker; also 
Oliver Valu-Labels. Personnel: V. P. 
Tuthill, S. H. Massingham, G. E. Mat 
thews, W. Lowthian, M. E. DeWitt, J. J 
Walsh. Hotel: Shelburne. 


PACKAGE ENGINEERING. Booth 
904. Personnel: A. J. Ray, R. B. Holm- 
gren, I. F. Megargee, H. E. Vick, Jr 
Hotel: Shelburne. 


PACKAGE MACHINERY CO. Booths 
314, 413. Model FA-2 machine for 
wrapping up to 60 cartons per minute 
in roll-fed polyethylene; new, improved 


MODERN PACKAGING 





Only Machine that Automatically Tapes 
Over 2000 New or Re-use Cartons Per Hour 


...and reduces labor costs as much as 80%, too! 


Only the WAGER Wle20 


Can Guarantee Performance Like That 


And look at just a few of the 3. Exclusive wipe down and com- 
other features built into ever pression assembly. 
Wagner M20— 
8 4. Rugged construction assures 
1. Adjusts to any carton size in a many years of trouble-free service. 


matter of seconds, not minutes. ; 
It will pay you well to get complete 
2. Proper tape length cut automati- information about the most modern 


cally, assures neat cartons every time. taping machine on the market today. 


MAIL COUPON 
waq ner TODAY FOR 
FULL INFORMATION 
TAPING 
-L0 MACHINE res 


WAGNER IRON WORKS i 
Milwaukee 1, Wisconsin 


Please send complete information about the b 
Wagner M-20 Taping Machine 


NAME 
WAGNER IRON WORKS 


1905 South Ist Street ADDRESS 


Milwaukee, Wisconsin erry j 


MARCH 1958 293 





Model B  Transwrap machine’ with 

Model PS-4 net-weight scales for ac 

curate weighing of twist-wrapped can 

TR YING Ae) | =i Os oy 0) || P4 ee dies and feeding into printed polyethy! 
aad ene bags, which are automatically 

formed and sealed: Model PAS high 

speed carton former which feeds pre 

die-cut blanks, forming them into car 

tons and gluing at speeds up to 150 o1 

210 per minute; also new standard For 

grove 22-B, English-built, high-speed 

precision wrapper with automatic hop 

j per feed that twist wraps both filled and 
Nae S a unfilled candies in a wide variety of 
, shapes, Personnel: R. L. Putnam, D. H 

Dalbeck, L. A. Curtis, J. M. Chalfant, 

j J. B. Garrett, W. J. Maybury, Jr., E. A. 
multi ur Hjelm, W. H. Keil, T. L. Jefferson, L. } 
-D DOSE Evans, W. A. Rangnow, J. A. Kelley, 

J. A. Egan, R. S. Lyons, P. F. Gillis, 

J Bradford, J. P. Dwyer, M. N 

Neis, R. F. Boyle, | Schrade, W. | 

heat Seal Gourley, R. W. Baker, F. Crescenzo 
D. Barkman, F. Gross, K, Newell, W 

Hoppe, E. Chase, F. Sloan, G. Engel 

Ir | Cuechiara W Woodward, R 

2 Dunn, C. Paton, F. Todt, S. MacFarlan 

C0a ing J. Phin, S. Phin, M. Phin, E. Wagner, 
C. Robonsin, H. Schoener, R. Villalobos, 

J. Troop, L. Brook, A. Scherm, Jr., G 

Broomfield, | Harvey. Hotel: Dennis 


PACKMASTERS. Booth 222, Display of 

Model 50 Packmaster with pusher 

feeder and addressograph unit for iden 
Emulsion base tifying packages. Personnel: R. W 
Penn N H Nye I | (ox Hote 
Golden Gate Mote 


Non-flammable 


Simplify Non-migratory 


Free from toxic PAPER CONVERTING MACHINI 
yOur or flammable CO. Booth 517. Display of photographs 
solvents and samples from printing presses, em 


bossers rewinders folders, core ma 


Operation Dried films are chinery and special converting equip 


free of solvent ment, Personnel: R. E. Small, T. ¢ 


with one retention Ketcham. Hotel: Dennis 
problems 
h t Economical PETERS MACHINERY CO. Boot/ 
Gd Seda 5 y til 01. Exhibit of new Model SG-P tray 
, ersatte and carton-forming machine for setting 
up both polyethylene-coated trays and 
cartons, and regular glue-type trays and 
cartons; Model CCY-L carton-folding 
: ind closing machine for closing lined 
PARATOL 330 COATED PAPERS WILL HEAT SEAL and unlined hinge-cover cartons; Model 
TO FILMS OF UD sheeting and stacking machine for 
. cellophane and other materials. Per 
SARAN sonnel H. i Creene, B { Lewis, J 
og —5 ST oh - ACETATE soehler, R. | Windstrup W Jager 
VINYL CHLORIDE Hotel: Dennis 
MYLAR 
CELLOPHANE: PNEUMATIC SCALE CORP., LTD 


Booth 505. Display of Pneumaclean 


Types MSAD —-K202-—-K203 hick ane ' 
1igh-speed inverted air-cleaning ma 
LSAD=- LSD-MSD chine adaptable for both wide-mouth 


containers and _  funnel-neck _ bottles; 

a Model TS-IAF60 combination filler and 
sealer for plastic tubes built by Pneu 

matic’s subsidiary, Carbert Mfg. Co., 

. Inc.: also demonstration of a large 
FSTWORTH LABORATORIES INC assortment of bottles and packages to 

” illustrate operations of company ma 

chines. Personnel: W. E. Coughlin, 

Main Offices: Addison Industrial District, Addison, III H. H. Conklin, G. J. Ross, A. T. Bus- 
Factories: Columbia City, Ind. and Carrollton, Ga.. andl Aye’ eng yg lg 9 
Hultin, K. D. Doble, Jr., J. Yates, F. E 


MODERN PACKAGING 








THE NEW CLEVELAND 


PLASTIC CLOSURES 


lock in Sift, Pour and Closed Positions 














Made of high grade polyethylene plastic these new Cleveland Container 
closures “snap lock” in sift, pour and closed positions. Their attractiveness 


will definitely call attention to your products 


Self cleaning, as turned from one position to another, prevents build-up of 
contents of the can between top and closure. Their “kind to the fingers” 


turning action will win consumer acceptance 


The larger size is ideal for packaging flour, baking powder, bread crumbs 
and similar products smaller size for spices, herbs, medicinal powders, 


etc. Available in colors at small additional cost 


Let our design engineers work with you in adapting these new closures to 


your products. Just call or write our nearest plant 


VARIETY 


<f 


a 


VERSATILITY 


Illustrated at the left are two variations in the use 


ai 


A\ 


uf 


ddadq™| 


of the plastic closure. One shows the closure in 
modified form used with an all metal spice can 


Closure is furnished where large quantities apply 


Wve wens 


The round container of fibre body construction 
shows the same plastic closure for the top and a 
friction plug for the bottom. This permits easy 


ua 


filling for smaller quantities. 
& ] 


' 


Closure permits use of spoon for measuring and, 
of course, is used with tamperproof undertop. 


Why pay more? For quality products . . . call CLEVELAND! 
THE 


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AND NEW YORK CITY 
SALES OFFICES: WASHINGTON, D. C. 
CLEVELAND ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
DETROIT COMPANY ® © west Hartroro, 
CHICAGO CONN. 
ciumews 6201 BARBERTON AVE., CLEVELAND 2, OHIO 
WRITE PLYMOUTH, WIS. ¢« ALL-FIBRE CANS *e COMBINATION METAL 


for your copy of JAMESBURG, N. J. AND PAPER CANS « SPIRALLY WOUND 
OGDENSBURG, N.Y. TUBES AND CORES FOR ALL PURPOSES 


our latest e 
. CLEVELAND CONTAINER CANADA, LTD. 
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wging Brochure, DIVISION Plants & Sales Offices: Sales Office: 
CLEVELAND TORONTO AND PRESCOTT, ONT. MONTREAL 


MARCH 1958 





How to figure 
your sales potential 
in the plastics field 


FREE . . . 40-page 
brochure 

will help you find 
answers to your 
questions about 
sales opportunities 
in the fast-growing 
plastics field. 


THIS NEW STUDY contains the inside story of one of 
America’s fastest growing industrial markets. It presents 
one of the most stimulating and detailed analyses of the 
plastics field that has yet been published. It's filled with 
up-to-date figures on the consumption and production of 
plastics materials, on the field's processing equipment re- 
quirements, on potential areas of growth. It lists hundreds 
of kinds of machines, accessories, chemicals and inter- 
mediates, supplies and special services for which the field 


is manifesting an ever-increasing appetite. 


You will find this handsome brochure—file size, lavishly 
illustrated, 40-pages—a valuable addition to your business 
library. It may well point the way to increased sales for the 
industrial products or servi~es that your firm supplies. 


For your free copy of “The Plastics Field,”’ simply address 
a note on your company letterhead to Advertising Man- 
ager, Modern Plastics, 575 Madison Avenue, New York 22. 


296 





MeIntosh, R. W. Vergobbi, L. F. Black 
well, K. M. Peterson. Hotel: Traymore 


POPPER & SONS, INC. Booth 625. 
Demonstration of new Perfektum Vialfil 
Model CF-5200 high-speed bottle filler: 
complete line of equipment for bottle 
washing, tablet and capsule counting. 
ampoule filling and sealing; also vial 
filling and stoppering machines. Person 
nel R. A. Popper, W. a Popper, (, 


Popper, M. Feigenbaum, J. Cozzoli. 


POTDEVIN MACHINE CO. Booth 310. 
Exhibit of Model 83 self-opening, 
square specialty bag machine for mak- 
ing coffee bags, cookie bags and other 
small types in the 7- to 20-lb. range, 
automatically operating from roll of 
paper, trademarking, tubing, cutting, 
bottoming, counting and delivering com 
pleted bags in one operation; also rep- 
resentative line of gluing machines, 
label pasters and coating machines 
Personnel: J. H. Richmond, J. S. Haw 
kins, R. A, Potdevin, J. S. Hamilton, 
M. B. Jones, C. E. Duerr, A. Miller, 
H. E. Hummel, W. B. Smith, J. J. Dono 
hoe, O, Denton, S. A. Norton. Hotel 
Dennis. 


PYROXYLIN PRODUCTS, INC. Booth 


230. Literature and information per 


taining to use of lacquer and hot-melt 
packaging materials, with emphasis on 
new hot-melt adhesives used for auto 
matic, high-speed carton closing: booth 
personnel available to discuss function 
of lacquers and hot melts. Personnel 
P. H. Yoder, D. Getz, G. Hollinger, J 
Lowry, Jr. D. Fawkes. Hotei: Shel 


burne, 


REDINGTON, | B., CO. Booths 514, 
518. Exhibit of Type 23 adjustable 
high-speed cartoning machine to oper 
ate at 300 per minute and designed to 
take the output automatically of two 
No. 185 Colton tube-filling machines; 
new Type 9N vertical carton-forming 
and closing machine; Automax cycle 
cartoner. Personnel: C. L. Barr, E. A. 
Siebert, J. C. Hotton, K, C. Craig, J. W. 
Hoskins, W. F. Dent, A. J. Osman, 
M. H. Streich. Hotel: Dennis. 


RESINA AUTOMATIC MACHINE 
CO., INC. Booth 613. R.U. 120 high 
speed capper; SA-120 high-speed fit- 
ment applicator; R.S. standard single 
head capper with new hopper cut-off 
for speeds of 60 per minute. Personnel: 
S. Resina, A. Weller, A. G. McAdams, 
B. Vazquez. Hotel: Shelburne. 


REYNOLDS METAL CO. Booth 313 
Exhibit of first foil-laminated cartons 
from the new Richmond, Va., plant; 
rigid containers and aluminum cans; 
packaging case histories; new Wrapseal 
aluminum foil bread-wrap specifica 
tions; compartmented containers; new 
applications of foil pie pans wiih match 
ing printed foil lids; latest applications 
of Clo-Can, flexible package consisting 
of waxed carton with foil inner liner 
and printed foil overwrap bonded to- 
gether, and Cass-Rol Pak with tear-tape 


MODERN PACKAGING 





SPEED PRODUCTION, 
CUT COSTS WITH ....-. 
ngth 


36” Maximum recut from a 36'2” OA 


tube. NEW KNOWLTON AUTOMATIC 
Diameter range 1” to 3” inclusive. PAPER TUBE RECUTTER 


Wall thickness from approx. .020” to .125” depending 
on type of material and bonding ele- 
ment used. 


Minimum recut Lengths down to 1%” depending on 
wall thickness and type of tube. 


Production 72 maximum stick length tubes per 
minute. This, of course, varies due to 
diameter and wall thickness of tube. 
Also number and length of cuts. 


Floor space......... 3'6” by 5/0”. a : \ w= ‘ 
Optional Equipment. .. Dust Collector—Conveyor to take recut PP ——— y 


tubes from discharge end of machine 
up to tabie height, or waiting receptacle. 


SEE US AT BOOTH 502, PMMI SHOW The means for bringing tubes to the AUTO- 


CUT is left to customer's discretion. May be 
either manually or automatically fed. The 
automatic feed to be furnished and installed 
by customer. 


ROCHESTER 14, NEW 





ROUND BOTTLES, JARS, 
CANS, CONTAINERS 


Get ip Line! 


Styl-O-Matie 
ROTARY 


; UNSCRAMBLING 
never say die TABLE 





@ Cartons of bottles, jars, cans or containers are inverted on 
to the tilt top table and their contents pushed onto the revolving 
disc. Units are automatically regimented and despatched in 
single file to the conveyor. 


LOWERS HANDLING COSTS — ACCELERATES PRODUCTION 











j @ Conveyor carries units to other operations such as filling, 


j 
capping, labelling, etc, Handles up to 100 units per minute 
depending upon diameter. 


take a swig of Dr. Gibbs tonic! np Rap tin one lig alsa 


a“ m - a ISLAND EQUIPMENT CORP. MP-3 f 
Sales suffering from “tired” packaging? Try Gibbs automatic cure- 27-01 Bridge Plaza North I 
all... really “top” rigid plastic packaging. New, fully automatic mae Long Island City 1, N.Y. I 
plant, new processes, real “know-how” guarantee you a promotable Please send particulars on the Styl-O-Matic 
(and protective) packaging “look” . .. that puts vitamins into : Rotary Unscrambling Table. 
your volume! Remember, when it’s Gibbs, it’s got to be good. Put l 
vitality in your package! Call Gibbs, the rigid plastic box pioneer, i 
for a practical package. + 
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Automation makes Gibbs rigid plastic packaging cost less e a 

% 4 ADDRESS.. 


l BBS Automatic Moulding Corporation L basa EE ec a 


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Visit our Booth #A—PMM Show—Atlantic City, March 25-28 





Henderson 3, Ky. « Valley 6-9573 


MARCH 1958 297 





POM. an extrusion coating of polyethylene on 


“Mylar”’—gives you a combination of advantages that 
add up to an extremely durable, transparent film suitable 
for a wide range of packaging needs. 


P.0.M. is available in rolls or pouches, plain or printed. 


P.0.M. combines the puncture resistance and sparkling 
clarity of “Mylar” with the seal-strength and MVT pro- 
tection of polyethylene. 


P.0.M. gives your package maximum strength and dura- 
bility. 


P.0.M. can be fed through most conventional automatic 
packaging machines. 


P.0.M. is ideally suitable for vacuum packaging, and has 
high grease resistance and gas protection qualities. 


P.0.M. gives your package extended shelf life. 
P.0.M. is the film used for “boiling in the bag.” 


Write for your P.O.M. Fact Folder—enclosed in a P.O.M. 
bag, and containing price lists, yield charts and samples. 


O.M_V. Film for Skin-Packaging 
facloRi tals Mnelale MME) -tacelachilals Manel 
rd Send products for sample skin 


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PRINT-A-TUBE COMPANY 


114 ESSEX ST. ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. 
HUBBARD 9-9780 





Extrusion-Laminators « Printers » Converters 


A quarter of a century of engineered packaging 


* DuPont registered trademark for its polyester film. 





foil lid; examples of Reyseal overwraps, 
packages, labels and pouches; also dis 
play showing integrated aluminum-foil 
operation from bauxite mining through 
foil rolling, fabricating and printing. 
Personnel: P. Murphy, P. Dearborn, 
B. H. Van Natta, J. M. Fultz, J. R. 
Chapman, W, E. Cheeley, D. Ostroot, 
J. C. Bjorkholm, E. R. Helton. Hotel 
Claridge. 


RIEGEL PAPER CORP. Booth 806 
Complete line of protective packaging 
materials including glassine, grease 
proof, Pouch-Pak, and tailor-made com 
binations of paper, film and foil. Per 
sonnel: A, P. Mitchell, C. E. Schaehrer, 
N. W. Postweiler, C. W. Hoffman, W 
M. Riegel, W. Wilhelm, E. G. Penn, 
V. Brown, A. B. Christensen, W. F 
Collins, H. A. Hughes, J. M. Male, 
F. H. Mundy, R. W. Schlienz, R. A 
Simpson, J. R. Osborn, R. W. Hollings 
worth. Hotel: Shelburne 


SCANDIA MFG. CO. Booth 409. Ex 
hibit of high-speed, fully automatic 
bundling machine, Model SMS-4L with 
printing unit and collator using kraft 
paper; Model SFS-6 high-speed, fully 
automatic wrapping machine with code 
dater and automatic in-take using wax 
paper; two Model 100 automatic bun- 
dling and wrapping machines with 
printing unit and wrap with heat-sealing 
polyethylene-coated kraft paper, incorpo- 
rating electric eye and flexible opening 
tape using printed cellophane; semi 
jutomatic wrapping machine, Model 
SUS-7, using heat-sealing cellophane; 
also Model STS-10 turret-type, fully 
automatic wrapping machine with elec- 
tric eye and opening tape using printed 
cellophane. Personnel: W. B. Bronander 
Ir. E. N. Brooks, D. De Loca, I. M. 
Menner. Hotel: Chalfonte-Haddon Hall 


SCHJELDAHL, G r.. CO. Booth 101 
Exhibit of 40-in. side-weld polyethylene 
bag-making machine capable of oper 
ating on sheeting or tubing. Personnel 
T. Glaser, M. Harmer, J. Womack, N 
Buck. Hotel: Claridge 


SCHOOLER MFG. CO. Booths 633, 637 
Display of sem-automatic wrapping ma- 
chines; also new fully automatic, com 
pletely adjustable Model S-2 with 
automatic infeed. Personnel J. a 
Schooler, R. Wittenberg, J. Madden, F. 
Eckert, W. McCambridge 


SCHROEDER MACHINES CORP 
Booths 325, 329. Custom-built Quadnu 
matic to select automatically a case 
from stack within machine, open and 
form, accumulate entire load of con- 
tents, advance the case, glue and seal 
entirely pneumatically; custom-built 
automatic Formnumatic to open and 
form case, deliver ready for packing 
and supplied with gluing mechanism to 
deliver a bottom-sealed case; also the 
Casealer pneumatically operated for 
manual packing of case within the ma- 
chine which will automatically glue and 
seal, delivering finished case. Personnel: 
A. C. Schroeder, C. J. Grant, Jr., B. 
Nagy, A. C. Schroeder, Jr. K. J. Kort- 


MODERN PACKAGING 





Soup (dehydrated, that is), gum 
drops and jelly beans, lock wash- 
ers and even bolts and nuts... 
Yes, WOODMAN weighs them all 
automatically, accurately and at 


high speeds! 


WOODMAN equipment will handle up to 60 single shots per minute of from 1 to 16 ounces with an 


average weight variation of no more than 1/32 ounce. 


WOODMAN packaging equipment includes bulk feeders engineered specifically for your plant, hi and 
lo level unit feeders, automatic net weighers, semi-automatic and fully automatic bag fillers, semi- 
automatic can, jar, and box fillers, automatic and semi-automatic heat sealers and stitchers, take 


away conveyors and accumulating tables. 


Call, write or wire for a WOODMAN spe- Thy 


cialist to analyze your packaging operation 
to show you how WOODMAN equipment 
will increase your production . . . lower WOODKN AN 
packaging costs... reduce overweight 
giveaway and increase your profits. 4) 
JW. 


Your WOODMAN MAN is a good man to know! 647 East College Ave., Decatur, Georgia 
Sales and Service offices in principal cities 


MARCH 1958 





ABSOLUTELY ACCURATE velesy, E. Griffin, R. Clayton, R. C. 
James, M. H. Gerow. Hotel: Chalfonte- 


Haddon Hall. 


2 VALVE FILLER SHOPSIN PAPER CO. Booth 626. Ex- 


hibit of polished colored foils; treated 
foil suitable for silk screen, letterpress, 
«* gravure and lithography; gummed and 


ungummed foils; duplex foil lamina 

lhe tions; foil boxboard; foil cartonboard. 

earns Airs way Personnel: M. Shopsin, 5S. Shopsin. 
Hotel: Ambassador. 


Ty 7 SIMCO, THE, CO. Booth 529. Display 

of static eliminators of various types for 
all converting and packaging machin 
. ery; new anti-static devices for clean- 
The Perfect Filler for Glass, ing; Neutro-Stat air gun, a hand-held 
Plastic and Tin containers compressed air gun with a static cleaner 


built into nozzle; also animated display 


Accurate Ingredient Fill for illustrating mechanism of static neu 


* 4 
4 


aio ’ * tralization and operating eliminators 
The Elgin “Twin” is a rapid, faultless producer. Aerosol Packing cats Oe Mite WU toe 
This Filler features a unique method for control- H. A. Schweriner. Hotel: Shelburne. 


. : ° . ite f 
ling the piston stroke, resulting in two speeds: Write for SIMPLEX PACKAGING MACHIN 


Pp 4 complete literature ERY, Div. Food Machinery & Chemical 


high-speed on cylinder filling, low-speed on con- 
wie Address Dept. M-83 Corp. Booth 605 Operation of Model 


tainer filling. Easily adapted to a broad range S950 Sihened edlsaienedeouh 


of products and container sizes, the Elgin “Twin” ing machine making bags of cellophane 
“29 ce ane edn of & 
insures an accuracy of fill you can rely on for ELGIN and K202 cellophane at speeds of 200 


: y to 300 bags per minute from printed 
either liquid or viscous products. Easily cleaned MANUFACTURING sell check, Porcsnnel: G, C. lense. 3. D 
—ideal for light or heavy packs and ideal for COMPANY Hoffman, D. A. White, F. E. Simpson, 


; eS fo ‘ W. J. Maurer, R. D. Zolte, S. L. Wait 

aerosol packing —the Elgin “Twin” earns its way 200 Brook Street + Elgin, Illinois | ™=”. Hotel: Chalfonte-Haddon Hall. 
’ 

STANFORD ENGINEERING - CO. 
Booths 201, 205. Display of web guides; 
constant-tension unwinds; slitters; doc- 
tor machines. Personnel: W. T. Stan- 
ford, Wayne T. Stanford, O. E. Stan- 


YES WE'LL BE THERE — SEE US AT BOOTH #213 ford, R. W. Payton. Hotel dasbosender. 
6... 
Mae 


in labor and product savings! 








STAUDE, E. G., MFG. CO., INC. Booth 
Au— Water—Steam—Cleaning Line 102. Vue-matic acetate-box machine; 


Wide mouth jars— 32-in. Marguette slotter; also Thermo- 


Many type bottles— Quad stayer on display. Personnel: 
Cone—Aerceol Cone S. K. Lynn, D. S. Annett, S. Clark, T. 
Von Thein, W. Stoerger, A. Carter, G. 

Write for Bulletin MP-1493 Johnson, E. Powell, I. Kauffman. Hotel 


Shelburne 


STEIN, HALL & CO., INC. Booth 722. 
For Glass—Cans—Aerosol cans Display of packages and articles ad- 
Long-neck bottles—jugs— hered with vegetable, resin and hot-melt 
adhesives featuring high-speed produc- 

Cans with bale ears a en a 
tion. Personnel: D. Lipman, R. Shoals, 


Write for Bulletin MP-1580 J. Rapp, R. Selner, E. O'Neill. Hotel: 

Ritz-Carlton. 

V Sametor STOKES & SMITH CO., Div. Food Ma 

Flap preheaters—Controlled chinery & Chemical Corp. Booths 602, 
jet glue applicators—Visible glue supply 606. Display of new high-speed elec 

ss f tronic check weigher capable of 

Write for Bulletin MP-1498 speeds up to 400 packages per minute; 


new model Stokeswrap machine espe- 


INVESTIGATE NEW-WAY — Learn ALL the cially designed for handling polyethy!- 


. oe? “ne: odel € ‘ , shine ) Te 
Gluer-Sealer unusual features at the Packaging Exposition ene; Model CK SIG machine for wrap 
ping individual bars of candy; also 


Sure-Way automatic package caser. Per- 
sonnel: W. R. Huguenin, J. R. Sonne- 


he Beat f x a P : born, J. Y. Albertson, S. T. Brinton, 
oe IS: O/T Yi er J. S. Stokes. Hotel: Chalfonte-Haddon 
IN LABELING Hall. 
AND PACKAGING 
co 


a MPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA ; 
cyupment HANOVER. PENNSYLVANIA SY NI RON CO. Booth 208. Operation 
of high-speed vibratory bulk-materials 


feeders with automatic operational se- 














MODERN PACKAGING 





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Reserve your advertising space now! Closing date is April 5th! 
MODERN PACKAGING / 575 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK 22, N.Y. 


MARCH 1958 301 





Jim ee) @ eyo} ~ 
ON GUARD ON YOUR 
y-~ PACKAGING LINES 


NEW TOLEDO AUTOMATIC CHECKWEIGHERS 


These Toledos provide high-speed automatic checking of 
packages with accuracy to 1/16 of an ounce—reject those 
outside of predetermined tolerance limits. Model 9455 (illus.) 
handles items up to 32 ounces. Choice of motorized approach 


and take-away sections. 


TOLEDO AUTOMATIC CARTON 
CHECKERS Automatically check 


each carton against standard weights 
—detect overages, shortages, break- 
ages. Cartons outside of predetermined 
tolerances are rejected automatically, 
Capacities to meet your needs. 


TOLEDO 
SPEED WEIGH 


For accurate, fast checkweighing or 
filling to predetermined weights. 
Over-under indication. Wide angle 
reading. Accurate to 1/64 of an ounce. 
Stainless steel beam, enclosed levers. 
Choice of platters and scoops. Choice 
of models. Also built in over-under 
dial types for bagging operations. 


TOLEDO DIAL SCALES 


Choose from a wide 
range of models and 
capacities. Bench, 
Portable, Floor and 
Overhead types. 
Easily adapted to 
conveyor lines. 
rmReintTt & Dp 
WEIGHTS: All 
Toledo Dial Scales 
may be equipped 
with Toledo Print- 
weigh for recording 
weights on tickets, 
strips or sheets. 


TOLEDO PARCEL POST SCALES 
Model 3659 illus, Capacity 70 lb. 
Illuminated indication. Automatic 
computation for all zones, Other 
models 1 lb. to 40 lb. and bench 
scale to 75 lb. capacity. Foreign 
rate charts available. 


SEND TODAY for literature on the Toledos that interest you, or get 
in touch with your local Toledo office. TOLEDO SCALE, 1410 
Telegraph Road, Toledo 13, Ohio. Div. of Toledo Scale Corp. 


pe) Bl = » | o Mitrnemnen 
WEIGHING SYSTEMS 





quence of fast feed, slow feed and shut 
off; vibratory parts feeder with gravity 
feed track dispensing sample boxes of 
Beechies; Electromagnetic bin vibra 
tors; vibratory packers; spiral feeder 
elevators; hopper level switches; flow 
centrol valve; mechanical shaft seals; 
Selenium rectifiers; electric heating el« 
ments and sinuated electric heating 
element wire. Personnel: Sales and er 


gineering representatives, 


SWIFT & CO., Adhesive Products Dept 
Booths 417, 421. Samples of newest ad 
hesives for waxed and dewaxed stock 
and for the new films and foils. Persor 
nel: E. R. Paul, S. E. Carroll, A. W 
Boyd, C. S. Young, W. W. Truxes, M. I 
Lundt, J. R. Anderson, R. F. Martin 
C. W. Werner, W. R. Johnson. Hote 


She purne 


PRIANGLE PACKAGE MACHINERY 
CO. Booth 317. New bag-making, filling 
and sealing machine; two-section Ele« 
lri-Pak net weigher with new overhead 
feed for difficult-to-handle materials 
fully automatic dispensing, filling and 
capping machine for dairy products, pre 
pared foods, salads and similar viscous 
products Personnel: W. P. Muskat, | 
Gillan, B. Aull, W. Ness. Hotel: Cl 
fonte-Haddon Hall 


UNION BAG-CAMP PAPER CORP 
Booth 610. K & M._ industrial bagge: 
which automatically packages products 
such as comic books and hard-to-pach 
age items such as dry ice. Personne 

H M Recher, W k Jacobi, G. G 
Hollander, J. F. Hordych, D. T. Coon 

Ir. G. J. Shutt. Hotel: Shelburne 


UNITED SHOE MACHINERY CORP 
Booth 218 
hot-melt adhesives applicator with no 


Operation of Thermogri; 


zle-type application unit making a tube 
from polyethylene-coated kraft paper 
ilso two other new units designed 
use where less adhesive output is 
quired, one featuring a_ transfer-wh: 
means of applying adhesive, the othe: 
ipply adhesive through a_ nozzle 
ontinuous web Personne R \i 
Lloyd, D. S Andrews, Jr. R. K 
Sprague, G. V. Upton, H. J. Schneid: 
Hotel: Chalfonte-Haddon Hall 


I S. AUTOMATIC BOX MACHIN 
ERY CO., INC. Booth 433, Operation « 

latest high-speed automatic paper-box 
making machine: Model CM-2 higl 
speed Brightwood machine. Personne 

O. W. Wikstrom, Jr., C. Fasch, O. | 
Cote, O. L. Weidmann, C. Willingham, 
\. Melzer, G. H. Nilsen. Hotel: Cha 
fonte-Haddon Hall. 


U. S. BOTTLERS MACHINERY CO 
Booth 333. Exhibit of new Model DS12 
Sanitair automatic air bottle cleaner 


Hotel: Shelburne 


VERTROD CORP. Booth 812. Exhibit 
of manual, semi-automatic and pneu 
matic models of thermal impulse heat 
sealing machinery; demonstrations of 
impulse sealing and impulse trim seal 
ing of all thermoplastic films such as 


MODERN PACKAGING 








LABELS 


Pressure Sensitive 





ad Pl, 
OR 
REMOVABLE 











CLEANUP! 


Easy to Apply... Sure to Stick! 
Gone is the glue pot! Gone is water! Steigerwald Sensi- 
Stick pressure sensitive labels eliminate forever old-fash- 
ioned start-up and clean-up labeling machine jobs. 
Sensi-Stick simplifies labeling to a 1, 2—pick and stick 
quick way—Individual labels or Dispenser automatically 
feeds individual labels ona tape ready for rapid application. 


Economical — Faster 
Better for all surfaces 
Steigerwald Sensi-Stick labels hold securely on all surfaces 
—won't buckle, curl or rub off even where others fail and 
nothing else will hold—choice of permanent or easy-to- 

take-off, surface safe adhesives. 


Beautiful designs 
Reproduce your present label just as it is on Sensi-Stick or 
consider a new design with a choice of gold or silver foil, 
embossed; lustrous papers and sparkling inks to add an 
extra note of quality to your product. Use Sensi-Stick to 
show you the way to the world’s fastest hand labeling 
operation. 


A.M. STEIGERWALD CO. 


910 W. Van Buren Street 


Chicago 7, Illinois 
TAylor 9-5400 


polyethylene, Pliofilm, vinyl, PVA, ete.; 
new high-speed impulse trim sealer with 
scrap blow-off and recycler. Personnel: 
A. Fener, S. Fener, L. Gross, N. Langer. 
Hotel: Shelburne. 


WALTON LABORATORIES, — INC. 
Booth 121. Display of several types of 
humidifiers designed and built by the 
company, including ceiling-suspended 
models useful in moisture conditioning 
- the air in a small zone or in a complete 
° Model 140 a factory-type area to minimize static and 
oo ay j i : 3 provide protection against loss of mois 
DO CTO er ; * : ! ture from all fibrous-type products. Per 
x 4 ¥: ‘ * J 


sonnel: J. Feldermann, J. R. Lewis, G 


MACHINE fee fees 


WEBER, H. G., & CO., INC. Booth 801 


Display of high-speed polyethylene bag 





machine suited for various types of heat 

ideal for sealable materials; also turret-type bag 

HERE’S THE SURE CURE for costly reject ® Poper ® Plastic ® Film feeding, opening, filling and sealing ma 

“headaches”! This low-cost, highly efficient © Foil and other web-fed materials chine adaptable to existing scales and 

machine quickly and easily corrects soft tele- ENGINEERED FOR TOP EFFICIENCY sealing equipment and applicable to 

scoped rolls or uneven edge rolls . . . saves ¢ psn mepryer' eae Control hand filling operation. Personnel: H. H 

: regardless of ro iameter o-™ Fomine P 
time and material in every web-fed oper- ; Weber, R. L. Beninger, G. H. Hannon, 
, ¥ Automatic Vacuum-Operated Web F. L. Lubelev. Hotel 

ation. Compact, sturdy, easy to use — super- Guide . L. Lubeley. He 
accurate within .010 inch. Voriable Speed Control up fo 1000 see : _ ical 

i ete iiniie WEIGH RIGHT AUTOMATIC SCALI 

WRITE, WIRE, OR PHONE TODAY Open-End Design for Easy 1-man CO. Booth 226. Demonstration of auto 


for the complete “Stanford Story” of savings Leading matic Model A-l1 Pakking filler for 
for your plant! 


Shelburne. 


Handles Rolls up to 30” wide, 24 spices, grated cheese and powders; 
Diemeter, 250 tbs. Weight Model A_ Pakking semi-automatic: 
Model S coupon inserter, and Model 
ENGINEERING COMPANY B-1B net weigher. Personnel: N. Alm 

SALEM, ILLINOIS + PHONE: SALEM 553 berg, D. Koppen, C. Almberg, C. Torkel 

Canodion Reps.: Manton Brothers, Ltd., Toronte son. Hotel: Shelburne. 

Mfrs. of Slitters, Web Guides, Rewinding ond Constant Tension Equipment 
WOODMAN CO. Booth 804. Operation 
of Econo-Weigh table model net weigher 
4 s / designed for very short runs and quick 

8 TH ines in ° changes in size; Plura-Matic multi 


scale net weigher; Air-Weigh-Matic 


fully automatic bag filler; also rotary 
cd Pak-Off accumulating table that smooths 





out production-line delivery fluctuations 


aur “ifs Personnel: A. Forsyth, E. Loga P. 
Met : I ~ = * gan, 
G a ants ‘oma aed bags Parker, P. Simmons. 


We 


AT LOWEST COST! WRAP-ADE MACHINE CO.,_ INC. 
Booths 633, 637. Exhibit of unit-pack- 
aging machinery and heat-sealing ma- 
The lowest priced 3-in-1 packaging machine chinery. Personnel: A. M. Powell, R. F 
by far—pays for itself in 1 year or less! Easy Freebody. Hotel: Castle Roc Motel. 
to set up, simple to operate, Verti-Pak reduces 
handling costs, eliminates waste, speeds pack- WRIGHT MACHINERY CO.. Div. of 
aging. Now in use in many lecding plants, Sperry Rand Corp. Booth 402. Pilot 
VERTI-PAK is a profitable investment for the model of new high-speed weigher, 
small, as well as large plant! called the NT weigher, using a modified 
electronic weighing element for free- 
30 to 50 COMPLETE PACKAGES PER MINUTE! flowing products, principally for food 
industry, with unique bulk and dribble 
Verti-Pak is available with auger, volumetric, feed for accurate weights and with the 
turret, conveyor and piston feeds and with product discharge into a_ pre-formed 
exact weight scales for packaging almost any box, with or without a pre-formed liner, 
product—food products, candy, nuts, dry goods, at speeds exceeding 100 a minute; also 
hardware, toys, plastics, drugs, etc., etc. new high-speed electronic check weigher 
which rejects overs and unders and 
passes packages that are on weight at 


: speeds greater than 100 per minute; 
See us at Booth yy Junior Weigher which semi-automati- 
ATLANTIC CITY, MARCH 25-28 cally precision weighs and fills a vari- 


ety of products in bags, boxes, jars and 


, waite-Fer cans with quick change-over for prod- 
CAN BE wana WITH . ciceneatuen 4 FRCUR uct and package size. Personnel: A. N. 
POLYETHY or wit ¢ 2 Wiley, I. P. Ritschel, J. B. Mahoney, 
CELLOPHANE AND POLY-CEL! + PE T. E. Perry, W. T. Veughen, G. M. 


2601 N. Howard St. Philadelphia 33, Pa Spicer. Hotel: Chalfonte-Haddon Hall. 





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COMBINES THE DESIGN ADVANTAGES OF THE RISDON 


* VALVE WITH THE FIRST AND FOREMOST MECHANICAL 8 x easons Why 


ATOMIZING ACTUATOR. 


_ WIDE RANGE OF APPLICATION 
Gives excellent performance on all 3-phase 
products including water-base formulations 


¢ Dispenses propellant emulsions or disper- 
sions ¢ Gives Super-spray performance on 


conventional 2-phase and ultra-low pressure * 
products * Applied to Glass, Metal and 
Plastic Containers, 


WIDER CONE, FINER, DRIER SPRAY CLOUD 


Softer, more evenly diffused spray eliminates 
ee V A L V - S 


_ LONGER LASTING CONTENTS 


Especially advantageous in expensive prod- 


ucts such as medicinals and perfumes. Dispense An Ocean Of 


SPRAY CONE CLEARS CONTAINER 


’ Eliminates messy accumulation on top of can Successful Aerosols 


containers. 


IMPROVES PRODUCTS BY MINIMIZING DILUTION EFFECTS 


Using MICRO-MIST valve on two-phase 
products gives dual-action atomization which 
permits reduction in percentage of pro- 
pellant. 


_ GREATER FORMULATION LATITUDE AND ECONOMY 


MICRO-MIST’S propellant-saving, double 
diffusion effect facilitates greater formula 
variations in quantity and types of pro- 
pellant. 


; IMPROVED, ULTRA-LOW PRESSURE APPLICATIONS 
Gives higher quality spray performance over 
wider range of temperature and pressure. 


Write for free RISDON Valve Booklets. 


RISDON j 


THE RISDON MANUFACTURING CO. 


Valve Division, Nauvgatuck, Conn. 


MARCH 1958 





Classified Advertisements 


Machinery and 
Equipment For Sale 


CARTON SEALER-FILLER—J. L. Ferguson 
Company Double Sealer with Integral Volu- 
metric Filler for speeds of 60 glue-end 
sealed/filled packages per minute. Cartons 
placed on forms by hand, all other opera- 
tions automatic. Present carton size 142” x 
346” x 6”. An exceptional opportunity. Rea- 
sonable. Address inquiries to Box 821, Mod- 
ern Packaging 


FOR SALE—ROTO BAG MACHINE, four 
(4) years old, with electric eye and perfor- 
ators. Doughboy Machine with floor stand 
and conveyor. Ruff Slitter 45” web. One (1) 
Sheeter 26” web. Reply Box 824, Modern 
Packaging 


BRIGHTWOOD BOX MACHINES—‘Univer- 
sal" models, serial nos. 29 and 30 motorized 
with assorted sizes metal forms. Also “Stand- 
ard” 6” serial no. 774R; N.J. Pony Labelrite 
model 86MX; Staude Right Angle Folding 
Box Gluer. Write for “Used Machinery” list- 
ing on: sheeters, slitters, rewinders, diecut- 
ters, printers, embossers and for paper con- 
verting, set-up box, folding carton and 
corrugated box machines. Greggory Inc., 203 
N. Wabash, Chicago, Il 


JUST SECURED—MOST MODERN PACK- 
AGING AND FOOD PROCESSING MA- 
CHINERY. Equipment installed within last 
2 years available at great savings. 4—Hays- 
sen Model F Compaks with net weight 
scales, bulk and dribble feeds, electric eyes 
3—Package Machinery Model C Transwraps, 
with net weight scales, bulk and dribble 
feeds, electric eyes. 8—Scandia Model SFS6F 
high speed automatic wrappers with electric 
eyes. 3—Ceco Model 40-9'5-GG Automatic 
Adjustable Cartoning Units. Also Model TT 
2—Hayssen Model 7—17 Box Wrappers, also 
other models in stock. Package Machinery 
Models FA, FA2 and FA4 Wrappers with 
and without electric eyes. Package Machin- 
ery FA Wrapper with tear tape attachment 
1—Pneumatic Scale Automatic Carton Feed- 
er, bottom sealer and top sealer with inter- 
connecting conveyors. 1—Ceco Model A3901- 
12 Cartoning Machine with compression unit 
2—George H. Fry Bag Heat Sealers, Model 
CBS. Amsco, Doughboy and Pack Rite Bag 
Sealers. 4—Stokes & Smith Model G1 and 
G2 Auger Powder Fillers. 2—Mateer Model 
31-A Powder Fillers. 5—Fitzpatrick Model 
D-6 Stainless Steel Comminuters. 4—Day 
size G, 1500 lb. Ribbon type Powder Mixers. 
Entoleter types BF2 and BF4, Kettles, other 
mise. equipment Complete details and 
prices available on request. UNION STAND- 
ARD EQUIPMENT COMPANY, 318 Lafay- 
ette Street, New York 12, N.Y., Phone 
Canal 6-5333 


Machinery Wanted 


VACUUM FORMING MACHINE, automatic 
preferably 2 stations, bed size 20 x 30” or 
larger. Reply Box 831, Modern Packaging 


Help Wanted 


SALES ENGINEER—Leading manufacturer 
of Flexographic and Rotogravure Printing 
Presses has opening for sales engineer in 
New York and adjoining states. Must have 
both sales and technical experience. Salary 
plus commission basis with car and expenses 
provided. A real opportunity for right man 
Give qualifications, availability and earn- 
ings expected. Box 819, Modern Packaging 
575 Madison Ave., New York 22 


306 


ENGINEER for industrial paper and film 
converting company located in new plant in 
suburbs of midwestern city. Permanent posi- 
tion with a reliable growing concern. You 
will be in complete charge of machine de- 
sign, building and maintenance. Diversifica- 
tion of product line insures interesting and 
challenging work. Good salary, profit shar- 
ing bonus and pension plan and stock pur- 
chase plan. Please send resume of your 
experience, education and personal history 
to Box 818, Modern Packaging 


PACKAGE ENGINEER for design and de- 
velopment of new packages, both flexible 
and rigid. Imagination and initiative re- 
quired. Knowledge of packaging materials 
and of machinery for package-making, fill- 
ing, closing and handling desirable. Mid- 
west location. Reply Box 823, Modern Pack- 
aging 


REPRESENTATIVE WANTED—Calling on 
industrial accounts, to handle line on plas- 
tic packaging products, custom extrusions, 
and vacuum foam parts. Complete modern 
facilities using all type plastic materials 
Commission basis. Reply Box 820, Modern 
Packaging 


Employment 
Business Opportunities 


Used or Resale Equipment 


WANTED—DISTRIBUTORS OR MANUFAC- 
TURER’S Agents to sell medium priced 
semi-automatic labeler. Best in its field 
Write fully including other lines handled. 
Replies confidential. Reply Box 828, Modern 
Packaging 





PACKAGING PERSONNEL 
Positions Filled and Secured. A Confi- 
dential Nationwide Service for employ- 
ers seeking personnel and individuals 
seeking new positions. Inquiries invited. 
Reply to Graphic Arts Employment Serv- 
ice, Est. 1952, Helen M. Winters, Man- 
ager; Dept. PAC-3, 307 East 4th Street, 
Cincinnati 2, Ohio. Phone CHerry 1-2202 











DIRECTOR OF MANUFACTURING 
With Manufacturing Vice-President Po- 
tential. LITHOGRAPHIC-FLEXOGRAPH- 
IC-LETTERPRESS, Packaging Convert- 
ing and Quality Printing. We have an 
excellent opportunity for an experienced 
and successful Director of Manufactur- 
ing of executive caliber. This is a perma- 
nent position which offers an exceptional 
future to a capable and ambitious manu- 
facturing executive in the 35 to 45 age 
range 
Salary will be based on education and 
experience, and compensation includes 
incentive bonus and other fringe benefits. 
Our company has been in business 25 
years and is well managed and well 
financed. Considerable expansion is now 
in progress. Your reply will be kept in 
the strictest confidence. Indicate age, 
present connection and home telephone 
(Our people know about this advertise- 
ment.) 

REPLY BOX 822, MODERN PACKAGING 











SALES ENGINEER—To survey and promote 
markets for new types of film in both indus- 
trial and/or packaging applications. To con- 
sult with established and new customers in 
improved methods or techniques for using 
existing and new type films. A knowledge of 
packaging equipment essential. 3 to 5 years 
technical background preferred. Some travel 
involved. Send resume and salary require- 
ments to R. W. Johnson. Celanese Corp. of 
America, 290 Ferry St., Newark, New Jersey 





PACKAGING RESEARCH MANAGER 
for leading cereal food firm in midwest. 
Position requires research experience and 
familiarity with the packaging functions 
in the grocery products line, or that 
closely related thereto. Age: 30-35. Salary 
Range: $10,000-$16,000. Good opportunity 
for advancement. Reply Box 827, Modern 
Packaging. 











WANTED—tTechnical graduate with 2 to 5 
years of experience in the package convert- 
ing or paper industry needed by progressive 
Midwest converter for research and service 
work. Salary dependent on qualifications 
Excellent opportunity for advancement 
Send complete resume and reply to Box 
830, Modern Packaging 


Situations Wanted 


MANUFACTURERS REPRESENTATIVE — 
Organizing selling office with Cleveland 
Ohio headquarters. Covering Ohio, Western 
Penna., Southern Michigan. Interested in 
lines of flexible and rigid packaging mate- 
rials, containers, closures, labels and asso- 
ciated items for packaging. Reply Box 825 
Modern Packaging 


PACKAGING ENGINEER-CHEMIST—9 yrs 
diversified fllexible packaging research and 
development experience with leading food 
manufacturers and converter. Productive 
record. Knowledge of all phases of packag- 
ing: cost analysis, material converting, pack- 
age design, physical testing, packaging ma- 
chine evaluation, etc. Desires supervisory or 
equivalent position. Prefer Southern loca- 
tion. Reply Box 826, Modern Packaging 


NATIONAL RECOGNIZED SALES EXECU- 
TIVE and administrator, AA-Al company 
25 years experience all phases flexible pack- 
aging materials: films, foils, plastic lamina- 
tions, papers; printed/plain, rolls, bags 
pouches and other items. Outstanding rec- 
ord of accomplishment including start up of 
new material products to multi-million dol- 
lar volume. Desires association or position 
with expanding company, in a position to 
project market-tested program to an un- 
touched industry having forty-million dollar 
annual volume potential derived from the 
continuous use of expendable converted film 
and container materials to one market alone 
plus similar opportunities in others. Reply 
Box 829, Modern Packaging 


Miscellaneous 


LEADING SWISS MANUFACTURER of dec- 
orative and plain wrapping papers, now ex- 
porting to European and world markets. 
seeks contacts with American importers and 
wholesalers to sell to American markets 
Representative to visit U.S.A. March 8th to 
25th, 1958. Please apply to Mr. Ch. Maeder, 
Essex House, 160 Central Park South, New 
York 





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Closing date: 10th of preceding month, e.g., April 10th for May issue 
Each 3 inches or fraction (boxed) $10.00 extra 
For purposes of establishing rate, figure approximately 50-55 words per inch 
Address all communications to Classified Advertising Department 
Modern Packaging, 575 Madison Avenue, N. Y. 22, N. Y 


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“Th C eucible 
of Crpetience 


IN AEROSOL VALVES 


Nothing melts down problems faster than 
ience at getting things done right. 
ust such a background at Sun Tube, in 


g the packaging industry for over 

“| 30 years, now rewards the making of 
aerosol valves. Today, Sun Tube Aerosol 
Valves are performing on thousands of 
consumer items without clogging, jamming, 
or dip tube blow-off, Truly, the product 
of experience. Investigate. 


IN COLLAPSIBLE TUBES 


Since Sun Tube produced its first collapsi- 
ble tube for a toothpaste concern over 30 
years ago, more man hours and experience 
have been applied to the specific devel- 
opment and quality contro! of collapsible 
tubes by Sun Tube, than by any other 
company in the world. Investigate. 


At the Packaging Show, Booth +1511 


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106, 107 


284 


226 


Tile(-> am com Veh 4-1 att 1 a 


Distribution of this issue: 25,000 


266 


A-B-C Packaging Machine Corp. - 
9 


Acme Gravure Services Ine. 
Acme Steel Company 

Allied Chemical & Dye Corpora- 84 
tion, General Chemical Division 

Alpha Engineering & Machine 21 
Works, Inc. 
Aluminum Foils, Inc. 
American Can Company 220 
Bradley Container Corp., 54+A 
A Subsidiary i 
Marathon Corporation Division 

American Evatype Corporation 

American Flange & Manufactur- 

ing Co., Inc. 

American Pan Division of the 

American Tool Works Company 

American Viscose Corporation, 

Film Division 

Amsco Packaging Machinery, Inc. 

Anderson Bros. Mfg. Co. 

Apex Machine Company 

Arenco Machine Co., Inc. 

Armour and Company, Adhesives 

Division 

Armstrong Cork Co., Glass and 

Closure Division 

Artcote Papers Inc. 

Avery Adhesive Label Corp. 


Bakelite Company, Division of 
Union Carbide and Carbon 
Corporation 
Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton, Hamilton 120, 12] 
Division 205 
Bartelt Engineering Co. 71 
Battle Creek Packaging Machines, 
Inc. 
Bell Machine Company, The 
Bensing Bros. and Deeney, A Sub- 
sidiary of Sun Chemical Corpora- 
tion 
Berles Carton Co., Inc. 
Bernardin Bottle Cap Company, 
Inc. 
Bivans Corporation 
Bostitch 
Bradley Container Corp., A 
Subsidiary of American Can 
Company 
Brewster Enterprises, Inc. 
Brown Filling Machine Co., Inc. 
Brown Company 
Bunn, B. H., Company 
Burlington Narrow Fabrics Co. 
Burt, F. N., Company, Inc. 


Cahill, J. D.. Company 

Cameo Die and Label Company 
Cameron Machine Company 
Carey Press Corp. 

Celanese Corporation of America, 
Plastics Division 

Celluplastic Corporation 
Champlain Company, Inc. 

Chisholm-Ryder Co. of Pennsyl- 
vania 

Claremont Flock Corporation 
Claremont Pigment Dispersion 
Corporation 

Clark-Aiken Co. 

Classified 

Cleveland Container Co., The 
Cloud Curtiss Development Corp. 
Clybourn Machine Corp. 

Coes Knife Company 

Color Reproductions, Inc. 
Colton, Arthur, Company 


Comet Industries 

Conapac Corporation, Roto-Wrap 
Machine Corp. Division 
Consolidated Packaging Ma- 
chinery Corp. 

Container Equipment Corporation 


Back Cover Continental Can Company 


Hazel-Atlas Glass Division 
Cornell Paperboard Products Co. 
Crocker, H, S., Company 

Crown Cork & Seal Company, 
Inc., Closure Division 

Crown Zellerbach Corporation 
Gaylord Container Corporation 
Poly-Paper Division 
Western-Waxide Division 


Darling & Company, Glue 
Division 
Davis, Joseph, Plastics Co. 
Delta Engineering Corp. 
Dennison Manufacturing Co. 
Diamond Plastic Box 
Dillon-Beck Manufacturing Co. 
Dobeckmun Company, The, A Di- 
vision of the Dow Chemical 
Company 
Doughboy Industries, 
chanical Division 
Dow Chemical Co., The 
Dobeckmun Company 
du Pont de Nemours, E. L., 
(Ine.) 
Film Dept., Cellophane 
Film Dept., Cel-O-Seal 
Dusenbery, John, Co., Inc. 


Me- 


Division 


& Co. 


East Texas Pulp and _ Paper 
Company 

Eastman Kodak Company, 
lulose Products Division 
Ekco-Aleoa Containers Inc. 
Elgin Manufacturing Company 
Emhart Manufacturing Co. 
Standard-Knapp Division 

Ever Ready Label Corporation 


Cel- 


Facile Corporation 

Federal Packaging Corp. 
Federal Paper Board Co., 
National Folding Box Division 
Ferguson, J. L.. Company 
Fisher's Foils Limited 
Flint, Howard, Ink Co. 
Food Machinery and 
Corporation 

Canning Machinery Division 
Simplex Packaging Machinery 
Stokes & Smith Co., Subsidiary 
Hudson-Sharp Machine Co. 
Force Western, Inc. 

Frank, Walter, Organization, The 
Fry, George H., Company 


Fuller, H. B.. Co. 


Chemical 


Container Corporation, 


Gaylord 
Crown Zellerbach 


Division of 
Corporation 
General Corrugated 
Company, Ine. 
Geveke & Company Inc. 
Gibbs Automatic Moulding 
Corporation 

Gilman Brothers Co., The 
Gilman Paper Company 
Gisholt Machine Company 


Machinery 


Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., The, 
Packaging Films Dept. 
Gottscho, Adolph, Inc, 
Griffin-Rutgers, Inc. 

Growers Container Corporation 


259 
259 


195 


H & H Products 
Hamersley Mfg. Co., The 
Hamilton Division, Baldwin-Lima- 
Hamilton 
6 Harcord Manufacturing Co., Inc. 

242 Haring Equipment Corp. 

215 Harkin Affiliates, Inc. 

231 Hayssen Manufacturing Company 
Back Cover Hazel-Atlas Glass, Division of 
Continental Can Company 
Heinrich, H. H., Company 
Hesser, Fr. 
Hinde & Dauch, Div. of West 
Virginia Pulp and Paper Co. 
Hope Machine Company 
Howell, F. M. & Co. 
Hudson-Sharp Machine Co. A 
Subsidiary of Food Machinery 
and Chemical Corp. 
Huntingdon Industries, Inc. 


217 


915 
226 


iv 


269 
310 Injection Molders Supply 
Company 
65 Inta-Roto Machine Co., Inc. 
Interchemical Corporation 
113. Finishes Division 
109,245 Printing Ink Division 
80 International Filling Machine 
Corporation 
68 International 
Company 
297 Island Equipment Corp. 


Staple & Machine 


91 Jones, R. A.. & Company, Ine. 


280 


288 


Kehr Products Company 
Kennedy Car Liner and Bag Co.. 
Inc. 

105 Keyes Fibre Company 

38 Kidder Press Co., Inc. 

260 Kimball, A., Co. 

60 Kleen-Stik Products, Inc. 

297 Knowlton, M. D., Company 

103 Knox Glass Incorporated 


254 
284 

89 
115 


Labelette Company 

Lermer Plastics, Inc. 

Lowe Paper Company 

Lynch Robo Corporation, A Sub- 
sidiary of Lynch Corporation 


267 
282 


33, 35, 37 


MRM Company, Ine. 
Manhasset Machine Co., Inc. 
Marathon Corporation, A Division 
of American Can Company 
230 Markem Machine Co. 
275 Martin, Andrew M., Co. 
81 Maryland Glass Corp. 
Matthews, Jas, H., & Co. 
Mercury Heat Sealing Equipment 
Co. 
30 Metal Closures Ltd. 
Inside Back Cover Michigan Carton Co. 
111 Milprint Inc. 
251 Minnesota Mining and 
turing Co., Chemical 
Group 
64 Mojonnier Associates Inc. 
61 Mono-Sol Corp. 
97 Morningstar-Paisley, Ine. 


9 


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Manuface- 
Products 


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122. Nashua Corporation 
National Association of 
Container Distributors 
9 National Can Corporation 
277 National Instrument Co. 
69 National Metal Edge Box Co. 
Inside Front Cover National Starch Products 
Inc. 
309 New Era Manufacturing Co. 
19 New Jersey Machine Corporation 
10 Niemand Bros., Inc. 
270 Niemand Industries, Inc. 
262 Norman Packaging 


Ohio Boxboard Co., The 

Oil Equipment Laboratories, Inc. 
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp., 
Film Division 

Olive Can Company 

Oliver Machinery Company 
Owens-Illinois 

Oxy-Dry Sprayer Corp. 


280 PMC Industries 
249 Package Machinery Company 
45-47 Package Products Co., Inc. 
271 Pak-Rapid, Ine. 
116 Paper Machinery and Research, 
Inc. 
218 Peerless Roll Leaf Company, Inc. 
260 Pennsylvania Glass Products Co.. 
Inc. 
Pennsylvania Industrial Chemical 
Corp. 
Perl Machine Mfg. Co., Ine. 
Peter Partition Corp. 
Peters Machinery Company 
Phillips Petroleum Company, 
Plastic Sales Division 
Pitney-Bowes, Ine. 
261 Plastic Artisans, Inc. 
225 Plaxall, Inc. 
291 Pneumatic Scale Corp., Ltd. 
277 Post Machinery Co. 
104 Potdevin Machine Co. 
92 Precise Engineering Co., The 
241 Precision Valve Corporation 
298 =~Print-A-Tube 
268 Pyroxylin Products Ine. 


90 R.€. Can Company 
192. Rap-In-Wax Paper Company 
3 Redington, F. B.. Co. 
234 Resina Automatic Machinery Co.. 
Ine. 
12,13 Reynolds Metals Company 
219 Rhinelander Paper Company, 
Subsidiary of St. Regis Paper Co. 
10 Riegel Paper Corporation 
305 Risdon Manufacturing Company. 
The 
265 Rotogravure Packaging Inc. 
119 Roto-Wrap Machine Corp. Divi- 
sion, Conapac Corporation 


117 Rowell, E. N., Co., Ene. 


St. Regis Paper Company 
Rhinelander Paper Company, 
Subsidiary 


Scandia Manufacturing Company 
Schjeldahl Company 

Schultz Engineering Corp. 
Seal Bag Company, Inc. 
Shear-Prinz Associate- 
Shuford Mills, Ine. 

Simco Company, The 

Simplex Packaging Machinery. 
Division of Food Machinery & 
Chemical Corp. 

Sinclair and Valentine Co. 
Smith, H. P., Paper Co. 
Standard-Knapp, Division ot 
Emhart Mfg. Co. 

Stanford Engineering Co 
Steigerwald, A. M.. Co. 

Stokes & Smith Company, \ 
Subsidiary of Food Machinery 
and Chemical Corp. 

Sun Chemical Corp. 

Bensing Bros. and Deeney, a 
Subsidiary 

Sun Tube Corporation 

Swift & Company, Adhe- 
Products Dept. 


Taber Instrument Corporation 
Tension Envelope Corp. 
Testworth Laboratories Inc. 
Toledo Seale Corp. 

Treseott Co., Inc., The 

Tri-State Plastic Molding Co. 
Tri-Sure Products Ltd. 
Tronomatic Machine Mfg. Corp. 


Union Carbide Corporation 
Bakelite Company Division 
Visking Company 
Union Carbide International 

Company 

United Shoe Machinery Corp. 

U_ S. Automatic Box Machinery 
Co., Ine. 

U.S. Bottlers Machinery Company 


Verner, B. & Co., In 
Vertrod Corp. 

Visking Company, Division of 
Union Carbide Corporation 
Vulean Electrie Company 


Wagner Iron Work; 

Waxed Paper Merchandising 
Council, Ine. 

Weigh Right Automatic Scale Co. 
Westchester Plastics, Ine 

West Engineering Company, Inc. 
West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co. 
Hinde & Dauch Division 
Bleached Board Division 
Western-Waxide Div.. Crown 
Zellerbach Corporation 
Wheeling Stamping Co 
Wilsolite Corp. 

Wolverine Paper Converting 
Machinery Corp. 

Woodman Company, Inc., The 
Wrap-Ade Machine Co.. Ine. 


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As the Doughboy Automatic Jaw Sealer- 
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handled by the operator, production is in- 
creased by approximately 50% 

When the bag is placed in position, the 
pneumatic arm control holds it, delivers the 
label to the bag, centers the label, applies the 
label, seals the bag, and discharges the labeled 
sealed bag, all automatically. Operator does 
not have to attend the package through the 
labeling-sealing cycle, but prepares next bag 
for the machine. She works no harder but pack- 
ages are labeled and sealed at twice the speed. 


DOUBLE SAVING 


With the Doughboy Automatic Jaw Sealer- 
Labeler turning out sealed and labeled pack- 
ages approximately 50% faster, the direct labor 
cost per package is cut in half. 

With positive one-at-a-time label delivery, 
exact automatic centering, throw-outs due to 
off-center labeling, doubled labels and machine 
jams are practically eliminated. 

Precision engineered and ruggedly built for 
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